The Easiest Side Hustles to Start From Your Phone
You want to start something on the side, with your phone. The lists we read line up the same ideas again and again, and rarely say what each one asks of you first.
You can compare five of them by what each asks to get going and keep going, and see which one fits what you have today.
We are Gravity Brand, operated by GBA SAS, a company registered in France. One of the five options is ours, and we rank it on the same points as the others.
Starting, here, means getting going and keeping going through the first weeks. It is more than doing a first task.
Each option goes through five points, in this order:
- Nothing to buy or own first.
- No new skill needed first.
- No audience to build first.
- Everything from your phone, at hours you choose.
- Little to search for by yourself each day.
If only the very first minute counts for you, micro-tasks come first. Over the following weeks, the fifth point makes the difference.
This ranking looks only at what each option asks of you. It does not compare what you get back from it.
1. Guided affiliation: we prepare the content, the account and the link
The five points: nothing to buy, yes · no skill, yes · no audience, yes · from your phone at your hours, yes · little to search for, yes.
What you need to start. A phone, basic English, and about 15 minutes a day, at hours you choose.
We make the videos and we write the captions. We create a new account with you, step by step, and we set up your own tracked link with you. We count the clicks on it.
What is left to you is simple. You open the folder, take a video, paste the caption, and post it. We train and support you on Discord, with a named manager and coaches.
What it does well. There is nothing to look for each day. New videos land in a folder that is yours, every day. There is nothing to buy and nothing to deposit.
What it does not give. You do not choose the videos or the account: we assign both to you. You do not pick up filming or editing, since we make the videos. And the posting has to be regular.
Accounts get restricted sometimes, and it is a normal part of this. We help you recover the account, or we replace it if it cannot be recovered.
The model is explained step by step in our guide to guided affiliation.
If your days are already full, we also looked at what fits into a working day, activity by activity.
2. Micro-tasks and surveys: the quickest of the five to try
The five points: nothing to buy, yes · no skill, yes · no audience, yes · from your phone at your hours, yes · little to search for, partly.
What you need to start. An app and a few minutes. The tasks are short: answering a survey, trying an app, checking a small detail. You pick one, you do it, and you move to the next.
What it does well. It is the quickest of the five to try, with no setup with anyone.
There is usually no regular commitment either: you do a task when it suits you. On both points, it does better than ours.
What it does not give. It does not give you a skill, and little builds up from one week to the next. Finding the next task is up to you.
3. Short videos for brands: you film, and they use what you make
The five points: nothing to buy, partly · no skill, partly · no audience, yes · from your phone at your hours, yes · little to search for, no.
What you need to start. You film the videos yourself, on your phone, sometimes with a little extra equipment. Then you find brands that want them, you propose, and you deliver.
What it does well. You choose what to film and for whom. Each video builds up a skill that stays with you.
What it does not give. A quick start. It begins with finding your first brands, and that search is yours each time.
4. A small service sold online: writing, editing or help with social media
The five points: nothing to buy, yes · no skill, no · no audience, yes · from your phone at your hours, yes · little to search for, no.
What you need to start. A skill that someone will ask for, such as writing, editing, or looking after social media accounts. Then clients who need it.
What it does well. The skill stays yours, and you can offer it somewhere else.
What it does not give. A start without a skill. And each new client is one you have to find.
5. Building your own audience: everything is yours, including the work
The five points: nothing to buy, partly · no skill, no · no audience, no · from your phone at your hours, yes · little to search for, no.
What you need to start. Everything, by yourself: the idea, the filming, the editing and the captions. Then time before people start to watch.
What it does well. It is the one path of the five where everything stays yours: the audience, the name, and what you build.
What it does not give. An easy start. On the five points, it asks the most: a skill, an audience, and something new to find each day.
Which side hustle is easiest for you? Five points to check
Take each of the five options through these points, with your own situation in mind.
- I do not have to buy or own anything first.
- I do not need a skill I do not have yet.
- I do not have to build an audience first.
- I can do it from my phone, at hours I choose.
- I know what to do each day without searching for it.
The option that ticks the most boxes is the easiest one for you to start. It may not be the first one on our list.
If guided affiliation is the one, the next step is on our page for affiliates.