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32 Creative Ways to Make Extra Money in 2025
Want to make some extra money? Here are 32 side hustles that will help you earn extra income.
1. Earn With Swagbucks
Swagbucks is the ultimate ‘get paid to’ site. Members of the site make money doing a variety of simple tasks, including watching videos, answering surveys, shopping online, searching the web, and playing games.
Rewards can be redeemed as real cash through PayPal or gift cards from popular retailers (Amazon, Target, Walmart, etc.). Swagbucks has paid over $770 million to its members to date.
Join Swagbucks and get a $5 welcome bonus!
Other paid online survey sites that are worth checking out include:
Make Money--2Survey Junkie: Get tons of paid surveys every week.
Daily Rewards: Earn real cash plus a $5 registration bonus.
Ipsos i-Say: Check out this site for well-paying surveys.
Lifepoints: This survey site offers lots of great surveys.
Branded Surveys: Take paid surveys in your spare time.
InboxDollars: Online paid surveys and a $5 bonus.
2. Become a Proofreader
Did you know that you make money proofreading online from anywhere worldwide and make $2,500 per month?
You don’t need a lot of capital to start this online business.
Caitlyn from proofreadanywhere.com has built a six-figure income business from proofreading. She shows you how you can earn thousands of dollars every month proofreading in her FREE 76-minute workshop.
3. Deliver Food With DoorDash and Postmates
DoorDash pays you to use your car, bike, or scooter to deliver food during your spare time, e.g. weekends and evenings.
Other companies that pay you to deliver food are:
SkipTheDishes
Grubhub
Uber Eats
Postmates
4. Become a Freelance Writer
Write articles for blogs and businesses. I am often paid $1,000 for a 1,000 to 1,500-word article that I write about a service or product. If you have a blog, you can make $1,000s every month by writing sponsored posts and publishing them on your blog
5. Get Paid To Exercise
Believe it or not, there are fitness apps that pay you to work out, lose weight, and become healthier. Check these out:
Sweatcoin: Get paid to walk and exercise. Redeem your earnings for iPhones, Apple watches, fitness gear, and cash. Join Sweatcoin.
Rakuten: Earn cash back when you make fitness-related purchases. Get a $40 bonus when you sign-up and complete your first purchase of $40 or more.
Achievement: This is a free service that pays you to track your steps, sleep, meals, meditation, tweets, and more.
Diet Bet: They have paid over $62 million to members for losing weight.
Healthy Wage: Start with a weight loss plan and win cash prizes. Kristin won $4,000 after losing 114 pounds using this app. Payment options include PayPal and check.
6. Sell Your Clutter
Go through your old stuff – CDs, DVDs, cell phones, electronics, games, clothes, books, etc. and sell what you no longer need or use.
There are many online platforms where you can sell your unwanted possessions, including eBay, Craigslist, and Facebook Marketplace.
Decluttr is a service that helps you sell your clutter. They have paid customers over $300 million to date. Shipping is FREE on the platform, and payments are made in 1 day.
Other places to sell stuff and make money are ThredUp, Letgo, OfferUp, and Book Scouter.
7. Drive For Uber and/or Lyft
Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft allow you to make money on your own time and schedule using your car. Signing up to drive is easy and takes less than 4 minutes.
8. Tutoring
If you're a teacher, or really anyone with a college degree, you can get paid to tutor kids online. One of the hottest growing areas of demand right now is teaching English as a second language online to children overseas.
One of the benefits of this is time zone differences. Our nighttime here in the United States is typically the day in other counties - meaning that this is the perfect side hustle if you're looking for something you can do at home, on your computer, at night.
These companies require you be a teacher or have at least a bachelors degree. You should also be comfortable teaching over webcam at home - so lights, good camera and mic, and some technical computer skills.
Remember, you can also tutor any subject offline by finding students in your area.
How To Start:
VIPKid - The original online ESL teaching platform, and one of the largest
gogoKid - A fast upcoming platform that is growing and hiring teachers
Earning Potential: $400 per month
9. Babysitting
Would you enjoy making some extra money babysitting in your spare time? But maybe you don't know anyone who would pay you?
Now there's apps that allow you to connect online with people looking for your services. This makes it easy to be found, and also has a trust factor involved.
If you have the time and want to do these gigs, they are usually good pay for the work involved.
