20 Ways to Make $100 A Day in 2022 – Ideas That Actually Work

I’m sure you’re already familiar with Pinterest, but you might not know that you can make $15/hour as a new Pinterest virtual assistant (or VA). Experienced virtual assistants make significantly more — upwards of $30-$50 an hour!

Pinterest VAs help business owners generate more traffic and increase sales via Pinterest. That means you get paid to:

• Account setup
• Create pins
• Optimize images
• Develop a Pinning schedule
• Do keyword research

6. Run Facebook ads for small businesses

This is one of my hands-down, favorite side hustles. I started running Facebook ads after I quit my job as a high school band director to run this site full-time. After that, I started running ads for the jeweler who sold me my wife’s engagement ring, and I was out-earning what I made as a teacher after adding a few more clients to my roster.

Running Facebook ads is simply digital marketing on Facebook, and it’s an incredibly flexible and scalable online business. And you can make $1,000-$1,500/month per client.

You don’t need previous marketing or advertising experience to run Facebook ads — I was completely self-taught. 

The Facebook ads platform is incredibly easy to use, the reason you can make such good money is because most small business owners don’t have the time or energy it takes to run an effective ads campaign. So it makes more sense for them to hire someone who knows what they’re doing.

7. Proofread for a living

Freelance proofreaders make anywhere from $15-$25/hour — that’s definitely $100 a day territory! This would be a great way to make money if you can quickly spot grammatical or punctuation errors in emails and blog posts. 

Proofreaders are responsible for polishing written content for bloggers, content writers, website owners, and more. It’s a super flexible online job because you can work from anywhere on either a laptop or tablet.

8. Sell printables on Etsy

Since it was founded back in 2005, Etsy has been the place to buy and sell creative and crafty things. And one of the best things to sell on Etsy right now are printables. These are digital files that your customers buy and print off on their own. 

These can be printables for:

• Planner pages
• Stickers
• Budget worksheets
• Invitations
• Calendars
• Greeting cards
• Party decorations
• Home decor

What’s great about selling printables is that it could turn into a passive way to make $100 a day because you can sell a single design over and over again without needing to manufacture or ship anything. 

9. Walk dogs or pet sit

Before I say anything else, you must love pets for this idea. Now onto what you need to… 

Dog walkers can earn around $25/per walk, meaning four walks a day equals $100 a day! Pet sitters earn $35-$70 per day for overnight stays. Pay varies a lot based on where you’re located, and dog walkers in large cities generally make more. 

If you’re interested, I recommend listing your services on Rover. This is a really popular platform where pet owners can find care providers in their area. You’ll need to build a profile, list what kinds of services you offer (administering medication, bathing, and so on), and you can choose your availability and prices.

You can also spread the word in your neighborhood, on social media, and ask your friends and family to share your contact info. Again, referrals go a long way!

10. Start a blog

Blogging is a slooooooow business model overall, so you’re not going to make $100 a day in the beginning. But I can tell you from personal experience that it’s 100% possible to reach that point.

Blogs make money from affiliate income, sponsored posts, digital products, display ads, course sales, and more. So even though it can take a few months to start generating income, you’re in complete control of your business. From when and where you work to what you blog about.

I put together a really comprehensive article about blogging if you want to learn more: How to Start a Blog in 2021 | The Easy Step-By-Step Guide.

11. Work as a virtual assistant

One of the first people I hired for my site was a virtual assistant so I could start outsourcing things like billing, social media management, and scheduling. I have a few virtual assistants now, and I don’t think my business couldn’t survive without them.

Virtual assistants are responsible for doing tasks that a business owner doesn’t necessarily need to do. This can be:

• Data entry
• Responding to emails
• Project management
• Bookkeeping
• Blog management
• Preparing reports
• Research
• Simple digital marketing tasks
• Content creation
• Event management

You’ll need to be motivated, organized, an excellent communicator, and good time management skills. This is a fully remote job, and you can make around $10-$25 per hour.

12. Freelance writer

Freelance writing is a broad field that can encompass a number of different jobs including:

• Marketing campaigns
• Blog posts
• Email newsletters
• Online and print articles
• Catalog descriptions
• Ghost writing
• Web copy
• Grant writing
• Technical writing
• Content mills
• Resumes

As a freelancer you own your business and contract your work out to companies or solopreneurs. You work on your own schedule and can set competitive rates, and many freelance writers I know make well over $100 a day.

13. Sell on Shopify

Shopify is an easy to use platform for setting up and running your own ecommerce store. And if you’re thinking that it sounds like a lot of work running an online shop, it can be surprisingly passive if you use Shopify for dropshipping.

