In the past few years, things have changed quite drastically. The COVID-19 pandemic made an impact on not only our health, but our finances as well. A lot of people lost their jobs and that created a sense of financial insecurity. It has meant that people are beginning to look to generate new streams of income, because relying on a single job income makes you vulnerable in times of uncertainty. (We could really do with some PRECEDENTED times soon please!)
While there are many side hustle ideas that you can find, and SO many more over on my YouTube channel, here are some side hustle ideas for 2022 that you can try to help earn extra income.
15 Side Hustle Ideas for 2022
Host International Students
If you have an extra room in your house you can put that to use by hosting international students. This not only can serve as an extra income, but also allows you to learn more about their culture and help you to connect with people from around the world.
Transcribing for People
If you have some time on your hands, you can take up transcribing projects where you can watch a video or hear audio and convert them into articles or blogs for businesses or freelancers!
Making and Selling Birthday Cakes
People love to celebrate birthdays and if you are passionate about baking you can focus on making and selling birthday cakes. You can work from home and this is one of the best side hustle ideas 2022 where you can sell customized birthday cakes to clients in your area or city. (Just make sure you have the right food safety certificates etc)
Survey apps
These are a fab way of making money in little pockets of spare time – on a bus, waiting at the doctors, watching TV – use your spare time to complete short surveys and get money for your opinions! I use Attapol and I’m already on £62 just a few weeks in, eventually this will pay for our Christmas food! – you can sign up for free here (this is an affiliate link & we both get a sign up bonus if you use this link)
Medical Surveys
While many sites provide you with some cash for filling in quick surveys you can also focus on medical surveys if you have some medical degree or qualification. This is one of the simplest side hustle ideas 2022 where you can fill in medical surveys and make a decent income from it.
Selling Items on Vinted
If you already have too many clothes or accessories in your home you can sell them on Vinted and that allows you to make additional cash that can help you manage your budget. However, if you are doing this professionally you need to ensure that you file your taxes correctly and be tax compliant. I’ve done a full video on how to sell on Vinted and everything you need to know.
Making and Selling Sweet Boxes
If you want to focus on making and selling sweet boxes you can easily start your own business where you can come up with innovative sweet box ideas that you can sell to brands and small businesses to send on to their customers.
Design Wedding Stationery
If you have a creative eye designing wedding stationery like wedding invitations and cards would be a great idea to make income along with your primary income. Etsy is a great place to set up a store to sell them.
Virtual Kids Entertainer
You can become a virtual (or IRL) kids entertainer that would allow you to make the side income that you need. You can connect via digital platforms like Zoom or Google Hangouts and provide the best virtual party performing experience to the kids.
Propagate and Sell Plants
If gardening is your passion, you can take some of your plant cuttings and propagate them and sell them online. This would allow you to enjoy your garden and at the same time make income from it.
Organising Other People’s Homes
Not many people have the time and skills to organise their home the way they see it on various home organising shows. If you are passionate about it you can use your talent to make some side hustle income by organising other people’s homes.
Feed People’s Pets
If you’re working from home or perhaps just not working you could make extra income by feeding people’s pets as a side hustle for 2022. This is a great way to stay connected with your neighbourhood and sooo many people these days have dogs who need someone to look in on them if they’re now back to an office.
Alter and Make Clothes
Tailoring skills can always come in handy as so many people don’t have these skills to do it themselves, and you can also then use your old clothes, altering them and making something out of them which you can sell online.
Become a Virtual Assistant
Everybody today wants some help managing their work or lives, people are busy and it’s great to off-load this onto someone else. Becoming a virtual assistant is a great idea to use your organising and management skills to help those who need them to make their lives better/easier to manage.
Be a Private Tutor
You can also make use of your tutoring skills online and offline that would help you to make some side income that you can use to supplement your primary income.
Flip Things
If you have the skills to buy old things and then transform them into something new with your creative skills you can sell those items on eBay and Amazon for a higher price.
I hope these side hustle ideas for 2022 have been helpful – pop over to my YouTube channel for heaps more ideas and why not share this if it was helpful!
