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What side hustles have you personally seen work pretty well? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Corporations taking over side hustles seems to be screwing over people, since they take such a large cut and flood the market for that hustle.

But the ones I've personally seen people do that work pretty well (in USA) are:

Stay at home mom watching another kid (legally dubious depending on state/situation. But I ain't no narc.)

A neighbor of my mom's sends out a menu saying what she plans on cooking each night for that week, and for $X will deliver you some as well (Legal in Utah due to special laws, other states could be dubious. )

People who go pick up free furniture that is pretty trashed, and then refurbishes it and sells it. Or people with trucks who are like "Will deliver furniture for $30 in X area" is also pretty life saver for people without cars/trucks. Was able to get a super cheap/nice coach because of this.
People who just flip free stuff or stuff from thrift stores without doing any improvements annoy me greatly though. We broke and you're just driving up the price!

None of these generate a ton of cash, but I like that they take very little up front cost, aren't disruptive, and mostly take labor.

So what side hustles have you seen work out?

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[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Side hustles should be hobbies and done with no need to monetize them.

What the fuck, your job should be enough to support you and live, which includes free time to enjoy your life and hobbies.

But I understand, and more than once in my life I had to look for side hustles.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yea, everyone keeps telling me I should be selling my 3D prints. I don't want to have to deal with logistics and customers. I just want to 3D print cool shit.

[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 3 points 2 weeks ago

Also, knowledge and sharing has been critical for advancement of human civilization. Imagine if scientists where to sell their research instead of publishing it(*) where would be today?

= I mean, you might have to pay to read those publications, but they are literally free and can ask the authors for a copy free in most cases....

[–] Liz@midwest.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some people enjoy making it a little low-pressure business.

[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing wrong with that!

Just saying that not necessarily everything should be about money.