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Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author\u2019s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nIn this post, we\u2019ll take a look at what I earned from side hustles and the gig economy in February 2025.<\/p>\nSide Hustle Income for February 2025<\/h2>\nTotal Side Hustle Income for February 2025 = $237.18<\/h2>\nThis was a very weak side hustle month for me, and indeed, perhaps the lowest-earning side hustle month I\u2019ve ever had. I think a few things contributed to this.<\/p>\nFirst, the weather in February wasn\u2019t great. Since a lot of my side hustle income comes from food delivery and since I use a bike to get around, I don\u2019t get a lot done when it\u2019s really cold out. February tends to be the coldest month in Minnesota, so historically, February has always been a weak month for me (but to be fair, it\u2019s never been this weak).<\/p>\nSecond, my motivation wasn\u2019t great in February either. Much of this had to do with the weather, but I also was just feeling a bit distracted most of the month. This also helps explain why I didn\u2019t do a ton of side hustling in February.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a more detailed overview of my earnings for February.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nRental Income: $2,400 (Not Included In Total)<\/h2>\nThe rental property continues to generate consistent revenue and good cash flow without a ton of work on my end. It did snow a bunch in February, so I did have to spend some time shoveling snow (I handle the snow removal since I work nearby and it gives me a chance to check on the house).<\/p>\nThe only maintenance costs I had in February were the final payment on a glass replacement I had for an exterior storm window that had cracked. It ended up costing me $118 to replace the glass on this window, which isn\u2019t too bad.<\/p>\nOne thing I\u2019m debating about doing is paying off the mortgage and having a cash-flowing property with no mortgage. Mathematically, it definitely doesn\u2019t make sense to do that. I\u2019m sitting on a 2.75% interest rate, which might be the lowest rate mortgages are ever at for my lifetime. Still, I only have about $97,000 left on this mortgage and I have enough cash that I could pay it off. I probably won\u2019t do it, but it\u2019s interesting to think about having a property with no mortgage on it.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nRover Income: $153<\/h2>\nI had one Rover booking in February, which was for one of my regular clients. Rover remains steady, although I\u2019ve noticed things have started to slow down recently. I\u2019m not sure if there\u2019s more competition in the area or if I need to do some work on my Rover profile, but whatever the case, it seems like things have been slow for me on Rover.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nDoorDash\/Uber Eats\/Grubhub Income: $19.82<\/h2>\nHere\u2019s the breakdown of my food delivery earnings in February.<\/p>\nThis was the lowest amount I\u2019ve ever earned from these food delivery apps. For February, I only ended up doing three total deliveries \u2013 one on DoorDash and two on Uber Eats. Interestingly enough, the money I earned from food deliveries was from deliveries I did while I was visiting my parents in Washington DC, which means I didn\u2019t do any food deliveries in Minneapolis during February.<\/p>\nI\u2019m not usually this lazy when it comes to food delivery, but February didn\u2019t work out well for me because I was busy with other things and it was too cold for me to bike outside. This number will go up in the future now that spring is coming.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nWag Income: $14<\/h2>\nI did one random Wag walk in February for a dog in my neighborhood. I\u2019ve seen this Wag request come up fairly regularly, but it\u2019s always in the evening when I\u2019m busy with dinner and getting my kids ready for bed. This time, the timing worked out a bit better, so I decided to go ahead and grab this walk. The dog lived in a house just one block over, so it was an easy walk around my neighborhood.<\/p>\nI don\u2019t do Wag walks too often because they\u2019re not that profitable to me (the travel time to the house plus the fixed walk time makes it difficult to earn a lot from this side hustle). I find Wag really only works for me if the dog is located extremely close to where I am. Wag can also work well when I\u2019m traveling in another city since it gives me a way to walk around and explore a new city and earn some money while I do it.