Budget: €0France · Belgium
Sell your things online
Clothes, books, toys, small appliances: what is sitting in your cupboards can find a buyer on second-hand sites.
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You need: Smartphone
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Earn money in Belgium
In Belgium, many side-income ideas are available without leaving your area: flexi-jobs, student jobs, one-off gigs, local services or online activities. This page lists SmartExtraLab ideas that apply in Belgium, with the country filter already set so you can browse faster. You can narrow by time available, season, budget, skills or means such as a bike, a car or a computer.
Each sheet summarises the idea, practical steps, points to watch and an indicative earnings range. Before you start, check the rules that apply to you in our rules guide, especially status, caps and declarations. The information is general and does not replace personal advice. Browse the list, open the sheets that fit your situation, compare two or three options, then try one idea on a small scale before you commit more time.
78 ideas
Frequently asked questions
Do these ideas work everywhere in Belgium?
Sheets mark Belgium when the idea applies there. Use the region filter (Wallonia, Flanders, Brussels) if you want to stay local. Exact rules (flexi-job, status, caps) depend on your situation: see the rules guide.
Do I need a special status?
Not always. Some gigs go through an employer or platform; others stay occasional. The rules guide summarises the general framework in Belgium and France. Also read the chosen sheet before you commit.
How should I read the earnings figures?
Each sheet gives an indicative range based on time and context. It is not a guarantee. Compare a few ideas and test one on a small scale first.
Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Run a stall at a flea market or car boot sale
A day on a stall lets you sell lots of items at once, meeting buyers face to face.
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You need: Customer contact, Selling, Car
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Hunt for bargains to resell
Buy undervalued items at flea markets or charity shops, then resell them online at the right price.
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You need: Creative, Selling, Car
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Temporary agency work
Assignments lasting from a few days to a few weeks, in logistics, industry, retail or events.
Estimate From €13.56 gross per hour
You need: Good physical condition
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Student jobs
Retail, catering, activity leading, logistics: many employers recruit students, especially in summer and at weekends.
Estimate From €10.72 to €13.56 gross per hour
You need: Customer contact
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Fruit and vegetable picking
Strawberries, cherries, apples, asparagus: farms need extra hands at harvest time.
Estimate From €12.92 to €13.38 gross per hour
You need: Good physical condition
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Tourist season work (seaside, mountains)
Hotels, restaurants, campsites and ski resorts recruit staff for the high season.
Estimate From €10.72 to €13.56 gross per hour
You need: Languages, Customer contact
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Holiday season staff (shops, gift wrapping)
In November and December, shops, warehouses and Christmas markets need extra staff.
Estimate From €10.72 to €13.56 gross per hour
You need: Customer contact
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Childminding and babysitting
School pick-ups, Wednesdays, evenings: many parents are looking for someone they can trust.
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You need: Teaching, Customer contact
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Pet sitting and dog walking
Walk a dog, feed a cat during the holidays, or host a pet at your home for a few days.
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You need: Love of animals
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Private tutoring and homework help
Help a pupil in a subject you know well, at their home or by video call.
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You need: Teaching, Languages
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Small DIY jobs and furniture assembly
Assemble a piece of furniture, put up a shelf, change a handle: small jobs that are in high demand.
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You need: DIY, DIY tools
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Gardening and lawn mowing
Mowing, hedge trimming, weeding: many people do not have time to look after their garden.
Estimate not available
You need: Gardening, Good physical condition, Car
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Cleaning and ironing in people's homes
A few hours a week in private homes, often with flexible hours.
Estimate From €15.26 to €16.16 gross per hour
You need: Nothing in particular
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Help with house moves
Carrying boxes, taking furniture apart, driving a rental van: a helping hand that is always in demand.
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You need: Good physical condition
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Bike delivery
Deliver meals or parcels by bike in cities, on hours you choose.
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You need: Good physical condition, Bike, Smartphone
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Rent out your parking space or garage
A parking space or garage you do not use can be rented by the month, especially in town.
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You need: Parking or garage
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Rent out your equipment (tools, trailer)
Drill, pressure washer, trailer, camping gear: rent out what you rarely use.
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You need: Equipment to rent out
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Rent out a room
A spare room can host a student, a worker on assignment or travellers.
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You need: Customer contact, Spare room
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Mystery shopper
Visit a shop or restaurant as an ordinary customer, then fill in a questionnaire about the welcome and the service.
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You need: Customer contact, Writing, Smartphone
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Paid website tests and surveys
Give your opinion on a website, an app or a product, from home, a few minutes at a time.
Estimate From $ US4 to $ US10 per test (payment)
You need: Computing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Film, TV and advert extra
Appear in the background of a film, series or advert, often for a single day.
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You need: Nothing in particular
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Freelance writing and translation
Write content for websites, product pages and newsletters, or translate documents.
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You need: Languages, Writing, Computing, Computer
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Freelance graphic design and video editing
Logos, social media visuals and short video edits for shops and content creators.
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You need: Creative, Computing, Computer
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Make and sell handmade goods
Jewellery, candles, sewing, ceramics: sell your creations online or at Christmas markets.
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You need: Creative, Craft supplies
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Start a small business with AI agents
Artificial intelligence assistants can do part of the work: writing, answering customers, monitoring. Enough to launch a small online service.
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You need: Computing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Youth leader at a holiday camp or leisure centre
Look after children during school holidays or on Wednesdays: games, outings and group life.
