550 Business Ideas — Side Hustle &amp; Part-Time in Online Only Areas

AI Video Content Agency

Use AI video tools like HeyGen to create short-form video content for local business owners. Upload a client headshot an…

$5k-20k/month

Dormant Newsletter Rollup

Buy dormant newsletters cheaply (pennies per subscriber) from burned-out creators on platforms like Beehive, Kit, and Su…

$5k-50k/month

Shopify Cold Email Hack

Use Shopify's order confirmation email infrastructure to send cold outreach. Create dummy orders with target emails via …

$1k-10k/month

Chrome Extension

Build a Chrome browser extension that solves a specific problem. Chrome Web Store is one of 75+ app marketplaces with bu…

$500-$15K/month

Vibe-Coded Simple SaaS App

Use AI-powered coding tools like Replit Agent to build a simple SaaS application without traditional coding skills. Buil…

$500-$5K/month

E-books and Digital Info Products

Create and sell e-books, guides, or other digital information products on topics you have expertise in. Low startup cost…

$500-$5K/month

BeginnerHybridUnder $5K

App Store Optimization Research Service

Research and identify opportunities across 75+ app marketplaces for entrepreneurs looking to build plugins and add-ons. …

$2K-$10K/month

Niche Email Newsletter Business

Start a weekly email newsletter on a niche topic using Beehive platform. Tyler Denk runs Big Desk Energy with 120K subsc…

500k+

Newsletter Sponsorship Sales

Sell direct sponsorships in your newsletter to relevant brands. With a 120K subscriber list, Tyler charges $5,000-$7,000…

100k-500k

Beehive Ad Network Monetization

Use Beehive's built-in Ad Network to automatically place CPC-based ads in your newsletter. Advertisers pay per click, no…

1k-10k

Newsletter Boost Cross-Promotion Income

Earn $2-$3 per subscriber by recommending other newsletters to your audience through Beehive's Boost feature. When your …

10k-100k

Paid Newsletter Subscription

Offer premium paid content behind a paywall for your newsletter subscribers. Beehive supports paid subscriptions and doe…

10k-100k

AdvancedHybridUnder $50K

IRL Mastermind Events for Newsletter Audience

Host in-person mastermind retreats and founder events for your newsletter subscribers. Tyler charges $10,000 per ticket …

100k-500k

Merchandise Sales via Newsletter

Sell branded merchandise to your engaged newsletter audience. Use your newsletter as a direct sales channel to promote a…

10k-100k

Newsletter Recommendation Network for Growth

Build a free cross-promotion network with other newsletter operators to grow subscribers organically. Recommend compleme…

1k-10k

Permissionless AI Ad Freelancer

Without any permission, find DTC brands online, use AI image generation to create gorgeous ad creatives for them using r…

$2k-20k/month

AI Stock Image Generation Service

Use the OpenAI image generation API to create custom stock images on demand. No reference images needed since prompts al…

$1k-15k/month

Pop Culture AI Image Generator (Fandom Wrapper)

Build a niche wrapper app around a specific fandom (e.g., Harry Potter characters in the gym, Disney characters in real …

$2k-30k/month

Niche Community Newsletter with Cohorts

Build a newsletter around a specific niche community (e.g., designers) with 10-15K targeted subscribers. Monetize throug…

$10k-30k/month

Newsletter Recruiting and Job Placement Service

Build a niche newsletter community (e.g., designers, developers) and monetize by connecting community members with compa…

$10k-50k/month

Newsletter Growth Flywheel via Co-Registration

Start a niche newsletter and use co-registration (Beehive Boost) to offset subscriber acquisition costs. Spend $2 per su…

$2k-10k/month

Visual/Design-Forward Newsletter

Create a newsletter that uses cartoon-drawn images, gifs, and visual storytelling to explain topics daily, differentiati…

$2k-20k/month

E-commerce Brand Content Newsletter

If you own an e-commerce business, transform your existing customer email list into a value-driven content newsletter (s…

