To ask for your best side hustles?

Anyone know of anyway you can get money from occasional bits of freelance writing? Thanks

Plenty of people have said match betting, but please be aware a lot of the Betting places are more than aware of this and know it looses them income.

There are quite a few who if they identify what you are doing they will often make it almost impossible to claim your winnings.

There are quite a few who will bombard you with requests for proof of identify, funding sources and pretty much keep either refusing it or putting you off or in certain circumstances refuse to pay out full stop.

It is not 100% proof and you can loose out.

Outplayed is the best site for starting out, they have step by step tutorials.
You need about £100 to start out, ideally a separate bank account, and photo ID.

Unfortunately it’s not the big money maker it use to be, but you should earn about £1000/2000 with sign ups and initial offers.

It’s not for everyone, if you make a mistake you can lose money. Take it very slow to start.

Are you under or over 25yrs old? If over 25yrs old then this works out as way under minimum wage which is illegal. It works out at £8.33/hr for the hours you've said, so you need to check the government website to see if that is legal for your age or not.

Could someone explain match betting? How do you start, best websites etc.. how much can you make?

I have a few side hussles, I make my own costume jewellery which sells really well on Vinted as well as being self published on Kindle. What I will say though is make sure your have your tax sorted or it could end up costing more than you make. There is a startup amount which is exempt but after that it can add up. Hope that helps

Can I play too? I'd suggest paid reviewer of takeaway restaurants, a one woman mission to destroy the reputation of outlets far and wide... Apologies cheeky reference to her other posts and threads

You are much kinder in your thinking than I was. I came up with a whole list, but forgot drug running. LOL!

We should have a contest to see who can come up with the most outrageous possibilities. 😉

I don’t have a ‘side huddle’ as such but wanted to say - perhaps look to moving careers. I work in the NHS - a lot of our non-registered staff are able to pick up overtime and/or agency whenever they want to - at not unreasonable rates of pay.

There is also opportunity for career progression. If you wanted to keep your hand in with hospitality, you could pick up bar shifts etc

Thank you so much!

This is a really complex question and would take hours to answer. I would say to anyone looking to do this, join a facebook group like 20 books to 50k. Also, read Dave Chesson's website Kindlepreneur. If you look through with his back articles, it will give you a solid grounding.

When I started doing this, I realised what you need is well written, well edited books with killer covers that tell the reader exactly what the genre is.

My best seller so far has been a book called A tale of Two Christmases, if you want to see what I'm talking about regarding genre. It literally flew off the shelves at Christmas.

You either have to pay for marketing in time or in money. There's no two ways about that. You can spend hours and hours building up social media pages, making Tiktok videos, etc. Or you can pay to run adverts. I use Amazon and Facebook for ads. You won't gain visibility and a following without one or the other. At least, 99% of people won't.

It's not a get rich quick scheme. But then again, neither is traditional publishing for most authors. Best of luck!

I think the first time I did it I made £600. I ran out of steam and freebets so stopped for a few years. Started again recently and made £200 over a couple of weeks. I’d already used the signup offers on lots of bookies previously so my offers were limited. I can’t be bothered with the £1.50 profit and ‘potential profit’ ones but that’s just me. I’ve heard it isn’t as lucrative as it used to be.

If you haven’t done it before and you have £100 to play with then you could make a good few hundred quite quickly I’d have thought. I would recommend starting out on TeamProfit and once you’ve got the hang of it, move on to the outplayed free trial.

Look into becoming a Hospitality Apprenticeship assessor. Companies like Lifetime pay about £25k for far more sociable hours and decent career progression.

Do you earn much from matched betting?

Thank you! I’ve already used my outplayed free trial so this works out well.

I use one of their competitors, I’m not really sure on their rules about sharing are but oh well, it’s Team Casino. Definitely worth giving a go, some of the welcome offers won’t be available to you as you’ll have used them from MB but there’ll be plenty you can still take advantage of. I’m pretty sure they offer a 10 day trial for just £1

I’m the opposite - a matched better but haven’t been bothered to learn how to do the casino. Tempted now! Did you use outplayed?

My most lucrative ever (and current) side hustle is playing online casino slots but in a way that mathematically gives you the edge not the casinos. There’s sites that find the deals which offer this advantage and talk you through step by step what to do. The one I use costs about £20 a month but they all offer free trials. It isn’t risk free obviously but you start with low risk offers until you’ve built up your bank roll. Some people combine it with matched betting but i can’t be bothered to learn how. I’ve been doing it a year and most months make more than I do in my (admittedly low paid and part time) job. Plus it’s all tax free.

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I've got one, but I don't want to to share sorry. Good luck and you need to work hard at it."

You're an escort and masseur but you only do the really good looking guys and then charge double.

We have foreign students staying with us one week a month, that’s really good and we learn a lot from them too. Around £250 a week, depending on the number.

I have a fledgling business helping people declutter and organise their space. It branches slightly in to interior design/space arrangement. It’s a lot of fun although not that lucrative yet. Minimal set up costs and about £3k so far.

We Vinted masses of stuff and treat it like a business; only posting on certain days etc. It varies a lot but around £150 a month.

How do you get a following? How does the marketing work?

Babysitting? Could advertise on local facebook pages or join an agency. Most people will want you to have a dbs and first aid as a minimum. There also exam invigilators

Why bother saying anything?!

Totally pointless comment

If nothing else, it doesn't seem like a guaranteed income at a time when people are cutting their discretionary spending across the board and/or are capable of going online and using comparison sites themselves.