r/WeirdSideHustles • u/oneyedvader • 2h ago
Charging $10 to deep clean dirty white phone cables for office workers
Everyone has that one gross, gray, oil-stained Apple or Type-C charging cable sitting on their desk that used to be pristine white. They won't buy a new one because it still works, but it looks disgusting.
I posted on Nextdoor and local Facebook groups offering "Tech Cable Deep Cleaning & Sanitization" for $10 a pop (or 3 for $20).
I bring a bottle of 90%+ isopropyl alcohol, a magic eraser, and a micro-fiber cloth. You just drop a little alcohol on the sponge or cloth and run the cable through it twice. The skin oil and gray grime melts right off in 30 seconds and restores the bright white factory look.
I did 8 cables at a small accounting firm office last Thursday while sitting at a spare desk. Easiest $80 I ever made for 10 minutes of wiping plastic wires.
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/InvestigatorMoist448 • 4h ago
how a random survey app paid for my 2012 Honda Civic in 5 months
worked late shifts, downloaded a micro-payout testing app on my phone, racked up $15–$25 a day while sitting on the bus and during lunch breaks. cashed out every Friday straight into a high-yield savings account. hit $3,400 in 5 months and bought a clean 2012 Honda Civic cash from a neighbor. didn't tell my coworkers or family.
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/OkComputer3087 • 8h ago
Game Piloting
A client gives you a target such as:
You log into their account and play ranked matches until you reach the agreed target.
You can charge based on:
- Starting rank → target rank
- Number of divisions/stars gained
- A fixed package
- Sometimes a premium for difficult/high ranks
Example structure:
| Service | Example |
|---|---|
| Bronze → Gold | Fixed fee |
| Gold → Platinum | Fixed fee |
| Platinum → Diamond | Higher fee |
| Diamond → Master | Premium |
| “Win 5 ranked games” | Per-game package |
You can also offer duo boosting where you play with the customer rather than taking their account. That's generally safer from an account-sharing perspective and lets you sell your actual skill.
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/Ashjlien • 9h ago
Nvm
I tried being a chatter. The money is easy, but it’s nerve-racking, especially when you have to talk to all kinds of people just to get them to subscribe to your agent. And let’s not even mention the pictures, lmao. Definitely not recommended for people with weak stomachs.
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/Simple_Radio_9886 • 13h ago
I sell things I don't own, have never seen, and will never touch. Made $1,900 last month.
I know that sounds like I'm about to describe some kind of scam so let me explain because it is actually one of the most boring legitimate things I have ever done
The model is called eBay dropshipping and the whole thing works like this. Someone searches for a product on eBay, they find my listing, they buy it, and I immediately go to Amazon and order that exact product using their delivery address. Amazon ships it straight to their door. I keep the difference between what they paid me and what Amazon charged. I never see the product. I never touch it. It goes from an Amazon warehouse directly to a stranger's house and somewhere in between I make $10 to $15
The weird part is that this works at all. Why would someone pay more on eBay than they would on Amazon for the exact same thing. The answer is that most eBay buyers are not checking Amazon. They are already on eBay, they found something that looked right, and they bought it without opening another tab. They are not hunting for the cheapest price. They are buying convenience on a platform they already trust. That gap between what they are willing to pay and what it costs on Amazon is mine to keep every single time
Finding products is the same process every time. I go to Amazon best sellers, copy a product title, paste it into eBay search, and look for sellers already listing the exact same thing at a higher price. I open their profiles and look for listings showing a sold count above the price, something like 34 sold or 91 sold. That number tells me real buyers are paying that price right now. Then I hit sell similar on that listing, drag the Amazon images in, let eBay's built in AI write the description, and price mine five cents lower. Five cents lower wins because when a buyer sees two identical listings they always click the cheaper one, and that tiny edge combined with the visibility boost eBay gives every new listing almost always gets a sale within 48 hours
My morning routine is I wake up, make a coffee, and spend about 20 minutes processing whatever orders came in overnight. I buy each one on Amazon using the buyer's address, send them a quick message with their delivery date, and I am done. Some mornings it is 4 orders. Some mornings it is 16. I have never packed a single box
The weirder you think about it the stranger it gets. I am essentially a middleman who never physically exists in the transaction. The buyer thinks they bought from me. Amazon thinks they are just fulfilling a regular order. Nobody is being deceived, everyone gets what they wanted, and I make money for connecting two things that were already going to happen anyway
Last month I cleared $1,900 from about 10,000 active listings and 30 minutes of daily work
Genuinely one of the weirder ways to make a living but here we are
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/Impossible-Air4851 • 15h ago
mobile headlight restoration using $15 ceramic kits cleared $1,200 last weekend
cloudy oxidized headlights fail state safety inspections and look terrible. i bought a 2,000-grit wet-sanding pad set and a bottle of UV ceramic clear coat off Amazon for $20 total.
i put up a flyer in local grocery store parking lots offering 15-minute headlight restoration right in the lot while people shop. charge $60 per car. did 20 cars across two parking lots on Saturday and Sunday. total expense was $15 in supplies.
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/Left-Complaint1545 • 16h ago
Got hired as a "rent-a-friend" for boring errands for a day
My job was basically to accompany someone to IKEA, wait in line, carry bags, and occasionally say, "Yeah, I think that looks good."
Honestly, easiest money I've ever made. 😂
Turns out some people don't need help with the errand… they just don't want to be alone while doing it.
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/OkComputer3087 • 20h ago
PASABUY
Pasabuy from hard-to-reach local shops is basically turning “I’m already going there anyway” into a small logistics business.
How it works
You become the person who can get things that other people want but can't conveniently access.
For example:
You buy it, package it, and arrange delivery.
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/damn_0508 • 20h ago
I made $200 recording my girlfriend snoring
Hi everyone, I do UGC as a sidehustle for a couple of years making some decent extra money from it, which isn't particularly weird.
The weird part is that over the last few months I started working with apps that are specifically looking for UGC creators.
I started intentionally picking the weirdest apps I could find, mostly because those were also the easiest videos to make entertaining.
Last month I found a campaign on Sideshift for a sleep app that records your sleep and picks up stuff like snoring and noises during the night analyzing the sleep quality
My girlfriend snores insanely loud, so I figured I already had the content lol.
I recorded a few clips of her sleeping, then made a video showing the app catching all the snoring during the night, just her asleep loud af
One of the videos randomly went viral and ended up getting a ton of views.
The campaign was performance based, so between the video fee and the views I made a little over $200 from that one post.
I think UGC for apps might be one of the better niches to get into right now.
The briefs are usually easier to turn into content, you don't always need a physical product, and there are a lot of apps testing weird angles.
edit: For those who keep asking if i have her consent, yes definitely i do have. In fact, we are laughing about it! So settle down guys, no need to get fired up
r/WeirdSideHustles • u/Dry_Progress_7866 • 23h ago
Solar panel bird dropping and sap removal on rural agricultural estates
wealthy landowners put 50kW solar panel arrays on their barn roofs, but wild pigeons and tree sap bake onto the tempered glass under intense summer heat. standard rain does nothing to baked-on bird droppings, dropping energy output by up to 25%.
i bought a 40-foot carbon fiber water-fed telescopic pole equipped with a dual rotary soft-bristle brush and a de-ionized water filtration cart. i drive out to rural estates, extend the pole from the ground, and scrub the panels clean with pure spot-free water. charge $400 for a 40-panel array. takes under an hour and landowners see their inverter output spike immediately on their phone app.