$5k-60k/month

AI Business Idea Validation Agent

An AI voice agent service that calls businesses in a specific industry to conduct market research on behalf of aspiring …

$2k-10k/month

Thrift Store Directory

Build a niche directory website listing thrift stores by location. Leverage viral TikTok interest in thrifting hauls and…

$2k-3k/month

Plasma Donation Center Directory

Create a B2B directory listing plasma donation centers across the US. Target high search volume keywords in the healthca…

$300-800/month

Liquidation Store Directory

Build a directory for liquidation and overstock stores, adjacent to the thrifting niche. List locations, store details, …

Flea Market Directory

Create a directory of flea markets across the country with location data, hours, and specialties. Target location-based …

Dog Park Directory

Build a directory of public free dog parks with filtering by features like fenced areas, small dog sections, and ameniti…

Porta-Potty Rental Directory

Create a directory for porta-potty rental companies organized by location. Target event planners, construction companies…

Dry Ice Directory

Build a directory listing dry ice suppliers and retail locations. A proven niche with low competition where even a singl…

$300-500/month

Movie Filming Locations Directory

Create an evergreen directory of where movies and TV shows were filmed. movie-locations.com gets 81k monthly visitors wi…

$5k-6k/month

Food Truck Directory

Create a specialized directory for food trucks, optionally narrowing by cuisine type like Mexican food trucks. The food …

$1k-5k/month

Batting Cage Directory

Build a directory of batting cages with location data and affiliate monetization for baseball equipment. An evergreen ni…

Towing Capacity Database Directory

Create a directory/database of towing capacity specs for different vehicle makes and models. Zero keyword difficulty wit…

$1k-3k/month

Water Quality Directory

Build a directory helping people find and compare water quality information, water filtration products, and related serv…

Pet Cremation Directory

Create a directory of pet cremation services enriched with specific data like which animals they handle (horses, dogs, e…

$500-3k/month

AI Appearance Transformation Apps (Hairstyles/Aging/Looks)

Build niche apps that let users see themselves with different hairstyles, beards, or aged versions of themselves using A…

$3000-$30000/month

Review-Based Customer Experience Consulting

Use Outscraper to scrape negative Google reviews for businesses in a specific niche (e.g., hair salons), then feed them …

$3000-$15000/month

Freelance Data Scraping and Lead List Service

Offer lead list scraping services on Upwork or Fiverr using a paid BuiltWith account. Clients pay you $20-$100 per expor…

Niche Market Research and Competitor Intelligence Service

Use BuiltWith and Outscraper together to provide competitor intelligence reports for businesses. Scrape technology stack…

Fireworks Marketing Agency

Build a specialized marketing company serving fireworks stand operators who struggle with advertising due to platform re…

Niche Community Newsletter with Cohort-Based Courses

Build a newsletter around a specific professional community (e.g., designers) with 10-15K targeted subscribers. Monetize…

$10,000-$50,000/month

Newsletter Co-Registration Arbitrage (Boost Model)

Grow a newsletter using paid ads at $2-3 per subscriber, then immediately recoup costs through co-registration/boost pro…

$2,000-$15,000/month

Brand Content Newsletter for E-Commerce Businesses

Instead of only sending promotional emails, create a value-driven content newsletter adjacent to your product niche. Exa…

$5,000-$60,000/month

AI Travel Itinerary Content Loop (Programmatic SEO)

A strategy layered on top of the AI travel planning service where every generated travel itinerary is repurposed as SEO …

$10000-$30000/month

Facebook Cross-Posting Arbitrage Service

A service that targets Instagram creators who are not cross-posting their content to Facebook. You reach out to influenc…

Real Estate Investment Content Writing and Education

Build an online presence writing about niche real estate investing topics like mobile home parks or RV parks. This conte…

Niche Directory Website (General Model)

Build a directory website in a specific niche using WordPress or Webflow, find keywords with low difficulty and high sea…

$500-5000/month per site

Dog Parks Directory

Build a directory of free public dog parks organized by location with filterable features like fenced areas, small dog s…

