Freelancing

Sometimes the simplest ideas can lead to remarkable success.

That’s certainly the case for Gary Grewal, founder of Cal Box Rental, a moving box rental service that has grown from a college student’s brainstorm to a successful side hustle generating $1,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

For the last 10 years, he has been renting out moving boxes with a low start-up cost, consistent and increasing demand, and only a few hours per week to run on the side of his day job.

Becoming a mystery shopper is often included in lists of ways to make extra money.

But how does mystery shopping work?

Can you really get paid to shop and test products or services?

How do you find legit mystery shopping gigs?

How much can you realistically earn as a mystery shopper?

I had the same questions — and in this post, I’ll answer them all. I even got to make some money as a mystery shopper myself!

This episode’s guest is about to start his sophomore year in college, but he’s already making around $10k a month from his side hustle window washing side hustle.

And it all started with a $200 window cleaning kit from Amazon.

Let’s break down how Jack Leimbach (@jackexteriorcleaning) is doing it, all while balancing school.

Roman Shmundyak didn’t intend to start a freight dispatching business. But when other trucking companies kept asking for his help, he couldn’t keep ignoring the idea.

Plus, dispatching was lower risk than owning a fleet of trucks himself — and gave him the flexibility to work remotely.

In episode 622 of The Side Hustle Show, Roman shares how to:

market a dispatch business and get your first customers
match freight with truckers that can carry it
grow your dispatch business and free up your time

A good dispatcher can earn $1,000 a month per client, and can handle several clients at once.

Today, Roman still oversees the dispatch business at Alfa X Logistics, and also helps new dispatchers learn the business at LearnDispatch.com.