Digital products side hustle ideas

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

38 ideas

Digital products
Obsidian template with guide and course
A template for a note-taking app with a user guide and video course based on the owner's personal system, sold to customers.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2024
Digital products
Self-published science fiction romance
Writes and self-publishes science fiction romance books on the side.
Under $100Online
Hacker News, 2022
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Improved JavaScript image cropper for CodeCanyon
Found a popular product category on a code marketplace and built a better JavaScript image cropper and uploader to sell there.
Under $100Online
Hacker News, 2022
Digital products
Self-published fiction with newsletter
Self-publishes fiction and is growing a backlist and an email newsletter to increase sales.
Online
Hacker News, 2022
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Blog articles turned into a sold book
Wrote helpful articles, collected them into a book sold on Gumroad, and also builds a monitoring SaaS on the side.
Online
Hacker News, 2021
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Datasets of promotion resources sold on Gumroad
Sells a curated list of places to promote side projects, for makers wanting traffic, directly through Gumroad.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2021
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Ebooks compiled from newsletter tips
Compiles articles and tips from a newsletter into ebooks sold on Leanpub and Amazon.
Online
Hacker News, 2019
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Level design tool sold on Unity Asset Store
Built a level design package and sells it on the Unity Asset Store, relying on organic discovery.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2019
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Premium Jekyll theme for developers and academics
Sells a boutique Jekyll theme aimed at software people and academics, with a free base version and a paid version.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2019
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Programming book sold online in two languages
Sells a Ruby book on a self-publishing platform, first in the owner's native language and now being translated to English.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2019
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Programming books on web frameworks
Writes and sells books about programming, currently covering Angular and related tools, with little promotion.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2019
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Programming tutorials sold on Leanpub
Wrote introductory programming tutorials and sells them as ebooks on Leanpub.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2019
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Chat app sticker packs
Created sticker sets for a popular messaging app and earned from their sales.
Under $100Online
Hacker News, 2019
Digital products
Self-published harmonica and fiction ebooks
Sells a harmonica instruction book and science fiction short story collections on Amazon, and also sells stories to magazines.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2019
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Self-published travel books and ebooks
Writes travel and lifestyle books and sells them as ebooks and print on demand on Amazon and Apple. Little ongoing work after publishing.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2019
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Translate public domain classics into English ebooks
Translates well-regarded public domain works into English and sells them as ebooks. Finding niche topics is the key.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2018
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CSS e-book sold with light marketing
Wrote and self-published an e-book about CSS that has kept selling a year after launch.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2018
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Ebook on growing a subscription box
Wrote an ebook on starting and growing a subscription box business, drawn from running one. Sold through Gumroad, Amazon and iBooks, and still sells a little each month.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2018
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Erotic fiction sold on Kindle
Writes and publishes erotic stories as Kindle ebooks and earns from sales.
Under $100Online
Hacker News, 2018
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Film pre-production and storyboard templates
A small shop selling pre-production, storyboard and film treatment templates through an online marketplace.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2018
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Device mockup templates on stock marketplace
Designed responsive device mockups and sells them on a graphics marketplace. Sales were strong early on and have tapered off since.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2016
Digital products
E-book about saving money to work less
Wrote and published an e-book on Amazon about saving money so you can work less and pursue goals.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2016
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Ebook helping junior developers get hired
Wrote an ebook aimed at bootcamp graduates looking for their first developer job. It sells directly and through partnerships with a couple of online bootcamps.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2016
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Self-published programming book on Leanpub
Writes and sells a technical book about the Redux library through Leanpub, sharing the sales with a friend.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2016
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Smartwatch faces sold on the app store
Designed watch faces for a smartwatch and sold them at the lowest price in the store. Sales were strong at first, then copies appeared and they pulled the apps.
Under $100Online
Hacker News, 2016
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ExpressionEngine add-on sold on a marketplace
Wrote an add-on for the ExpressionEngine CMS and sells it through a marketplace.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Add-on for a popular video game
Developed an add-on for a popular video game that earns small, usage-driven income.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
Digital products
Self-published ebook on side projects
Wrote and self-published an ebook about running profitable side projects.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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WordPress Genesis child theme
Designed a child theme for the Genesis WordPress framework in a few days, and it keeps earning monthly sales.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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WordPress portfolio theme on ThemeForest
Turned a portfolio site into a WordPress theme sold on ThemeForest, plus answering support emails.
A few hours a weekOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Nonfiction Kindle books on Amazon
Publishes several nonfiction Kindle books on Amazon and markets them for ongoing sales.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Custom OpenStreetMap maps for Kindle
Made custom maps from OpenStreetMap formatted for Kindle and sells them as ebooks.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
Digital products
Credit card sign-up bonus travel hacking
Opens new credit cards regularly for sign-up bonuses and redeems them for travel, and plans a course teaching the method.
Online
Hacker News, 2014
Digital products
CSS animation templates on Envato
Creates animated icons and page templates and sells them on a theme marketplace.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
Digital products
Ebook on PHP deployment
Wrote a book on deploying PHP applications that sells steadily from the owner's website and builds an audience list.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
Digital products
PHP library sold to developers
Wrote a PHP library and sells licenses to developers, getting a few sales a year.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
Digital products
Self-published science fiction novella
Wrote a short sci-fi novel sold through Kindle and iBooks stores.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
Digital products
Self-published e-book sold online
Published an e-book priced as an impulse purchase, expecting it to keep earning with no stock to manage.
Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2011

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