If you think that turning a side hustle or part-time business into a steady £5,000 per month is impossible, then you’re wrong! Plenty of people have done it — starting with no special skills, no big investments, and often just a few hours a week.
Today, I’m sharing some success stories from people who built life-changing income streams from scratch…and their secret? Taking action on simple, repeatable business models.
🚀 6 Real People Making £5K/Month
- Michail – £5K/Month Moving Furniture on Airtasker
Michail, a former Amazon driver, started offering help with house moves on Airtasker (a UK gig marketplace). After doing small jobs for £60-£100, he built up 5-star reviews and eventually scaled to £5,000/month working on his own schedule. Read the full article here.The key takeaway here is to start small and use gig platforms to get paid for simple tasks, eventually increasing your fees once you have a few good reviews
- Chris Wane – £5K to a Six-figure Business Dropshipping After Failing 5 Times
Lancastrian Chris Wane started dropshipping in 2014 with no experience and struggled for years with 5 failed businesses. Instead of quitting, he finally cracked the dropshipping model and his 6th store did £10K in 6 weeks, and he grew it to a six-figure business in under a year. What’s even more amazing is that he built his business whilst still working a 9 – 5 job! Read the full article here.The lesson here is to learn from your inevitable failures. Dropshipping has a low barrier for entry…but be warned – the market can be tough and success comes from a lot of persistence, a good marketing strategy and smart product research.
- Jodi Carlson – £5K/Month Selling Digital Products
Jodi, a volunteer Girl Scout leader, started a blog to share Scout activity ideas. She later created PDF guidebooks for other troop leaders, which now bring in $5K+ per month from passive sales, ads and affiliate links all while working a full-time job and raising a family. Read the full article here.
What surprises me about this story is that you don’t normally think of businesses relying purely on Girl Scouts as being a particularly profitable. So it just goes to show that if you have useful knowledge, no matter how specialised, there’s a good chance that you can turn it into a profitable business over time.
- Thomas Smith – £5K/Month Writing on Medium
Thomas turned his writing hobby into a business by writing articles on Medium.com. With over 700 articles published since 2019, he now makes $2K-$5K/month purely from Medium’s partner program and client work. Read the full article here.
This article goes to show that if you can write, you can make money — the key is to publish consistently and let platforms like Medium pay you for views.
- Joyce Zahariadis – $5K/Month Blogging + Selling Printables
Joyce, a 47 year old stay-at-home mum, started a lifestyle blog called My Stay At Home Adventures, that now earns $5K+ monthly from display ads and printable budget planners. And she only works a few hours per day! Read the full article here
I think that the website blog and advertising model is still doable in 2025. Combining it with printables can potentially create a decent passive income stream once you build traffic.
- Emily Odio-Sutton – £4K+ a Month on Etsy with Print-on-Demand
Emily, a former teacher, launched an Etsy store in 2022 designing simple T-shirts and mugs in Canva and selling them via Etsy’s print-on-demand model. She hit £4K a month within a year and now earns six figures. Read the full article here.
The great thing about the print-on-demand model is it’s a low barrier of entry and you don’t need any stock — just upload your designs, market your store and let print-on-demand companies do the rest.
📌 Want to Start Your Own £5K/Month Business?
All these stories are unique, and there are some key themes with all of them:✅ You don’t necessarily need any special skills — just consistency over time.
✅ You can start small and grow as you learn.
✅ There’s no one-size-fits-all path — choose a business that fits your strengths.
Which of these side hustles interests you the most? Hit reply and let me know if you want me to do a deep dive in a future blog.
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