If money truly isn't an issue and you want to be constantly insulted and treated like you would be by the worst Karen at your bar, you could always mod a couple subs on Reddit.
Glass screen printing. Labels for wine bottles and logos on pint glasses and such. Part time right now but business is growing and eventually I'll finally be able to leave the service industry.
Played golf my whole life. Love the sport. I live on a resort island in SC. One of my golf buddies bartends and caddy’s and I knew I knew enough to do it. Asked him what it entails..thought I can do that. And average shift you make 250-300. So I said fuck yea. He helped me out and got the job been doing it 2 years. Meet a lot of cool people and get to walk around nature and help people be better at golf. Win win
heres where im king shit:
I do festivals mostly so i print up and laminate an "underground menu"
1. flavored vapes ($30) especially if in california
2. Turn my bar into a bag check ($20)
3. Zyrtec, Asprin, Day Quil, Liquid IV, ($10)
4. "Spin the wheel" it has just random trinkets and a "free round" on it ($5 a spin)
5. Menthol Inhalers $10
6. Socks, Shirts, brand new boxers, dude wipes etc ($15, dude wipes are $5)
7. Sunscreen, ponchos, shoe bootie bags ($10)
8. Every charging cable ever ($10), charging packs ($15/30mins $50 for keeps)
In off time:
1. stocks
2. ungodly amount of gambling
3. Scamazon
4. Made a fake AI band and use AI to make their songs, so i manage their socials
5. more gambling
6. make movies for only fans ($350 a video, no face)
edit:
WALLET SIZED LAMINATED MAPS AND SET LISTS! i cant believe i forgot this, basically just swoop it from the event page, shrink it up, print double sided (usually at the office room at the hotel im staying at so its free). I have a ghetto as fuck laminator and portable printer, but if my spot haa an office i use their shit. I sold 400 of these @ $5 a pop in about 3 hours.
oh its like getting crack in the 80s, gotta knock 3 times, say a code word...lol but no its not allowed, but i attach it to stuff that guests see and managers cant.
ill also make a telegram group sometimes and find the event page on reddit and hit people up...theres always a way.
I admire your ingenuity.
Your method is about how it feels even attempting to find someone who knows someone who’s heard a rumor about someone’s cousin who’s even hiring bartenders for festivals in my city.
dude i dont know how, or why, but one day a guy here on reddit hit me up asking for cockshots...said hed pay me 350 for a vid...i was skeptical, but he cashapped me $150 before i sent anything, so naturally i went on pornhub and downloaded some knuckle video...sent it, dude paid, and new every 2ish weeks he hits me up...helped a ton during covid, and i have a couple others that like girl guy stuff that i have a gal who i split with...its solid.
dude hit me up on diff account just in case yall were wondering.
I do Doordash/Favor on my off days. You could also try look for work with an event staffing company for bartenders. If you can get on, you can pick up shifts to work events on your days off.
I have been considering doordash for a long time. I used to work in a restraunt, so it was just a difficult decision. Could I doordash whenever I wanted? Like is it completely up to me when I work?
Now retired, but used to work in a club that was incredibly busy in the early aughts. Saved up $9,000 each with 2 other bartenders, and used that for a down on a fixer home. Think the smallest, cheapest house in a great neighborhood. Rented it out for about 10 years, first at break even and then gradually at a profit but using that money to make improvements, and then sold it, making about 6 times our initial investment each. Not for everyone but I had real estate and construction experience. At the time I was thinking about banding together with more coworkers and starting a real estate empire but that can get complicated lol.
Catering. Pick ur schedule. Most people from out of town have cash. They get drunk and let it loose. I work for like 3 catering companies. Stick to weddings
I considered going solo on bartending events. I have some experience with working banquets. I think I could really kill it if I offered a very thorough service. Most bartenders near me that do it, just kind of show up.
The festivals in my city are so poorly organized, it seems like nobody ever even knows who to contact or where to go to get these jobs - and because of that they often end up seriously understaffed.
