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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3108 - Q&A: “Can I make money as a film location scout?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Is scouting cool locations for film sets a job you can do solo—and without Hollywood ties? In this episode, we explore the surprising ways city explorers can turn their local knowledge into income.

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:02.7

Is scouting cool locations for film sets a job you can do on your own?

0:16.1

A job you can do as a side hustle, I should say, and without any Hollywood connections.

0:20.4

What if you're in a

0:21.0

different city? What if you were far from those classic film set cities, such as Hollywood? Well, in

0:26.9

this episode, we're going to explore the surprising ways city explorers can turn their local knowledge

0:31.9

into income, filmmakers, photographers, influencers, anybody who's hunting for the perfect backdrop. We've got a caller

0:39.1

who is in Philadelphia. She spends her free time wandering the city, finding hidden gems that could be

0:45.5

perfect for an album cover or a content creator or a short film. And she's wondering,

0:51.7

could this be a real business? How can she actually get paid to do

0:54.7

location scouting, even if she's not part of a formal crew? Let's talk about it. Detailed question

0:59.6

and my answer coming up in this short action-packed episode. And by the way, thanks so much for

1:04.6

being out there. All right, stay tuned. Life in general can be chaotic. Do you ever experience chaos in your life or your business? I certainly do. I was

1:15.2

recently on book tour and trying to manage a whole bunch of other stuff at the same time. And so I'd get ready to go out and speak with a crowd and audience of awesome people, perhaps including some of our listeners out there. And then I'm also thinking

1:28.3

about other things I need to do and just trying to manage and keep up as much as possible.

1:33.3

One thing I don't have to worry about, though, is order fulfillment, because Shipstation

1:37.6

handles that. And ShipStation can help you handle it. If you have orders to send out,

1:42.1

well, let me tell you, you can automate shipping tasks.

1:44.9

Automations allow you to smoothly print shipping labels.

1:47.7

You can scale your business.

1:49.0

You never need to upgrade.

1:50.2

Shipstation grows with you.

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