Top Side Gigs That Can Make You More Money Than Full-Time Job

The era of full-time employment, aka 9-5, is gradually giving way to remote work. Today, individuals from different parts of the world (even the most distant part) can get hired and paid for online jobs.

It is a fantastic time to live in, and you, too, can cash into this opportunity to start a side gig that makes you more money than a full-time job can. This article breaks down the concept of side gigs, their benefits, and the top side gigs you can start today.

What are Side Gigs?

Also called part-time jobs or side jobs, these are the tasks you can take on a temporal basis and get paid. Today, you can become a side gig worker either by using the Internet or going the traditional way – offline.

Side gigs benefit people who have a lot of time to spare and are looking to augment their income.

Let’s talk about some significant side gigs you can start taking today to earn more money than your full-time job can ever pay you.

Online Side Gigs that Pay More Than Full-Time Jobs

To simplify these tasks, we will divide them into online and offline variants. Here are the primary online side gigs you can start taking today.

1. Start a Dropshipping Business

Dropshipping is a business model that involves three persons – the buyer, the seller, and the middleman. Your role is to become the middleman, agent, or intermediary connecting the buyer and the seller.

Shopify lets you start a dropshipping business by helping you set up an online store where you publish your dropshipped products and attach a fair price. Once someone buys from you, contact the original seller to fulfill the order and take your cut or percentage from the transaction.

2. Manage Social Media Platform Profiles for SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are now tapping into the digital normal of having an online profile or page for their brands. Often, these brands either don’t have enough time to attend to social media interactions or are not experienced in that regard.

Your job as a social media manager is to help these SMEs (and even the established brands) manage their brand’s “social life.” You can help engage the target audience, talk about the brand’s services and attend to queries and complaints in real-time.

3. Start an Online Reselling Business

Buying and selling take place online almost every minute of the day. You tend to see at least five sponsored posts daily on your Facebook Timeline and up to 10 on Instagram. If you are active on Twitter, you can see 15 sponsored posts.

What does this tell you? People are continuously paying to have their services pushed out to a larger audience that may be interested in them.

Likewise, you can model this and start your reselling business using your social media accounts and third-party platforms.

Examples of reselling businesses you can start today are:

• Thrift Shop: You can open an online thrift shop where you promote anything from clothes to used items. eBay is an excellent platform to start this business.
• Domain Flipping: Do you have an eye for detail? Can you spot trends? It may be an opportunity for you to start a domain-flipping Domain flipping means the purchase and sale of domain names. It would help if you knew how this works before getting started.
• Website Flipping: It is similar to domain flipping. But here, instead of buying and selling domain names, you are now selling the entire website. The idea is to buy a domain name, build a website on it, grow the website, and possibly make a brand out of it before selling.

Also read: How Social Media Visibility Can Improve your Business

4. Become a Freelancer

Freelancers make money online by providing services that their clients want. You can do anything from online blog post writing, graphics designing, voice-over and website development.

To get started, you can sign up on Upwork, Fiverr, Freelancer.com and Guru.com. If you are looking at getting skilled, consider picking one or more skills on Udemy, ClassCentral, or ALX to get these in-demand skills that pay you more than a full-time job.

Offline Side Gigs that Pay Higher than Full-Time Jobs

Let’s now talk about some side gigs that can make you more money than full-time jobs, even when you do them physically.

Here is the list:

1. Become a Dog Walker

Do you love pets, especially dogs? Here is a side hustle that can pay you more than your traditional job could. Walking a dog entail taking the pet for a stroll and taking care of it.

Start pitching to dog owners in your neighborhood and see if they need your services. You also need to set a price range for your services, so you don’t sell yourself short.

2. Become a Nanny

Moms now have a lot to do. It’s either they are working at the office, needing some good time to take a rest, or taking care of the home. Either way, the fact is that many moms don’t have a lot of time for themselves, and that could tell on their newborns.

If you are good at minding babies, you can opt to become a live-in nanny or take it on a part-time basis, coming in the day and leaving later. You will help these moms concentrate on other things while keeping the babies comfortable and earning a decent income.

3. Start a Daycare

If becoming a nanny seems a bit off for you, why not start a daycare? Your home can be the first day care center; as you expand, consider looking for a bigger space and hiring more childminders.

4. Drive for a Ridesharing Company

Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft make money connecting passengers to drivers. Consider signing up with any ride-sharing companies if you have a car or know someone who can let you have one on a lease.

Even when you don’t have a car, you can get into an agreement with someone that does on the amount of money (and frequency) to remit either weekly or monthly.

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Final Thoughts

Side gigs are booming right now, and more people are capitalizing on that opportunity to earn a decent income. If you love working online or are Internet-savvy, taking any of the online side gigs is best. Otherwise, consider continuing in the traditional path of taking two or more jobs offline and earning more income than a full-time job can pay you.

Which of these side gigs would you prefer to start and why? Let me know in the comment section.