I cannot figure out why they haven’t got it together. No postings/listings, no word of mouth, I don’t get it lol. A couple of the really prominent bartenders I know have just given up on it because they said it’s such a headache to even try to figure it out anymore.
Yea I hit all the thrifts stores at least once a week but I do most of my purchasing from Ebay and then sell locally or ship from Facebook marketplace.
I grow vegetables. Really not much money in it to be honest, but it's what I love to do. I can sell a bit to the resort I work at and do a few farmers markets.
That is a nice idea. It seems like a cheap initial investment. Would you mind giving me some more details? How big is your garden and what kind of profits do you expect from that? What's the over all time you put into it?
I used to have a cultivated garden plot that was 50' X 150' that I spent all my free time at. Investment was probably 2k. I was able to make around 15k from farmers market while bartending 4 nights a week. I hadn't really dialed in my market or what was best to grow in the two years I did it there. I've since bought a house and have a smaller garden that is expanding slowly. Currently I'm working 35 - 70 hours a week and am only growing low maintenance crops that I can hopefully sell the bulk of in the fall during our slower season. This year is a bit of an experiment, but almost all of the watering is automated at this point, so it's just weeding and harvesting. I'm hoping to at least make around 1k this year, but I'll be happy if I make enough to pay for the seeds and equipment I bought.
I guess having the first year pay for the tools and equipment so you can actually make a profit the next isn't too bad. I might look into this. I've never even owned a plant lol.
It's not for everyone. I wanted to learn to be more self sufficient and learned by working on a few small scale farms first. There are a lot of ways to approach it. If you're interested, but don't have much land I recommend watching some urban farming videos by Curtis Stone.
I have been looking at some info on day trading recently. It feels like it's just too much money for me to get started, just to see if it would be an option for me.
Forget day trading, just open a Schwab account, auto deposit $500/mo. in it and slowly start buying Vanguard funds or individual stocks you like, or just a Schwab high yield savings account. The power of compound interest is mind blowing! Reinvest all dividends.
Indon't do this but Only Fans works for a lot of people. You can turn guests into subscribers to get it going. The subscription base creates a semi stable income.
They do most of the keeping alive themselves actually! Just give them a safe place to sleep at night and they kinda do the rest. I’ve got an automatic door on mine that lets them free range
Faceless digital marketing. It's online, I do it part time and work from home. This is a business not a job but, it's very rewarding and has been fruitful. Almost 5 months in and I've made 5 figures.
How do you start an only fans account? Do you have to show your face? Or can you show your face but not post nudes? How do you get followers/market yourself?
Same way you start a reddit account. I don't think you have to show your face, but I do.
I'll get back to you on followers and marketing. But have several gay friends who insist on helping me take photos to get it, in one friend's words, "glowed up."
I started it because I've had a few friends suggest it. And after that Rachel Dolezal story where it appears she gets 50k/mo, I figured even at current daddybod status I could make a few bucks.
On call banquet server at a hotel. Tip pool is good, I can work when I want, and I get discounted rooms whenever I travel. Hidden gem of the service industry
Ah, the off-season bartending struggle! When I’m not behind the bar, my side other gig is NSFW.. Haha just kidding I do freelance modeling and pet sitting. Keeps things interesting and pays the bills! Cheers! 🍻
Ah, the off-season bartending struggle! When I’m not behind the bar, my side other gig is NSFW.. Haha just kidding I do freelance modeling and pet sitting. Keeps things interesting and pays the bills! Cheers! 🍻
I retired several years ago and just started a great new low cost, highly profitable, turnkey franchise model from Purity Coffee you should look into. I only work a couple Saturdays a month and make great extra income.
It’s a pop-up shop coffee franchise from Purity Coffee for under $5K. You make 60%+ profit on coffee sold at your pop-up shop (bags of coffee, K-Cups, Sachets) and a 5% commission on repeat customer online orders (income grows over time organically).