How To Start:
Sitter City - A platform and app for both babysitting and dog sitting.
Care - A huge platform that connects caregivers and those seeking help
10. Dogsitting or Dogwalking
Let's reverse the above - do you love dogs? Would you enjoy making some extra money dog sitting in your spare time? But maybe you don't know anyone who would pay you?
Now there's apps that allow you to connect online with people looking for your services.
How To Start:
Rover - An app specific to dog sitting that lets you connect with people needing help
Wag - This app connect you specifically for dog walkin
11. Be a Virtual Assistant
Want to work from home and help business owners|bloggers with online work? Then virtual assistant work could be the perfect side hustle for you!
Virtual assistants do a lot of different tasks– everything from graphic design, social media management, blog management, email management, content production, bookkeeping, project management and more.
12. Become a Transcriber
Are you a fast typer and good at remembering what someone says? Then you might enjoy being a transcriber!
This free general transcribing mini course is a great ways to learn more about it and whether it’s a good fit for you.
And for reference sake, according to the Transcribe Anywhere website, the average annual income for a transcriber is $45,000 to $60,000.
13. Make Money on Your Purchases
This isn’t exactly a side hustle, but it is such an easy way to make a little extra money that I had to include it. I mean, what’s not to love about making money on things you were already buying?
These apps or websites will allow you to get cashback on items that you purchase at places like Target, Walmart, grocery stores, CVS, Costco and lots more! Basically, if you buy groceries or household items, this option is worth checking into too!
Ibotta
Fetch Rewards (use referral code GEOEG to get 2,000 free points!)
– This one is the absolute easiest to use…you just scan your receipt and that’s it. I’ve only used it for a couple of weeks and I already have earned $9 in Amazon gift cards!
Rakuten (sign up and get $20 when you make your first purchase of $25 or more!)
– This one is exclusively for online purchases. It’s so simple to do and I earn an average of 5% cash back on almost all of my online shopping!
14. Online Bookkeeper
Bookkeeping is a great side hustle for people who like math and working with numbers. You’ll be sending and receiving invoices, tracking payments and bills, and other basic financial documents.
But you must be wondering if you need to be an accountant for bookkeeping- you’re in luck!
You can learn everything you need to launch your own bookkeeping business from this FREE Bookkeeper Launch workshop.
Bookkeeper Launch has a certification course you can take, and then you can charge more for your services- a whopping $80 an hour!
15. Freelance Writer
Ever wonder how big companies like The Wall Street Journal, Time, and others keep up with their articles?
They have contributors who do their writing entries, from all over the world!
And, guess what? You could become one of them by becoming a freelance writer.
One side hustle idea we know a lot about is freelance writing for blogs. And blogs are all over, which gives you ample chances of getting some blog writing jobs and clients.
The secret to getting gigs is knowing what topics you should write about. Just like blogging, it’s best to have a niche!
Two incredible tools I highly recommend when starting a freelance writing business are Jasper and Surfer SEO.
These two tools will help you land more clients, write quality content faster, and ultimately make far more money from your writing.
16. Clean Houses
This is one of the most recommended jobs we hear from stay-at-home moms. While the kids are at school, there’s no excuse not to utilize that time and make good money on the side!
Becoming a house cleaner could be a great side hustle or day job for moms, dads, or just about anybody who can clean efficiently.
This is a great weekend job idea, as well, so for anyone looking for a side hustle on top of a full-time job, this is one to slide in for just a few hours on a Saturday.
17. Rent Out Room in your Home
If a room is sitting empty in your home, consider listing and renting it on Airbnb to generate passive income.
Airbnb’s calculator shows that you can easily make $869 per month renting out one room to one guest per month.
18. Rent Your Driveway or Parking Space
You can rent out your driveway for others to park, particularly if you live in a busy area. Game days offer prime opportunities to cash in on that parking space you have close to the game or music venue.
If a portion of your driveway is seldom used, consider longer-term renting for boats or RVs.
19. Do Graphic Design
If you have an eye for design and can use tools like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, there’s a massive market for your skills.
You can design logos, websites, magazines, clothing, apps, business cards, stationery, banners, leaflets, posters, pamphlets, brochures, album covers, greeting cards, tattoo designs, product labels, eBook covers, and more.
Fiverr and 99 Designs are popular marketplaces where successful graphic designers can earn thousands of dollars monthly.