$300-1000/month

Dry Ice Supplier Directory

Create a directory of dry ice suppliers and retail locations. A single-page directory like penguindryice.com reached 83,…

$500-1500/month

Towing Capacity Reference Directory

Build a directory/reference site for vehicle towing capacities across different makes and models. Zero keyword difficult…

$1000-3000/month

Batting Cages Directory

Create a directory of batting cage locations with affiliate monetization for baseball equipment (bats, gloves, bags). An…

$500-2000/month

Water Quality / Water Filter Directory

Build a directory helping people understand and find water quality information, gravity filters, and stainless steel wat…

$500-2000/month

Selling Digital Products on Directory Sites

Create and sell simple digital products (like a $19 PDF built in Canva) on your directory website. Leverage existing dir…

$300-1000/month

Business-in-a-Box Startup Kits

Create comprehensive startup packages for new entrepreneurs covering all the nuts-and-bolts administrative steps: LLC fo…

Marketplace Flipping and Product Testing on eBay/Etsy

Use eBay and Etsy as low-risk platforms to test and sell products, flipping high-ticket items like handbags, watches, el…

AI-Powered Print on Demand on Etsy

Use AI image generation (ChatGPT) to create graphics for print-on-demand products sold on Etsy. Research winning product…

$8000/month

Selling Digital Plans and Courses for DIY Projects

Create and sell downloadable PDF building plans for popular DIY projects (garage shelves, storage beds, etc.) through a …

LLM SEO Content Optimization for Local Businesses

Create blog content optimized to rank in ChatGPT and other AI search engines rather than just traditional Google SEO. Us…

Facebook Group Email Collection Service

Use tools like Group Boss to collect email addresses from Facebook group members when they join. Either start your own n…

Facebook Group Lead Brokerage (Middleman)

Act as a middleman between Facebook group owners and businesses that need leads (e.g., mortgage brokers paying $50-$300/…

$2000-$15000/month

Facebook Group Newsletter Setup Service

Offer a done-for-you service to Facebook group owners: set up email collection automations (Group Boss + Zapier + Beehiv…

Perfume Affiliate Sales via Vending Machine QR Codes

Add QR codes to perfume vending machines that link to affiliate programs (Amazon Associates or dedicated perfume retaile…

$100-$500/month

Paid Online Entrepreneurship Community

Build a membership-based private community for aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners, offering curated content, wee…

$5000-$100000/month

Viral Content Lead Capture and Monetization

When content goes viral on social media, immediately capture demand by buying a relevant domain, setting up a simple lea…

$10000-$100000/month

AI-Powered Reputation Management Service

Offer automated Google review response management using GoHighLevel's built-in AI features. The platform uses OpenAI's A…

$3,000-$10,000/month

Google Review Solicitation Service

Automate the process of requesting 5-star Google reviews from satisfied customers. After a job or invoice is completed, …

$3,000-$10,000/month

Vibe Coding / Marketing Live Competition Events

Host live-streamed competitions where vibe coders or marketers race to build apps using no-code tools like Replit, Bolt,…

$2,000-$10,000/month

Print on Demand Shopify Store with Google Shopping Ads

Take proven winning print-on-demand products from Etsy and sell them through your own Shopify store using Google Shoppin…

Creator Merch Store Agency

Build merch stores for content creators using print-on-demand platforms like FourthWall or Printify. Scrape creator emai…

$2000-20000/month

AI-Generated Digital Products on Etsy

Create and sell digital products on Etsy including printables, kids coloring books, Excel templates, Procreate color pal…

$3000-8000/month

Selling N8N Automation Templates

Create and sell N8N workflow templates (JSON files) for common business automations. These templates did not exist a few…

Selling Spreadsheet Templates on Etsy

Create and sell digital spreadsheet templates (budgeting, financial planning, etc.) on Etsy. Reverse engineer top seller…

Custom Spreadsheet Consulting for SMBs

Build custom spreadsheets (CRM, sales tracking, patient tracking, employee hours, etc.) for small to medium businesses t…