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nTrash Finds\/Flipping Income: $30<\/h2>\nI sold a hammock stand on Facebook Marketplace for $30. This is a hammock stand that we found many years ago and have been using, but haven\u2019t used in the past few years. It\u2019s been sitting in the backyard taking up space, so I finally got around to listing it. This is one of those items that most people would think have little value, but when you look at how much a new hammock stand costs, you can see that someone who needs something like this will want to buy it at a bargain if they can. Getting this thing sold and making some money to get it out of my house is a good deal for me.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nProductTube Income: $10<\/h2>\nProductTube earned me $10 in February. I should be using this app more, but I haven\u2019t been doing a good job of checking it regularly. For the most part, ProductTube income will probably continue to be around this range most months.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nGoogle Opinion Rewards\/Surveys On The Go\/1Q\/Facebook Viewpoints Income: $6.56<\/h2>\nHere are my earnings from each of these short survey apps.<\/p>\nBoth Google Opinion Rewards and 1Q performed normally. I\u2019ve removed Surveys On The Go from this list, as that app has become fairly useless for me. Facebook Viewpoints is okay, but I don\u2019t get a lot of surveys from it.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nSecret Shopping Income: $0 (but lots of free food)<\/h2>\nI wrote about it a few posts ago<\/a>, but unfortunately, I got booted off Marketforce, which means I\u2019m missing out on most of the regular secret shops I was doing before. I don\u2019t care too much about the food I was getting from that app, but the app did pay well and actually became my third highest-paying side hustle after Rover and the food delivery apps (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub). Losing Marketforce is definitely a bummer, but getting deactivated with no recourse is a risk you take with these gig economy apps.<\/p>\nI\u2019m still getting a lot of good secret shops from other secret shopping websites, however, so while I\u2019m not earning a lot of money from secret shopping anymore, I\u2019m still getting plenty of free food. One new website (at least new to me) I\u2019ve been using a lot is The Jack Network<\/a>, which has been giving me a lot of very good secret shops over the past few months. Some other ones that I\u2019ve relied on a lot in the past seem to be getting weaker though (the shops on A Closer Look, for example, have been getting noticeably worse).<\/p>\nGoing forward, I won\u2019t be earning much money from secret shopping since I\u2019ve lost Marketforce, but I should continue to get some decent free meals out of it.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nReceiptPal\/Receipt Hog\/Fetch\/CoinOut\/Amazon Shopper Panel Income: $3.80<\/h2>\nAmazon Shopper Panel has gotten worse, but I still can earn a few bucks from it each month. Previously, it was a guaranteed $10 per month, but now, getting $3 or so each month from Amazon Shopper Panel is about the best I can hope for. The other apps will continue to pay about $40 to $50 each year, so I\u2019m still making decent money from the random receipts I\u2019m getting.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nAnd that concludes the February 2025 Side Hustle Report!<\/h2>\nFebruary was a very low-earning side hustle month for me for a variety of reasons, primarily weather and general lack of motivation. It goes to show that if you do want to earn side hustle income, you do have to put some effort into it. Fortunately, the weather is getting better, so I\u2019ll hopefully be out there hustling some more.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019d like to see what it looks like doing all of these side hustles via ebike, be sure to check out my YouTube Channel<\/a>. Thanks for reading and hope you all enjoy the update.<\/p>\n
In this post, we\u2019ll take a look at what I earned from side hustles and the gig economy in February 2025.<\/p>\n
This was a very weak side hustle month for me, and indeed, perhaps the lowest-earning side hustle month I\u2019ve ever had. I think a few things contributed to this.<\/p>\n
First, the weather in February wasn\u2019t great. Since a lot of my side hustle income comes from food delivery and since I use a bike to get around, I don\u2019t get a lot done when it\u2019s really cold out. February tends to be the coldest month in Minnesota, so historically, February has always been a weak month for me (but to be fair, it\u2019s never been this weak).<\/p>\n
Second, my motivation wasn\u2019t great in February either. Much of this had to do with the weather, but I also was just feeling a bit distracted most of the month. This also helps explain why I didn\u2019t do a ton of side hustling in February.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a more detailed overview of my earnings for February.<\/p>\n
