What if I told you that there were hundreds of side hustles that you could do right from your couch that could help you bring in $100 per day? In this article, I’m going to reveal 20 of the best side hustles that are stupid easy, that you could actually do right from your couch. In fact, once you hear some of these side hustles, you’re going to wonder to yourself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
So, if you want to learn 20 stupid easy, stupid easy side hustles that you can do right from your couch, make sure you read this entire article.
So what we’re going to do today is I’m going to reveal 20 side hustles that you can do right from your couch. The great thing about this opportunity is it includes a wide variety of niches, all sorts of opportunities, and there’s something in there for, I believe, everybody. Without further ado, let’s go ahead and jump into the 20 stupid easy side hustles that you can do right from your couch in 2024.
1: Create playlists for different gatherings
The first way that you can make $100 from your couch is by simply creating different playlists. Yes, people need help picking the best music for all sorts of situations, everything from weddings to baby showers and simply birthday parties. People are looking for assistance, and you could be that person that puts together playlists and simply sell them.
You can sell them for anywhere between $50 to $100, and you could actually patent these playlists and create social media accounts to promote them.
You can use websites like Spotify or even Apple Music to help put these playlists together. It’s essentially something that everybody has, but how cool would it be if you made money just creating playlists and selling them to people? The best part is you could actually create one playlist and sell it again and again and again.
For example, let’s say you had a wedding playlist that featured all country music. You could sell that to people that have a country music-themed wedding, and it would be a great way to essentially make money.
2: Voice acting for video games
Has anyone ever told you that you have a great face or voice for radio? If the answer is yes, you can actually take that voice and become a voice actor for video games.
The great thing is there are all sorts of video games that come out every single year—the big blockbusters that everyone knows about and indie games where it’s obscure, and there’s only a few people that are aware of them, but they still build a cult following. So basically, what you’re going to need to do is you’re going to need to put together a demo or reel of your voice.
If you can do multiple voices, high pitches and low pitches, you’re simply going to put that together in a reel and you can promote it by working directly with game developers. You could even use something like Fiverr as well or find other voice acting platforms. The cool thing with this opportunity is you could get paid up to $200 per hour as a voice actor. Another option might be royalties on the back end depending on how large of a following that game company or game developer has.
3: Online tarot or astrology readings
Do you guys remember Miss Cleo (rest in peace) where she’d come on late at night and people would call her and she would give psychic readings? You essentially could do the same thing over the internet.
The process is actually really simple. You’re going to create content on social media potentially reading the tarot cards for celebrities. Maybe you pick a niche of TV stars, and then you’re going to build out a website where people can come to have personalized tarot card readings.
You could charge as much as $200 per hour to read tarot cards for your customers. How cool would it be if you turned your mystical skills into a lucrative side hustle?
4: Virtual event planning
How cool would it be if you could plan amazing events from the comfort of your own couch? Basically, with virtual event planning, you’re going to plan things from home, everything from weddings to funerals, bar mitzvahs, graduations—all of these are different opportunities that you could plan for other people and you don’t even have to leave the house.
To get started, you could actually use event planning software to help you plan and organize. You can use screen share and even Zoom to meet with potential clients.
The great news about bringing people together is you can make $500 per event. As you get more knowledge, skills, and experience, you could actually command a little bit more.
How fun would it be to sit at home, plan parties for other people, and get paid for it?
5: Custom video messager
Number five is offering custom video messages. You can actually get paid to brighten someone’s day with a simple video message. This works well if you look like a popular actor or movie star, like Michael Jackson or Prince.
Basically, what you could do is you could create content on social media as that person, Prince for example, and people would reach out to you to have custom video messages made. You could even build out a website and direct people directly to that website where you have them pay, obviously, and enter in the custom message they want. If you are into cosplay, this actually works out for you as well.
To get started with this, you could simply just record stuff with your phone, and as you start making money, you can reinvest in better software, better lighting, and even a better camera to provide a better overall experience. If you’re brand new with this, you could charge $10 to $15 per video, but as you get more knowledge, skills, and experience, and you get a better camera, you could charge $100 for simply sending someone some positive vibes over the internet.
How much fun would it be if you could make someone’s day and get paid for it with a simple video message?
6: Online language coaching
How cool would it be if you simply got paid sharing the language skills that you already have? Whether you attained them through high school or you grew up learning this language as a first or second language, you can simply make money.