$1500-5000/month

Automated Accounting Services for CPA Firms

Provide automated accounting/bookkeeping services to CPA firms at an ultra-low price point ($50/month) to build a sticky…

$8,000-$16,000/month

Custom GPT Builder / Seller

Create custom GPTs (or AI wrapper apps) that package expert knowledge into interactive AI tools people can use. Take you…

$1,000-$10,000/month

AI-Powered Family Trivia App

Build a mobile app that generates personalized trivia games where each player gets questions tailored to their age and i…

$2,000-$20,000/month

AI Handyman Diagnosis App (ChatGPT Wrapper)

Build a simple wrapper app around ChatGPT's vision/FaceTime feature specifically for home repair diagnosis. Users point …

$5,000-$30,000/month

Wedding/Baby Shower Corporate Gift Invitation Service

Build a service where brides-to-be or new parents pay ~$199 to have invitations sent to 100+ major companies (Target, et…

$5,000-$20,000/month

Content Marketing Agency for Local Home Service Businesses

Build a content marketing agency that helps local home service companies (tree services, landscapers, contractors) grow …

$5K-$20K/month

Niche Vertical AI App (Haircut AI, Photo Restoration, etc.)

Build a hyper-specific AI-powered app targeting one narrow use case, such as a haircut preview tool, old photo restorati…

$500-$5000/month

AI Tool Suite for a Specific Persona

Bundle multiple AI tools targeting a single user persona — such as students, lawyers, or real estate agents — into one p…

AI Video Analysis Engine

Use Gemini's native video understanding capabilities to build a service that analyzes long-form video content — extracti…

$3000-$15000/month

AI Short-Form Video Content Analyzer

Build a tool that helps content creators and brands analyze short-form video performance by understanding actual video c…

Niche AI Interior Design Tool

Build a focused AI interior design tool targeting one specific element — such as curtains, lighting, flooring, or furnit…

AI Voice Agent for Website Lead Generation

Deploy an AI voice agent on business websites that engages visitors in real-time conversation to qualify leads and book …

$3000-$15000/month

AI Travel Companion (SMS/Chat-Based)

Build a personalized AI travel assistant that communicates via SMS or messaging apps, providing contextual recommendatio…

AI Content Repurposing Pipeline

Build a service or tool that takes long-form video content and automatically repurposes it into multiple formats — blog …

$2000-$15000/month

AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

Virtual Try-On / AI Mood Boarding for Clothing Brands

Build an AI-powered virtual try-on or mood board tool for fashion and clothing brands using Gemini's image generation an…

$3000-$20000/month

White whale lead generation and skip tracing service

Use tools like TLO, SearchBug, Outscraper, TruthFinder, Email Sherlock, and batch skip tracing to find contact informati…

Scraping and data products as lead magnets for newsletters

Scrape publicly available data from platforms (like Skool communities, BizBuySell listings, etc.), compile it into usefu…

Bundled product importing from China via Alibaba

Source two generic, unbranded commodity products from China via Alibaba (e.g., a smart plug and a space heater), bundle …

Smart alarm clock space heater combo product

Combine a programmable smart plug with a space heater and sell it as an 'alarm clock heater' that warms your room before…

$5000-$15000/month

Single-product Shopify store with Facebook ads

Build a one-product Shopify website optimized for Facebook ad conversions, using a dedicated single-product theme with c…

$5000-$50000/month

Micro-influencer product launch campaign

Find social media influencers with 50K-200K followers, send them a short 20-30 second product demo video, and offer them…

Friction-eliminating product bundling business

Identify products where consumers currently need to buy 2-3 separate items and assemble them. Bundle those items togethe…

$5000-$30000/month

Programmatic SEO lead generation sites

Use AI tools like Replit to build programmatic SEO websites targeting high-volume, low-competition, high-ticket keywords…

$5000-$50000/month

Domain name investing for the AI era

Buy two-word English dictionary .com domains and exact-match keyword domains that will become more valuable as AI-powere…

$1000-$20000/month

AI business reverse-engineering newsletter

Build an AI agent that monitors Twitter/X for people posting about hitting milestones (Shopify plaques, YouTube plaques,…

