Keep hearing it a lot these days what with the cost of living the way it is. Anyone got one? How did you get involved? How much of your time does it take up? Good little earner?
I have a small photography side hustle. Done some landscape photography/travel photography work for visitor bureaus/hotel chains/adventure retail stores. I don’t really do it to make any money - pretty much just enough to finance some photography trips. I completely fell into it. A visitors bureau saw some of my pictures from a trip to New Zealand on social media and reached out to me to take some pictures in the us southwest. After that it has grown a little via referrals. Impossible to make a living as a photographer and what I make probably doesn’t make it worth it but I enjoy it so I don’t mind
I have a friend who feeds cats whilst their owners are away on holiday. 15mins in the morning and 15mins in the evening … £20 a hit. Not a bad hourly rate if you think about it
I do about 12 hours a week volunteering helping the homeless at a church. I have to confess (feel guilty saying it) that recently I have thought about how much money I could earn if that was a paying job. Even at £10 an hour it would supplement my ever decreasing income.
A friend of mine buys broken things from eBay (mainly phones, Xbox controllers and laptops) and sells them on. Reckons he makes about £120 a week for around 8 hours work.
So far this year I have fed the neighbours semi feral cat for four weeks while they went on holiday. For free, but I got a lovely Fortnum and Masons mug as a thank you. I suppose that is a side hustle.
I have a friend who feeds cats whilst their owners are away on holiday. 15mins in the morning and 15mins in the evening … £20 a hit. Not a bad hourly rate if you think about it
The wife is putting the budgie in a budgerry for 16 nights. One firm wanted £10 a day
I have a friend who feeds cats whilst their owners are away on holiday. 15mins in the morning and 15mins in the evening … £20 a hit. Not a bad hourly rate if you think about it
The wife is putting the budgie in a budgerry for 16 nights. One firm wanted £10 a day
Keep hearing it a lot these days what with the cost of living the way it is. Anyone got one? How did you get involved? How much of your time does it take up? Good little earner?
Try and keep it clean!
What job do you do?, Is it something you could set yourself up as a "consultant"? and use your skill and knowledge to guide other business. Charge say £40 an hour see how you get on.
I have a friend who feeds cats whilst their owners are away on holiday. 15mins in the morning and 15mins in the evening … £20 a hit. Not a bad hourly rate if you think about it
The wife is putting the budgie in a budgerry for 16 nights. One firm wanted £10 a day
I have a friend who feeds cats whilst their owners are away on holiday. 15mins in the morning and 15mins in the evening … £20 a hit. Not a bad hourly rate if you think about it
The wife is putting the budgie in a budgerry for 16 nights. One firm wanted £10 a day
When you first looked for the “Budgerry” I bet you had to be careful not to mistake that letter d as a g!
I have a friend who feeds cats whilst their owners are away on holiday. 15mins in the morning and 15mins in the evening … £20 a hit. Not a bad hourly rate if you think about it
The wife is putting the budgie in a budgerry for 16 nights. One firm wanted £10 a day
When you first looked for the “Budgerry” I bet you had to be careful not to mistake that letter d as a g!
Missus has started but not completed or followed through with a couple. There is potential and it would be nice to have that additional income to fund some projects we want to do on the house or to pay for a holiday each year. But the hourly rate particularly with the amount of time you have to invest at the start always makes it seem not that worth it. My sister makes a bit of cash through her Instagram account and paid promotions etc.
The best one I've ever seen was my uncle and aunt, lived on a farm so had plenty of space and a big house. They used to dog sit for everyone in their village (some even for months on end). The dogs had free rein of a particular section of the farm they used my cousins to walk them and feed them. Idyllic holiday for the dogs with plenty of games and attention from my cousins and enough cash for them to take their family of 6 skiing every year. Make the most of what you've got available right
Work in a bar, side hustle is working in other people's bars or event Bartending at festivals etc on the side. Sometimes jobs come up same day and they're desperate, so it pays £20+ an hour, not bad for what is usually slinging a few gin and tonics in glasses and handing out cans of beer
I’m fascinated by people who can do this sort of thing/start a business. It’s quite a vogue thing to be an entrepreneur, but I’ve not gone any sort of characteristic/trait like that in me.
My missus started one in Covid where she started making candles and tried to sell them through Etsy but could only flog a couple, and my sister has started making earrings and has sold about 25 through Etsy.
I’m fascinated by people who can do this sort of thing/start a business. It’s quite a vogue thing to be an entrepreneur, but I’ve not gone any sort of characteristic/trait like that in me.
