All Side Hustle Ideas
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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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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

16 ideas

  • Physical products
    Front porch home bakery
    A home micro bakery selling sourdough, cinnamon rolls, cookies and bagels from a front porch on Saturday mornings. Customers preorder and items sell out to lines of local buyers.
    $100 to $1k
    The Koerner Office, 2026
  • Services and freelancing
    Whole-home water filtration sales
    Selling whole-home water filtration systems to homeowners through Facebook ads that show the price upfront, with licensed plumbers doing the installs. The channel notes that this model can require a plumbing license, for example in North Carolina.
    $100 to $1kOnline and in person
    The Koerner Office, 2026
  • 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
  • Services and freelancing
    Online estate auctions for families
    Running online estate auctions that clear out homes for families without buying any inventory. The operator photographs, catalogs and lists the items and keeps a cut of the sale.
    Online and in person
    Side Hustle Nation, 2026
  • Physical products
    Flipping used lawnmowers
    Buying underpriced lawnmowers, fixing common problems and reselling them. The operator ran it while in college.
    Online and in person
    Side Hustle Nation, 2025
  • Services and freelancing
    Run the back office for an artist partner
    Handles IT, administration, purchasing and research for a partner's art business, which sells commissions and freelance work and direct to customers.
    Hacker News, 2021
  • Physical products
    Home-printed zines and fandom art
    Makes zines and artwork about fandom and adult themes, printing them at home and selling them.
    $100 to $1k
    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
  • Physical products
    Resell imported computer chips locally
    Sold used but valuable computer chips in a local market, delivering in person to bakeries or by post, until import tax changes ended the margins.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Cookie bakery with delivery and shipping
    Runs a cookie bakery with mostly local delivery and some nationwide shipping, run alongside a career.
    Part-timeOnline and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Campus cookie delivery on rollerblades
    Delivered freshly baked cookies to dorms and homes near a university on rollerblades, paid per order, and built a delivery management site.
    Part-time
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Refurbish and resell used business laptops
    With a friend, bought off-warranty corporate laptops, upgraded memory and storage or fixed keyboards, and resold them on eBay.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Restore vintage computers and resell on eBay
    Buys broken old computers, restores them and sells them on eBay.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Flip mid century modern furniture
    Buys and restores vintage furniture, then sells it online or to local stores as a picker.
    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
  • Physical products
    Snail-mail story subscription
    A subscription sends customers a story in physical letters on a regular schedule. Revenue is recurring subscription fees, with fulfillment handled by mail.
    The Koerner Office