$5000-$50000/month

AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

AI business partner app

Create a mobile app that acts as a personal AI business advisor, trained on a creator's or expert's entire content libra…

$10000-$100000/month

Face-forward YouTube channel with personal brand

Start a YouTube channel where you appear on camera and build a genuine personal brand, rather than running a faceless ch…

$1000-$50000/month

Mobile app development using AI tools

Build and launch mobile apps in the App Store using AI-assisted development tools, drastically reducing the technical ba…

$1000-$50000/month

Digital course / PDF on niche fitness topics (e.g., rucking training programs)

Create AI-generated digital training programs or PDFs for niche fitness activities like rucking (walking with weighted v…

Online community / mastermind for entrepreneurs

Build a paid online community for aspiring or active entrepreneurs focused on speed of execution and accountability. Off…

Niche boot camp courses (tree service, RV parks)

Create and sell premium educational boot camp courses teaching people how to start specific niche businesses like tree s…

Custom task management SaaS built with no-code (Lovable)

Build a custom task management web application using no-code tools like Lovable in just 2 hours. Features include kanban…

Buying and flipping small consumer apps

Purchase small consumer apps (like AI-powered niche apps) for low prices from entrepreneurs who lack time to grow them, …

AI website design agency using cloning tools

Use AI website builders like Ready.ai to clone high-converting websites from other industries and adapt them for local b…

$3000-10000/month

Voice licensing on ElevenLabs marketplace

Upload your voice to ElevenLabs and make it available for other users to select. ElevenLabs pays a proportional revenue …

$200-500/month

AI-generated viral video content farm on Facebook

Create 100% AI-generated short videos using tools like Kling AI and post 5-10 per day to Facebook pages. Target emotiona…

Translate and republish English content in other languages using AI

Take existing English-language video content (your own or with permission) and use ElevenLabs overdub to translate and r…

Hummingbird nectar e-commerce business

Launch a niche e-commerce store selling hummingbird nectar products. Build in public to attract an audience and generate…

Real estate content creation and audience-based deal sourcing

Build an audience on Twitter and other platforms by writing about a niche real estate asset class (e.g., mobile home par…

Business partnership failure stories podcast or content series

Create a podcast or YouTube series interviewing entrepreneurs about their failed business partnerships, a topic rarely d…

Virtual assistant cold-calling lead generation service

Hire experienced telemarketers from platforms like Upwork (formerly oDesk) at $5-5.55/hour, scrape targeted business lea…

Content multiplication agent service for creators and podcasters

Build a content repurposing AI agent that takes a YouTube video or podcast, extracts the transcript, identifies key insi…

$3000-$8000/month

AI-powered lead generation and customer onboarding agent

Build AI agents that automatically check inboxes, classify emails as leads vs spam vs personal, add leads to a CRM, sche…

Self-hosted N8N automation platform for personal productivity

Set up your own N8N instance on a VPS to automate your own business tasks like content distribution, lead generation, em…

$500-$2000/month

AI-powered social media content repurposing service

Scoble demonstrates using AI agents (like Vy) to automatically extract text from video editing tools like Descript, feed…

AI tool curation and recommendation newsletter or platform

Scoble maintains a list of 800+ AI companies on X and tracks 6,300+ companies total. Most people are overwhelmed by the …

$2000-$15000/month

Weekly fresh leads CSV subscription for agency owners

Build a subscription service that delivers a fresh CSV of cleaned, verified business owner cell phone numbers weekly to …

Newsletter piggyback service for e-commerce companies

Approach existing e-commerce or Shopify stores with large email lists and offer to run an ad-driven newsletter alongside…

FedEx/shipping label audit and refund recovery service

Audit businesses' FedEx or UPS shipping labels for late deliveries and automatically file disputes to recover refunds, k…

Steampunk light fixtures on Etsy

Create and sell handmade steampunk-style light fixtures made from black metal pipe on Etsy. Sellers are pricing these at…

