100 Ways to Make $100 a Day
Earning $100 a day is easier than you think. In fact, it isn’t hard to earn a lot more. I’ve managed to land several gigs that have paid me at least $100 a day since becoming a professional freelancer back in 2014. Thanks to the tremendous growth of the gig economy and innovative technologies, people have more opportunities than ever to supplement their income with creative, flexible side hustles, online businesses, freelancing opportunities, home-based businesses, and work from home jobs.
While some of these side hustles and business ideas do require an upfront investment, many are free or cost little money to start. Although some of them might sound a bit out there.
Anyway, I’ll get right to it.
Here are 100 legit ways to make $100 a day or more.
Food Delivery Driver: Get paid to deliver restaurant take-out orders in your city with food delivery apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Grocery Delivery Driver: Earn money shopping and delivery groceries for others with Instacart.
User Experience (UX) Tester: Make money online by helping companies improve the user experience of websites and other digital products.
Software Tester: If you have software design or even just some programming experience, you can earn money by beta testing computer programs.
Flea Market Flipper: Browse yard sales, estate sales, and local online marketplaces to find vintage items to flip for big profits at flea markets and swap meets. You might even be able to score some free items to sell.
eBay Seller: Look for inexpensive items — antiques, collectibles, and cool finds — that you can flip for a huge profit on eBay.
YouTube Channel Host: If you can create entertaining videos that go viral, you have a shot at making good money from YouTube’s revenue-sharing program.
Niche Website Owner: Share your knowledge and expertise on a topic by creating informative content that helps others solve a problem. Then, once you have decent traffic, monetize your site with Google Ads or sell your own products.
Affiliate Marketer: One of the top ways that I now make money online. Many affiliate marketers earn six figures by promoting and selling products or services for others.
Market Research Participant: You can sometimes earn over $100 an hour for participating in online or in-person focus groups. Check out userinterviews.com, focusgroups.org and Craigslist for paid research gigs.
Online Tutor: Get paid $20 — $30 an hour for tutoring students (elementary through college) in a wide range of subjects on sites like Chegg Tutors, Tutor.com, and Varsity Tutors.
Online English Teacher: Earn over $20 an hour teaching English to Chinese students on VIPKid.
Virtual Bookkeeper: Make up to $60 an hour as a virtual bookkeeper helping companies with their accounting and finances.
Printables Seller: I love passive income side hustles like this. You can create templates — like budget planners, meal plans, and to-do lists — and upload them to Etsy, where you can reach a lot of potential buyers.
Consultant: You can earn up to $100 an hour on Clarity.fm with your own consulting business.
Mobile Notary Public: Obtain your state’s notary certification, and get paid to witness signatures and notarize documents. Some mobile notaries make thousands a month.
Home Loan Signing Agent: Earn money by overseeing mortgage signings.
Virtual Assistant: You can often make anywhere from $15 — $40 an hour by providing businesses with remote administrative support services.
Online Course Instructor: Create your own course about a topic that you have a high level of expertise on using a digital education platform like Udemy. You can even set your own tuition rates.
Ridesharing Services: If you don’t mind driving passengers around in your car, you can earn really good money driving for Lyft and Uber.
Retail Arbitrage: Find local bargain deals and make a huge profit flipping them on Amazon.
Online Arbitrage: Similar to retail arbitrage. Except you will be hunting for bargain finds on other websites — and then flipping them for big profits on Amazon.
Kindle Direct Publishing: If you love writing, you can write, self-publish, and sell your own eBooks on Amazon via Kindle Direct Publishing. Self-publishing can be a great way to generate passive income.
Part-Time Remote Worker: Check FlexJobs for a wide range of legit remote work opportunities. The site reportedly has over 30,000 openings in numerous career fields.
Proofreader: Do you love reading, as well as have a keen eye for detail and good grammar? If so, you can offer professional proofreading services on freelancing sites like Fiverr and Upwork.
Freelancer: Speaking of Fiverr and Upwork, many freelancers earn over $100 a day offering their services for hire.
SEO Copywriter: Get paid to write product descriptions and SEO copy for businesses.
Etsy Store Owner: Sell handmade goods, crafting supplies, and vintage items on one of the world’s largest marketplaces.
Childcare or Eldercare Provider: Earn over $20 an hour providing childcare or eldercare services to clients of Care.com.
Pressure Washing Service: Buy a high-quality pressure washer for around $400 — and then charge $100 — $300 per house you wash.
Mobile Detailing Business: This side hustle has fairly low startup costs. You can often find large batches of customers at shopping malls, office parks, and sporting events.
Article Writer: Write and sell articles on content marketplaces like Constant Content and nDash.
Promotional Blogger: Make money online by writing promotional blog posts for brands that pay you to mention their products/services.