You can see more about it here: HTTPS://puritycoffee.com/pages/pop-up-affiliate
Great way to make an extra $28k+ a year just working a couple days per month (pop-up markets usually are on Saturdays and Sundays), or make $75K+ annually if you work it more on a full time basis.
If money truly isn't an issue and you want to be constantly insulted and treated like you would be by the worst Karen at your bar, you could always mod a couple subs on Reddit.
This is my side hustle
Same.
Glass screen printing. Labels for wine bottles and logos on pint glasses and such. Part time right now but business is growing and eventually I'll finally be able to leave the service industry.
Caddy on my days off and I get free golf.
That actually sounds fun. How did you get into that?
Played golf my whole life. Love the sport. I live on a resort island in SC. One of my golf buddies bartends and caddy’s and I knew I knew enough to do it. Asked him what it entails..thought I can do that. And average shift you make 250-300. So I said fuck yea. He helped me out and got the job been doing it 2 years. Meet a lot of cool people and get to walk around nature and help people be better at golf. Win win
Yea, sadly, I know jack shit about golf.
heres where im king shit: I do festivals mostly so i print up and laminate an "underground menu" 1. flavored vapes ($30) especially if in california 2. Turn my bar into a bag check ($20) 3. Zyrtec, Asprin, Day Quil, Liquid IV, ($10) 4. "Spin the wheel" it has just random trinkets and a "free round" on it ($5 a spin) 5. Menthol Inhalers $10 6. Socks, Shirts, brand new boxers, dude wipes etc ($15, dude wipes are $5) 7. Sunscreen, ponchos, shoe bootie bags ($10) 8. Every charging cable ever ($10), charging packs ($15/30mins $50 for keeps) In off time: 1. stocks 2. ungodly amount of gambling 3. Scamazon 4. Made a fake AI band and use AI to make their songs, so i manage their socials 5. more gambling 6. make movies for only fans ($350 a video, no face) edit: WALLET SIZED LAMINATED MAPS AND SET LISTS! i cant believe i forgot this, basically just swoop it from the event page, shrink it up, print double sided (usually at the office room at the hotel im staying at so its free). I have a ghetto as fuck laminator and portable printer, but if my spot haa an office i use their shit. I sold 400 of these @ $5 a pop in about 3 hours.
Fake AI band lmao Link pls
That was not what I was expecting to see on the list of side hustles.
Same please I need to hear this
lol im waiting on tunecore for publishing to get finalized... made songs using: Suno got publishing through tunecore.com (all free).
Yeah what’s the Spotify?
its part of the publishing deal, so i gotta wait til wedmesday for everything to be finialized. They do literally everything its kind of insane
Is your side menu allowed, or do you do it like the guy with the trenchcoat selling clocks *like, hey kid do you wanna buy a watch* style?
oh its like getting crack in the 80s, gotta knock 3 times, say a code word...lol but no its not allowed, but i attach it to stuff that guests see and managers cant. ill also make a telegram group sometimes and find the event page on reddit and hit people up...theres always a way.
I admire your ingenuity. Your method is about how it feels even attempting to find someone who knows someone who’s heard a rumor about someone’s cousin who’s even hiring bartenders for festivals in my city.
my entire life has been a culmination of bullshit that led me to be the person at the end of that sentence
The official bartenders path to success
You have given me some things to think about. You definitely live a more exciting life than I do.
I’ve always considered the faceless OF videos but never thought anyone would buy from a nobody. How many people actually buy your stuff?
dude i dont know how, or why, but one day a guy here on reddit hit me up asking for cockshots...said hed pay me 350 for a vid...i was skeptical, but he cashapped me $150 before i sent anything, so naturally i went on pornhub and downloaded some knuckle video...sent it, dude paid, and new every 2ish weeks he hits me up...helped a ton during covid, and i have a couple others that like girl guy stuff that i have a gal who i split with...its solid. dude hit me up on diff account just in case yall were wondering.
That’s wild honestly
What’s the other account?
used to be idahomie, but i sold it at [signals.sh](http://signals.sh) i dunno what they do with it after that.
