Companies are turning to freelancers to do jobs that are not directly related to their industry such as marketing, design, or content creation. As a result, over one-third of US workers participate in the gig economy, either through their primary or secondary jobs.

Well, what is the gig economy?

The gig economy is a term for freelance or contract workers who take freelance jobs on-demand, and are often working multiple freelance jobs at once. These multiple freelance jobs are referred to as “gigs.” Most of the “gigs” are short-term, contract-based work.

This is the ultimate list of gig economy jobs that help you make some cash on the side. These are worth anywhere from $50 to $3000 a month, it all depends on your execution.

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Food or Grocery Delivery Service

1. Instacart – Buying groceries and delivering to customers. You can apply for “Shop and deliver” or “Shop only.”
2. DoorDash – Earn money picking up food from local restaurants and delivering to customers.
3. GrubHub – Similar to DoorDash but a smaller market.
4. UberEats – Food delivery, the flexibility of schedule, and fewer vehicle requirements.
5. Shipt – Membership-based grocery marketplace. Shop and deliver fresh foods and household essentials to customers.
6. Favor – Deliver anything customers need like tacos, groceries, dry cleaning, etc.
7. Drizly – Alcohol delivery service. Drivers are hired directly through the liquor retailers in your area. If you know a store that uses Drizly in your location, reach out to them directly.
8. Peach – Deliver food only during the lunch-time hours, currently located in Seattle, Dallas, Austin, Orange County, and Boston.
9. DeliverThat – Food delivery services.

Driving, Delivery, Moving Service

1. Uber – Ride-sharing service.
2. Lyft – Like Uber, ride-sharing service.
3. Amazon Flex – Deliver Amazon packages to customers. High in demand!
4. GoShare – Moving and delivery service. Earn money driving your pickup truck, cargo van, or box truck.
5. Grabr – Deliver products to international shoppers and cut your travel costs in half.
6. Bellhops – Moving and delivery service, but you just need to drive. Drivers are required to arrive on time with the necessary moving equipment. Once the truck is loaded, you drive to the destination.
7. Dolly – Similar to Bellhops, but you can sign up for “Helpers” or “Hands.”

Freelance Labor with Local Demand

1. TaskRabbit – Help people with everyday tasks like cleaning, moving, delivery, and handyman work.
2. Hello Alfred – Provide help from groceries, home cleaning, tech help, and pet care.
3. TaskEasy – Lawn care service. First, you need to become a TaskEasy contractor.
4. Handy – Similar to TaskRabbit, help people with home cleaning, furniture assembly, handyman service, TV mounting, etc.
5. HelloTech – Nationwide on-demand tech support platform. Get paid for helping people discover and enjoy technology.
6. Soothe – For licensed massage therapists, membership with Soothe can be a great side hustle.
7. Your Mechanic – Help people with fixing cars or simple auto repairs.
8. Wrapify – Earn up to $500 a month by putting an advertising “wrap” to your car.
9. myTEFL – Do you want to teach English abroad? Do you want to make money while living overseas? This site will teach you to become an English teacher abroad, and also support your job replacement.
10. The TEFL Academy –Similar to myTEFL, teach English abroad.

Renting Out Your Stuff

1. Turo – Rent out your personal vehicle.
2. GetAround – Same as Turo, rent out your personal vehicle.
3. Airbnb – Rent out your house, apartment, or room.
4. RVShare – Rent out your RV.
5. Boatsetter – Rent out your boat.

Online Based Freelance Labor

1. ZipRecruiter – Search for jobs hiring in your area using ZipRecruiter’s job search engine!
2. FreeUp – Freelance marketplace dedicated to connecting business owners with talented freelancers and remote workers from all over the world.
3. Upwork – Marketplace for freelancers. It connects independent professionals and agencies.
4. Toptal – This website promises to a company that they only hire the top 3% of global freelancers.
5. Amazon – As of March 2020, Amazon is looking for 1147 full-time remote workers worldwide.
6. Freelancer – An online outsourcing platform that focused on web developers and designers.
7. Belay Solutions – An online outsourcing platform that focused on virtual assistants, bookkeepers, and web developers.
8. FlexJobs – A job board that specifically looks for remote work in nearly every employment category.
9. People Per Hour – UK-based freelance job platform.
10. Remotive – A job board that you can search from software development to customer support.
11. Amazon Mechanical Turk – Crowdsourcing marketplace focused on virtual assistant-type work.
12. Scripted – Freelance marketplace for copywriters and writers.
13. PubLoft – Freelance marketplace for writers.
14. Teachable – It is a platform for creating and selling online courses. Sell your skills.
15. Skillshare – It is also a platform for selling online courses.

