7 Realistic Ways To Make $50 A Day (Online & Offline Ideas)

I think there’s certain income milestones that standout when you first start a side hustle or work on developing different sources of income.

Back when I was phone farming, earning a dollar per day was always the mission. As I got into blogging and switched from Adsense to Monumetric, that goal became more like $15-$20 per day.

Now I don’t know how this exactly happened, and it almost snuck up on me, but This Online World is slowly working up to $50 per day mark in terms of earnings.

Thanks to Mediavine ads and a variety of affiliate programs, the start of 2020 was definitely pretty solid.

FlexOffers has been decent so far this year, so I definitely recomend checking out this affiliate network!

Now RPMs are hurting these days, so it’ll be a bit of a tight call to work up to the $50 a day mark with ads and affiliate, so we’ll have to see how this month shakes out.

Now, I know that not everyone is a blogger, so I wanted to create a list of other ways to make $50 a day.

$50 is actually a tonne of money, and this entire side hustle goal equates to an extra $1500 per month!!

That’s money you can use to start investing, pay down debt faster, or to put aside for a vacation or something special.

So, if you’re looking to boost your income in a meaningful way but want a tangible daily goal for doing so, this list of ways to make $50 a day should provide some inspiration.

Let’s get to it!

How To Make $50 A Day Quickly – Offline Ideas

Let me start out by saying that if you work a full-time job already, figuring out how to make $50 a day is going to take some serious grinding.

If you’re desperate to make extra money or want to aggressively pay off extra debt these ideas will work.

Just know that you’ll have to put in the time after your regular job and that this might not be the easiest long-term solution (this is the main reason I like blogging or developing passive income streams).

In any case, let’s look at some offline side hustles that have the potential to earn $50 per day!

1. Work As A Food Delivery Courier

Food delivery companies are on a hiring spree right now, and personally, I think this is the most straightforward way to make $50 a day and doesn’t present many barriers to entry.

In a nutshell, the only requirement to be a food delivery courier (other than being 18) is to have a functional bike or vehicle. Plus, you need to live somewhere with at least a decent population density to make this a viable side hustle.

My friend survived in Toronto by being a bike courier for DoorDash and Uber Eats, and he could easily clear $50 a day by working a few hours:

You can see that my friend earned $126 in roughly 9 hours of work. As a driver, you could probably cut that time down, especially if you worked multiple apps at once.

There are plenty of popular food delivery companies, and they pay respectable hourly rates as well:

• DoorDash Delivery– Indeed DoorDash pay reviews state drivers earn anywhere from $13 to $18 per hour.
• Instacart Shoppers – Instacart shoppers earn approximately $13 per hour according to Glassdoor reviews.
• Deliver For Postmates – Delivering groceries with Postmates pays around $17 per hour according to Indeed.
• Become A Shipt Shopper – Shipt is a fast-growing grocery delivery service, and couriers earn anywhere from $12 to $15 per hour based on Glassdoor reviews.

You get the idea: these side gigs pay around $15 an hour, so you can reach your goal of making $50 a day in just over 3 hours.

This is possible, provided you put in the hours.

This Medium story is a perfect example of how a food courier earns over $1,000 per week by delivering for 3 food delivery apps simultaneously:

This courier used DoorDash, GrubHub, and Postmates.

As Chase, the author of this Medium story explains, this line of work isn’t for everyone. You need to put in the effort, and you also have to work smart (i.e. use multiple apps and the right hours) to maximize your earnings.

I’ll admit, figuring out how to make $50 a day with food delivery would be exhausting if you work a regular 9-5. I imagine you’d have to use your lunch break (if you have one) and to be willing to grind after work to reach your goal.

But hey, if you need the money, this option is always here.

Extra Reading – DoorDash Driver Review – Pros, Cons, & Payment.

2. Deliver For Amazon Flex

Working as an Amazon delivery driver through Amazon Flex is another realistic way to make $50 a day quickly.

Amazon has a constant need for delivery workers to meet demand. If you want a relatively flexible side hustle and don’t mind driving, this option isn’t too shabby.

Here’s how Amazon Flex works:

Signup – Hit the ‘Get Started‘ button on Amazon Flex to find cities currently in need of drivers and what sort of work is available (Amazon.com versus Prime Now/Amazon Fresh).

Check Requirements – Drivers must be at least 21, have a valid license and driver’s insurance, and have a qualifying vehicle.

Amazon.com delivery drivers must have a 4-door, mid-sized sedan or larger vehicle like a truck, SUV, or van. Trucks with open beds and motorcycles don’t qualify. Prime Now delivery drivers can use any vehicle.

Download The App – Download the Amazon Flex app and connect you Amazon account.

Background Check & Training – Pass a background check and watch informational videos on what to expect when on the job.

Get To Work – Set your available work times and start scheduling shifts.