Ghost Writer: Get paid to help someone write their book. Some ghost writers earn over $100,000 a year.
Online Store: Sell products on Amazon or eBay, or launch your own eCommerce site.
SEO Content Writer: Earn money online by helping businesses build brand awareness with informative articles and blog posts.
Commercial Cleaning Service: Start your own company cleaning offices and businesses. Since the work is usually done after-hours, it makes for a good side hustle.
Residential Cleaning Service: Find house cleaning jobs that pay up to $30 an hour on TaskRabbit.
Cracked Screen Repair Business: Learn how to repair cracked phone screens and earn $100 — $300 per job. The glass is often less than $25, so you can make a big profit.
Resume Writer: Help job seekers catch the attention of hiring managers by “fine-tuning” their resumes.
Cover Letter Writer: Get paid to write impressive cover letters for applicants applying to jobs.
Craigslist Gigs: Check out available gigs and freelancing opportunities on your local Craigslist page. Many of these gigs pay surprisingly well.
Small Business Marketing Consultant: Help smaller companies that lack the know-how and staff promote their products/services and drive sales.
Social Media Marketing Consultant: Make money online by helping brands grow and engage their audience on social media.
Mobile Pet Grooming Service: Most pet owners love spending money on their pets to make them look their best. Therefore, running your own mobile pet grooming service could be a lucrative business.
Doula: Become a trained companion who earns up to $1,000 per birth by providing emotional, informational, and physical support to women during childbirth.
Dropshipping Business: Set up your own store front and sell products to your customers that are shipped straight from the wholesaler or manufacturer to the customer. You never have to order inventory or mess with deliveries.
Brand Ambassador: Help brands promote their products/services by providing on-the-ground marketing services in your area.
Estate Sale Business: Most estate sales are managed by a third-party provider (which could be you) who gets a percentage of the proceeds in exchange for handling the sale.
Mobile DJ: Earn up to $450 per four-hour event as a live DJ. Set up a profile on GigSalad and start searching for events near you.
Furniture Flipping: You’ve heard of people flipping houses for a profit. Well, you can also source inexpensive (and sometimes free) furniture to flip for a nice profit.
Graphic Designer: One of the most in-demand side hustles is graphic design. You can check out freelance marketplaces like 99designs, CrowdSpring, and DesignCrowd to look for gigs.
Handyman Services: If you are pretty handy around the house, offer your services for hire on TaskRabbit and Thumbtack.
Home Inspector: While you will need to obtain a certification, you can make good money inspecting homes on behalf of prospective buyers.
Mobile Mechanic Service: You can earn up to $70 an hour fixing cars and motorcycles as a mobile mechanic. You can set up your profile on YourMechanic.com to get matched with customers.
Local Newsletter: Start your own newsletter geared toward local news and events — and then sell ads or directory listings to local companies.
Blogger: Create a blog to showcase your passions and monetize it by selling advertisements to businesses relevant to your niche.
Home Organization Business: If you are familiar with Marie Kondo, then you know how popular the home organization niche is. With a little creative promotion and some good organizational skills, you could likely land your own list of clients who want help de-cluttering their space.
Junk Removal Service: If you have a large van, truck, and/or trailer, you could charge homeowners and businesses to haul away junk for them.
Transcription: If you are a fast, accurate typist with exceptional listening skills, then you can earn $15 — $20 an hour from some of the top transcription companies once you gain some experience.
Flyer Distribution Service: Ask around to see if any local businesses want to hire you to distribute flyers. You can earn up to $100 an hour on your walk while distributing flyers at each house along the way.
TV/Movie Extra: If you live near LA, New York, Atlanta, Vancouver, or Toronto, you might be able to land a gig as an extra in a TV show or movie. Check out Auditions Free and Central Casting for film and TV extra jobs.
Moving Company: This can be a side hustle or a full-time business. If you are fairly strong and don’t mind lifting heavy objects, you could charge people for helping them move.
Event Host: Get paid to host entertaining events like trivia games at bars and restaurants, which are always looking for fun events for their patrons.
Wedding Planner: You can launch your own wedding planning business by building relationships with venues, photographers, and other wedding-related service providers. And then you will need a little marketing to promote your services to couples getting hitched.
Party Planner: With some good organizational skills and relationships with event space owners, you could get paid to plan parties for others.
Personal Trainer: If you love fitness and exercise, and you are good at motivating others, becoming a personal trainer might be a good side hustle.
Photography Business: Do you have killer photography skills? If so, turn your love of taking photos into a killer business. For example, you can get paid to take pictures for graduations, engagements, weddings, reunions, and more.
Product Licensing: Pitch your most creative product ideas to brands and earn royalties on licensing deals.