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The rental property continues to generate consistent revenue and good cash flow without a ton of work on my end. It did snow a bunch in February, so I did have to spend some time shoveling snow (I handle the snow removal since I work nearby and it gives me a chance to check on the house).<\/p>\n
The only maintenance costs I had in February were the final payment on a glass replacement I had for an exterior storm window that had cracked. It ended up costing me $118 to replace the glass on this window, which isn\u2019t too bad.<\/p>\n
One thing I\u2019m debating about doing is paying off the mortgage and having a cash-flowing property with no mortgage. Mathematically, it definitely doesn\u2019t make sense to do that. I\u2019m sitting on a 2.75% interest rate, which might be the lowest rate mortgages are ever at for my lifetime. Still, I only have about $97,000 left on this mortgage and I have enough cash that I could pay it off. I probably won\u2019t do it, but it\u2019s interesting to think about having a property with no mortgage on it.<\/p>\n
I had one Rover booking in February, which was for one of my regular clients. Rover remains steady, although I\u2019ve noticed things have started to slow down recently. I\u2019m not sure if there\u2019s more competition in the area or if I need to do some work on my Rover profile, but whatever the case, it seems like things have been slow for me on Rover.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the breakdown of my food delivery earnings in February.<\/p>\n
This was the lowest amount I\u2019ve ever earned from these food delivery apps. For February, I only ended up doing three total deliveries \u2013 one on DoorDash and two on Uber Eats. Interestingly enough, the money I earned from food deliveries was from deliveries I did while I was visiting my parents in Washington DC, which means I didn\u2019t do any food deliveries in Minneapolis during February.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not usually this lazy when it comes to food delivery, but February didn\u2019t work out well for me because I was busy with other things and it was too cold for me to bike outside. This number will go up in the future now that spring is coming.<\/p>\n
I did one random Wag walk in February for a dog in my neighborhood. I\u2019ve seen this Wag request come up fairly regularly, but it\u2019s always in the evening when I\u2019m busy with dinner and getting my kids ready for bed. This time, the timing worked out a bit better, so I decided to go ahead and grab this walk. The dog lived in a house just one block over, so it was an easy walk around my neighborhood.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t do Wag walks too often because they\u2019re not that profitable to me (the travel time to the house plus the fixed walk time makes it difficult to earn a lot from this side hustle). I find Wag really only works for me if the dog is located extremely close to where I am. Wag can also work well when I\u2019m traveling in another city since it gives me a way to walk around and explore a new city and earn some money while I do it.<\/p>\n
I sold a hammock stand on Facebook Marketplace for $30. This is a hammock stand that we found many years ago and have been using, but haven\u2019t used in the past few years. It\u2019s been sitting in the backyard taking up space, so I finally got around to listing it. This is one of those items that most people would think have little value, but when you look at how much a new hammock stand costs, you can see that someone who needs something like this will want to buy it at a bargain if they can. Getting this thing sold and making some money to get it out of my house is a good deal for me.<\/p>\n
ProductTube earned me $10 in February. I should be using this app more, but I haven\u2019t been doing a good job of checking it regularly. For the most part, ProductTube income will probably continue to be around this range most months.<\/p>\n
Here are my earnings from each of these short survey apps.<\/p>\n
Both Google Opinion Rewards and 1Q performed normally. I\u2019ve removed Surveys On The Go from this list, as that app has become fairly useless for me. Facebook Viewpoints is okay, but I don\u2019t get a lot of surveys from it.<\/p>\n