It’s easy to schedule shifts using the Amazon Flex app. Drivers simply check the ‘Upcoming Offers’ tab to select available delivery slots they want to work.

Many shifts are around 3 to 6 hours, but there are some slight differences between Amazon.com orders, Amazon Fresh, Prime Now, and Store orders. The Amazon Flex FAQ page breaks down all of the details.

According to Indeed, Amazon Flex drivers earn more than $20 per hour.

Amazon states that “actual earnings will depend on your location, any tips you receive, how long it takes you to complete your deliveries, and other factors.”

However, Amazon does provide some basic payment info for the schedule blocks you pick.

For example, if a block states it pays $72 for 4 hours, that is Amazon’s exact contribution. Amazon always pays between $15 to $19 per hour depending on your location and current demand.

You keep 100% of the tips you make, and Amazon Flex processes payments every Tuesday and Friday via direct deposit.

If you want a more rigid schedule and guaranteed hourly pay, working for Amazon Flex is a better option to make $50 a day than being a food delivery driver.

Extra Reading – 18 Ways To Make Money With Amazon In 2020.

3. Rent Out Assets

I’ve made a post on the different ways to rent out items for money, and I’ll start out by saying that this idea won’t work for everyone.

Obviously, to rent out an asset…you need to own an asset!

However, there are some pretty straightforward ways to start boosting your monthly income by renting out things.

Things like renting out a spare room on Airbnb (when it’s viable again) is one prime example:

Airbnb estimates I can earn over $600 by renting out a private room here in Daytona.

Honestly, this is pretty generous if I had to guess.

The calculation assumes 15 nights booked per month at forecasted daily prices. For an area like this, weekend trips to the beach would definitely be more common but there’s tonnes of competition.

However, even if you booked a few nights per month, that’s progress towards your goal of earning $50 per day.

Plus, there are other opportunities to make money by renting things, such as:

• Renting out expensive equipment (photography, tools, recording gear etc) on websites like Fat Llama.
• Using Fretish to rent out instruments.
• Selling/renting out your bandwidth.
• Make use of an empty parking spot with Spot Hero.
• Sell extra storage space through Neighbor.

You get the idea.

Take a look at the Fat Llama example above.

Someone is renting out a simple camera setup for $25 a day and getting sales. There’s tonnes of examples of people doing this with drones, recording equipment, or other things most people might want to try out but don’t own.

If you live in a populous area, I totally think you can make $50 a day by renting out different assets.

You might have to get creative or invest in some assets upfront, but hey, maybe this option works better for someone with a full-time job who can’t spend hours doing deliveries each night.

4. Find On-Demand Jobs

Another offline way to boost your daily income is to look for same-day, on-demand job opportunities in your area.

I’ve mentioned this side hustle idea in my post on gig economy jobs before, but here’s the gist of how these platforms work.

When companies are short-staffed, they can use a job marketplace to quickly find qualified workers in their area to cover the gaps when there’s no other alternative.

Popular on-demand jobs typically include things like:

• Restaurant and hospitality work.
• Warehouse and manufacturing gigs.
• Event staffing.
• General labor jobs.

Three popular on-demand job marketplaces include:

• Jobble – The self-dubbed ‘marketplace for the gig economy.’
• Wonolo – A flexible way to find same-day jobs in over 20 U.S. cities.
• Staffy – One of the best ways to find hospitality, restaurant, or bartending gigs.

As you can see from these Wonolo hourly salary reviews, you can earn upwards of $21 per hour.

While the pay is variable and nothing is guaranteed, these sorts of marketplaces might be worth looking into if you want to make some extra cash on a day off/lazy weekend day.

How To Make $50 A Day Online

Since this blog is This Online World after all, it’s time to break down some realistic online options you can use to hit this daily earning goal.

5. Freelance Writing

At the start of the year, I quit my job and became a full-time freelance writer…or at least, someone who blogs, freelance writes, and tries to make a living online.

But, I’ve been freelance writing in some capacity for a while, and it was one of my favorite college side hustles back in the day.

Took a recent trip to Colombia to write while living somewhere with a low cost of living. Highly recommend checking out Medellin if you ever want an adventure!

Freelance writing is awesome. In an ideal world, you get to work with awesome editors, cool websites, work the hours you want, and make decent money.

Now, freelance writing isn’t always glamorous.

In fact, I think it’s safe to say that most writers start out writing for content mills or low-paying gigs just for the sake of building their portfolio.

But, since the goal here is to make $50 a day, freelance writing actually works for most of these scenarios.

Here are some of the rough freelance rates I’ve had so far:

• Content mill writing – I wrote for $0.05 per word back in college. This rate requires 1,000 words to reach $50.
• First freelance gig – I found a $0.07 per word ghostwriting job for a finance publication in 2019 (when I was contemplating making the switch to full-time). This rate requires a little over 700 words to reach $50.
• Better freelance gigs – Thanks to making connections though This Online World, a tonne of luck, and creating Tom Blake Digital (lol) to help with pitches, I found 3 more awesome clients to work with for ranges between $0.10 to $0.15 per word. At this rate, 350-ish to 500 words equals $50.

