For someone with no steady job, a good side gig is delivering for Coupang Eats or Baemin (Baedal Minjok).
Here are what I see as the advantages of delivery work:
- It's exercise
- Extremely flexible hours
- An easy sense of satisfaction
For getting around, I recommend a regular bicycle. If you only think about money, an electric bike may be better. But I recommend a regular bicycle for the exercise. Of course, if your neighborhood is all hills, you'll want an electric one.
A motorcycle is overkill. If you already own one, it may be fine, but from a motorcycle up, it's practically full-time territory. Again, this should be approached as a side gig.
My bicycle is a Samchully Justin 21D. I bought it for about 500,000 won.
You also need to mount a delivery bag on the back of the bicycle. I use a Totu 48L bag. With this, you have to avoid big pizzas or sushi. But as I said, this is a side gig, so it's not a big problem. If it were your main job, you'd have to care about your acceptance rate, but as a side gig, just take only the orders you can take, regardless of acceptance rate.
Important When you sign up for Coupang Eats Partners or Baemin Connect, if you enter a referral code and complete your first delivery, both of us can receive extra money.
If you're going to start delivering as a side gig after reading this, enter me as your referrer so we both come out ahead. 😊
- Coupang Eats Partners Referral code: TBVHTSKR
Baemin Connect Referrer ID: jeinu95