Etsy handmade and creative products store

Sell handmade or creative products on Etsy, which is described as a still undervalued marketplace. You can easily make s…

$500-$5000/month

YouTube content creation in business niche

Create a YouTube channel focused on accessible business ideas and side hustles rather than billionaire lifestyle content…

$1000-$20000/month

Online course and knowledge productization

Package your expertise and knowledge into online courses and digital products using platforms like Kajabi. Even if you s…

$1000-$10000/month

Premium domain name flipping and brokerage

Acquire premium domain names in trending niches like AI, longevity, microplastics, and water quality, then list them on …

$1000-$10000/month

Insider ideas marketplace connecting corporate employees with entrepreneurs

Build a community or marketplace that connects corporate employees who see business opportunities in their industries (b…

$5000-$30000/month

Industry-specific AI tools built from domain expertise

Leverage your own job or industry experience to build AI-powered tools that solve boring but painful problems in your sp…

$2000-20000/month

Price drop notification service using web scraping and AI

Build an automation that scrapes the internet for a specific product (like shoes), monitors the price, and sends users a…

AI email triage and auto-response automation

Build an automation that reads incoming emails, classifies them by topic or intent using AI, and either auto-responds or…

$500-3000/month

Paid financial newsletter on Substack or Beehive

Leverage expertise in finance and global markets to write a paid newsletter covering market analysis, stock picks, or in…

$5000-$30000/month

Newsletter business with co-registration revenue

Build a free email newsletter in any niche and grow it using Facebook ads at $2-3 per subscriber. Monetize through co-re…

Newsletter and Twitter content creation for entrepreneurs

Build a personal brand by writing long-form, thoughtful content on Twitter and a newsletter about your entrepreneurial j…

$1000-$20000/month

Premium domain name investing for future businesses

Identify and purchase premium domain names for potential future businesses at standard registration prices ($10-15/year)…

$100-$5000/month

AI customer support automation for small businesses

Set up AI agents that fully automate customer support across multiple channels (email, SMS, phone, WhatsApp, web chat, I…

AI deep research and podcast prep service

Build AI agents that search YouTube for all interviews of a given person, transcribe and summarize each video in paralle…

$2000-$5000/month

AI business intelligence and daily digest service

Set up AI agents that monitor all customer-facing interactions (support tickets, emails, sales calls, meetings) and prod…

AI personal assistant and email management service for executives

Configure AI agents that act as a chief of staff for busy executives: schedule meetings via email, triage inboxes into u…

$3000-$8000/month

Niche AI automation content creator (YouTube/LinkedIn)

Create demo videos and tutorials showing how to build specific AI automations for niche industries, then monetize throug…

$5000-$10000/month

Drop shipping as a training ground for e-commerce

Start drop shipping products from AliExpress using Oberlo connected to Shopify. Test many products, find winners, and le…

Database reactivation as a service

Take a small business's existing customer list (from QuickBooks, Stripe, Square, etc.) and run automated email/SMS react…

$4000+/month

Automated email marketing agency for local businesses

Set up ongoing automated email sequences for small businesses such as birthday coupons, customer anniversary emails, and…

AI voice agent setup service

Sell after-hours AI voice agents to small businesses so they never miss a customer call. Use GoHighLevel or similar plat…

Missed call text-back service

Set up automated text-back systems for small businesses so that any missed phone call instantly triggers an SMS reply to…

$1500+/month

Review management and response automation service

Help small businesses generate more online reviews by automating review request emails/texts after service completion, a…

AI appointment setting service

Configure AI-powered appointment scheduling automation for small businesses so that leads are automatically nurtured and…

Lead nurturing sequence service

Build automated multi-step lead nurturing email and SMS sequences for small businesses that follow up with prospects ove…

$2500+/month

Chatbot building service for small businesses

Build and deploy AI chatbots on small business websites to handle customer inquiries, capture leads, and provide instant…

$4000-8000/month per client

Webinar-to-ebook lead magnet service for B2B companies

Over 60% of B2B businesses run monthly webinars. Take their webinar transcripts, use Claude/AI to create professional eb…