Help\*\*\* on the usernae
AI OF videos
If you work festivals then a wallet sized laminated set list is a great idea. I'd buy one at every event I attend.
not a set list set times*** set list would be insane considering how many bands are at these effin things now.
I'm getting into festivals this summer and this list is GENIUS
always put yourself in the guests shoes, like when im blacked out and rolling balls, what do i want?
How do you get all this stuff into said festivals?
If your working chances are your camping at the festival and can bring almost anything not illegal
Damn, respect!! 🤙
I do Doordash/Favor on my off days. You could also try look for work with an event staffing company for bartenders. If you can get on, you can pick up shifts to work events on your days off.
I have been considering doordash for a long time. I used to work in a restraunt, so it was just a difficult decision. Could I doordash whenever I wanted? Like is it completely up to me when I work?
You can schedule yourself for time blocks in advance or just hop on and deliver for a bit during high-demand times.
Now retired, but used to work in a club that was incredibly busy in the early aughts. Saved up $9,000 each with 2 other bartenders, and used that for a down on a fixer home. Think the smallest, cheapest house in a great neighborhood. Rented it out for about 10 years, first at break even and then gradually at a profit but using that money to make improvements, and then sold it, making about 6 times our initial investment each. Not for everyone but I had real estate and construction experience. At the time I was thinking about banding together with more coworkers and starting a real estate empire but that can get complicated lol.
I really wish I had the know-how to do this. This would be the ideal idea.
Might be safer to partner up with family. Start small. I think it's really suited for a bartender side gig because of your flexible schedule/hours.
That, actually might be doable. Not sure If I could convince any family to do it. Thanks for the idea!
Catering. Pick ur schedule. Most people from out of town have cash. They get drunk and let it loose. I work for like 3 catering companies. Stick to weddings
I considered going solo on bartending events. I have some experience with working banquets. I think I could really kill it if I offered a very thorough service. Most bartenders near me that do it, just kind of show up.
Bartend at summer music festivals.
The festivals in my city are so poorly organized, it seems like nobody ever even knows who to contact or where to go to get these jobs - and because of that they often end up seriously understaffed. I cannot figure out why they haven’t got it together. No postings/listings, no word of mouth, I don’t get it lol. A couple of the really prominent bartenders I know have just given up on it because they said it’s such a headache to even try to figure it out anymore.
Develop a festival/event staffing service. Solve the problem and make $$
Bummer
It really is. But then again, I consider the state I’m in and it really is part for the course lol
As a musician, bartending was my side hustle. Now I’m a beverage director with no time for music
I flip golf clubs and apparel
So you thrift shop for stuff you can turn around?
Yea I hit all the thrifts stores at least once a week but I do most of my purchasing from Ebay and then sell locally or ship from Facebook marketplace.
I grow vegetables. Really not much money in it to be honest, but it's what I love to do. I can sell a bit to the resort I work at and do a few farmers markets.
That is a nice idea. It seems like a cheap initial investment. Would you mind giving me some more details? How big is your garden and what kind of profits do you expect from that? What's the over all time you put into it?
I used to have a cultivated garden plot that was 50' X 150' that I spent all my free time at. Investment was probably 2k. I was able to make around 15k from farmers market while bartending 4 nights a week. I hadn't really dialed in my market or what was best to grow in the two years I did it there. I've since bought a house and have a smaller garden that is expanding slowly. Currently I'm working 35 - 70 hours a week and am only growing low maintenance crops that I can hopefully sell the bulk of in the fall during our slower season. This year is a bit of an experiment, but almost all of the watering is automated at this point, so it's just weeding and harvesting. I'm hoping to at least make around 1k this year, but I'll be happy if I make enough to pay for the seeds and equipment I bought.
I guess having the first year pay for the tools and equipment so you can actually make a profit the next isn't too bad. I might look into this. I've never even owned a plant lol.
It's not for everyone. I wanted to learn to be more self sufficient and learned by working on a few small scale farms first. There are a lot of ways to approach it. If you're interested, but don't have much land I recommend watching some urban farming videos by Curtis Stone.
