SIX ONE-HOUR WAYS TO EARN AN EXTRA $100 PER MONTH
With the spending season in full swing, it’s nice to earn some extra cash. But the holidays also come with tons of extra responsibilities, from hosting relatives to sending cards and decorating. With all that, you’re probably wondering if you have enough time to earn extra money. But if you can spare an hour — even just once a week — these six one-hour side hustles can help you earn an extra $100 or more each month.
One-hour side hustles
What can you do to earn money in just an hour? Theoretically, you could do a lot of things, from driving for Uber to delivering for GrubHub. After all, most side hustle apps give you the ability to turn on and off your work availability at will. But side hustles like these are good for the time-constrained only if the hours you have free happen to correspond with the high-demand hours for that service.
After all, driving and delivery apps don’t normally pay you to wait. So unless you’re OK with working during your lunch or dinner
hour — the best times for food delivery apps — food delivery is not a practical choice. And if you drive for Uber and Lyft, you need to factor in the return trip. In other words, you might spend an hour driving a fare to the airport, but it could take another hour to get back.
If you want one-hour side hustles that you can truly complete in an hour, we’d recommend these six.
Tutor
Those who have patience and expertise in anything from grammar to music can sign up to be online tutors. Tutoring platforms typically help you find clients for half-hour to one-hour sessions that you do from home, so it’s ideal for those looking for onehour side hustles.
Pay ranges from $15 to more than $50 per hour, depending on the subject and the tutoring platform that you use. In many cases, tutors set their own rates and simply pay a commission to the tutoring site for marketing and collecting payment on their behalf. You also normally set your availability.
Some of the better tutoring sites: For general academic subjects, consider Wyzant, Varsity Tutors, Wize, and TutorOcean. For those who can teach math and coding, Juni Learning. And for those interested in teaching and tutoring in the arts and music, we recommend LessonFace and Take Lessons.
Virtually assist
Virtual assistants do everything from scheduling meetings and travel to handling incoming email and social media updates.