City-specific cheap flight deals newsletter

Unbundle Going.com (formerly Scott's Cheap Flights, a $35M/year business) by creating hyper-local flight deal newsletter…

$5000-20000+/month

Bulk content generation service using GPT 4.1

Use GPT 4.1 to generate thousands of product descriptions for e-commerce brands at low cost, or produce bulk social medi…

ChatGPT wrapper chatbot business for small businesses

Build simple AI chatbots powered by GPT 4.1 that small businesses embed on their websites for customer service automatio…

Cold email and email marketing agency powered by AI

Run an email marketing or cold outreach agency using GPT 4.1 to write thousands of individualized, personalized emails f…

$3000-10000/month

AI-powered virtual assistant service using GPT-4o

Offer virtual assistant services at $15-30 per hour using GPT-4o's multimodal capabilities to handle tasks across text, …

$2000-8000/month

AI video production service using Sora

Use OpenAI's Sora video generation tool to create professional-quality marketing videos and commercials for businesses. …

AI-powered brand strategy consulting using GPT 4.5

Become a brand strategy consultant using GPT 4.5's creative and big-picture thinking capabilities. Charge 90-95% less th…

Niche newsletter via cold email to high-value audiences

Build a high-value niche newsletter by cold emailing professionals like real estate agents using tools like Lemlist, Mix…

Partner with influencers to launch newsletters

Find niche influencers with smaller but high-value audiences (like Tesla/Elon fan accounts or local real estate YouTuber…

IntermediateOnline$50K+

Yacht charter booking brokerage

Run an online brokerage connecting vacationers with yacht owners and crews, primarily in the British Virgin Islands. Ear…

$3000/month

Junk removal industry YouTube channel and community

Document your junk removal business journey on YouTube, sharing tips on starting, pricing, marketing, and growing a haul…

AI-powered financial data analysis tool for M&A firms

Build a no-code web app using Replit that ingests large volumes of financial spreadsheet data (gigabytes worth) and allo…

AI operator automation testing service

Use OpenAI's Operator tool to run multiple AI-powered app builders (Cursor, Replit, Bolt, etc.) simultaneously in parall…

Build in public content creation for business opportunities

Document and share your business-building journey online through social media, podcasts, and newsletters. By publicly sh…

AI influencer account on social media

Create a fully AI-generated influencer persona using AI image and video generation tools like Arcads, then post content …

$5000-100000/month

Niche TikTok account with AI influencer for trending topics

Use TikTok's Creator Search Insights tool to find trending topics with high search volume but low content supply, then c…

Niche hobby tracking app (board games, gardening, quilting)

Vibe code a mobile or web app for a passionate niche hobby community like board gamers, gardeners, or quilters. The app …

$800-$10000/month

Investment thesis web app (stock screener tool)

Build a web app around a specific investment thesis, such as filtering stocks by network effects and founder-led criteri…

$800-$10000/month

Quilting companion app or chatbot

Build an app or ChatGPT wrapper targeted at quilters that helps them track patterns, find quilting shops, manage wishlis…

Market research PDFs for local service businesses

Selling $20-$50 nicely formatted PDF reports containing market research data to local service businesses. The host rates…

Competitive market analysis consulting for local businesses

Offer data-driven competitive market analysis reports to local businesses looking to expand to a second or third locatio…

$10000/month

Bilingual cold calling service for home services businesses

Hire bilingual (English/Spanish) virtual assistants from Latin American countries via Upwork to do cold calling for home…

Niche job board for personality types

Build a niche job board targeting specific personality types like introverts or extroverts rather than job categories. U…

Niche job board for ex-athletes

Create a job board specifically targeting ex-collegiate or ex-professional athletes, marketing to employers the unique q…

AI-powered family photo generation service

Build a website where families upload their existing photos (from Apple Photos or Google Photos) and use AI to generate …

$10000/month

$300-$2000/month per client

Competitor Ad Intelligence Service

Use Gum Loop to scrape the Meta/Facebook Ad Library for a client's competitors, then have an LLM analyze the ads and gen…

