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Instacart1 reviewerInstacart· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks ago
Events & entertainment
Event photography
You photograph weddings, parties, and corporate events, then deliver the edited gallery. You're booked per event, with weekends and season driving demand.
4.5Last review 2 weeks agoLow data
Low data. These numbers come from just 1 review, so treat them as an early signal, not a reliable average — they'll sharpen as more people report.
Median monthly earnings
$1,500
Middle 50%: $1,500 – $1,500
Effective hourly
$21.43
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
16 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
$500–1,000
To get up and running
Time to first $100
1–4 weeks
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$150–300
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Some fixed commitments
Most common answer
Would recommend it
100%
1 of 1 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 1 review.
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$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
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$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
By platform
How many reviewers use each platform. Many people work more than one.
InstacartHow it scores
Happiness9.0 / 10
Would do it again100%
Schedule flexibility3.0 / 5
Pay predictability2.3 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 1 review.
How much time it takes
1
How much I could earn
0
How little I could earn
0
How difficult it is to get started
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How difficult it is to find customers or clients
0
Taxes — how much I owe
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Unexpected expenses
0
How competitive the market is
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Nothing really surprised me
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Reviews
Everyone here is anonymous. Nobody sees who wrote what.Instacart· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks agoMonthly $1,000–2,000Hours 60–80 hrs/moHourly $21.43
Hate scope creep issues
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