Best Side Hustles - Financial Panther (2024)

Airbnb

Your house is probably your most expensive asset – and if you’re like most people, you probably have a lot of extra space sitting unused. If you have a spare room or you travel regularly, consider taking advantage of your extra space and put it up on Airbnb.

VRBO

VRBO and HomeAway are both owned by Expedia and are two short-term rental platforms that you can use for your house.

Rover – Dog Sitting

Create your own dog sitting business with Rover. I’ve been dog sitting using Rover for several years now, and it’s been a great and fun source of extra income. It’s even better if you already have a dog, since taking care of a second dog really isn’t that much more work.

Wag – Dog Walking

Wag is an on-demand dog walking app and is one of my favorite apps. I use it to get paid to walk dogs near me.

Turo

Turo is a platform that allows users to list cars for people to rent (think of it as an Airbnb for car rentals). Like other platform apps, you create your profile, set your price for your car, and wait for people to book it.

Getaround

Getaround is another car-sharing platform that allows car owners to rent out their cars to people. The key differentiator with Getaround is that it acts more like an on-demand car-sharing app, allowing you to rent your car out on-demand for shorter periods (in contrast, Turo acts more like a traditional car rental service).

HyreCar

HyreCar is a car-sharing platform that works a little differently when compared to Turo and Getaround. Instead of renting to the general public, HyreCar rentals are car rentals for rideshare drivers and food delivery couriers.

DoorDash

DoorDash is another food delivery app that I use because it lets me do deliveries on my bike.

Uber Eats

Uber Eats is another food delivery app that lets me do deliveries on my bike. The main downside with Uber Eats is that it doesn’t tell you where your delivery is going in advance.

GrubHub

Delivery app that shows you where you will pickup and drop off food, and how much you will make ahead of time. It’s a solid app, but the only problem is they don’t seem to allow delivery by bike right now.

Amazon Flex

Amazon Flex has shifts where you deliver packages using your car. They also have on-demand food delivery, but you have to use a car when doing deliveries.

Roadie

Roadie has a partnership with Delta to deliver lost bags to people. This can work out well if you’re already at the airport.

Deliv

I haven’t used Deliv, but I’ve heard about it. You basically go around delivering stuff for businesses.

Instacart

App where you shop for groceries and deliver them to people. Could work for you if you like grocery shopping and are okay with driving.

Shipt

I signed up for Shipt, but haven’t completed the process yet. I’ll update this once I know more about how it works. Basically, you deliver groceries to people.

Field Agent

Field Agent is an app where you take pictures of stuff in stores. I use it if I see anything close to me or if I’m at the store already.

Gigwalk

Gigwalk is another one of these picture apps where you take pictures of stuff in stores. You should use it if you see any gigs near you.

EasyShift

EasyShift is another picture app I use if there’s an easy gig at a store near me.

Merchandiser

Merchandiser has a mix of easy picture taking gigs, and then some gigs that require you to work with the store manager. I usually only do the ones where I take pictures of stuff.

Observa

Observa is another picture app that I do very sparingly. They don’t have a lot of gigs near me, but I see some every once in a while.

Fetch

Fetch gives you money for taking pictures of grocery store receipts. Easy and fast.

Receipt Hog

Take pictures of grocery store and convenience store receipts and earn coins that you can turn into cash.

ReceiptPal

An app where you make a money for taking pictures of ANY receipt. I usually make about $50 a year from this app.

Trunow

An app where you make a tiny amount of money for taking pictures of GAS receipts only.

Coinout

I saw this on Shark Tank and it’s an easy app that lets you earn a few cents on every receipt you take a picture of.

Google Opinion Rewards

Google Opinion Rewards is a survey app from Google. You get sent short, 10-second surveys and get paid a small amount for each survey. It takes so little time to do the survey, so it’s worth having this app on your phone.

1Q

1Q sends you 1 question surveys every once in a while. You earn 25 cents for each survey. I don’t get surveys very often, but it’s still worth having on your phone.

Voxpopme

You get asked to record short 15 second clips of yourself responding to a question. Really easy to do.

Bird

Get paid to charge Bird scooters during the night. These scooters are awesome!

Lime

Get paid to charge Lime scooters during the night. I like Lime better than Bird, but it’s good to sign up for both.

Task Rabbit

Get paid to do random tasks for people – usually helping people move, putting together furniture, or yard work. I don’t do too many Task Rabbit gigs, but it’s worth signing up to see if it’s worth it to you.

ISecretShop

Get paid (or reimbursed) to shop or dine at select locations, and report back through the app on your experiences.

Marketforce

I like this app because it lets me get free food. They seem to have a lot of restaurant secret shop gigs that are easy to do.

Neighbor

Neighbor is a platform that allows you to list extra storage space in your house for people to rent. If you have a basem*nt, attic, or spare closet, you could monetize that extra space by finding listing it up on Neighbor for people to rent. You could also list your garage for people to store their cars in.

Draiver (Previously DriverDo)

Draiver is an app where you get paid to move rental trucks from one location to another. Can be fun if you like driving – and its nice because you’re not driving your own car.

WeGoLook

WeGoLook can be a fun app. Insurance companies need people to go take photos. You’ll generally get paid $20 for every gig you complete.