Side hustle ideas from people who actually run them
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- Files sold online: templates, printables, ebooks, stock photos, fonts, presets, plugins, recorded courses
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- 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
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- Digital productsMade custom maps from OpenStreetMap formatted for Kindle and sells them as ebooks.Under $100Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsAn Android app showing bus times for the owner's area, earning from optimized in-app ads.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsA web tool that tracks phones periodically and shows locations on a map, earning from site and YouTube ads.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsBuilt a puzzle game for iPhone that earns a tiny amount from sales.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsPublishes several small Android apps that earn modestly without ongoing work.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaRuns affiliate blogs and a WordPress plugin that tests which call to action gets the most clicks.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsBuilt an Android app that roots and fixes problems on an ISP-supplied modem, selling it through the Play Store.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsMade a free Android app with a paid version, earning from ads, in-app purchases and paid downloads.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsMakes Android apps earning from ads, with a soundboard app as the main earner.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsA simple Android app built to learn the platform that now earns from in-app ads.Under $100Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaRuns cat and dog GIF websites supported by advertising.Under $100Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Physical productsCreated and sold stickers aimed at privacy concerns, shipped by hand to several countries with no marketing spend.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaA hobby blog about architectural models that earns from ads and Amazon affiliate links.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaWrites blog articles and earns from affiliate marketing.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsBuilt iPhone apps like an oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer, used by sound engineers and teachers.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Services and freelancingRuns a blog that has brought a steady flow of consulting opportunities.Under $100OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsCreated a web game that earns enough to live on while traveling.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsBought an iOS sleep calculator app from its owner and redesigned the interface.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaA career site for Marines with a mailing list, earning a modest amount with about a day of work per month.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Digital productsOpens new credit cards regularly for sign-up bonuses and redeems them for travel, and plans a course teaching the method.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- $1k to $10kHands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Digital productsCreates animated icons and page templates and sells them on a theme marketplace.Under $100Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaPhotographed top brand stores in London and published a directory blog that earns from ads.Under $100Hands-offHacker News, 2014
- Physical productsResells high-end fashion, art, cars and collectibles, with sales largely automated and an emphasis on privacy.Over $10kHands-offOnline and in personHacker News, 2014
- Services and freelancingEarns on the side from DJ gigs and personal training, both of which are also personal hobbies.Hacker News, 2014
- Digital productsWrote a book on deploying PHP applications that sells steadily from the owner's website and builds an audience list.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Digital productsA site promoting ebooks on dating, requiring few hours of work per month.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsBuilt an iOS app that teaches what a tesseract is and lets users manipulate it. People keep buying it in a small niche.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsA browser solitaire game that earns from ad revenue, built as a weekend project.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaBuilt a Rails site recommending gadgets and gifts and earning through affiliate links.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Physical productsDesigned a London map in a historic style and sells it as a physical product online.A few hours a weekOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Physical productsA programmer humor coffee mug sold through a print-on-demand marketplace.Under $100Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaRuns a couple of sites for language learners that cover living expenses.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsA platform for event organizers to host and live stream events.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Content and mediaA jobs site that earns from affiliate links and AdSense, being rolled out as a network.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsA web development tool for Mac sold through the Mac App Store.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsA subscription analytics product largely automated in onboarding and billing, with an affiliate program and agency customers that expand usage.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Directories and marketplacesRuns a marketplace and sells components on larger marketplaces, still earning from support and sales.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsLaunched a membership offering premium WordPress plugins with support.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsBuilt a site for practicing reading music notation while learning piano. It earns on its own without promotion.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsWrote an Android app to learn the platform, updates it lightly, and earns a little from ads.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Teaching and coachingAn online music education site that earns from sales and recurring subscriptions, built in evenings and weekends.OnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsRuns a tool for assembling a PC online and earns from ads and affiliate programs.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsSells a clipboard manager app and a study summaries app for students with in-app purchases.Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsA paid Android app with a list of physics puzzles, built as a learning project and earning small steady income.Under $100Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Software and appsBuilt and maintains an ad server script with a hosted SaaS version, sold to site owners.OnlineHacker News, 2014