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

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  • Software and apps
    A members-only group charges a recurring or lifetime fee for access to a niche audience and its resources. The host promotes it from an existing audience.
    Online
    The Koerner Office, 2025
  • Software and apps
    Bought a foreclosed condo, redid the kitchen and bathroom in spare time, and sold it for a profit later.
    Over $10kHands-offIn person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Software and apps
    Earns ongoing royalties from programming books written years ago, with little active work now.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2016