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One man was able to bring in an extra \u00a310,000 in income thanks to his side hustle during the Covid-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n
Jay was able to survive the pandemic financially by taking on a second job through Airtasker, an online services marketplace.<\/p>\n
People are able to complete repairs and other handy jobs by advertising their services on the app.<\/p>\n
Airtasker reports that it has seen a 231 percent increase in demand for Clothing and Sewing Repairs on the platform year-on-year.<\/p>\n
Over this period, services in this category have become a lot more affordable with prices dropping 15 percent.<\/p>\n
Read more… Fixed energy deals trap warning as bill payers may get better deal if they wait<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n One of the side hustlers who has been able to use Airtasker to his advantage is Jay from Walthamstow, London.<\/p>\n Described as \u201ca master across a variety of trades\u201d, the young man studied plumbing and handyman skills such as plastering at college.<\/p>\n Following this, Jay worked in retail and accountancy and became proficient in starting his own business.<\/p>\n In February 2020, the Londoner and his family set up their own dry cleaning and alterations business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n However, the following month, the world was struck down by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.<\/p>\n Very quickly, Jay realised her had to find other ways to bolster his income as soon as possible.<\/p>\n The entrepreneur broke down how coming across Airtasker in May 2020 offered him the perfect solution to his problem.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cI saw there was a lot of opportunity on Airtasker with people posting a wide range of tasks including upholstery, which he was also skilled in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI completed tasks such as upholstering armchairs to look brand new, tailoring men\u2019s and women\u2019s clothing and making outdoor cushion covers.<\/p>\n \u201cSince joining Airtasker, I have earned over \u00a310,000 [on Airtasker] alongside my own business.\u201d<\/p>\n The businessman specialises in repairing trampoline beds and umbrella canopies using his alteration skills.<\/p>\n On Airtasker, Jay has successfully earned multiple five-star reviews from customers who are happy with his side hustle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] One man was able to bring in an extra \u00a310,000 in income thanks to his side hustle during the Covid-19 lockdown. Jay was able to survive the pandemic financially by taking on a second job through Airtasker, an online services marketplace. People are able to complete repairs and other handy jobs by advertising their …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}