In the digital era, the Internet has given an enormous opportunity to make money online. Depending on one income is no more enough. 

“Don't put all your eggs in one basket”


     If you want to become financially stable, you should make at least 3 income streams at a young age itself. At the beginning of the year 2000, only rich or educated people will have multiple businesses or multiple income streams.


    The rest of the people were unaware of the other streams. Especially in India, most people felt safe to choose government jobs and IT jobs. Because these jobs are safety secured and no risks involved. But These are no more happen in 2023. nowadays, youngsters are using the digital world so effectively to make money online.


Let's see the top 5 side hustle you can start now for 0 costs:


    1. Freelancing:

Freelancing is selling your skill as a service. It can be any skill that you are good at. Freelancing is one of the best side hustles for students and professionals. Even school students are freelancing in their free time.  There are so many clients looking for freelancers daily. Currently, the most in-demand skills in freelancing are Writing, Social Media Management, Web Development, and Marketing.


The best part of freelancing is you can do it anytime at your place. You can get your clients at freelancing platforms like Freelancer, Upwork, Fiverr, etc. LinkedIn is also a better choice to get clients from. 


Create an account and optimize your profile on these platforms. Keep a professional picture with a description. The description should include your experience, expertise, and your results. Include SEO keywords everywhere on your profile. Keywords can help you to rank on search filters within the platform. Create eye-catching offers and gigs to attract more clients.


    2. Online surveys:

If you don't have any specific skill and you don't want to spend much time on side hustles, then online surveys are for you. There are many companies that require basic user experience to test their product or services before their launch. Many online survey websites are available online.


    Some of the fake websites also exist. Before starting work on one website, do deep research on it. Look for companies' genuineness and other workers' reviews. Most websites don't ask for any investment. If they ask, double-check it before proceeding. 


The best online survey websites are:

  1. Swagbucks
  2. Survey Junkie
  3. Vindale Research 

These websites offer various opportunities to fill out online surveys and get paid.


    3. Online tutor:

You don't need any degree to become an online tutor. All you have to do is, find one teaching platform, create an account, pass their entry-level exams, and become a tutor. A lot of students will also be enrolled in these platforms. As a tutor, your job would be teaching them and solving their problems.


    This is one of the easy side hustles if you have good technical knowledge of any subject. You don’t need any previous experience to be an online tutor. Just a basic level of communication and technical knowledge is enough to survive in this field. You can get to learn on the go.


    4. Digital courses:

At the same time being an online tutor in teaching platforms, you can also benefit from selling your digital course. If you are good at any field, you can just record a video of yourself teaching that topic, then you can sell it on various online course platforms.  You can teach anything from programming, personal development, and communication skills to Sales & Marketing.


The best places to sell your courses are:

  • Udemy
  • Teachable
  • Skillshare 

    5. Affiliate Marketing:

If you love to spend a lot of time on social media, then the best side hustle for you is affiliate marketing. You can start creating content on various social media platforms and gain followers over there. Once you gain more online followers, then affiliate marketing is easy for you to make money. In affiliate marketing, you just have to promote other products or services. Every seller maintains different commission criteria for their products.


    Once you become an affiliate of their website, you will get a referral link to promote their products. You will get a commission for every sale from your referral link.



    These top side hustles offer diverse opportunities to make money online. All it needs is patience and a strong mindset. Remember success may not happen overnight, it takes hard work, sacrifice, and dedication. Be steady on whatever side hustle you choose. Keep Practising and put more effort into seeing the results.

    Most importantly, don’t stop once you start seeing results. Most people slow down after some days of getting results. Don't do it if you want to become financially independent at a young age. Keep putting in more effort and make more income streams.