My IG reels has a ton of videos of people saying things like this. And they’re getting hundreds of thousands of likes and a ton of engagement.

PSA: If they were able to make $500 an hour doing X survey or selling X, they would be doing it all the time (and probably not making baited TikTok/Reels). Why wouldn’t they? I’d love to make $500 an hour — sign me up!

But in reality, most of these are either scams, not consistent, or are simply lies since most people won’t check anyways. Even extended past this, you (the viewer) may end up being their customer as they’ll eventually lead you into buying something they create that automagically makes that $500/hour task into $1000/hour by doing XYZ.

Here are some things that people can actually do to make a side hustle (but you won’t make $500/hour and it won’t be sexy):

👉 Detail cars — buy yourself a power washer ($110), soap ($20), and a carpet extractor ($80) and you can start doing basic inside and outside car details for $50-$250 per car

👉 Design and sell websites — watch Youtube university on how to make websites on WP, Wix, or Squarespace and call small mom&pop’s businesses and see if they’re looking for one

👉 Make your own site and write articles — definitely a long term play, but if you create a niched website and write articles with Amazon affiliate links, you can slowly create some passive income

I can assure you these can and do work (I’ve done all 3!). You won’t be making a nonsense $500/hour, but you might be able to do better than minimum wage (and gain a ton of experience in the process).