5 Side Businesses You Can Start With Almost No Money

 

The fastest way to pay of debt or build savings is to earn more money. If you have the time and the grit, here are 10 side businesses anyone can start.

You can only cut your spending so much. The fastest way to a bigger bank account and eventual financial freedom is earning more money.

If you want to get serious about starting a business—perhaps online like Money Under 30 and thousands of other successful blogs, courses, and membership sites—you should remember that growing an online business takes time.

If you’re looking for a quicker win, you can just start pitching services and grab some business on the side. Here are ten businesses/side hustles that you could get going pretty quickly without much of an investment.

1. Concierge Service 

If you live in an affluent area, you would be amazed at what some people are willing to pay to not have to do boring chores themselves.

From grocery shopping to dry cleaning runs to booking travel and doctor’s appointments, you can become a personal assistant to the super-busy, and super-rich.

2. Mobile Auto Detailing 

How many people do you know who have decent cars but drive around with buckets of junk in the backseat and French fries stuck to the floor mats? Gross.

With a vacuum cleaner you may already own and a few cheap bottles of automotive cleaning products, you can offer to come to anyone’s home or work and make their car’s interior look like new. Professional shops can charge up to $100 or more for this service.

3. Dog walking or Pet sitting 

If you love animals, there are plenty of people who will pay you to watch after their critters for a few hours. Depending on your schedule, this could be a part-time gig or very full-time, and you could probably start working without spending a dime.

Check out sites like care.com, but like any online job-sites, be wary of scams.

4. Fact-checking and Research 

Did you know that nearly every major magazine and many websites obsessively check and re-check every fact and source in their story?

Best of all, very few employ in-house researchers to do this critical task. Yes, it’s tedious, but it only requires a laptop and a telephone!

5. An Online Course, Blogging or Membership sites.

Okay, you knew I’d have to include this one! If you’ve got something you love to write about, you can definitely earn extra money—or even launch a full-time business—on the internet. Although I went the blogging route, it’s getting increasingly difficult to just throw up a blog and start collecting advertising checks. Today’s online entrepreneurs are finding faster (and bigger) success by creating smaller amounts of premium material and charging for that content as a course, ebook, or membership site.

Conclusion 

Starting any side business can help you earn extra cash will help you. Tailor your business to your skills and you’ve got a recipe for success.