I’m a mum and earn £500 extra a month with side hustle – anyone can do it
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AFTER Amanda Harris gave birth, she worried about making ends meet.
With hungry mouths to feed and prices rising in the cost of living crisis, the 34-year-old started looking for ways to boost her income.
The mum from Peckham works as a customer service assistant at Sainsbury's.
But as the end of her maternity leave was unpaid, she needed to find another way to make money as cash is tight.
Amanda* told The Sun how she manages to make an additional £500 a month from her side hustle thanks to a handy website.
She said: "I looked online and I knew about Airtasker because I used to find people for odd jobs before. I got a lot of handyman work done from it.
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"But then I saw the other side to it, and people were posting jobs where they needed cleaning - that was in my realm.
"It takes a little while to get your foot in the door but once you get good reviews, you're more than likely to get a lot of jobs - the possibilities are endless."
Amanda has earned as much as £500 extra cash a month before tax by doing simple tasks for other people, for around six hours a week.
Airtasker connects people looking to get everyday jobs done, like walking the dog, with people willing to do them.
They agree a price between them for the job, and Airtasker takes a 20% cut.
Amanda's jobs have ranged from cleaning and dog walking, to delivering keys from estate agents, and printing documents for people.
There is also a handy tool which tells side hustlers how much money they can make by doing tasks they're interested in.
As an example we said we wanted to do babysitting three times a week and said we can earn up to £675 a month.
Although it does flag that actual prices may vary.
Amanda said: "I would recommend it to anyone, it's such a helpful platform.
"Whatever you're interested in just go for it - anyone can do it.
"I'll definitely be picking up extra tasks in the run up to Christmas, ideally bigger pay ones so I don't have to do as many.
"I always find what I'm looking for, I've never struggled to find something that suits my needs."
A spokesperson for Airtasker told The Sun that they have seen an increase in people signing up as the cost of living rises.
The company says it's expecting more jobs to be posted in the run up to Christmas, with people looking for gift buyers, present wrappers and people to pick up trees for them.
Airtasker isn't the only platform where you can ear extra cash for doing odd jobs.
TaskRabbit works in a similar way and lets users hire temporary workers to deliver packages or clean homes.
This site also takes a fee - when you book a task, you can see Taskers' hourly rates.
This hourly rate is inclusive of the hourly rate a Tasker sets and the TaskRabbit service fee.
The service fee is a percentage of the total price you pay for your task.
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Over the last few months we have brought you lots of stories of other people putting their skills to work and earning additional income.
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These include this savvy one which earns one woman £353k a year without having a full time job.
*Not her real name