What you’re going to do is create content, whether free or paid, on social media and then direct them to your website where you can actually offer them one-on-one coaching or a complete course teaching them the language that you’re familiar with.
Once you find the platform you want to use, you can build full-length courses with hours of training, teaching them very basic terms, principles, and words. You can charge per hour or by course. If you are doing one-on-one coaching, you can charge $115 per hour.
If you have a complete master course, you could charge hundreds of dollars to help people learn a language. The great thing is people want to learn languages for all sorts of reasons: to get better with their coursework, maybe they’re traveling to a different country, or simply they are in a relationship with someone that speaks a different language and they want to build a closer connection.
There are tons of people out there that are looking to learn a language for a variety of reasons, and they’re willing to pay for it.
7: Custom subscription boxes
One of my favorites, is selling curated subscription boxes. One really big opportunity that’s out there for 2024 is selling custom boxes to people that are interested in your specific niche.
Basically, what you’re going to do is identify a niche, maybe fishing, and every single month you’re going to send your customers a box of different goodies. It could be lures, reels, or fishing line—all sorts of stuff that could fit in a relatively small box.
To get started, you’re simply going to go out and partner with different wholesalers, maybe through a website like Alibaba, have them send it to you, and then you put the box together. As you get bigger, you could actually hire someone to put these boxes together for you. You can promote this through social media.
If you are in the fishing niche, you simply create fishing content teaching people how to catch more and bigger fish and then recommend your subscription box as a possible solution. As you gain more and more clients, you can charge as much as $50 per box or $50 per subscription.
Just make sure that you are fulfilling and giving them something new and different every single month. Best of all, people love getting stuff in the mail, so this could be a really cool opportunity for people that identify a niche and create content for it.
8: Recipe books
Number eight is creating and selling niche recipe books.
If you enjoy cooking, this could be a really cool opportunity for you. There are so many different sub-niches in cooking, everything from keto to Atkins diet, Jamaican to Asian cuisine. You could simply put together a recipe book and sell it to people that are interested in cooking in that format.
What’s really cool about this is you could actually get started with this for free. You could use something like Canva to put these different recipe books together and then you can sell it as a digital download.
Once you gain more knowledge, skills, and experience, you could actually pass off the editing of the book to other people and just be the face of the company. There are actually a few ways that you can sell this. You can sell this right on Amazon or you can use content marketing on social media to sell these books for you.
9: Calligraphy
Sell handwritten letters or calligraphy. If you’ve got really great, beautiful handwriting, you can make very, very good money creating handwritten letters and selling them to other people.
For example, you could create handwritten initials and sell them as something that they could put on their wall. You could also create handwritten letters and simply sell them for a very high dollar amount. People love handwritten stuff because it’s rare and unique. It’s very rare that people get handwritten notes these days.
You could charge anywhere between $10 and $15 for initials, and you could charge even more, upwards of $100 or more, for full letters. It’s important to let people know that they are personalized and custom.
10: Design custom pet products
Did you know that you could actually design custom pet products, things like t-shirts and blankets, and sell them right from the comfort of your own couch?
People absolutely love their pets and they are willing to pay premium dollar to get their pets’ faces on a t-shirt or maybe even a blanket. You could be the person that actually creates that design and sends it to them. The process is actually really easy. What you’re going to do is create content on social media of you designing pet products and then direct them to a website where they can buy their custom design.
You can actually partner with third-party companies like Printify and Printful, where they handle the shipping and the logistics, and all you have to do is create the design. You can start this business for little or no money down and then scale it up. You could charge anywhere between $25 and $50 depending on the size of the order and the size of the design.
11: Develop and sell mobile applications
With mobile apps, you can create something that solves a specific problem and sell it to people. Let’s say, for example, you’re looking to create an app that helps people organize family activities. You could work with developers on Upwork, Fiverr, or PeoplePerHour and get that app developed.
Once that app is developed, you can make money in a variety of ways. You can make money by putting ads on that app, by having a free version, and then a premium version. You could even make money by selling that app to a bigger developer. This can be a very cool opportunity because once you create the app, it essentially can pay you forever.
12: Creating and selling educational printables
How cool would it be if you simply got paid to develop educational printables that helped kids learn? This can be something like ABCs, their shapes and numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You can create these printables for free using something like Canva or even Google Docs and sell them to parents or even teachers. There are so many different ways to make money with this.
