Digital products side hustle ideas

Files sold online: templates, printables, ebooks, stock photos, fonts, presets, plugins, recorded courses.

17 ideas

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Coding challenges newsletter and courses
Writes a newsletter of real-world projects for learning programming, and sells paid courses.
Online
Hacker News, 2024
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Excel and Google Sheets video course
Made a course on spreadsheet functions and formulas hosted on a small course platform, earning a commission share.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2024
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Self-published book on deploying applications
Wrote and sells a technical book on deployment that shows the steps without higher-level tools.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2022
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Online courses sold on Udemy
Creates and sells courses on Udemy.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2021
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Themes marketplace for static site generators
A site selling themes for static site generators that has started making sales.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2019
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Pre-built cloud VMs for learning Ethereum
Lists virtual machines on major cloud marketplaces that come set up for Ethereum development, with video tutorials. Revenue comes from VM sales.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2018
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Self-published game development book
Wrote and self-published a book about a game framework. Earns a small monthly income from sales.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2018
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Self-published programming tutorial book
Writing and self-publishing a tutorial book on the Angular framework.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2018
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Paleo diet guides and meal plans
Sells paleo diet guides and a meal plan service online.
Online
Hacker News, 2016
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Book on choosing hosting for startups
Wrote a book that helps bootstrapped startups pick the right hosting setup. Income comes from book sales.
Online
Hacker News, 2016
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Ebook about running an app business
Wrote and sells an ebook about building an app business.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Ebook on making HTML5 games
Wrote and sells an ebook teaching game development with a JavaScript framework.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Online course sales
Sells online courses, with income varying by how much promotion is done each month.
Online
Hacker News, 2014
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Ebook promotion website
A site promoting ebooks on dating, requiring few hours of work per month.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Self-published book on adult ADHD
Wrote and published a book on adult ADHD that still brings in a small amount from sales.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Sell software on Envato marketplaces
Sells scripts and plugins through a code marketplace and a beginner's book on making WordPress plugins.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Technical book on Stripe payments with Rails
Wrote a book about payments with Stripe for Rails developers, backed by related blog posts and content.
Online
Hacker News, 2014

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