ranking the 'best' college side hustles💰: which are worth your time??

hi friends

yall this video took me FOREVER to make -- i hope it was somewhat useful or at least gave you a few ideas!! i'm feeling very inspired but also slightly overwhelmed now after hours of reading about how kids younger than me are making thrice my income... comment down below what you'd like to see me try ;)

𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐮𝐩: apartment hunting near uchicago! // collegebychloe ep6

p.s. thumbnail inspired by @KelLauren 's favorite font videos (hers are much more beautiful)

#collegesidehustles #itschloetan

_________ ❝ 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 ❞ ___________________________
0:00 intro + my first ever sponsor!!
1:26 criteria for reviewing side hustles (4)
2:20 #1: self-employed, media-related
2:30 youtube, CPM, highest paying niches
3:32 tiktok, creator fund, sponsors
4:00 instagram + twitch
4:16 blog, ad count
4:50 medium writing
5:29 #2: hire-based, media-related
5:38 freelancing (many)
6:55 social media management
7:53 video game coaching
8:19 #3: e-commerce, selling *not* your stuff
8:44 affiliate marketing (on pinterest)
9:50 dropshipping & its problems
11:00 #4: e-commerce, selling your own stuff
11:10 selling (empty?) books
11:50 selling art prints / art-related stuff
12:18 selling secondhand (inspired by @studyquill )
13:27 stock photos
14:19 #5: Investments
14:26 stonks
15:08 cryptocurrency
15:54 #6: in-person, hire-based
16:02 local services: the classics
16:42 delivery services
18:18 #7: in-person, miscellaneous
18:22 plasma donor
18:55 loan signing agent (US only)
19:54 IMPORTANT FINAL NOTE!!

_________❝ 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 ❞ ______________________
YouTube
Tiktok
- @akmclemore @realchasecurtis
Blog
Medium writing
- @tilldaling @mikevestil
Social media management
Video game coaching
Affiliate marketing (Pinterest)
Dropshipping - not going to link, literally search it and get ready to be plagued by 923753 ads
Selling books? Without writing? - @KatTheo @MakeMoneywithStacyLa
Daytrading - @HANNAHFOREX @cameronfous @Rookie Trader
Plasma donor
Loan signing Agent / Notary signing agent

_________ ❝ 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞 ❞ ____________________________
20 years old
Singapore-Indonesian, grew up in Shanghai
University of Chicago
Economics major, Data Science minor

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photography account: @coverherface

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(did you know that 89.4% of my viewers don't subscribe ;-; please help a girl out thank you)

[asynchloe]

this is a loong video so plz check out the description for detailed timestamps + resources!! :)

also I might be saying this preemptively, but please be aware of scammers in the comments!! I will NEVER recommend a financial advisor to you or ask you to go to whatsapp, so please help me out and report anyone who does if you spot them!!

and share your fav side hustle idea (either in this vid or not) bc honestly I WANT TO KNOW MORE

(check out Trends.co/CHLOE ;)

[sineda]

On God smaller youtubers make better content than big guys

[zoewich]

spent the first three minutes trying to figure out the cardigan situation

[ChloeCara]

Chloe’s really out here doing the Lord’s work for all of us broke college students 🙌🏽 My overpriced university degree could never PLEASE ✋🏽

[JonathanCarvey]

Well explained. Thanks for bringing up the videos financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject.

[bunvoyage]

I hope people remember that for a lot of these newer side hustles (ESPECIALLY the e-publishing and dropshipping) you need a business license, proper tax forms, etc. And this all adds up to the startup costs. You can get into serious legal & financial trouble selling stuff en masse online and not taking tax into account or your state/country's laws about it

[kayleeslater]

Shoutout to Chloe for including a sponsor that is actually interesting to her audience... And also getting the ad out of the way super early and fully disclosed!! Thank you!

[sowhatnow]

this might be weird but like i love how fast you speak like this video didn’t feel long at all!

And yeah that point about crypto/stocks needs to be emphasized more. I tried doing it with like $200 last year and would get such a practically useless amount 😭 these online investors that give advice always forget to say that they’re starting off with $50k in their portfolio

[fareedahmohammed]

how did you know I was looking for a side hustle? god send!

