3 Profitable Side-Hustle Ideas You Never Hear About

Summary

The article presents three unique and profitable side-hustle ideas: tutoring in non-academic skills, catering, and operating ice and ice cream vending machines.

Abstract

The author of the article offers a fresh perspective on side hustles by suggesting three unconventional ideas that can be both enjoyable and lucrative. The first idea is to provide tutoring in practical skills such as housework, video gaming, car maintenance, musical instruments, and sports, which are often overlooked in favor of traditional academic subjects. The second idea proposes starting a catering business, leveraging cooking skills to provide food for various institutions, suggesting that even above-average cooking abilities can compete with established firms. The third idea involves setting up vending machines that dispense ice and ice cream, capitalizing on the demand for quick and convenient cooling solutions during hot weather. The author emphasizes that these side hustles can be started on a small scale and gradually expanded.

Opinions

The author finds conventional side-hustle suggestions, like traditional tutoring, uninspiring and seeks to offer more innovative options.
There is a market for learning non-academic skills, as evidenced by the author's personal interest in acquiring such skills, like hanging a picture or fixing a car.
The author believes that many people, including themselves, are willing to pay for personalized tutoring in practical areas where they lack proficiency.
Catering is presented as a viable side hustle, especially for those with a passion for cooking, despite potential upfront costs for kitchen space and equipment.
The author expresses dissatisfaction with the quality of existing catering firms, suggesting there is room for competition from individuals with better cooking skills.
Starting small, such as by catering to local kindergartens, is recommended as a way to build up a catering side hustle.
The idea of combining ice and ice cream vending machines is seen as a novel and potentially profitable venture, meeting the demand for refreshing products during summer.

1# Tutoring, but in another way

When seeing articles containing “tutoring” as a side hustle I often think:

“boring, I could think of that myself”

But here is something I rarely think about → Tutoring for skills in non-academic subjects.

Housework (I would be a customer, I can’t do anything with my hands, not even hang up a picture — or that’s not true, if you give the clay that can attach the picture to a hard wall, I might be able to do it)

Video Games — Yup people will pay to learn to play video games

Car work — Again teach me the basics of how to fix minor problems on my car, and I’ll pay you. And if I would, I bet many would

Play an instrument — If you know how to play an instrument, why not try to teach others

Sports — I’m going to pay for learning tennis next month, so there’s definitely a market for teaching sports

2# Catering

Are you great at cooking, and do always make a little too much food for yourself? Maybe catering could be something for you

Cook food on large scale (you might need a bigger kitchen for this), and deliver the food to small/medium/large institutions.

I’ve eaten food from catering firms before, and if you can cook just above average my bet is that you can compete with most of those firms — boy, they are bad at cooking.

I included catering since I rarely, if ever, see this as a side hustle idea. On the other side, it might also have some large upfront costs, if you need to invest in a bigger kitchen.

But you can start slow — for instance, try delivering to the local kindergarten, and then you can slowly build up your catering side hustle.

3# Ice(cream) Vending Machines

Vending machines have been known for a long time, but how about these two ideas for vending machines:

Ice — It’s hot, and your drink is already lukewarm. What you need is some ice to cool it down. Luckily there’s a vending machine where you can get ice for your drinks for only 50 cents. Nice!

Ice cream — We all want some ice cream when it’s summer, and the taste of vanilla in combination with the cooling sensation is delicious. Why not try ice cream in a vending machine.

You could actually combine both ice and ice cream in one vending machine. In my opinion, this could be a profitable side hustle.

3 Profitable Side-Hustle Ideas You Never Hear About

Number #3 is quite fun

1# Tutoring, but in another way

2# Catering

3# Ice(cream) Vending Machines

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