You can even sell them on a website like Etsy or Amazon and make money. Depending on the printable, you could charge a few dollars to $20 or even $50 for these different printables.
13: hosting online workshops or webinars
What’s cool about this opportunity is you can actually provide so much value to people in a short amount of time. What’s really cool is people will pay for you to solve a problem right now. With online workshops and webinars, you can actually solve a problem in real time.
Let’s say, for example, you’re teaching people how to make money on Facebook. You could charge for access to the workshop or webinar, provide them with a few templates and a few goodies, and then they could be up and running faster than if they took a course. You can charge anywhere between a few dollars and hundreds of dollars depending on the amount of value that you provide.
You could charge people even more by offering one-on-one coaching after the webinar is over. To get started with this, you simply need to identify a problem that people need solving and that they are willing to pay for. Create the content and promote it on social media.
14: Offering resume and LinkedIn profile makeovers
How cool would it be if you could get paid helping people improve their resumes or LinkedIn profiles? What’s really cool about this is there are people out there looking for jobs that need help. If you know what recruiters are looking for, you can simply provide those suggestions, maybe rewrite their resumes and LinkedIn profiles.
You can share some of your client results on social media to attract even more people. You could charge anywhere between $50 and $200 depending on the level of service that you’re providing. This can be a really cool opportunity because you get to help people and you get paid for it.
15: Offering virtual tech setup services
Do you know that there are so many people that buy brand new Macs, iPads, or smartphones and have no idea how to set them up?
You can actually get paid by helping these people set up their new tech. You can meet with them over Zoom and help them with the initial setup process. The great thing about this is there are so many people that are in the baby boomer demographic that just don’t know how to set up their tech.
They just don’t have the time or the patience, and you can get paid for helping them out. You could advertise your services on social media or you could even run targeted Facebook ads. To get started, all you really need is a Zoom account and a social media presence.
You can charge at least $50 per hour just to help people set up their tech. The best part is this is something that you can do right from your couch and make money.
16: Creating and selling unique stock footage
Did you know that you can make money simply by taking interesting photos and selling them as stock photography? Yes, you can actually do this right from your smartphone. All you’re going to do is take interesting photos of your town or maybe interesting locations in your area and sell them as stock photography.
What’s cool about this opportunity is you can start with your smartphone and then reinvest the money that you make into buying a better camera. You can place your photos on a website like Shutterstock, or you can host them yourself on your own website and charge even more.
There are so many different ways to make money with this, and this is a really good opportunity for people that are looking to start a business with no money down.
17: Hosting virtual crafting classes
Did you know that there are people that are interested in knitting, basket weaving, or even crocheting? You could actually get paid teaching them how to do this right over Zoom. What’s really cool is you can actually host group classes so that you can make even more money.
You can charge anywhere between $25 and $50 per person. As you get better with your craft, you could charge even more. The best part is you can create content on social media to attract people that are interested in your crafting skills.
18: Offering remote IT support
Did you know that you could provide basic troubleshooting for common issues like, “My internet doesn’t work” or “I don’t know how to set up my router”? You could actually get paid for your knowledge and skills. What’s really cool is people are searching for the answers to these questions every single day. To get started, you can simply advertise your services on social media. People will reach out to you and you can charge them about $60 per hour for your tech expertise.
19: Creating and selling custom digital planners
How cool would it be if you could help people stay organized by creating digital planners? You could create niche-specific planners for people that are looking to stay organized in a specific area. For example, you could create a digital planner for stay-at-home moms or a digital planner for entrepreneurs.
You can use free software like Canva or even Google Docs to create these planners. You can sell these planners right on your website or you can sell them on Etsy. The cool thing about this opportunity is you can charge more on your website. You could charge anywhere between $5 and $10 on Etsy, but you could charge up to $30 per planner on your website.
20: Creating and selling online quizzes
Did you know that you can make money simply by creating quizzes for social media? Yes, you could actually do this right from your couch. You can create quizzes for businesses or individuals. You could use quiz-making tools to create these quizzes, and you can charge up to $100 per quiz.
One cool thing is you can actually create these quizzes and provide resell rights so that your customers can resell the quizzes themselves. To get started with this, you can simply create a few quizzes and market your quiz-making skills on social media.
Conclusion
Now that you know the 20 different ways to make money from your couch, let me know in the comments which ones you plan on trying. Let me know if there’s one that you’ve never heard of before.
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