20. Offer General Services In Your Neighbourhood
There are many creative and practical ways to make money in your area. Advertise your services on the local classifieds and start earning cash in the evenings and weekends. Services people will pay you for:
Mow lawns and rake leaves
Clean windows
Babysit
Shovel snow
Clean houses
Groom pets
Car washing
21. Become a Shopper With Instacart
Instacart pays you to do grocery shopping for others in the store. You get to plan your own schedule, and if you want, you can also deliver the groceries to the customer.
Personal shoppers make between $11 and $20 per hour, and earnings are paid out weekly.
22. Rent Out Your Car
You can rent out your car when it is not in use on Turo. Listing your car for rent is free and only takes a few minutes.
Earnings range from 65% to 90% of the rental fee and depend on the type of vehicle insurance package you opt for (included).
Another car rental service you can try is Getaround.
23. Buy And Resell Stuff
This was one of the first side hustles I ever did. I would go to garage and estate sales and then start selling the items on eBay or Amazon.
Today, the technology has improved so much that there are a lot of people who make this their full time job. Search for flippers on Instagram and you'll see all kinds of people who are hustling and reselling stuff. And even better deal - search Craigslist Free Stuff and go get free things to resell. It's possible!
How To Start:
eBay
Amazon
24. Notary Service
You can become a notary public in your state for less than $100, and use your certification to make that money back and more very quickly!
Notaries simply oversee the signing of important documents and ensure everyone is who they say they are by giving their approval.
People are in need of a notary public for things like legal documents, bank files, and more- you may need a notary for closing on a home, establishing a power of attorney, or even setting up your retirement accounts.
Check out the National Notary Association for tips on how to get started.
25. House Sitter
When people go on vacation, they sometimes want someone to stay in the house to prevent robberies, take care of plants, or do light cleaning.
You can be that person- plus while house sitting, you may have time to do another side hustle online at the same time.
Sites like Care and HouseSitter can help you get started.
26. Direct Sales Representative
Now being a sales rep is not like being a chat agent, where you answer customers when they want to buy products. As a sales rep, you contact and reach out to potential customers in hopes of selling products rather than customers coming to you.
Just be cautious and know that being successful in network marketing takes a lot of hustle, and people that start actually lose money.
Here are some Direct Sales Rep Companies to start your side hustle with:
Thirty-One
Tupperware
Pampered Chef
Younique
PartyLite
Premier Jewelry
27. Vehicle Advertising
Now you maybe were thinking about how to rent out your car to make money, but it can be hard to rent such a big asset to strangers- there are other lucrative ways to make money with your car!
You could get paid to advertise on your car instead and make hundreds without dealing with renters or becoming a chauffeur. Drive your car like you normally would and get paid.
28. Remote/At Home Customer Service
If you’ve got a phone and reliable connection, you can easily sign up for a customer service job, one of the most well-known side hustles out there.
You can make money answering calls and questions, though sometimes you may deal with irritated customers so be careful with this one!
But it’s a good option for a side hustle since you can work from home, do a couple of hours here and there, and not worry about being micromanaged on the job.
29. Sell Your Hobbies
If you’re good at creating things, why not try selling on Etsy? You’ll get to do what you love and get paid for it at the same time!
A few of the things that are often quite popular on Etsy are homemade clothing, handcrafted accessories, handmade home decor items, handmade party decor, homemade art items.
30. Narrate Audiobooks
As more and more people publish books online, there’s a need for people with great voices to narrate them.
If you can soundproof a room in your house, you might just find yourself on a best-selling audiobook.
As you gain experience, you could charge anywhere $200 – $1,300 for an hour of talking!
31. Sign up to be a Mystery Shopper
Businesses often want to know how they’re performing from a customer’s perspective. Sign up to be their eyes and ears. You can apply online via sites like IntelliShop, BestMark and Sinclair Customer Metrics. Just beware of scams and do thorough research before signing on.
32. Store People’s Stuff at Your House
If you have any extra space in your home — a garage, basement, attic, driveway, or even a closet — you can make extra money by renting it out on Neighbor.com.
The app connects you with people in your area. You can chat with people interested in your space to get more information before approving them. Once approved, you’ll meet your new tenant, store their stuff, and get paid for every month they rent with you. Try Neighbor’s income estimator to see how much you could earn.