Estimate Up to €44.02 per day (maximum volunteer allowance)
You need: Leading groups, Customer contact
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Event photographer
Photograph family celebrations, association or company events, then deliver a retouched selection.
Estimate not available
You need: Photography, Customer contact, Camera, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Rent out your car to other people
Is your car often parked and unused? List it for rent on a specialised platform, insurance included.
Estimate not available
You need: Car, Smartphone
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Companionship and help for older people
Keep someone company, do the shopping, go with them to an appointment or for a walk: real support for older people and their families.
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You need: Customer contact
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Event host or hostess
Welcome and guide visitors at trade fairs, conferences, concerts or sports events, often for one or two days.
Estimate From €10.72 to €13.56 gross per hour
You need: Customer contact, Languages
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Car delivery driving
Drive a car from one place to another for a rental company, a garage or someone who has just bought it.
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You need: Customer contact, Driving licence, Smartphone
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Sell your photos on stock image sites
Submit your photos to stock image libraries: each time a customer downloads one, you earn a small amount.
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You need: Photography, Smartphone, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Remote admin assistance
Handle quotes, invoices, diaries and letters for tradespeople, freelancers and small businesses, from home.
Estimate not available
You need: Organisation and office software, Computing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Referee for amateur matches
Referee football, basketball, handball or other matches at weekends, with an allowance for each game.
Estimate Up to €44.02 per day (maximum volunteer allowance)
You need: Good knowledge of a sport
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Training artificial intelligence
Comparing, rating and correcting AI answers in French, remotely, for platforms such as Outlier or Mindrift.
Estimate not available
You need: Writing, Computing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Evaluating search results
Judging whether search engine results or AI answers are useful and reliable, a few hours a week.
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You need: Languages, Computing, Computer, Smartphone
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Online microtasks
Small, simple tasks on Clickworker: sorting images, checking texts, answering short questionnaires.
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You need: Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Audio transcription
Typing up short audio clips, paid per audio hour, on platforms such as TranscribeMe.
Estimate From $ US15 to $ US22 per audio hour (payment)
You need: Languages, Writing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Teaching French to foreigners
Conversation or French as a foreign language lessons by video, for adults around the world, on Preply or italki.
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You need: Languages, Teaching, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Selling digital products
Printable templates, planners, spreadsheets or PDF guides, sold as downloads on Gumroad, Payhip or Etsy.
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You need: Creative, Computing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Designs on T-shirts and goods
Publishing your designs on Redbubble or Spreadshirt, which print and ship T-shirts, mugs and posters for each order.
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You need: Creative, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Self-publishing a book
A novel, practical guide or cookbook published as an e-book or in print on Amazon KDP and Kobo Writing Life.
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You need: Writing, Computer
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Creating a video course
Recording a video course on a subject you know well and selling it on Udemy or your own page.
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You need: Teaching, Computing, Computer, Good microphone
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Advice blog with affiliate links
Writing useful guides and comparisons on a topic, with links to shops that pay a commission.
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You need: Writing, Computing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Paid newsletter
Sending a weekly newsletter on a hobby or area of expertise, with a paid option on Substack.
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You need: Writing, Computer
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
YouTube video channel
Regularly publishing videos on a specific topic and earning a share of ad revenue once the channel is eligible.
Estimate not available
You need: Creative, Computing, Smartphone, Computer, Good microphone
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Managing small businesses' social media
Posting, answering messages and running the Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn pages of shops and freelancers.
Estimate On average €288 per day (rate charged)
You need: Writing, Creative, Computer, Smartphone
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Building showcase websites
Setting up simple websites for craftspeople, charities or freelancers with WordPress, Wix or a similar tool.
Estimate On average €369 per day (rate charged)
You need: Computing, Creative, Computer
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Voice-over from home
Recording your voice for company videos, online ads, audiobooks or phone greetings.
Estimate not available
You need: Languages, Leading groups, Computer, Good microphone
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Selling your revision notes
Selling your own course summaries and revision notes on Stuvia, to other students.
Estimate not available
You need: Writing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Remote customer service agent
Answering customers' calls, emails or messages from home, as an employee of a company or a contact centre.
Estimate From €13.56 gross per hour
You need: Customer contact, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Hunting app bugs
Testing websites and apps before release and reporting errors, paid per test or per bug found.
Estimate From €10 to €50 per test (payment)
You need: Computing, Computer, Smartphone
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Budget: More than €0France · Belgium
Selling your music
Offering instrumentals to rappers and singers, or music for videos, on BeatStars or stock audio sites.
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You need: Creative, Computer, Craft supplies
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Selling 3D printable models
Designing useful or decorative objects in 3D and selling the files to 3D printer owners on Cults.
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You need: Creative, Computing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Video subtitling
Creating subtitles for videos made by companies, trainers or associations, including for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers.
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You need: Languages, Writing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Proofreading and editing theses
Correcting the spelling, grammar and clarity of students' theses and dissertations, with Scribbr.
Estimate From €20 to €30 per hour (payment)
You need: Writing, Languages, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Online content moderation
Remotely checking comments, posts and messages in an online community on behalf of brands, with ModSquad.
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You need: Languages, Computing, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Writing CVs and cover letters
Helping applicants present their background clearly, with a readable CV and a cover letter tailored to each job.
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You need: Writing, Organisation and office software, Computer
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Budget: €0France · Belgium
Podcast editing
Cleaning up and editing podcasters' recordings: cutting silences, balancing voices, adding the intro and outro.
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You need: Computing, Creative, Computer
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