[freddyguo]

if anyone is into shoes, clothing, collectibles, etc. i would recommend looking into reselling those items. been doing this over my high school years and its been a vibe :)

[christina.lynn]

Love this video, but I gotta say something about plasma donating because I’ve been donating plasma a lot before. With some plasma centers, it’s typically twice a week as long as it’s two or so days apart from the first and second donation of the week. Some people do this consistently every week, for others it’s not as consistently, it all depends on your health and your time management. Because I know with a plasma center I donate at, with checking in at the computer, going through screening, waiting in line for a bed, and donating, it can range from an hour- two and a half hours, depending how busy or how slow a plasma center gets. And each plasma center companies have different ways of paying out to the donors. Some tips I have with those that are thinking of donating plasma. 1) STAY HYDRATED. This is a huge key as to how smoothly the donation process goes. My recommendation is alkaline water since that gives you more hydration in a bottle or two. But I go the extra mile for three or four. 2) Eat a lot of protein. When you get screened, two of the few things the phlebotomists or the people that screens you check you for are iron and protein levels (along with temperature, heart beat per minute, & weight). If your prone to iron deficiency, plasma donation isn’t highly recommended because you’ll be pretty disappointed when you find out that your level isn’t where it needs to be. A source of protein I highly recommend using is Greek yogurt of any kind. You just have to check the nutrition chart and you’ll find how many grams of protein are in a certain amount of serving. Eating vanilla chobani yogurt is a life saver for my plasma donations. 3) for those that deal with anxiety or rapid high heart beats at 100 or over, the best you can do is take deep steady breaths. Don’t do it rapidly, cause that will increase your heart rate. Take a breath for 5-8 seconds, hold it for 3-5 seconds, & exhale at 5-8 seconds. The 4-7-8 breathing technique is a good one to use. If you can, you can sit or lay in a relaxed position when getting screened and just think about something that calms you down, for me I think of the beach or ocean of my hometown in Texas. Another thing to do is, going back to hydration, is drinking cold water. That can do wonders to calm the heart rate down as you’re also doing breathing techniques. I’m very anxiety driven and very prone to rapid heart rates even when I don’t do cardio or any exercise, another best thing even just outside of plasma donating is drinking lavender and chamomile tea, and have someitamins that helps with anxiety & stress relief. Yes, there’s a vitamin for that. I use Nature’s Bounty Anxiety & Stress Relief Ashwagandha KSM - 66. It’s two tablets daily. Just use it at your own discretion, but if you’re somehow allergic to that certain vitamin, I don’t recommend it. I give this third tip because certain plasma centers when getting screened, one of a donor requirements is that his/her/their heartbeats is at 100 or below bpm. I believe somewhere above 50 bpm (beats per minute).

Research is KEY, so that you know what you’re getting yourself into when donating plasma at a certain plasma center company. All in all, it’s a good way to make extra money!

[ceola]

I do loan signings and it’s perfect for me. I make about $2.1-2.5k VERY part time and usually take a week off every month. And it’s fun meeting new people and seeing how people’s families operate and stuff. I work about 10 hours a week maybe give or take. This summer I have started working more and am on track to earn about 5-6k a month, still very part time bc I’m taking time to relax, have been focusing on moving, sewing, and having a friends come visit; tho I may take time off to do a trip to visit my bf so we’ll see

[dass.dance]

Can I say that I love the set up of this video it’s very professional looking

[chantalpiche]

I used to sell my plasma! It was twice a week, and I generally made 200-250$ a month, depending on wether they had promotions. It paid for my gas and extra expenses and was definitely worth it!

[slendermangaming]

Wait, i just now realized that this has like 80 views. It looks so good that i stayed at the end of the video. You're really good at this. 😱😂

[neha_h]

Hey Chloe! I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MENTIONING THE ETHICAL CONSEQUENCES OF EACH OPTION. I find that most of the time my personal moral system holds me back from pursuing new side hustles and I just thought that maybe I was being too uptight. You made me feel heard :)

[littlefishiesinthese]

girl I am SHOOK that you only have 55k subscribers - you do so much work! Thank you so much for this <3

[clauds]

You talk so fast 💨! So concise, love it

[christinaedwards]

I work at a thrift store and wanted to talk about the secondhand thing.
1. Very lucrative side hustle if you have the time. You have to think about the time it takes to create listings (From what I can tell, instagram is good for promoting your listings but people usually make listings on lookup or ebay n stuff.) and hunt for clothes. I work for a chain and transferred stores and you see the same people. They'll drive around and sometimes visit 2-3 stores in a day, 5+ on sale days.
2. They pretty much look for tags at stores that don't mark up. You' re not going to find a mint condition gucci coat that was somehow overlooked, you're going to find a lot of $40-60 clothes that you can buy for ~$6-9 and sell for around $20-40. They like to talk to the employees to see if there are certain days or times where more stuff gets put out.
3. Can be have dry spells depending on the staffing.
4. As far as it being ethical, I think it can be an awful cycle. I don't mind the nice people that want a small benefit from something that everyone else is already doing, including the company itself. Thrift store chains now have their own e-commerce department to compete with these people. Overall, you're rarely going to see higher priced treasures at a thrift store because of these resellers. It also probably has heavily affected the pricing over the years because its about margins with resellers. I've literally had someone haggle with me and say 'that margin just won't work for me.' Okay??? But if you're nice, sure, we might even hold stuff for you that we wouldn't normally put on the floor but could sell to you.

[matthiussine]

You're a big inspiration, especially coming from me as a high school junior! Would love to hear more about your journey from when you were in high school / transitioning into college :)