All Side Hustle Ideas
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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

8 ideas

  • Teaching and coaching
    Goat-raising education media business
    A media business teaching people to raise goats, with a podcast, YouTube channel, online courses and a paid membership. It also runs paid goat farm tours.
    Online and in person
    Side Hustle Nation, 2026
  • Teaching and coaching
    Tutor students in math and computer science
    Tutors middle and high school students in math and CS for an hourly rate.
    Under $100
    Hacker News, 2021
  • Teaching and coaching
    Data science webinars and tutorials with Python
    Teaches online webinars and in-person tutorials on the basics of data science and machine learning with Python.
    Part-timeOnline and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Teaching and coaching
    Teach and mentor at coding bootcamps
    Teaches and mentors beginners in web development for companies and bootcamps, in evening sessions.
    Under $100Part-time
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Teaching and coaching
    Gigging musician and guitar lessons
    Plays regularly with a jazz band, gives occasional guitar lessons at home, and earns a little from fan support on Patreon for performance videos.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Teaching and coaching
    CSS layout online course and workshops
    Turned expertise in CSS layout into an online course and in-person workshops. Development teams buy licenses for the course, and the income funds standards work.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2016
  • Teaching and coaching
    Corporate AI workshops that lead to paid builds
    The operator runs a team training or build-together session inside one company and listens for the process employees want automated. That process then becomes a separately priced build, often a shared context layer across the company's tools.
    Build With AI
  • Teaching and coaching
    Paid public AI workshop for local professionals
    The host books a room, lists a half-day workshop on Eventbrite for one industry such as realtors or roofers, and teaches attendees to set up Claude and build one skill. The ticket revenue is minor; the point is meeting buyers who then ask for private help.
    Build With AI