A little extra income can help you with a number of things like bills and groceries. And if you are a single dad, extra money can help you pay lawyers and child support. These days, it seems like we need to work three or four jobs just to make ends meet.
The income from your full-time job might just be enough to help you barely survive but there is probably little to no room for anything extra. A side hustle could give you the extra money that you need to make things a lot more comfortable for yourself. Here are 29 side hustles for single dads that you can start as early as today.
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Write content
If you have a knack for writing, you can head over to Textbroker and sign up for a free account. You can then find writing jobs and you can start writing as soon as there is a writing gig that becomes available. You can even use Google docs to create your content via speech-to-text.
Review books online
Type onlinebookclub in Google search and select Get Paid to Review Books, Completely Free from the search results. Once you sign up for free, for your first review, you will be given a book for free. Every other book thereafter, you will be eligible to get paid.
Watch movies on Netflix
Yes, it’s true. Head over to jobs.netflix.com. In their search bar, type in tagger. Pay for this side hustle can range from $25-$45/hr. And when there are openings, the positions fill quickly. So check their website often so that you miss out on this opportunity.
Drop shipping
This side hustle remains popular for several reasons. It costs very little money to start and it has massive potential to scale, just to name a few. If everything clicks for you, dropshipping could turn into a 6,7, or even 8-figure business for you.
Drop shipping is where you find an extremely likable product online, source a way that you can buy it at a wholesale price then create a way for people to buy the product online at a retail price. Using a storefront like Ecwid is great for beginners because it’s free to sign up and you can list ten products for sale without being charged a monthly fee.
Amazon FBA
FBA stands for Fulfillment by Amazon. This side hustle requires a substantial amount of your time. And if you are a single Dad then maybe you have some spare time to devote to this side hustle. To increase the chances of being successfully, it also requires you to purchase inventory or product first.
However, you will be selling products on one of the most popular platforms in the world which is Amazon. And Amazon handles all of the delivery of your products. As such, Amazon FBA continues to be a very popular side hustle.
Work remotely
If you already have a traditional job where you go into a workplace and you want to add an online job to the mix then you can visit weworkremotely. There you will find hundreds of jobs that you can apply for.
Sell digital products on Etsy
A nice thing about selling digital products is that you don’t have to store physical inventory anywhere. That’s because everything is digital. You can upload and sell things like digital planners, printable wall art, or resume templates.
Starting a side hustle on Etsy gives you access to over 82 million active buyers. And it has a very low startup cost. Creating an account on Etsy is free and each listing costs twenty cents. A great resource for this side hustle is Etsy coach Brandon Timothy.
Power washing
People like having the siding of their houses and their driveways cleaned. If you have some extra time on your hands and you don’t want to answer to a boss or manager then you can buy a Power Washer from Amazon, hand out some flyers and pick up a couple of power washing jobs every week.
Cadenboof from Tik Tok explains how he used this same method.
Paid surveys
You can get paid for filling out surveys online. And once you go down the rabbit hole of uncovering how many companies actually offer this, you will probably be very surprised.
These are some of the popular survey sites where you can get paid: Survey Junkie, Branded Surveys, Swagbucks, DailyRewards, LifePoints, and Ipsos i-Say Panel. There are several others but as you can see, offering your feedback and opinion is very common.
Transcriptionist/Captionist/Subtitler
If you like the idea of working on your own and not having to interact with other people, then reviewing audio might be a good fit for you. A website like Rev offers hundreds of jobs where you can receive files to work. They provide all of the necessary instructions and it doesn’t require much of your time.
Create a YouTube Channel
Even though people think YouTube is saturated, it truly isn’t. Yes, certain topics are saturated like pets, or digital marketing but if you are passionate about a particular topic, check YouTube to see how many other videos exist about the topic you are interested in.
If you can’t find many YouTube videos about a subject that you are passionate about then this is a great opportunity for you to start a YouTube channel. People love learning new things and no matter how obscure your passion may seem, there are people probably looking for videos about it right now.
Side Hustles For Single Fathers
- Be a Fiverr Freelancer
- Sell items on Facebook Marketplace
- Resell products from thrift stores
- Have a Yard/Garage sale
- Work for DoorDash
- Drive Uber
- Build a brand
- Start a print-on-demand t-shirt online store
- Get paid to shop with InstaCart
- Promote other business products and earn a percentage of sales (Affiliate Marketing)
- Mow lawns
- Sell your unused items on eBay
- Earn money for your photos on Clickasnap
- Join a Focus Group like Apex FocusGroup
- Become an English tutor and start tutoring on a website like Cambly
- Get paid to test websites and apps through Trymata
- Take part in paid market research studies with Userinterviews
- Blogging
Summary
As a single dad, you may need extra money for several reasons. And when the money from your primary job is not enough to pay the bills, then any of these twenty-nine side hustles for single dads can help.
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