All Side Hustle Ideas
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Side hustle ideas from people who actually run them

Real side businesses, described by their owners. Filter by cost, time and how they earn.

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  • Digital products67
    Files sold online: templates, printables, ebooks, stock photos, fonts, presets, plugins, recorded courses
  • Software and apps205
    A web app, SaaS, mobile app, browser extension, bot or API that people pay for or that earns from ads
  • Content and media105
    A blog, niche website, newsletter, YouTube channel, podcast or social account that earns from ads, affiliate links or sponsors
  • Physical products105
    Making, printing or reselling physical goods, online or in person
  • Services and freelancing103
    Doing work for clients for a fee: freelance, consulting, done-for-you services, repairs, local services
  • Rentals and assets36
    Earning from something you own: renting property, rooms, equipment, vehicles, parking, vending machines, domains
  • Directories and marketplaces11
    A job board, listings site, directory or marketplace that connects buyers and sellers
  • Teaching and coaching19
    Live tutoring, lessons, workshops, coaching or cohort classes

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About the data

Startup cost
Under $100$100 to $1k$1k to $10kOver $10k
Time
Hands-offA few hours a weekPart-timeNear full-time
Where
OnlineIn personOnline and in person
Earns from
AdsAffiliateSubscriptionsOne-time salesService feesRentMarketplace cutSponsors and donations
Coding
No coding neededNeeds coding

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  • Digital products
    Niche WordPress themes
    Sells WordPress themes for specific niches, with a small ad budget and a little customer support.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Online course sales
    Sells online courses, with income varying by how much promotion is done each month.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Printable cupcake wrapper designs shop
    A website selling cupcake wrapper designs, with new designs needed to keep sales up.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Self-published ebook on side projects
    Wrote and self-published an ebook about running profitable side projects.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    WordPress Genesis child theme
    Designed a child theme for the Genesis WordPress framework in a few days, and it keeps earning monthly sales.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    WordPress portfolio theme on ThemeForest
    Turned a portfolio site into a WordPress theme sold on ThemeForest, plus answering support emails.
    A few hours a weekOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Nonfiction Kindle books on Amazon
    Publishes several nonfiction Kindle books on Amazon and markets them for ongoing sales.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Custom OpenStreetMap maps for Kindle
    Made custom maps from OpenStreetMap formatted for Kindle and sells them as ebooks.
    Under $100Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Credit card sign-up bonus travel hacking
    Opens new credit cards regularly for sign-up bonuses and redeems them for travel, and plans a course teaching the method.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    CSS animation templates on Envato
    Creates animated icons and page templates and sells them on a theme marketplace.
    Under $100Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Ebook on PHP deployment
    Wrote a book on deploying PHP applications that sells steadily from the owner's website and builds an audience list.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Ebook promotion website
    A site promoting ebooks on dating, requiring few hours of work per month.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    PHP library sold to developers
    Wrote a PHP library and sells licenses to developers, getting a few sales a year.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Programming book royalties
    Wrote a PHP book and still receives small royalty payments from it.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Self-published book on adult ADHD
    Wrote and published a book on adult ADHD that still brings in a small amount from sales.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Self-published science fiction novella
    Wrote a short sci-fi novel sold through Kindle and iBooks stores.
    Under $100Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Sell software on Envato marketplaces
    Sells scripts and plugins through a code marketplace and a beginner's book on making WordPress plugins.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Technical book on Stripe payments with Rails
    Wrote a book about payments with Stripe for Rails developers, backed by related blog posts and content.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Digital products
    Self-published e-book sold online
    Published an e-book priced as an impulse purchase, expecting it to keep earning with no stock to manage.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2011