Easy Ways to Earn Cash Quickly
- Author: Bryan Miller
- Posted: 2024-02-27
Sell Your Crafts & Vintage Goods
From eBay to Etsy, there's a huge market for arts and crafts. If you have vintage artwork, clothing, books, or jewelry, you can either sell them as they are, or add a unique touch by altering them for a fresher look. Creating unique items from scratch or by combining items is also popular, especially on Etsy. By having a strong social media presence and emphasizing how cool, strange, and unique your items are, you can make anything from a few hundred bucks to a few thousand (or more!) each much.
Run Errands for Cash
Do you like the thought of driving around for cash, but you hate the idea of sitting down all day? Not to worry, people will actually pay you to run their errands for them. From shopping to taking their pets to the vet, mailing a package at the post office to picking up dry cleaning, people will pay you to do just about any unwanted errand. TaskRabbit is for newbies to start, although there are other sites you can use.
Offer a Pet Sitting Service
Pet Sitting is usually a pretty sweet and easy gig. It's especially fun when you already love animals. And while most people might picture pet sitting for cats or dogs, you can actually run into a plethora of animals, including birds, fish, and hamsters. Even charging a meager $40 bucks a day to sit someone's pet for the week will leave you with a nice bump of $280 at the end of the week. Pet sitting usually involves you going to their house, so this means that you have even less to worry about. The best part about this gig is that customer loyalty is very high in the field. Do a good job and you're pretty much guaranteed a repeat customer!
Be an Uber Driver
With an average of $17 - $25 per hour, it's no wonder people are calling it one of the best side hustles. In addition to a good source of cash flow, driving for Uber is an easy job. You can fit it in on your schedule, work it occasionally, part-time, or full-time. Even if you only drove for 25 hours over the course of the week, you'd still make an extra $18k in a year! This is a great job for people who need to be in control of the hours they work, and who want a job they can do easily. Set your limits, your time frame, and make a few friends and lots of cash along the way!
Rent Your Spare Room Out
Whether you want to advertise on Craigslist or the local paper, stick a sign out in your yard, or use a service like Airbnb, renting your room can be a fantastic way to earn a little extra cash. This is doubly true if you live in an area that has well known or popular tourist attractions, or if you live in any major city. If you have lots of extra space, you can rent out multiple rooms, and if you want to have a quick getaway, you can even rent out your entire house. To get an idea of how much cash you can earn, picture renting out space 2x/wk at $100 per night. That ends up being a cool $10,000 each year! If you happen to have a docked houseboat or an RV that's just sitting there, you can even rent those out!
Work With a Focus Group
Want an easy job with tons of fun perks and a $100 - $150 paycheck at the end? Join a focus group. You get to test out new products and see new movies usually before they are officially released. These sessions usually only take 2 - 3 hours. If you do only one group per month, you can end up with an extra $1,500/year, give or take. How cool is it to be able to not just see products and movies before they're released, but give your opinion on them, and get paid to do it?
However you decide to make a little extra (or a lot extra) cash, this list is a great place to start. As you grow as a freelancer, you will find more avenues, new ways, and better venues.