20 Ways on How to Make Money in France
5 platforms that pay people in France, including Malt, Yoopies, and Stuart. Each one is checked against independent reputation signals rather than its own marketing copy, and every global option on this site that works from France counts too.
How to Make Money in France: Quick Answer
The short answer: 8 real ways on this site fit here, spread across 5 categories. Turo, Malt, and Peerspace rank highest for earning potential in this group.
Of those, 8 cost nothing to start, and 5 need no prior experience at all.
8 ways, by category
Drive, deliver, or shop for other people through an app. Pay is per job or per hour, hours are flexible, and most only need a phone and (for driving gigs) a car and a clean background check. Here's how to make money in France in this category:
On-demand courier work by bike, moped, or car across UK cities, delivering for retailers and restaurants. Onboarding can be slow and courier pay reviews are mixed; couriers are classed as independent riders, not employees.
Sell a skill you already have, from writing to code to design, to clients who post jobs or buy fixed-price gigs. The ceiling is high, but winning your first contract takes real proposals, not just a profile. Here's how to make money in France in this category:
France's largest freelance marketplace (design, dev, marketing, consulting), often called the French Upwork; missions include professional-liability insurance and payment guaranteed within about 10 days. Competitive in popular categories.
Turn things already sitting in your house, closet, or garage into cash. The fastest category here for same-day money, since you're selling something you already have. Here's how to make money in France in this category:
France's dominant classifieds marketplace for selling personal items or running a small buy-low-resell business; free to list. Above certain revenue thresholds French tax law requires registering as a professional.
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. Here's how to make money in France in this category:
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).
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.
Turn a spare room, a car, or unused space into recurring income by renting it out through a platform that handles the booking and payment for you. Here's how to make money in France in this category:
Rent out a car you already own to travelers, like Airbnb for vehicles. You need a qualifying car outright (this doesn't include buying one), and insurance plus wear are real costs to weigh against the daily rate.
List a photogenic room, studio, or space for hourly bookings for meetings, shoots, and events. Strong earnings for the right space, but it needs to be genuinely appealing and you coordinate access for each booking.
🌐Also works from France
These aren't France companies, but nothing stops you earning on them from France. They pay out internationally and hire worldwide, so they're open to you on top of the local options above.
Ad revenue, channel memberships, and sponsorships once you clear the Partner Program thresholds. You'll need to learn filming, scripting, and editing (or pay someone who can), and most channels earn nothing for months before the ceiling gets huge.
A vetted network for top-tier developers, designers, and finance experts. The screening process is tough, but accepted freelancers command premium day rates.
Rent out a spare room in a home you already live in, or a property you already own or rent (with your landlord's written permission to sublet). Budget for linens, a lockbox, and cleaning supplies before your first guest. If you don't have a qualifying space, Airbnb Co-Host is a path that needs no property at all.
Live streaming with income from subscriptions, bits, and ads. You need to be genuinely entertaining or skilled at what you're streaming, plus a decent mic, webcam, and stable internet, and building a real audience takes consistent, scheduled streaming over a long stretch.
The largest general freelance marketplace, covering writing, design, development, admin, and more. Winning your first contract usually takes real proposals, not just a profile.
Manufacture or source a private-label product and let Amazon store, pack, and ship it. Realistic starting capital is a few thousand dollars for inventory and fees, well above the site's usual range, but it's a genuine path to a scalable product business.
Build and sell your own online course under your own brand, with more control over pricing and student data than a marketplace platform gives you.
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.
Sell WordPress themes, HTML templates, and plugins to a huge built-in marketplace. You need real design and code skills and have to pass a strict review, but a single popular theme can earn for years with only occasional updates.
List fixed-price "gigs" for a skill you already have, from logo design to voiceover work. Buyers come to you instead of you pitching them.
A paid email newsletter platform with a built-in subscription and payment system. Works only if you're already a strong, consistent writer with something specific to say, not a way to learn writing from scratch.
Sell ebooks, templates, presets, or a small course directly, with a simple checkout and no marketplace fees eating into every sale beyond their flat cut.
Frequently asked questions
Are there real, local ways to make money in France?
Yes, 8 hand-verified ways on this site are specifically relevant to France, across 5 categories. Every one cleared a real-company, independent-reputation check before being listed.
What's the best one to start with in France?
Turo has the highest earning potential in this group, 55/100. Rent out a car you already own to travelers, like Airbnb for vehicles. You need a qualifying car outright (this doesn't include buying one), and insurance plus wear are real costs to weigh against the daily rate.