Ad-supported specials boards for restaurants

Free chalkboards and whiteboards placed in restaurants and busy venues, which use them for daily specials. Income comes from selling small ad spots along the bottom to local businesses.

At a glance
Tags are estimates from Clef, a classifier that read the source. Each one shows how sure it was.

Category

Content and mediaLow confidence
34% sure

Earns from

Ads
96% sure

Startup cost (estimate)

$100 to $1kLow confidence
59% sure

Time it takes (estimate)

Hands-offLow confidence
52% sure

Where

Online and in person
65% sure

Coding

No coding needed
99% sure
Source
John Schierman on Side Hustle Nation with Nick Loper, “He Makes $3,000+ From Every Board He Places (Here's How)”, October 22, 2026.

Self-reported by John Schierman: around $3,000 a year per board, with more than 200 boards placed Not verified by us.

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The summary above is ours. Any income figures are the operator’s own claims, in the source.

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