40 Side Hustles to Give Your Budget A Boost

What the current cost of living crisis, bringing in additional income can go a long way to helping you achieve your financial goals such as paying down your debt faster.

There are so many Side Hustle options available now that you can most likely turn your passion into some extra cash for your budget (and maybe even a new career!). Best of all, most Side Hustles can be done in just a few hours a week, some even from the comfort of your own home!

If you’ve got some talent or skills that you use for your day job, or a hobby you might be able to utilise those skills to bring in some extra cash which can go a long way in helping your budget.

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Check out these 40 Side Hustles to give your budget a boost!

40 Side Hustles to Give Your Budget a Boost

1. Tutoring – Math’s, English, language or music lessons just to name a few. With Skype, Zoom and other Virtual options you can even teach from your own home.
2. Dog walking – a great way to earn a few bucks an hour spending time exercising with your favourite animals. 
3. Babysitting – if you love kids and are good with them advertise your babysitting services. Most Babysitters command $18-30 an hour depending on their qualifications and experience. Check out sites like Find A Babysitter and Babysitters Now to advertise your services.
4. Drive for Uber or Lyft – if you have a car consider driving on the side or when you have some spare time (although be sure to do the math and make sure it is worth your while after car expenses and wear and tear!).
5. Resume writing/career coaching – If you’ve gone for a lot of interviews in a particular field, or are skilled at putting together winning resumes and cover letters, put those amazing skills to use for job seekers who need that extra help to get over the line. 
6. Gardening services – Do you love gardening? Why not advertise your services and get paid money to mow, weed or maintain gardens. You’ve probably got all the tools you need already too! 
7. Cleaning – Grab yourself $35 an hour minimum as a cleaner. If you’re an efficient cleaner and don’t mind cleaning too much, this might be a great way to bring in some extra cash and shouldn’t be too costly to start.
8. Car washing & detailing – If you are talented in keeping your car looking shiny AF, consider putting your talents into looking after other people’s cars. Detailing is expensive and if you can offer a good rate and a great service you can bring in some serious cash and be able to earn money doing something you love.
9.  Offer your services – Airtasker is a great way to bring in extra cash doing odd jobs for people, like delivering bulk goods, grocery shopping, yard work etc. The possibilities are endless. You can also search listed jobs and see if any take your interest.
10.  Start a blog – if you’ve got something to say why not start your own blog. It’s a great passion project and way to bring some extra cash in from affiliate income and advertising revenue. Sign up for Bluehost hosting and get started! You’ll need website hosting, a domain name, and a theme. Don’t forget to utilise Youtube, there are thousands of videos dedicated to starting your own blog. 
11.  Youtuber – if you have a passion for sharing your skills or knowledge with the world and know how to wield a phone camera and basic video editing, you can start making some advertising revenue from Youtube videos. And the great thing is you can earn money from those videos for a long time to come!
12.  Sell your clutter– if you have unwanted clutter collecting dust, now is the time to sell it. You can sell unwanted items on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Buy, Swap, Sell Groups, Gumtree, Poshmark etc. Check out how I made over $5000 selling our excess stuff for tips on how to start and what to sell.
13. Ebay Reseller – if you have an eye for fashion, or antiques or any collectibles you can put your knowledge to good use by buying sought after items at hugely discounted prices and selling them on Ebay for a higher price.
14.  Upcycle furniture – if you have an eye for furniture and love being creative and practical, then consider upcycling furniture. You might just pick up a piece of furniture on the side of the road or on the cheap from your local Buy, Swap and Sell group and put some elbow grease and a little bit of cash and walk away with a tidy profit. The more unique your talents are the better! 
15.  Carpentry – if you are skilled at making things from scratch, you could start a side hustle making custom products for customers such as dining tables, outdoor settings, firepit seating etc. I’ve seen same amazing work from ladies and men online that people would pay over $1,000 for if they knew you were offering carpentry services.
16. Make your own jewellery or other crafts – if jewellery or crafts is your go to hobby, consider selling some of your creations. Etsy offers a marketplace to sell items like earrings, necklaces, hand made cushions, knitted kids toys and so on. 
17.  Hairdressing – If you are a hairdresser, utilise your skills and bring in some extra cash on the side. If you work full-time, a few clients on a Saturday or Sunday morning or the occasional wedding will bring in some great funds.  
18. Makeup Artist – If you talent is make up, advertise your makeup services for formals, weddings, Christmas parties and other special events.
19. Pet sitter – If you love pets, offer your pet sitting services. People are usually thrilled to save some cash on kennels and have someone who will be more attentive to their pets needs whilst they are away. Try Madpaws to advertise your services.
