Local & In-Person Services
Get hired nearby for tasks, errands, pet care, or home help through an app that handles the matching and payment. Most need no license or experience to start.
Buy into a proven local business model, from cleaning to food service, instead of building your own brand from scratch. Real franchise fees run from the low thousands into six figures, this is the highest-capital, highest-commitment option on the whole site.
Local customers post a job and Thumbtack matches them with nearby pros, from photographers to electricians. You pay per lead you respond to.
Run a real M-Pesa cash-in/cash-out agency through Safaricom, earning commission of roughly 4 to 190 KES per deposit and 5 to 200 KES per withdrawal, scaling with volume. This is a capital-intensive small business, not a casual side hustle: expect to need a registered company, multiple outlets, and 150,000 to 300,000 KES in startup float.
Get hired locally for furniture assembly, moving help, mounting, and small home tasks, priced at your own hourly rate per category. Assembly and mounting tasks go much faster with your own basic tools (drill, level, dolly).
Manage bookings, guest messaging, and turnovers for other people's Airbnb listings in exchange for a cut of revenue, typically 10-20%. The real no-property path into short-term rentals; you need organizational skill and reliability, not a mortgage or a lease.
Sign up as a home-service professional (salon, cleaning, appliance repair) in India; Urban Company handles bookings and payment and takes a commission. Requires training and a background check, and average reported partner earnings are modest, around Rs.28,000/month.
Find local babysitting, senior care, tutoring, or housekeeping work. Basic babysitting needs no certification, but infant, medical, or senior care jobs pay more and get booked faster if you hold a current CPR or first-aid card.
Booked cleaning and handyman jobs with pay set upfront per job. Cleaning tasks need your own basic supplies, and handyman tasks go faster with a starter tool kit, so budget a little beyond the sign-up itself.
Australia-founded (Sydney, 2012) gig marketplace for local tasks like cleaning, handyman work, and moving; bid on posted tasks, paid on completion via escrow. Commission is steep, close to 25 percent of the quoted job value.
Dog walking, boarding, and pet sitting booked through an app. A simple way to earn if you already like animals and have some free time at home.
Bangladesh's largest urban home-services marketplace: plumbers, electricians, cleaners, appliance repair, and tutors get booked and paid through the app. A real gig-income channel for skilled or semi-skilled workers, not open to everyone without a verifiable trade.
France's leading platform for childcare, elder care, tutoring, and pet-sitting; caregivers set their own rates, basic listing and messaging are free. Premium contact features are optional paid upsells for providers.
France's original odd-jobs platform (DIY, gardening, moving, painting), formerly Frizbiz; the client pays a connection fee, not the jobber, so you keep the full agreed price. Reviews on reliability are mixed.
Book domestic cleaning jobs via app in South Africa, background check and interview required, paid weekly by EFT; you keep 80 to 96 percent of the booking fee (65% for your first two to three months as a new SweepStar). Independently rated by Fairwork as generally paying at least minimum wage after costs, though booking volume can decline over time.
Australian pet-sitting and dog-walking marketplace; reported earnings up to roughly $1,600 a month gross, with a 20 percent platform fee. Reviews are mixed on suggested rates and dispute handling.
Argentine platform connecting home-service workers (cleaning, plumbing, electrical, AC) with clients, a genuinely local option distinct from tech-freelance platforms. Pay depends on individual client arrangements and enforcement of standards is inconsistent.