Learn investing
I have been looking at some info on day trading recently. It feels like it's just too much money for me to get started, just to see if it would be an option for me.
Forget day trading, just open a Schwab account, auto deposit $500/mo. in it and slowly start buying Vanguard funds or individual stocks you like, or just a Schwab high yield savings account. The power of compound interest is mind blowing! Reinvest all dividends.
I have my retirement accounts already set up. Got a match for 401k and a Roth ira started. I mostly want something physical to keep myself occupied.
Yea no day trading
That's awesome, well done!
Agreed
Carpentry, 25/hr make my own hours, can work with the bar I work at. I dig it
I host trivia but it's fast becoming my full-time gig.
Travel festival bartending. Fun events, killer pay, great friendships! Look up the staffing company for the festivals you'd like to work.
bartending is my side hustle. used to do it full time and now i’m a horticulture tech and i bartend thursday - saturday
Sell your blood. Sell your semen. Sell your organs.
I don't think anybody would pay for this mess.
i’ll take the lot
Medical research? Circus Sideshow?
Sous chef at another location
Indon't do this but Only Fans works for a lot of people. You can turn guests into subscribers to get it going. The subscription base creates a semi stable income.
My side hustle is being a dominatrix and creating fetish content. Definitely not for everyone.
I raise chickens and sell eggs for too much money to my rich regulars. Hatch and sell chicks etc.
I like that, I just know I'm not responsible enough to keep chickens alive lol.
They do most of the keeping alive themselves actually! Just give them a safe place to sleep at night and they kinda do the rest. I’ve got an automatic door on mine that lets them free range
Hm, maybe I should look into it. Thank you!
Faceless digital marketing. It's online, I do it part time and work from home. This is a business not a job but, it's very rewarding and has been fruitful. Almost 5 months in and I've made 5 figures.
I have a full time job and two bartending gigs lol
Bartending is my side hustle
OnlyFans.
How do you start an only fans account? Do you have to show your face? Or can you show your face but not post nudes? How do you get followers/market yourself?
Same way you start a reddit account. I don't think you have to show your face, but I do. I'll get back to you on followers and marketing. But have several gay friends who insist on helping me take photos to get it, in one friend's words, "glowed up." I started it because I've had a few friends suggest it. And after that Rachel Dolezal story where it appears she gets 50k/mo, I figured even at current daddybod status I could make a few bucks.
Pretending I’m gonna have a real side hustle or apply for a second job
Full time job plus bartending and sell on eBay.
I host trivia. Decent $ and fun job.
Cam
I vinyl wrap cars, thinking about expanding into ceramic coating
funeral director assistant during the day, bartend Thursday-Saturday :)
On call banquet server at a hotel. Tip pool is good, I can work when I want, and I get discounted rooms whenever I travel. Hidden gem of the service industry
Ah, the off-season bartending struggle! When I’m not behind the bar, my side other gig is NSFW.. Haha just kidding I do freelance modeling and pet sitting. Keeps things interesting and pays the bills! Cheers! 🍻
Ah, the off-season bartending struggle! When I’m not behind the bar, my side other gig is NSFW.. Haha just kidding I do freelance modeling and pet sitting. Keeps things interesting and pays the bills! Cheers! 🍻
I retired several years ago and just started a great new low cost, highly profitable, turnkey franchise model from Purity Coffee you should look into. I only work a couple Saturdays a month and make great extra income. It’s a pop-up shop coffee franchise from Purity Coffee for under $5K. You make 60%+ profit on coffee sold at your pop-up shop (bags of coffee, K-Cups, Sachets) and a 5% commission on repeat customer online orders (income grows over time organically). You can see more about it here: HTTPS://puritycoffee.com/pages/pop-up-affiliate Great way to make an extra $28k+ a year just working a couple days per month (pop-up markets usually are on Saturdays and Sundays), or make $75K+ annually if you work it more on a full time basis.