I know that there are plenty of freelancers who earn more, especially in high paying niches like finance, but freelance writing is sort of weird that way; it’s hard to know where the earning floor and ceiling are sometimes since people don’t always talk about these things!

But again, you don’t have to be an award-winning freelance writer to make grocery money or $50 a day through writing.

I just put out a video as well on how to get started with freelance writing if you want an actionable step-by-step guide on the process:

My only other advice would be to tread carefully with content mills like TextBroker:

There’s a huge difference in their payment terms for a 5 star writer versus a 4 star writer, and it isn’t always easy to maintain 5 star status.

My advice would be to start writing on Medium to build your portfolio. Then, join some blogger Facebook groups in your niche and get to know people.

Writing jobs will come around, and when they do, you’ll be able to pitch to land your first job.

If you want to become a better writer, I also strongly recommend checking out the Hit Publish course by Ashley Barnett.

I’ve been fortunate to work with Ashley (she’s an unreal editor) and I can’t think of a better resource for anyone looking to become a better writer and to write captivating blog posts.

Hopefully, a single freelance writing client or two will help you smash the goal of $50 a day and significantly boost your monthly income.

6. Virtual Assistant

Businesses or bloggers often hire virtual assistants because they provide an affordable way to outsource many daily tasks or administrative duties that take up a lot of time.

Some common virtual assistant tasks include:

• Data entry.
• Social media management.
• Scheduling appointments.
• Phone calls.
• Arranging travel plans.
• Email correspondence/following up with clients.

According to Indeed, the average virtual assistant earns more than $16 per hour in the United States:

Now, there’s no exact formula on how to become a virtual assistant.

I’ve seen many people sell their services in various blogging Facebook groups, and this makes sense…bloggers ask for VA help all the time in these sorts of groups.

You can also try working for a website like Fancy Hands, which pays virtual assistants $3 to $7 per tasks they complete (tasks are relatively short).

It might take a while to find enough clients to start making $50 a day from VA work, but, the hourly pay is high enough to make this viable!

7. General Freelance/Consulting Work

My last suggestion for figuring out how to make $50 per day would just be to turn towards different freelance routes.

It doesn’t matter if you program, edit videos, know killer SEO, or take on a consulting role: freelancing hourly rates are generally pretty awesome.

The main challenge is actually finding stable contracts with good clients that are long-term.

After trying out Upwork and other job boards in the past, as well as an abundance of cold emailing to find writing work, I’m starting to learn the important of networking.

I hear complaints about Upwork or Fiverr all the time because they’re “too saturated” or something like that.

This is true if you just create a profile and then stop working there. But, Fiverr or Upwork are really just a payment platform at the end of the day, and you can get eyeballs on your page in other ways.

Make your profile, but don’t stop networking with people in your niche, emailing, or looking for opportunity outside of the confines of a freelancer marketplace.

I got started on Upwork in the most bizarre way: I sent an email to someone asking if they had writing work available/a few random questions, and it turned into an awesome consulting contract.

You never know what can happen!

So, make your freelancer profile, don’t sell yourself short, and get to pitching!

Eventually, you’ll find a client that’s awesome to work with, and as you build up reviews, the process theoretically becomes even easier. Just stick with it!

Final Thoughts

There’s something crazy about the power of just writing down a goal instead of only internalizing it.

Somehow, when you write something down, it eventually gets done.

It might take longer than you anticipated, or you might reach your goal rather quickly. Whatever the case, putting pen to paper is the best way to hold yourself accountable (better than proclaiming random new goals on Facebook too, I’d argue).

When I started This Online World, reaching the first $100 in Adsense earnings took forever. It also seemed like an impossible task to recover from numerous Google updates, to get into Monumetric, and to eventually make it into Mediavine.

During this entire blogging process, I’ve also met tonnes of awesome bloggers who have done the exact same thing…they’ve made it into Monumetric/Mediavine, quit their jobs to go full-time, or grown their websites to truly impressive levels

At the end of the day, I’m a firm believer that as long as you set goals and work hard, you get there eventually! 🙂

I’m trying to work towards the point of making a steady $50 a day with This Online World. After that, it will be on to $75 and $100 one day!

Whatever your side hustle is, write out your goals, work smart, and trust in the process. It’s truly crazy how far you can go in just a few months of time and with a bit of luck on your side.

Do you have a go-to method you recommend to make $50 per day? I’d love to hear your tips!

Catch you guys in the next one!

Extra Reading:

• 40 Ways To Make Money Online In 2020.
• 32 Remote Job Boards To Find Your Next Freelance Gig.
• 45 Gig Economy Jobs To Start A Side Hustle.
• Apps Like TaskRabbit – 9 Companies Powering The Gig Economy.