185 Ways to Make Extra Money

Looking for ways to make extra money?

Here are 185 ideas for how you can earn extra money. Some of them are service gigs you could do to make extra cash–things you could start today. Some are service gigs you could do if you had the equipment. Others are blogging ideas–110 blogging ideas, to be precise.

No matter what your skills, training, education, and experience look like, you can find something to do to earn extra money. Put your mind to it, and ask God for inspiration! He will show you something!

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Once you start, don’t be afraid to start small.

Do something that requires zero cash outlay if you can. Then, as you earn, you’ll be able to save and invest back into your business over time. Growth requires time, but everybody can do something that earns extra cash today if you put your mind to it.

So here’s my list of ways you could make extra money:

Service gigs you could start today:

1. Babysitting
2. House sitting
3. Pet-sitting
4. Dog walking
5. Dog bathing
6. Errand running
7. House cleaning
8. Office cleaning
9. Secret shopping/mystery shopping
10. Organizing garages

Service gigs if you have the training or equipment:

1. Pressure-washing (whether you own a pressure washer or rent one cheaply from a big box home improvement store)
2. Lawn mowing (if you own a lawnmower or if your client will let you use theirs)
3. Planting flowers
4. Fertilizing lawns
5. Mending clothes (buttons, lining seams, etc.)
6. Handyman services
7. Outdoor guide (fishing, hunting, hiking)
8. Baking (cakes, cookies, cupcakes, etc.)
9. Teaching a class about your special skill
10. Painting home interiors
11. Weeding flower gardens
12. Home photography for real estate transactions
13. Videography
14. Portrait photography
15. Drone videography
16. Event coordinator
17. Teach group fitness classes
18. Playing your musical instrument for events
19. Event catering
20. Wedding planning

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Online tasks that pay:

1. Amazon Mechanical Turk
2. Fiverr
3. Taking surveys
4. Pinterest administration/development for bloggers
5. Freelance writing
6. Graphic design – helping bloggers
7. Formatting people’s writing into ebooks
8. Building websites on spec
9. Building custom websites
10. Renting out websites to small businesses

Part-time jobs you could get for extra cash:

1. Delivering pizza
2. Delivering food and groceries through Uber Eats, Dinner Delivered, Instacart, etc.
3. Waiting tables (sit-down restaurant)
4. Uber/Lyft/taxi driving
5. Medical courier driving
6. Clothing store clerk
7. Receptionist (part-time)
8. Fast food restaurant worker
9. Cleaning churches
10. Grocery store clerk

Make extra money by selling things you own or make:

1. Formal wear (including wedding gowns) to Poshmark, Ebay, Facebook groups, Facebook Marketplace, yard sales
2. Baby clothing (including cloth diapers) to resale/consignment shops, Facebook groups
3. Musical instruments to pawn shops, Ebay, Craigslist, Facebook groups, Facebook Marketplace
4. Extra furniture to pawn shops, Ebay, Craigslist, Facebook groups, Facebook Marketplace
5. Jewelry to pawn shops or jewelry shops for gold/silver value (including old class rings if you can part with them)
6. Unused video gaming systems
7. Unused appliances to Facebook friends, Facebook Marketplace
8. Donating plasma (for pay)
9. Artwork that already exists
10. Artwork you make for people’s special requests
11. Collections and collectables to dealers, pawn shops, Facebook groups
12. Boats (including kayaks, canoes, and jet skis)
13. Bicycles
14. Unneeded vehicles
15. Unneeded guns
16. Books to used bookstores
17. Write and sell a cookbook
18. Write an ebook
19. Make a video training course (shoot video using your smartphone)
20. Make printable forms and sell on Etsy
21. Make jewelry and sell on Etsy
22. Purchase things from thrift stores or clearance racks and sell on eBay
23. Sell custom quilts
24. Sell pages from antique/rare books
25. Dishes – sell in yard sales

Or, you could blog about something you love to make extra money.

Bloggers make money through developing their own products (such as ebooks and e-courses), affiliate sales, hosting classes or workshops (including webinars), mentoring and coaching, advertising income, and many other ways.

A few things you could blog about include:

1. Cooking (one of the top income-producing blogging sectors)
2. Baking
3. Social justice
4. Increasing your income
5. How to get promoted in your career
6. Job searching (interviewing and job application tips)
7. Getting out of debt / debt hacks
8. Hacking your mortgage (to pay it off early)
9. Wedding planning (how to)
10. Pregnancy (how to stay healthy, planning for baby)
11. Family outings (ideas, inspiration)
12. Acting (theater or movies)
13. Singing (how to)
14. Faith (Bible studies)
15. Faith (prophetic words)
16. Prayer
17. Gardening
18. Flower arranging
19. Soap making
20. Knitting/crocheting
21. Doomsday prepping
22. Outdoor survival
23. Hiking and camping (general)
24. Hiking/camping in a niche location — e.g. the Appalachian Trail
25. Fishing and hunting
26. Mountain climbing
27. River rafting
28. Kayaking
29. How to repair your car yourself
30. Interior decorating (how to)
31. Fine art painting (how to)
32. Hand-lettering (how to)
33. Sewing and quilting
34. Embroidery
35. Photography (how to)
36. Makeup and beauty
37. Fashion for women
38. Fashion for men
39. Fitness for women (general)
40. Fitness for men (general)
41. Bodybuilding
42. Fitness for reforming couch potatoes
43. Extreme fitness prep (obstacle course training)
44. Botany
45. Geology
46. Astronomy
47. Snow skiing
48. Snowboarding
49. Mountain biking / BMX
50. Running
51. Candlemaking
52. Horses (care, training, racing)
53. Dog training
54. Shooting and guns
55. Book reviews
56. Writing fiction (how to)
57. Writing non-fiction (how to)
58. DIY home repairs
59. DIY crafts
60. Farming livestock
61. Canning
62. Planners and scheduling
63. Organizing
64. Productivity
65. Travel hacking (using airline and hotel miles/points)
66. Travel – nomad life
67. Travel – Exploring and loving a certain state, city, country, or continent
68. Travel – Bed & Breakfast tour
69. Travel – Historic hotel tour
70. Travel – Lighthouse tour
71. Travel – National parks
72. Log cabins – photographing, touring, building, decorating, pointers for people planning a log cabin
73. Castles (touring, reviews, photography, history, castle hotels)
74. Child development – infants
75. Child development – elementary/middle-schoolers
76. Child development – high schoolers
77. How to graduate from college in a shorter period of time
78. Scholarships (how to find, apply, tips about open scholarships)
79. Homeschooling
80. Unschooling / roadschooling
81. Antiques (stories, finds, stores, tips)
82. Collectibles
83. Classic cars
84. Sports
85. Teachers – classroom tips, helps
86. Tiny houses
87. Living off-grid
88. Politics
89. Personal finance (in general)
90. Understanding stocks and bonds
91. International investing
92. Insurance
93. Estate planning
94. Making jewelry
95. Scrapbooking
96. Bicycling
97. Bird-watching
98. Gold panning
99. Golf
100. Music – how to play a certain instrument
101. Music – building a singing / recording career
102. Church growth / development
103. Health (physical)
104. Inner healing
105. Entrepreneurship
106. Leadership
107. Management (for corporate employees)
108. Public speaking (tips)
109. Positive thinking
110. How to blog (but only if you’ve built a successful blog first about something other than blogging) 🙂

Are you going to pursue one of these ideas? I’d love to hear about it if so! Please drop me a line or leave a comment below!