The dynamic side hustle market produces plenty of startups, a plethora of failures — and a handful of zombie side hustles.
What are zombie side hustles? They’re online platforms that maintain a web presence, but are largely — and sometimes completely — dormant. They waste worker time, create frustration and can foster economic loss by automatically supporting transactions that go into a black hole.
Moreover, while freelancers waste time with the zombies, they could be making money with vibrant, living competitors. Here are where a few of the zombies roam and better sites to consider.Consider Spinlister, a rental platform for sporting goods such as bikes and surfboards. The site launched in 2011 and had operations around the world.and appears to be dormant again in 2023.
If you sign up using email and a new password, it will take you all the way through the listing process — including posting photos and getting a verification code sent to your phone. But, if you try to sign up through Facebook, you’ll get a notification that the app is not active.said they either didn’t get paid when they recently rented out bikes; or the site “suspended my account because they couldn’t afford to pay me.
Spinlister may be maintaining its website because the owners are hoping to pull off yet another Lazarus move. But even if it does, we’d still suggest that you stay away.Why? The site specializes in peer-to-peer bike rentals. Bikes are a personalized product that need to be the right size and style for each renter, so you need to find a potential renter your size who wants to rent near you. That can happen, but the possibility is fairly remote.
Although it’s only available in a handful of states, FriendWithA specializes in sporting equipment that’s less ubiquitous and is one-size-fits-all , such as OneWheels and snowboards. You can rent out other personal items here too, such as cameras, tools and all-terrain vehicles.
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