20. Delivery driver – Most locations have at least one pizza joint that you can deliver pizzas for. Or pick up some work from Deliveroo, Uber Eats or Menulog. Again be sure to weigh up the costs of car expenses vs income here to make sure you are getting bang for your buck. 
21. Photographer – if you know your way around a camera and photo shoot offer your photography services. You can do photoshoots for businesses, kids, families or sell prints online, such as on Etsy Marketplace or get paid to take stock images for websites like Shutterstock.
22. Editor – If you are a grammar freak, offer your editing services to authors. Fiverr offers a platform to advertise your editing services.
23. Social Media Manager – if you know more than most about social media presence, advertising, branding and all things marketing offer your services to businesses. You could even locate small business with little to no online social media presence and offer to set up their online social media prescence. Great for anyone who loves social media!
24. Build websites – if you are gifted with tech skills, consider opening your own website building side gig. If you’ve done it enough times it’ll be some quick easy cash for you!
25. Personal stylist – if you have a passion for fashion, consider offering your services to those who are less fashion inclined. You could offer a fee for your personal shopping assistance and help others find a wardrobe they love.
26. Baker/Chef – if you are talented in the kitchen, you can have your own catering on the side. Maybe you make amazing cookies or macarons or cake pops. Whatever you love doing, there are always market stalls or events you can offer to work with.
27. Gift baskets/hampers – my cousin once earned money putting together gift hampers for her boss for staff. If you are good at organising gifts for large groups of people and know what people like (other than those really average hampers everywhere else seems to sell) consider making your own hampers and charging a premium for them.
28. Hire out unused space – if you’ve got a free room and bathroom in your home, or you travel a lot, a great way to earn some extra cash is on Airbnb by renting out your available space. It’s a great way to potentially meet new people and make some extra cash on unused space in your home, particularly if  you travel a lot. There’s also websites that let you hire out unused storage space like your basement, garage or parking spaces!
29. Fivver – is a great platform for freelancers with a range of skills such as graphic design, music and audio, translation, website design etc . If you are talented at drawing, photoshop and the like it is a great way for people to find and hire you.
30. Get a Part time or casual job – have a look and see what jobs openings are available locally to bring in some extra cash. It might be filling shelves at your local supermarket, waiting tables, or data entry around tax season. Or do something you enjoy like DJing or MC’ing at events. 
31. Create an online course – Sell an online course on Udemy or Teachable. 
32. Write an eBook – if you’ve got knowledge on a particular topic, create an eBook in Word, export it to a PDF and sell it online. Amazon Direct Publishing offers great options to do this in a low cost way!  
33. Online Surveys – these are a way to earn money from the comfort of your own home. Some only pay in gift vouchers, and they are not bang for your buck, but if you enjoy them and have the time they can make you some extra cash without too much effort.
34. Hire out party/wedding décor – A friend of mine used to work on weekends doing wedding ceremony set up as her side hustle. If you have some spare time on the weekends, have access to a trailer, space for 20 to 50 chairs, a rug and some decorations you can start you own wedding decor and set up business. When I was planning my wedding I realised the eye watering amounts these set ups costs so it is a fairly lucrative side hustle once you pay for your rental gear. Another popular option is hiring out picnic set ups.
35. Lolly bar – If you have some spare time on the weekends, grab some glass jars and a bunch of lollies and offer your lolly bar service. These charge around $1,000 a pop for a wedding so is some serious profit to be made, with not so much effort. Although it might be hard to resist eating all those sugary treats (or is it just my weakness ;)) 
36. Book Keeping – if you are an Accountant by day, you could pick up some extra clients after hours to add to your cash stash. You can also advertise your services to set up Accounting Software for new users.
37. Repairs – If you can repair things, why not make some cash from it. You might be great at repairing phones, PCs, guitars, fridges, DVD players, dishwashers, general home repairs etc.  
38. Shirt printing – if you are artistic and can come up with some unique shirt designs, this can be a great side hustle. Red Bubble, Spreadshirt and Etsy, plus many more websites now let you sell on a per order basis, so skip the need for lots of stock to be stored in your home.
39. Performing – if you can play an instrument or sing look for gigs at weddings, parties and pubs or paid projects like recording on albums. These can be listed on Airtasker, or simply advertise your services locally. 
40. Teach a class – if you’re talented and qualified to teach music, yoga, personal training, cooking or whatever your skills are, consider teaching in a class setting. It could be offering group PT for friends at the park, a virtual Italian cooking class or group music lessons for kids. 

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Question: What side hustles have you picked up to earn more cash? Share yours in the comments below!