Content and media side hustle ideas

16 ideas

• Content and media

  Eyewear comparison affiliate site

  Built a site comparing glasses retailers that earns affiliate commissions.

  Under $100Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2021
• Content and media

  Curated recommendations site with affiliate links

  Runs a curated list of Hacker News recommendations and products. Earns small amounts from affiliate links.

  A few hours a weekOnline

  Hacker News, 2018
• Content and media

  Fun small websites earning ad revenue

  A small project built for fun that earns a little from display ads and has grown slowly.

  Under $100Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2016
• Content and media

  Technical blog post monetized with AdSense

  Published a how-to post on single sign-on between two business platforms on an old blog and added AdSense. Earns small ad revenue from search visitors.

  Under $100Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2016
• Content and media

  Ad on a jQuery plugin documentation site

  Maintains a documentation website for a jQuery plugin and earns a small amount from a single ad placed on it.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2016
• Content and media

  jQuery credit card validator with ad revenue

  Built a credit card validation plugin with a demo site that earns small ad revenue.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2014
• Content and media

  Small single-purpose websites from an agency

  A studio builds quick websites that solve small problems, getting traffic from blogs and earning from AdSense.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2014
• Content and media

  School directory funded by ads

  Evolved a failed school-focused social network into a directory site that earns from ads with little maintenance.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2014
• Content and media

  Affiliate blogs optimized with a testing plugin

  Runs affiliate blogs and a WordPress plugin that tests which call to action gets the most clicks.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2014
• Content and media

  Gadget and gift idea affiliate site

  Built a Rails site recommending gadgets and gifts and earning through affiliate links.

  Online

  Hacker News, 2014
• Content and media

  Prank website hosted on GitHub Pages

  Runs a simple prank site hosted cheaply on GitHub Pages that brings in a modest monthly income.

  Under $100Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2014
• Content and media

  Random Amazon product generator

  A small site that shows random Amazon products, earning from affiliate links.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2014
• Content and media

  Showcase gallery of sites built with Bootstrap

  Runs a showcase website for sites built with a popular front-end framework, with very low running costs and steady traffic.

  Online

  Hacker News, 2014
• Content and media

  Kindle book browsing site with affiliate links

  Built a better way to browse Kindle books and earns affiliate fees when visitors buy.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2011
• Content and media

  Face-filtered image search site with ads

  An alternative interface to Google image search with the face filter on, which earned from ad clicks on an image-heavy site.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2011
• Content and media

  Lyrics website earning AdSense

  Runs a lyrics website that earns a small amount from AdSense.

  Hands-offOnline

  Hacker News, 2011