How I Make Money Online While Off Duty

Trucking Career Should Be 5 Years

There are so many alternative ways to make money when you are off duty not driving that truckers might fight it more sensible to plan their OTR career for 5 years or less.

Lets face it, in 2026 people likely have many things that they want to do outside of trucking and trucker is not long the only way to get short training and higher than average pay in America.

Here are some of the main ways, that truckers can make money online in their off duty time.

Affiliate Marketing in 2026

Affiliate marketing is very common now. basically any product or service that you love that has a prominent internet presence likely also has people promoting those products or services. They are affiliates whether they call themselves that or not.

Some affiliate programs are much better than other. Software is at the top of the list because the commissions are higher and often recurring month after month.

That is what you want. Why not go with the best affiliate programs is you're going to spend time promoting them.

Ideally you want to promote something that you are willing to buy and use. Because the best way to promote it is to talk about your experience with it. Instead of trying to sell it.

For example, I've had great experience with the platform below. If you want to make money off duty or as a trucker wife or even as someone who couldn't get your CDL this affiliate marketing programs if for you.

It's a CRM, website builder, and AI employee system that I use to host websites and do marketing for other businesses.

Here is a website that I built with it explaining this system. I call it the Trucker Side Hustle

Introducing Small Business to AI

Sell Them Services

Build websites
Install Artificial Intelligence on them
Create automations
Landing pages
Courses
Funnels
Email Marketing
Social Media Managing
Reputation Management

With one platform, I build websites for people. And I can provide all of the above. Especially for truckers starting at $300 each for setup. This is easy to do with the exact same tool I told you about earlier.

I can build their websites, host them, set up email, sell them a phone number, integrate AI to help them boost their business and increase profits. I actually have coaching to show you how to do all of this for truckers or your local small businesses.

I've built websites for Mobile Detail shop, cleaning services, speakers, trucking companies and lawncare services and more.

DIY or DIF

DIY is do it yourself

DIF is do it for you.

DWY is do it with you.

You can start an online agency to provide these services but you can also create education on all of these services and grow a media business.

So you could learn the AI tools and software and share what you are learning. Then you sell them the services instead of actually doing the work. But as you begin to learn and become familiar with the tools, then you can provide DIF service and charge more.

You can also outsource the work.

There are many options and just like real estate, creativity in how you set up the deal can give you options.

You can also charge for setup and training and reduced monthly charge to be on retainer. They only contact you when something new arises.

Many options.

Join Our Communities

If you're interested go to offdutytruckers.org and we'll get you started. We have Q & A every Wednesday in December. The group is free as of now January 2026.

Or if you want to jump in and teach yourself, you can go to my affiliate link to teach yourself the software platform. (Obviously I get a commission of 40%) it's retirefromtrucking.com/joingohighlevel