The way it works is that you build your site with Shopify (there are over 70 customizable themes, a drag and drop editor, and custom domains). You select items to sell on your site that can be drop shipped (You don’t touch, store, or ship these goods. You’re listing them for sale, then connecting customers with suppliers).

Once your site is built, it’s pretty passive because you’re not actively managing or shipping orders — Shopify does this for you. You will need to run traffic to your site,and check in to maintain it. You can start your Shopify side hustle for as little as $29/month.

14. Work one-off gigs

If you want to make $100 quickly, doing one-off gigs is a solid option! This might be doing a deep clean of someone’s kitchen, helping move furniture, or landscaping gigs. It’s nice because they typically pay same day cash.

Surprisingly, you can still find legitimate, one-off gigs on Craigslist. Be careful when you’re meeting at someone’s house, and don’t take checks or money orders.

15. Become a bookkeeper

Freelance bookkeepers record daily financial transactions for business owners, and they earn around $30-$40 per hour. You don’t need professional training or a degree because you’re responsible for things like:

• Collecting business payments
• Updating financial records
• Checking records and transactions for accuracy
• Manage payroll
• Reimburse work-related expenses

16. Flea market flipping

If you know what you’re shopping for, you can make good money flipping things you find at flea markets and thrift stores. You can find and resell clothes, books, DVDs and CDs, workout equipment, baby items, and much more. 

In one week, Melissa and Rob of Flea Market Flipper made over $2,600 flipping things, including:

• A walk-behind leaf blower they bought for $50 and resold for $950
• Double oven bought for $42 and flipped for $1,200
• Old water main valve they got for free and sold on eBay for $500

17. Offer childcare services

Now that I have a kid, I completely understand how valuable a good babysitter is. That’s exactly why parents are willing to pay good money for a trustworthy person to watch their kids.

There are a couple of ways to make money offering childcare services. You can work as a babysitter in the evenings, as a nanny who works regularly, or setting up an in-home daycare service.

The last option may require special licensing, so check with your state’s Department of Health and Senior Services to find out what the requirements are. All of these are services you can list online or use word-of-mouth to find families.

You can also try Care.com, which is a platform for families to connect with caregivers in their area. However, it costs $20/month to list your services, and it requires a background check to start listing.

18. Side hustle as a tutor

If there is a subject that you know well and can teach to others, tutoring is a great way to make $100 a day. I know this because when I was working as a teacher, I learned that parents are always looking for tutors for math, science, writing, foreign language, history, etc. 

Tutoring is actually one of the best ways to make extra money if you’re a teacher because that adds to your credibility, and the hourly pay is pretty high, around $30-$60/hour depending on where you live. 

If you can do SAT or ACT prep, you can earn $45-$100/hour. You can find tutoring jobs by connecting with local schools, advertising your services on social media, or through an online tutoring platform like Wyzant.

19. Complete tasks on TaskRabbit

For a low commitment way to make extra cash, as in one that you can pick up and earn through whenever, doing one-off jobs with TaskRabbit is a great idea.

Here’s the gist of it… you use TaskRabbit to find individual tasks/jobs that people have listed. It can be moving furniture for $75, mounting a TV for $30, or cleaning a house for $60.

The reason this is one of the best side hustle ideas is that you can literally pick it up when you want to make money and put it down when you’re done. You’re not locked into a completely new career; it’s just fast cash when you need it.

20. Get paid for your creative knowledge

Do you knit, paint, basketweave, crochet, woodwork, make jewelry, draw, or sew? That’s just a small list of the creative skills you can use to make $100 a day or more. 

While there is money in selling your handmade goods, there’s more income potential when you leverage your knowledge and teach your skills to others. You can do in-person lessons or classes — one of the members on the M$M team earns $100/hour teaching group knitting lessons.

Another option is to create a course and sell it online. It takes a lot of work to put your course together and market it, but it’s a much more passive option. Check out this list of online course platforms for places to start building your course.

How to make $100 a day

There’s no magic bullet for making $100 a day because it depends on the kind of time and energy you have to commit. Some ideas, like blogging, take time to build up a steady stream of $100 a day or more. However, you can earn $100 a day faster by delivering food for DoorDash or Instacart, working as a virtual assistant, walking dogs on Rover, and so on.

Because finding ways to make extra money can feel exhausting at times, keep in mind what that cash will allow you to do. Maybe that’s pay off debt, save for an awesome family vacation, plan for retirement, or just ease some everyday financial stress.