My missus started one in Covid where she started making candles and tried to sell them through Etsy but could only flog a couple, and my sister has started making earrings and has sold about 25 through Etsy.
It’s a pretty admirable skill I think
It really depends on what you are offering/doing.
I retired in 2020 however with my wife still working I wanted a little something to keep my hand in and give me a purpose to get up in the morning. So I placed an add in our local free magazine for three months offering handyman services and gardening to gauge the response, especially with Covid still around.
I wanted 3 x days a week tops however the phone was ringing off the hook and I was turning work down on a regular basis, plus the people I was working for were passing on my number and it was coming from that side as well.
If I wanted too I could be working 7 x days a week and employ a second person, all based on a simple half page add costing £48.00 for 3 x months.
Try stewarding. I only wish I'd known about it when I was working and my kids were small.
Having taken (very) early retirement, I wanted a little something to do and fell into this when a friend suggested I should give it a go. Subsequently it's turned into a nice little number for me. And it's generally good fun.
Safety stewarding (the sort I do, can I check your ticket, toilets are over there etc) is pretty simple to pick up and just really requires a bit of common sense and ability to stand for long periods. (Although I despair at how many people don't have common sense or moan at having to stand).
Done various training, took a NVQ3 and now a supervisor. The money's not bad.
Great thing is you can choose when you want to work and it's easy to fit some in with a "proper" job. You can work at the weekends or the evening.
Vacancies all over the place at the moment. Venues are short everywhere. So if anyone wants a bit of extra money, start applying. But just not for football - in my opinion that just isn't worth the aggravation for what you get paid!
For those who enjoy a more "robust" time, get yourself a SIA badge and try security (response) stewarding. Pay for that is much better but it's not always, shall we say, for the faint hearted.
I repair carbon fibre fishing poles,get them brought to me from all over the place. Only do it evenings and weekends but with a little push,could quite easily overtake my decorating earnings.
The main thing I have found since starting my own business is that its a lot easier to pick up one or two bits on the side - which tend to be more projects that I have an interest in rather than the ones that make the most money.
My day job? Sports marketing, sponsorship and brand development.
My side hustle - bit of personal consulting for sports organisations (football clubs in particular) who need some short term help in day to day operations, commercial / marketing / sponsorship discussions, and general advice (ahem!).
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For free, but I got a lovely Fortnum and Masons mug as a thank you.
I suppose that is a side hustle.
One firm wanted £10 a day
The best one I've ever seen was my uncle and aunt, lived on a farm so had plenty of space and a big house. They used to dog sit for everyone in their village (some even for months on end). The dogs had free rein of a particular section of the farm they used my cousins to walk them and feed them. Idyllic holiday for the dogs with plenty of games and attention from my cousins and enough cash for them to take their family of 6 skiing every year. Make the most of what you've got available right
My missus started one in Covid where she started making candles and tried to sell them through Etsy but could only flog a couple, and my sister has started making earrings and has sold about 25 through Etsy.
I retired in 2020 however with my wife still working I wanted a little something to keep my hand in and give me a purpose to get up in the morning. So I placed an add in our local free magazine for three months offering handyman services and gardening to gauge the response, especially with Covid still around.
I wanted 3 x days a week tops however the phone was ringing off the hook and I was turning work down on a regular basis, plus the people I was working for were passing on my number and it was coming from that side as well.
If I wanted too I could be working 7 x days a week and employ a second person, all based on a simple half page add costing £48.00 for 3 x months.
Having taken (very) early retirement, I wanted a little something to do and fell into this when a friend suggested I should give it a go. Subsequently it's turned into a nice little number for me. And it's generally good fun.
Safety stewarding (the sort I do, can I check your ticket, toilets are over there etc) is pretty simple to pick up and just really requires a bit of common sense and ability to stand for long periods. (Although I despair at how many people don't have common sense or moan at having to stand).
Done various training, took a NVQ3 and now a supervisor. The money's not bad.
Great thing is you can choose when you want to work and it's easy to fit some in with a "proper" job. You can work at the weekends or the evening.
Vacancies all over the place at the moment. Venues are short everywhere. So if anyone wants a bit of extra money, start applying. But just not for football - in my opinion that just isn't worth the aggravation for what you get paid!
For those who enjoy a more "robust" time, get yourself a SIA badge and try security (response) stewarding. Pay for that is much better but it's not always, shall we say, for the faint hearted.
My day job? Sports marketing, sponsorship and brand development.
My side hustle - bit of personal consulting for sports organisations (football clubs in particular) who need some short term help in day to day operations, commercial / marketing / sponsorship discussions, and general advice (ahem!).
I started a boat building business in my attic ... now sails are going through the roof.