App Developer: If you have coding skills or can learn how to use “no-code” platforms, you can end up with an in-demand skill as an app developer.
Friend for Hire: Get paid for providing platonic companionship. You can earn up to $50 an hour hanging out with people who hire you through RentaFriend.com.
Virtual Friend for Hire: You can also make up to $50 an hour being a virtual (platonic) friend. Basically, you get paid to chat with someone and make them feel connected to someone else.
Professional Cuddler: If you don’t mind snuggling with strangers, you can make up to $100 an hour as a professional cuddler. You can set up a profile and look for clients on cuddlecomfort.com.
Music Teacher: Are you musically inclined? Do you know how to play the piano, guitar, or any other instrument(s)? You can get paid to provide music instruction to children and even adults.
Yoga Instructor: Become a yoga instructor in your community and create a fun, lucrative part-time business.
Local Tour Guide: Earn money by showing visitors your city as a tour guide. Check out ToursByLocals.com to learn more.
Guru: Get paid to answer questions about topics that you have expert-level experience in on sites like JustAnswer and PrestoExperts. Some experts earn up to $7,000 a month sharing their knowledge with others.
Translation Service: If you have strong bilingual skills, you can make money online from translation gigs on Upwork and other freelancing platforms.
Voiceover Actor or Actress: Brands are always on the hunt for good voiceover talent for their promotional videos and advertisements. I’ve heard of one voiceover actress turning her side hustle into a full-time business that earns her an insane $3,000 an hour.
Web Designer: Since most businesses have a website, building and redesigning websites has become big business. If you have solid coding skills and understand the elements of good UX, then you might want to consider web design as a side hustle or even a full-time business.
Window Cleaner: Many professional window cleaners charge $40 — $75 an hour to wash residential and commercial windows.
Yard Maintenance Service: Since more homeowners are outsourcing the chore of maintaining their outdoor space, yard work can be a very lucrative side hustle. For example, you can earn good money by mowing lawns, mulching leaves, removing snow from driveways and side walks, and anything that helps make a yard look its best.
Video Game Tester: Earn around $20 an hour playing (testing) new video games to find potential bugs and offer your feedback on them. Search for video game testing jobs on Indeed.
Amazon Flex Delivery Driver: Make up to $25 an hour picking up packages from Amazon warehouses and delivering them to local customers.
Monetize Your Art: Make money online by creating art to sell on marketplaces like Artfinder. You can also earn money online by creating artwork to print on things like mugs, printed canvases and t-shirts on Printify.
Tasker: Get paid to complete task for others — like assembling furniture, installing electronics, and running errands — using services like TaskRabit, Thumbtack, and Gigwalk.
Sell Your Stuff: If you really need to make $100 in a hurry, one of the quickest ways to earn a 100 bucks is to sell your things that you no longer use or want. You can often quickly sell things online using your local Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist page, as well as eBay.
Sell Your Pictures: Do you have lots of cool photos you’ve taken over the years? You can sell them to stock photo marketplaces and earn a nice commission each time a customer downloads them.
Car Sharing: If you don’t mind letting others drive your car when you aren’t using it, you can make over $100 a day renting it out on sites like Getaround and Turo.
Dog Walker: Depending on where you live and the number of dogs you can walk, it’s quite possible to earn $40 an hour (or more) walking dogs. Check out apps like Rover and Wag.
Small Business Investor: If you have a considerable amount of money to invest and you are looking for a passive income source, investing in small businesses through platforms like Mainvest can be a great way to earn $100+ a day with target returns that are up to 25%.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Consultant: Start your own business helping other businesses improve their organic search rankings on Google and Bing.
SEO Auditor: Make money online by analyzing websites and rating their SEO elements.
Stream Your Video Games: This is another variation of affiliate marketing. Except, instead of using a blog or website to promote affiliate links, you promote them to your followers while live streaming your video games on platforms like Twitch.
Social Media Influencer: Kind of like being a brand ambassador. You get paid to promote a brand’s products/services to your social media followers.
Life Coach: If you are good at motivating others and helping them reach their full potential, then you might enjoy being a life coach.
Start a Podcast: If you enjoy talking about subjects that others find interesting, then you could start your own podcast. Once you build up a following, you can monetize it by promoting offers or attracting sponsors.
Invest in Rental Property: If you have the money and real estate know-how, purchasing investment property can be a lucrative way to generate a passive income.
Rent Out a Room: If you don’t mind strangers in your home, then you could rent out a spare room or your entire house when you are gone on Airbnb. You can even pre-screen prospective guests.
Product Tester: In addition to earning a nice fee for testing a new product, many companies will send you a box of free “goodies” that’s worth more than $100 in exchange for your feedback on their new product.
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Jago Desain