Before taking a part-time job at the expense of a hobby, think about it. Perhaps it is your favorite activity that will give you not only joy but also money.
Motivating posts on social media often suggest turning a hobby into a job. It's not always a wise decision; if you make fun of work, how will you relax afterward?
And yet you shouldn't write off hobbies when it comes to making money. Sooner or later, the end product of your hobby will become too much. Why not make it available to people who are willing to pay for your work? Moreover, every ruble is useful on the farm.
Almost every hobby can earn you money.
1. Needlework
The clearest approach to making money when it comes to hobbies. The list of hobbies in this area is extensive.
- knitting (crochet and knitting)
- embroidery
- creation of toys
- scrapbooking
- sewing
- modeling flowers from reveler
- burning out
- soap making
- creation of home cosmetics and perfumes
The list is endless, and finding your buyer is not that difficult. However, if you want to earn not occasionally but constantly, you will have to add PR and SMM to the hobbies list. It will be necessary to find and master sales sites, communicate with potential buyers.
For those who want to make money selling handmade products, find your own kind of creativity so that the lesson does not start to enrage in a week. Do not buy the cheapest material for testing. Take the middle price segment. Otherwise, it may turn out that you have talent, but nothing happened due to poor materials or tools.
Do not forget about the rule of 10 thousand hours: it is believed that this is exactly how much you need to spend on a business to become a master in it. Do not skimp on advertising. Take part in contests to make yourself known. And get rid of the impostor syndrome, when it seems that you do not know how to do anything and are trying to sniff people with some nonsense. Let them decide for themselves.
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2. Computer games
Of course, you can swing at e-sports, win a major tournament, and get hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes. But this path is long, thorny, and does not leave time for the main work, which you need to go to if you want to live up to the championship.
Character raising is a simpler solution. Among the newcomers, some people do not want to play weak heroes. Some of them are willing to pay for high-level characters. To participate in a deal, you need to have the right product. If you play the game for a long time and enjoy leveling heroes, this is a great opportunity to earn money.
The method is not suitable for those who stick to the character with all their soul or identify themselves with him.
Charming people should be reminded of the good old-fashioned streaming - paid streaming of gameplay. But just playing is not enough here. Now the audience has seen almost everything - you must put forth a lot of effort to draw in the crowd. Knowing English will be an added bonus, because it will make more people understand you.
3. Board games
You can organize tournaments or get-togethers of like-minded people, hold corporate events for those who want to play on the tables, not dance. This is how you kill several birds with one stone:
- popularize board games;
- you play yourself, and often in new companies;
- make money.
For mass events, a site is required. It is worth looking for places that will provide it cheap or free, as they attract visitors. Look out for anti-cafes, libraries, and board game stores.
4. Drawing
You can make posters, illustrations, cartoons, stickers for instant messengers, draw pictures, and sell your works on photo stocks.
Much depends on what exactly you are drawing and what techniques you master. It matters whether you wish to create based on inspiration or are ready to follow the terms of reference. In the first case, a unique style of work, a bright personality, and an entrepreneurial vein will help you out since you have to look for an audience that will appreciate what you are doing. In the second case, you will need customers with projects that you have to implement.
5. Plant breeding
There are huge communities of people who buy seedlings of both garden and indoor plants from one another, wait for delivery from the other side of the country, groom, and cherish their green pets. If you are a socially phobic agronomist, it's time to post on the Internet photos of your fist-sized strawberries and a blooming Decembrist all year round with the signature “sell.”
6. Video editing
If you like to edit videos but you do not have ambitious plans for creating copyrighted content, you can offer your services to someone else. Many are interested in them, ranging from video bloggers to large companies that urgently need a motivating video for a corporate party by the morning.
7. SMM
A full-fledged SMM is a difficult job, often boring and monotonous, with analytics and numbers. When creating content is a hobby, you can do the fun stuff, albeit for little money. For instance, if you are talented at creating memes, looking for funny pictures and videos with hilarious cats on the Internet, many resources will pay for it.
8. Blogging
Not the easiest way to make money - your blog, public, or Instagram page. Fifteen years ago, a Live Journal account was considered promoted if it had a thousand subscribers. Now a much larger audience is expected from a blogger.
And yet you can make money on your page, especially if you are ready to broadcast unique information to your readers. The money will come to you either by donations or advertisers who want to showcase the product to your subscribers' product. Another way is to pay from the site where you post your content, which is essentially the same ad revenue, only indirectly.
9. Fitness
When the cubes on your stomach can be rubbed with carrots, and your biceps are tighter than adamantium, it's hard to resist teaching others how to eat and practice. If you direct the desire in the right direction, then you can get for it not reproachful glances from friends who buy burgers, but money. However, training is required.
There are now numerous uncertified online trainers available online, however, it is best to avoid doing that. Otherwise, you risk harming and making not only money but also a stain on your karma.
10. Cooking
Home pastry chefs are popular. The commercial success of custom-made cakes is evidenced by the fact that she is interested in this area. According to the raid results, income declarations were provided tax office. There are enough cakes, cupcakes, pies, sweets, but this does not imply that there is no room for you in this market. People are hungry, so culinary services will always be in demand.
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11. Overexposure of animals
You love animals, and you can easily find a common language with them. You have a large apartment and work with a fee schedule. Why not become a nanny for someone else's pet hamster, dog, or cat while their owners are away on vacation? In return, you will receive money and many new emotions that the furry creature will give you.
12. Equipment repair
Maybe you've always enjoyed taking things apart and putting them back together, like watches, receivers, a food processor. You and have reached the degree of mastery when there are no unnecessary parts left after all the manipulations. If everything is working properly at home, but a screwdriver and a soldering iron are haunted, fix other people's things - for a fee, of course.
13. Photography
There are several ways to make money in this segment, and they are well known:
- conduct photo sessions;
- take pictures of holidays;
- sell images through stocks ;
- take photos for newspapers and magazines;
- offer related products (photobooks, photos on canvas, and so on), look for contractors, leave a commission.
Breaking into a market where everyone who has a camera considers himself a photographer is not easy. And the first step to success is not to shoot with a camera but with your head. The higher your skill, the fresher your ideas, the more original your approach, the better your chances of success.
For beginners, think three times before monetizing your passion for photography. Any business lives by the law of the market. And the competition in this segment is high. First, you need to learn how to shoot with high quality and sell yourself with no less quality. Find your target audience in between. Realize that you made a mistake and correct your position. And constantly grow, learn, and develop.
14. Shopping support
If you like to shop, masterfully memorize the entire assortment, and know how to find diamonds in the “All 50” baskets in second-hand shops, many people need your services. Someone wants a yellow shirt with 7/8 sleeves, but by no means 3/4, someone needs the cheapest oak laminate that grows in the Middle Urals, and they themselves will not cope with the search. You can make wishes come true and make money on it.
15. Tricks
Your childhood dream has come true; you know how a rabbit appears in a hat, and three balls turn into one. But a magician needs an audience, just like any other artist. Which, by the way, are often willing to pay if you show your art at their celebration.
Adapted and translated by The Cop Cart Staff
Sources: Life hacker
