10 Best Side Hustles For Women That Pay Well in South Africa
With the economy taking its toll on us, one job is not enough to cover the needs and wants of life. Even if you have a good paying job or you are a stay at home wife or unemployed, side hustle money is sweet and can afford you the wants and needs you require to fulfill your life. This side hustles do not particularly need a qualification, you can either acquire a skill to polish them or start pursuing them right away.
The following are 10 best side hustles for women that pay well
BLOGGING
- The world of blogging has become the new cool aesthetic, some women started this as a hobby and a way to share their lifestyles with their fan base and ended up making money from it.
This side hustle needs a lot of time and energy to invest in, you don’t start making money right away but the end results will be fruitful.
- Take time in investing and building your brand, don’t stop working until it starts paying. You are gonna have to inject money to start this side hustle so be prepared to work hard to achieve your goal.
- The trick about blogging is finding your tone and theme. You can focus on topics related to parenting, health, travel, fashion, make up or anything that you believe might pique interest
- Start by identifying what you would not mind doing everyday that can be a content for your blog
- Choose a skill you already know or a hobby that you believe could be beneficial to other people or something that might interest the mass or a certain target group
- Identify your target group, be it by age group or a certain class
- Stick to what you know and be consistent, consistency is key when it comes to blogging. People who are following you want to see you often so that you remain relevant.
- Move in with the times and research new ways to stay on trend and make your content and videos generate traffic to you
- Keep the quality of your videos as high as possible and pleasing to the eye
- Be clear and conscience about your message or images that aligns with your brand
- Be active and interact with your audience by replying their messages inboxes, queries and also repost their posts when they are appreciating your work
2. Take part in research studies
One way for women in South Africa to earn money through a side hustle is taking part in research studies.
Participating in research studies can be a rewarding experience. Many studies offer compensation for participation in allowing individuals to contribute to the cutting-edge research that happens in any research center you have chosen.
Companies paying participants to enroll in the study allows the research organization to gather a large enough sample size to yield meaningful results.
3. Online tutoring or Teaching
This is a great way for women in South Africa to make easy bucks online. There are a lot of online English teaching companies that hire in South Africa. As much as most of them require a degree of some sort, the main certificate that can get you through most of the online English teaching companies is a 120 hour TEFL(Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certificate.
This online certificate is quite explanatory and takes only 120 hours for you to learn, pass exams and have a certificate. From here you can search the Online English teaching companies that hire in South Africa and start applying.
You may be required to have a webcam, noise canceling headset and a computer or laptop to start teaching. The best part is you can choose your own hours according to how you will share your chores with your side hustles to create work life balance. This way you can have time for your kids and loved ones and also time to make money.
4. Selling handmade products e.g sewing
The internet has provided a platform for us to be creative, share our creativity with other people and even sell our crafts. Selling handmade products is one way for women to make money in South Africa with a cheaper start up capital.
You can advertise your business through having a business page on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and other social media depending on the kind of audience you want to attract. Make quality content, high resolution pictures and videos, posters or written messages according to the target of the South African audience that you want as clients. Set the tone for your business and make sure you drive traffic from the intended target market.
5. Caring for children or adults
Women are naturally nurturing and care givers, this hustle will definitely come naturally for women with maternal instincts and love caring for other people.
You do not have to have a fancy set up to start advertising for caring for people’s loved ones or baby sitting. Just provide a clean, environment friendly place that looks neat. Set up a corner in your garage or a dining room that you can use to advertise for people to bring their loved ones for a period of time while they are on their busy schedules.
You can do this at the comfort of your home while taking care of your family, or find a place nearer you home that allows you to perform your wifely or mother duties without any of them suffering. If you are a working woman with free weekends then you can choose to babysit on weekends while people go for a party or shopping and do not need children or adult distraction.
6. Cook from home
Most women love cooking, this can become a side hustle for women in South Africa to make extra money for themselves while doing what they love. You don’t have to go all out and be better than restaurants, you can start by taking videos while cooking at home and showing the end result.
Set up a page on social media to advertise your business and put a number they can call for orders and deliveries. Make the videos and pictures high resolution and eye-catching to get as many people interested. You can even set up your menu according to what you will be feeding the family that particular day so that you don’t have to cook so many times.
Here are some things to keep in mind when planning to open a cooking business from home, the type of food; whether you will be doing healthy meals, junk food or snack packages. Also look into the license required by law.
7. You tube- home making content
As much as women are fighting everyday to be in the work environment, people are slowly craving to see a traditional wife doing wife duties as it was done in the olden days. The trad wife aesthetic with a very clean girl look is now trending again and people enjoy seeing women be homemakers at home and looking content and happy about it.
If you are already a stay at home wife ,girlfriend, mother, you can use this as an opportunity to earn extra income in South Africa using you tube. Set up a you tube channel, start making videos, advertise snippets and links on your social media pages to drive people to your channel. You just basically make videos of yourself doing whatever you do everyday at home while looking your best and happy. Make the quality high quality and popping, add a little narration of the things showing on the video for some extra sass.
Note that having followers will not happen overnight, you have to be willing to invest time in your craft or either spend money to collaborate with influencers to build your channel a little bit faster. Your you tube channel will eventually monetize by advertising or charging a channel membership.
8. Start a cleaning business
Cleaning is part of life especially for us women, if you enjoy cleaning you can grab this opportunity and make money in South Africa through a Cleaning business. Be it doing laundry for people, carpet cleaning, house cleaning. If you have the passion for it you can start right away and make that extra money for that foundation or wig you always wanted. You can use your own equipment or client’s equipment and cleaning supplies and charge looking at those factors.
You can easily market your business on Facebook marketplace for a start, and grow into a business page and website the more you grow your clientele.
9. BOOKKEEPING
If you are a woman with brains or enough time on your hands, you can make money through bookkeeping as a side hustle. If you don’t have the qualifications for it you can start by an online bookkeeping course. This will help you learn how to be a bookkeeper and open your own bookkeeping business. The good part about this is working remotely and managing your work life balance. Follow this guide to help you;
- Learn real-world bookkeeping.
- Earn the certifications.
- Select a niche.
- Establish a business.
- Build an effective website.
- Leverage LinkedIn to find clients.
- Launch your bookkeeping side hustle
10. Runner- buying and selling wigs etc. (going to CBD to shop and take orders)
Us women love shopping, if there is a woman who doesn’t love shopping then they are still in denial about it. You can make this profitable as a woman in South Africa. Start a runner business where you can buy things for people and deliver it to them at a fee, take as many orders you can afford to avoid doing multiple trips, deliver the goods and get paid for it! This sure can be an easy way to make money for women in South Africa. You can also research what is on trend, buy it, resell it with a little profit a