I wrote about it a few posts ago<\/a>, but unfortunately, I got booted off Marketforce, which means I\u2019m missing out on most of the regular secret shops I was doing before. I don\u2019t care too much about the food I was getting from that app, but the app did pay well and actually became my third highest-paying side hustle after Rover and the food delivery apps (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub). Losing Marketforce is definitely a bummer, but getting deactivated with no recourse is a risk you take with these gig economy apps.<\/p>\nI\u2019m still getting a lot of good secret shops from other secret shopping websites, however, so while I\u2019m not earning a lot of money from secret shopping anymore, I\u2019m still getting plenty of free food. One new website (at least new to me) I\u2019ve been using a lot is The Jack Network<\/a>, which has been giving me a lot of very good secret shops over the past few months. Some other ones that I\u2019ve relied on a lot in the past seem to be getting weaker though (the shops on A Closer Look, for example, have been getting noticeably worse).<\/p>\nGoing forward, I won\u2019t be earning much money from secret shopping since I\u2019ve lost Marketforce, but I should continue to get some decent free meals out of it.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nReceiptPal\/Receipt Hog\/Fetch\/CoinOut\/Amazon Shopper Panel Income: $3.80<\/h2>\nAmazon Shopper Panel has gotten worse, but I still can earn a few bucks from it each month. Previously, it was a guaranteed $10 per month, but now, getting $3 or so each month from Amazon Shopper Panel is about the best I can hope for. The other apps will continue to pay about $40 to $50 each year, so I\u2019m still making decent money from the random receipts I\u2019m getting.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nAnd that concludes the February 2025 Side Hustle Report!<\/h2>\nFebruary was a very low-earning side hustle month for me for a variety of reasons, primarily weather and general lack of motivation. It goes to show that if you do want to earn side hustle income, you do have to put some effort into it. Fortunately, the weather is getting better, so I\u2019ll hopefully be out there hustling some more.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019d like to see what it looks like doing all of these side hustles via ebike, be sure to check out my YouTube Channel<\/a>. Thanks for reading and hope you all enjoy the update.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m still getting a lot of good secret shops from other secret shopping websites, however, so while I\u2019m not earning a lot of money from secret shopping anymore, I\u2019m still getting plenty of free food. One new website (at least new to me) I\u2019ve been using a lot is The Jack Network<\/a>, which has been giving me a lot of very good secret shops over the past few months. Some other ones that I\u2019ve relied on a lot in the past seem to be getting weaker though (the shops on A Closer Look, for example, have been getting noticeably worse).<\/p>\nGoing forward, I won\u2019t be earning much money from secret shopping since I\u2019ve lost Marketforce, but I should continue to get some decent free meals out of it.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nReceiptPal\/Receipt Hog\/Fetch\/CoinOut\/Amazon Shopper Panel Income: $3.80<\/h2>\nAmazon Shopper Panel has gotten worse, but I still can earn a few bucks from it each month. Previously, it was a guaranteed $10 per month, but now, getting $3 or so each month from Amazon Shopper Panel is about the best I can hope for. The other apps will continue to pay about $40 to $50 each year, so I\u2019m still making decent money from the random receipts I\u2019m getting.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nAnd that concludes the February 2025 Side Hustle Report!<\/h2>\nFebruary was a very low-earning side hustle month for me for a variety of reasons, primarily weather and general lack of motivation. It goes to show that if you do want to earn side hustle income, you do have to put some effort into it. Fortunately, the weather is getting better, so I\u2019ll hopefully be out there hustling some more.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019d like to see what it looks like doing all of these side hustles via ebike, be sure to check out my YouTube Channel<\/a>. Thanks for reading and hope you all enjoy the update.<\/p>\n
Going forward, I won\u2019t be earning much money from secret shopping since I\u2019ve lost Marketforce, but I should continue to get some decent free meals out of it.<\/p>\n
Amazon Shopper Panel has gotten worse, but I still can earn a few bucks from it each month. Previously, it was a guaranteed $10 per month, but now, getting $3 or so each month from Amazon Shopper Panel is about the best I can hope for. The other apps will continue to pay about $40 to $50 each year, so I\u2019m still making decent money from the random receipts I\u2019m getting.<\/p>\n
February was a very low-earning side hustle month for me for a variety of reasons, primarily weather and general lack of motivation. It goes to show that if you do want to earn side hustle income, you do have to put some effort into it. Fortunately, the weather is getting better, so I\u2019ll hopefully be out there hustling some more.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like to see what it looks like doing all of these side hustles via ebike, be sure to check out my YouTube Channel<\/a>. Thanks for reading and hope you all enjoy the update.<\/p>\n