Gavin Harvey
3 min readMay 2, 2023

E​veryone wants to get out of the 9–5 job “Rat Race.” Today, I would like to show you a totally awsome way to make extra income that could lead to your financial freedom. With a little bit of work, this “Side hustle” could bring in $900 or more dollars a day. Let’s jump right into it!

S​elling Artwork on Etsy

A​ while back I found two paintings, one was a stock market bull and the other was a stock market bear. Both of these were being sold on Etsy for about 200 dollars.

T​he interesting thing here was that while the paintings were original artwork, the seller was not actually the one making the paintings. The seller was using a print-on-demand service like Printify to do all the background work for them. All the seller has to do is create the artwork, because once it is created all they have to do is apply it to the canvas on Printify and link their Printify account to Etsy.

Everytime someone buys one of these paintings from Etsy the whole process from manufacturing to printing to shipping is all handled by Printify. This makes the process super easy for someone wanting to make a lot of money selling artwork on Etsy.

W​hat to do if I’m not artistic?

T​he cool part about this whole process is that you do not need to be super artistic to be able to sell this art. There are sites like Unsplash.com that have thousands of free images that you could download. From there, there are countless Photoshop sites that will allow you to edit the picture to make it original to you! Sites like Envato Elements, or even Art Scribbles Photoshop Action are really good sites for being able to edit your picture. Once edited you will be able to go back to Printify to start to sell this picture as Canvas Art.

I​f you did happen to need some design inspiration for your picture, there is a site called Designspiration where you can look for inspiration based on color or keywords.

A​nother really good idea of the kind of canvas you could sell would be Inspirational quotes. Whether from athletes, actors, movies, or anything, people love inspirational quotes. Inspirational quotes canvas art has been known to sell very well!

W​hat is the Potential Profit?

T​he potential profit from starting an online Etsy shop where you sell canvas paintings is very high. Canvas artwork can sell from a couple hundred to a couple thousand dollars for each painting.

I​f you sold only 5 paintings a day for $200, that would be almost $1000 a day minus whatever percentage Printify would take from the sales. This is a very achievable goal that many “normal” people have accomplished.

T​ime to get to Work.

S​elling Canvas Art on Etsy is an amazing online side huslte that could end up earning you $1000 or more dollars a day. This whole process can be done from the comfort of your home as well. If you put in the work and take a little time to start the process this side hustle could very well get you on your way towards Financial Freedom.

Gavin Harvey

Entrepreneur, money-maker, learner of knowledge, philanthropist, "Side Hustle" guy