Testing & Sharing Your Opinion

1. JustAnswer – Sharing your expertise and making a little extra cash!
2. User Interviews – Get paid to give feedback on new products.
3. Respondent – One-on-one consumer research studies and focus groups, both in-person and online. Participate in research studies and get paid.
4. Pinecone Research – Make money taking surveys.
5. American Consumer Opinion – Make money taking surveys.
6. BestMark – Earn extra money, free meals, or services by sharing your opinion.
7. Market Force – Mystery shopper, you’ll get paid to eat and shop for free at your favorite brands.
8. UserTesting – Usability testing and research tools to improve your online customer experience. Test websites or apps and get paid.
9. Userbrain – Earn money by speaking your thoughts while testing websites. You need to record the screen and your voice.
10. TryMyUI – Get paid to use websites and apps and give your honest feedback.
11. Userfeel – Get paid to use websites and give your feedback.
12. Userlytics – Get paid to test websites & apps.
13. IntelliZoom – Test website usability tests for desktop and mobile devices, and get paid.
14. Enroll – Make money by testing out websites.
15. test IO – Test websites, apps, and games, and you earn $50 when you find a glitch or a bug within the platform.
16. Ferpection – Earn money by completing missions via your mobile, tablet, or desktop devices.
17. UserCrowd – Take quick design surveys and share your opinion to get paid.

Money Making Apps

1. Mr.Rebates – Get cashback by doing online shopping through their portal.
2. Fetch Rewards – Earn extra cashback just by snapping a picture of your receipts.
3. Achievement – This is a unique app. You can start earning points for activities such as walking, meditation, logging meals, and answering questions about yourself, and redeem your points for cash or charities.
4. Field Agent – Crowdsourcing app for Apple and Android. It allows you to make money by doing small tasks that included mystery shopping, checking local prices, taking pictures of things like landmarks, menus, food, etc.
5. Native – Android app that allows you to find local tasks by location on the map. Begin capturing data to get paid.
6. Shopkick – App that allows you to earn rewards in multiple ways, including simply walking into a qualifying store.
7. Gigwalk – The same premise as Field Agent, this app pays you real money for completing gigs available near you.
8. Ibotta – Earn money for taking pictures of your receipts after you buy certain items from more than 80 chains, including Walmart, Safeway, Kroger, Publix, Costco, Target, etc.

Selling Online

1. eBay – The top auction site where individuals can list goods for customers to bid on. You can sell almost anything on eBay.
2. Poshmark – Great place to shop and sell for women, men, and kids clothes, shoes, and bags. In 2020, they added the “Home” category and now you can sell accents, bath, bedding, dining, holiday, kitchen, office, party supplies, wall art, and more!
3. Amazon – Sell your products.
4. Etsy – Sell handmade or vintage items and craft supplies.
5. Bookscouter – Sell your textbooks for the best price.
6. Decluttr – Sell cell phones, tech, CDs, DVDs, games, and books.
7. thredUP – This site will send you a plastic bag, so you fill it out and drop off at the mailing center. After that just wait until it sold. You don’t have to shoot the photo and list the item, but you can’t price your item.
8. Mercari – It is a mix of eBay and Poshmark. You can sell and buy almost anything like eBay, and easy listing and ship like Poshmark.
9. Tradesy – It’s like Poshmark but focused on high-end designer brands.
10. OfferUp – It’s like Craigslist, buy and sell everything from cars and trucks, electronics, furniture, and more.
11. 99Designs – The global creative platform that makes it easy for designers and clients to work together.

Print On Demand

1. Printful – No hassle of stocks, printing, and production-related issues. Just create a design and uploaded it to the site.
2. Printify – Similar to Printful, just create a design and uploaded it to the site.
3. Zazzle – There are three account options: Designer, Maker, or Affiliate. Designers upload designs on the platform, and Zazzle handles manufacture, printing, and shipping. Makers can manufacture their own products and put them on Zazzle for sale. Affiliate earn commissions on every product sold, whether or not it is your product.
4. Redbubble – Create a design for men/women/kids and baby items, stickers, home decor, wall art, device cases, bags, gifts, stationery, etc. Redbubble handles the shipping.
5. TeeSpring – Like Zazzle, but has a minimum quantity requirement for printing. An artist needs to meet the minimum sale requirement and promote their product to get paid.
6. Society6 – You can sell your artwork printed on a variety of products such as wall art, home decor, furniture, apparel, etc.

Online Jobs for Teens

Bella Wanana, the freelance writer, created a 50 job opportunities list for teens. If you are a teenager who wants to save up money for the future, check it out.