Newly reviewed money making tools

If you have a truck and some muscle, you can make good money delivering furniture and helping people move. More than half a dozen online platforms, including GoShare and CitizenShipper, will even handle the marketing for you. But don’t sign up for Lugg, one of three new money-generating sites SideHusl.com looked at this week.

Lugg combines the least attractive part of working for yourself – the expenses – with the most irritating part of working for someone else – being managed. The result is highly unattractive packaging. But this can be difficult to understand until you start working with a San Francisco-based site. At this point you’ll probably be singing the blues with dozens of other freelancers who are complaining that they’re losing money trying to make money with Lugg.

Newly reviewed money making tools

Lugg is the least attractive of the three newly rated money-making companies this week. The other two – Bacon and Hyre – are better places to work. Unfortunately, both are geographically limited. So, while we’ll tell you about all three newly reviewed sites, we’ll also mention some other money-making sites. Alternative sites may prove to be better suited to finding a job.

We will start with clinker – Lugg.

Bangs

Lugg is an on-demand moving and delivery service that recruits freelancers to perform moving and delivery work. Customers who have reviewed the site on TrustPilot and elsewhere seem largely satisfied.

However, this place is much less attractive from the “Lugger” point of view. Luggers are independent contractors who earn a portion of delivery fees by using their own muscles, and sometimes trucks, insurance and fuel, to provide the service.

Luggers must be able to lift 100 pounds; have a smartphone with unlimited data; at least one year of customer service experience; and pass a background check. Once the platform is accepted, Luggers can apparently sign up for shifts.

However, once you take a shift, you are required to sit in your (or the driver’s) truck at all times – whether there is work or not. If there is no job, you don’t earn money. If there is a job, you have to take it – no matter how far it is from your current location.

Luggers say these rules allow them to cool their legs for hours without pay. They also force freelancers to take jobs that don’t pay nearly as much as the gas it takes to get there. If the “Lugger” refuses to complete the task, Lugg will retaliate by suspending it or booting it from the platform.

Better options

If you own a truck, you’ll earn much more with CitizenShipper and uShip. If you don’t have a truck, GoShare and HireAHelper are better options.

Bacon

Bacon connects warehouse, cleaning, catering and event workers with companies looking for temporary help. To be approved to work, employees will have to pass a seven-question quiz. However, the quiz is primarily intended to ensure that employees understand how the Bacon application works and that they are independent contractors, not employees.

Once accepted, freelancers can apply for any open shift as most of the jobs listed are for unskilled workers. However, the final decision to employ a candidate is made by the employer. Every job posting says what you will do; how many hours you are needed; and what is it worth? To determine your hourly rate, divide the amount by the number of hours. Typically, a job at Bacon costs between $10 and $25 per hour.

Hook? The website details exactly where available job offers are. Although Bacon claims to operate in 14 states, this is often the case in only one city in each of those states. This can leave employees frustrated when they sign up and find that their nearest jobs are hundreds of miles away.

Other options

Other sites offering the same work include Qwick, Wonolo, and BlueCrew. All three are more likely to provide information on whether they operate in your area.

Rent

Hyre, the last of our newly rated money-making companies, is a staffing company that recruits freelancers to work as waiters, bartenders, cleaners and laborers in the hospitality, healthcare and event security industries.

The only qualifications required to work at Hyre are that you must be 18 years of age or older and be able to pass a background check. However, we encourage you to create a profile describing your experience, qualifications and expected earnings. You’ll be paid at least the amount you set as the minimum expectation in your profile, which is both an advantage and a challenge. Why?

When an employer says they are looking for someone with your qualifications, you will only be assigned to that job if the employer is willing to pay your rate or higher. So if you set your bid too high, you’ll miss out on opportunities you’d otherwise want to pursue. That said, the staff rate this site very highly.

However, there is one catch: Hyre only operates in a few cities in Canada. If you live and work near Toronto, Ottowa or Montreal, this is a good place to register. Otherwise, look at Qwick or Jitjatjo.