Regular job not pulling in enough dough? Don’t have a regular job anymore? These easy side gigs will put much-needed extra cash in your too-empty pockets. (Source: Time Out New York)
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Most writers—especially Ph.D. students and all those newly freelance reporters without interns—will give their souls to have someone else type out their interviews. Transcribers advertising online charge by the hour (from $12 to $25) or by the minute of recorded conversation (around $1). List on Craigslist or mediabistro.com.
Prerequisites: Typing skills |
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Television-ad research company Nielsen IAG (345 Park Ave South, 12th floor; 212-871-5200, iagr.net) will pay you to sit in front of a screen and keep track of product placement and other details. Brooklynite Tony Johnston, who worked at IAG for four months and got paid about $15 an hour, describes the scene as “an enormous room full of wayward souls—underemployed hipsters, struggling artists, the incurably nocturnal—getting paid to watch television and write quiz questions. It’s easy money to make while keeping your days free to save the world or sleep, depending on one’s predisposition.”
Prerequisites: Couch-potato tendencies |
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The Focus Room (693 Fifth Ave at 54th St; 212-935-6820, focusroom.com) is a market-research company that provides companies like the MTA, L’Oreal, HBO and major banks with feedback from people like you. Well, maybe not exactly like you. “Clients set the criteria—they may want people in New York who read travel magazines,” says company president Ira Weinstein. Register through the website, then if your demographic info and preferences match what a client is looking for, you’ll be contacted to participate, earning between $85 and $500 each time. Clients most often want nurses, doctors, travelers and prestige-product fans.
Prerequisites: Time, opinions |
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If you rent once in a blue moon, list on Craigslist for free. If you want to make a habit of it, register at vrbo.com ($249 a year), which will allow you to accept credit card payments and post an availability calendar. Another option if you’re consistently out of town—list at citysonnet.com. “I’m looking for a place that’s fantastic, clean and in an interesting neighborhood,” says owner David Packer. CitySonnet offers rooms for $120 and up and private places for around $135 and up.
Prerequisites: An apartment someone would actually want to rent |
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There’s a lot of turnover in the industry; so as long as you have wheels, you’re golden. Most services pay a commission—ranging from 30 to 40 percent—based on the number of deliveries made, and a messenger who works three out of seven days might rake in $200 to $300 for the week. Elite Courier Services (newyorksbestkeptsecret.com) and Cyclehawk (cyclehawk.com) have good reputations; start there.
Prerequisites: A bike, fearlessness |
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