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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.

At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
Category
Content and media
81% sure
x
Earns from
Ads
87% sure
x
Startup cost (estimate)
Under $100Low confidence
57% sure
x
Time it takes (estimate)
Hands-offLow confidence
51% sure
x
Where
Online
99% sure
x
Coding
Needs coding
65% sure
x
Source
Hacker NewsComment by simonhamp in “Your best passive income? (2014)”, January 21, 2014

  • Content and media
    The operator buys an expired exact-match domain for a niche, rebuilds it as a site that earns from the niche audience, and adds a niche job board. Upkeep is minimal.
    Hands-offOnline
    The Koerner Office
  • Content and media
    A simple website that helps people learn Excel through exercises. The founder built it with very little effort and grew it as a dead-simple, boring niche site.
    Hands-offOnline
    Starter Story, 2026
  • Content and media
    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.
    Online and in person
    Side Hustle Nation, 2026
  • Content and media
    Posting engaging content, much of it screenshots of other people's posts, to a Facebook page enrolled in Facebook's content monetization program. Facebook shares ad revenue with the creator.
    Under $100A few hours a weekOnline
    Side Hustle Nation, 2025
  • Content and media
    A group of free sudoku websites that earn steady income from minimal ads.
    Hands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2024
  • Content and media
    Publishes personal notes from nonfiction books on a site and earns some money from it.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2024