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The Watcher

Member
Oct 29, 2017
1,350
I have a full time job already and looking for ways to make some extra dough on the side. Any suggestions would help, but unfortunately driving/delivery services are out of the equation for me. Thanks!
 

Dest

Has seen more 10s than EA ever will
Coward
Jun 4, 2018
14,106
Work
Start a church, commit tax fraud, become a politician, create incredibly cheap Trump merch and sell it at inflated prices.
 

BennyWhatever

Member
Oct 27, 2017
4,818
US
Do you have any side skills like do you play guitar or anything? You could provide lessons for ~ $20-30/lesson in the evenings.
 

Galaxea

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,421
Orlando, FL
I have a full time job already and looking for ways to make some extra dough on the side. Any suggestions would help, but unfortunately driving/delivery services are out of the equation for me. Thanks!

Freelance art, Headshots if you do photography, blogging, resale.

I really need to get my portrait work going again to pay off some debt but my motivation has been lacking the past month. The heat doesn't help.
 

Deleted member 2802

Community Resetter
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
33,729
I have a full time job already and looking for ways to make some extra dough on the side. Any suggestions would help, but unfortunately driving/delivery services are out of the equation for me. Thanks!
Find a niche industry and specialize in it, like Etsy, and make idk Airpod covers with video game character heads or something

Find a useful product/raw material for your area and become an importer of it

The issue comes down to home much time/risk/reward/skill you have
 

Bear

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,917
Just please don't try those social media-fueled side hustle bullshits like drop shipping.
 

entremet

You wouldn't toast a NES cartridge
Member
Oct 26, 2017
60,445
Do you own your residence? Renting a room out is probably the most consistent way honestly.
 

t26

Avenger
Oct 27, 2017
4,582
Reselling - hit up garage sales, Goodwill, Pawn shops for stuff that you can make a profit.
 

Sirhc

Hasn't made a thread yet. Shame me.
Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,059
Oof. I get what you're saying and I've donated plasma for close to two years straight back in college and have to puncture marks in the crooks of my arms to prove it. Never will I go that extreme again...

Well then, I gotta default to just draw furry porn then, furries got way too much money to spend.
 

Jag

Member
Oct 26, 2017
11,675
Freelance writing. Probably doesn't pay great, but you could see about getting some content writing gigs.
 
Oct 25, 2017
10,482
I majored in journalism and minored in English. I have a working background in customer service and insurance.
There are people on Fiverr who make good money on professional writing gigs
I just paid someone $150 to redo my resume, cover and LinkedIn. Specifically to optimize them so they get through automated screening at big companies

And it worked quite well
 

Couleurs

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,357
Denver, CO
I haven't done it in several years so I don't know if it's still worth your time today, but when money was tight I was doing small tasks for Amazon Mechanical Turk (Mturk), such as university/corporate research studies and surveys, transcription, and other random tasks companies/people paid for. It isn't a lot of money (when I was most active I was making a few hundred per week) and you need to join a community to identify which tasks are worth doing, but it's great for making money on the side from home without being tied to a schedule that might conflict with another job.
 
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vypek

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,595
I majored in journalism and minored in English. I have a working background in customer service and insurance.
There are probably some gigs you can do like writing students essays or other papers. If you don't like that, there are people/sites that will pay for pro writers as gig work.
 

Mukrab

Member
Apr 19, 2020
7,590
My wife needs to do this. She draws so many furry-like characters and is great at it but she never bothers to attempt trying that market.
Doesnt even have to be porn. Go to a popular game subreddit, in a game where you have your own avatar. Make some cool portraits from characters from that game to show off and people will pay you for a portrait of their own character. Games like WoW or Sea of Thieves.
 

Sirhc

Hasn't made a thread yet. Shame me.
Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,059
Doesnt even have to be porn. Go to a popular game subreddit, in a game where you have your own avatar. Make some cool portraits from characters from that game to show off and people will pay you for a portrait of their own character. Games like WoW or Sea of Thieves.

FFXIV players love them some commissions.
 

Kemal86

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,431
OP, I wrote up a big post about plasma before seeing that you've done it before. It may be worth looking into again as the payouts in many areas are fucking huge right now, as in, $800 a month for new donors and $100-$150 a week after that.
 

Donepalace

Member
Mar 16, 2019
2,628
If you've got a great body maybe only fans could be a possibility. You can go incognito with a mask too so no one will ever know who you really are lol I think there's some muscle guy on there that wears a panda mask with tons of followers lol
 

bangai-o

Member
Oct 27, 2017
9,527
If you have lawnmower, weed trimmer, and various other tools, then landscaping is nice. Kinda just zone out while working. Take before and after pics to build a portfolio.