10 Side Hustles You Can Do From Home Ranked

Millions lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic and some had to work from home. The pandemic came and left us with what is now referred to as the “new normal”. Some persons have gradually adjusted while some are yet to recover from its shockwave.

If you’re looking for a side hustle or want to be your own boss, this post is for you.

Dropshipping  

Dropshipping is not common, at least not like it should. All that is required is a good picture of what you’re selling, trustworthy supplier(s), a lot of friends (on or offline), and shamelessness to constantly share.

If you feel like you have what it takes to build an e-commerce website and run ads to generate traffic, feel free to do just that.

Fitness coach

There are millions of people looking for ways to shed that belly fat, and here you are with chiselled abs and a wide chest. Help them and make money. If Saga (BBnaija 6: shine your eyes) can do it, then you can.

This is not just for the guys, if you’re a lady with a flat tummy, you’re a hotcake. All you need is a medium to reach your potential clients.

You can start with uploading videos on YouTube and sharing them on your social media. You can offer personal training to those interested. It doesn’t have to be on-site when there is zoom, google Duo and the likes.

Writing

You can do a whole lot if you understand and have a good command of the English language or any language. What you can do with this skill is too numerous you can only pick a free to focus on.

From copywriting, content creation, screenwriter, novelist, speechwriter, to technical writer, business bio, book editor, columnist and so much more. You might have to learn one or two things about a specific type of writing to know exactly what to do.

Fiverr.com and Upwork.com are platforms to begin.

Photography

You don’t necessarily need a Nikon camera to be a photographer. You’ll be surprised to find out that most of those stock images online are done with smartphones with a good camera.

You can be a product photographer for any business with a product to sell or food photography, you’ve definitely seen pictures of food that made you hungry, you could contact eateries and fast food joints. You can also look into wildlife photography if you live in the city and submit them to websites and companies in need of them.

Animations

This is one of those skills we can’t have enough of. No industry doesn’t need an animator. If they don’t see it, then it’s up to you to let them know your worth.

It could be a simple commercial, characters for stories, or working with companies like DreamWorks and Disney. Whichever it is, you are very much needed. All you need to build your portfolio is to upload samples on your social media and YouTube.

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You can also decide to teach those that want to learn, it’s good money and consistency is key.

Website Designing

Year after year the need for business and personal websites increases, it’s all about having an online presence and reaching a wider audience. The internet is a marketplace, it is unwise if you don’t have a shop up there.

Web development takes time but you can learn web design instead. With the help of CMS like blogger, Wix and WordPress and tools like pluggings, you can learn website design.

At first, you will have to design for free to build your portfolio. Build for friends and family to gather enough experience, it’s not really a walk in the park.

Beauty and makeup

To become a beautician, you need years of experience, fortunately for most ladies, they’ve been harnessing one or more beauty skills since childhood. They start from making the hair of their dolls to painting their face and nails.

As a lady, you should be able to do one of those. You don’t need a shop to do this, you do need to have all the necessary equipment and tools.

If you can’t do any of these as a lady, well, what did you do while growing up?

Blogging

A lot of our friends on Facebook could have a personal blog like that friend that writes about everything happening to and around him or the one that writes poems could own a niche blog. Money can be made from advertising on these blogs.

However, it is a process that takes time and consistency. You’ll also have to spend on hosting and domain name for your website and lots of Mobile data.

Music Coaching

Really? Yes. The music industry is growing steadily and you need talent and luck to get to the top. Those who can’t write depend on ghostwriters, those who can’t sing depend on voice Coach. Others want to learn how to plan an instrument.

If you can play one or more instruments like the keyboard, guitar, trumpet and Bass, you can make money teaching. Especially children. You can be a voice trainer as well as a ghostwriter, it depends on what you know how to do.

Forex and Crypto Trader

We now live in the digital world. It doesn’t matter if you accept it or not. There are millions of people making a living by trading currency pairs and Cryptocurrencies. It is considered a gamble by many but it’s not. It’s only a gamble when you don’t know what you’re doing.

There are several platforms for trading and they offer demo accounts for you to learn before putting in your hard-earned money. If you have enough money and but not enough time to study the market, some platforms would help you trade with your money and give ROI monthly.

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By Kelvin Alabi, Warri