Gum Loop Expert / AI Automation Agency

Position yourself as a certified Gum Loop expert and build custom AI automation workflows for businesses. Clients hire y…

SEO Competitor Keyword Analysis Service

Build an automated workflow that pulls competitor keyword data from tools like Semrush, then uses AI to filter and categ…

$1500-$5000/month

AI Lead Scoring and Enrichment Service

Automate the process of researching and scoring inbound leads for sales teams. The workflow scrapes company websites, Li…

$2000-$8000/month

Document and PDF Data Extraction Service

Offer a service that automatically extracts structured data from PDFs, invoices, purchase orders, and other documents us…

Video and Podcast to Blog Post Conversion Service

Automatically convert YouTube videos and podcast episodes into structured, SEO-optimized blog posts using AI workflows. …

Customer Support Insights Automation

Build automated workflows that ingest customer support conversations from tools like Intercom or Zendesk, then use AI to…

$1500-$5000/month

AI Sales Pre-Call Research Automation

Automate the tedious pre-meeting research that sales reps do before every call. The workflow triggers from a calendar ev…

$1000-$4000/month

College class Instagram pages for incoming freshmen

Create Instagram pages for incoming college freshman classes (e.g., 'UGA Class of 2029') where students pay $4-$12 to ha…

$4000-$8000/month

Business idea validation service using AI and scraping tools

Offer a done-for-you business idea validation service using a combination of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Manu…

Quick landing page and email capture setup service

Help entrepreneurs launch landing pages with email capture forms in under 10 minutes using tools like Carrd (~$50/year f…

Real estate investing newsletter monetized via LP fundraising

Curate the best real estate tweets and posts, add personal stories and deal experiences, and publish a newsletter target…

AI-automated SEO content generation service for rental hosts

Use AI-powered content generation tools (like the service 'Unlimited Content') to produce hundreds of SEO blog articles …

E-commerce skincare business on Shopify

Launch a direct-to-consumer skincare brand on Shopify, sourcing or formulating products and selling them online. Leverag…

Pumpkin business coaching and courses

Once you have built a successful seasonal porch pumpkin business, monetize your expertise in the off-season by offering …

AI-powered competitive research consulting

Use ChatGPT Agent to perform deep competitive analysis for businesses -- finding competitors, analyzing their SEO, produ…

$2000-8000/month

AI-automated lead generation and cold email service

Offer lead generation as a service by using ChatGPT Agent to find business owners in any niche, scrape their contact inf…

Audience-community-product business

Follow the three-step framework: find an internet audience around a niche topic, build a community around that audience,…

Newsletter business with rapid subscriber growth

Build a niche newsletter like 'You Probably Need a Robot' that grew from 30K to 880K subscribers by covering trending to…

$15000+/month

Permissionless project consulting and service agency

Offer a service where you create free strategic work products (infographics, go-to-market strategies, Loom video present…

Print-on-demand custom book service using AI

Use OCR, AI tools, and typesetting platforms like Blurb to convert digital content (tweets, blog posts, newsletters) int…

BeginnerHybridUnder $5K

Coffee table book business with crowdsourced stories

Create a coffee table book like 'Cold Message Hot Coffee' that crowdsources compelling stories around a specific theme, …

Third Door newsletter and podcast about unconventional access

Build a content brand around stories of how people gained access to important people and opportunities through creative,…

Behind-the-scenes content creation business

Record yourself working on real projects in an over-the-shoulder or fly-on-the-wall format, sharing the process authenti…

Paid membership community for entrepreneurs

Build a paid community like Startup Empire that teaches frameworks such as the audience-community-product model. Charge …

Embeddable appointment booking widget for small businesses

Build and sell a simple embeddable appointment booking widget that small businesses can add to their websites. Polled 10…

AI chatbot widget for small business websites

Build and sell an AI-powered chatbot widget that answers customer questions using a business's existing website content.…

Pricing calculator widget for service business websites

Build an embeddable pricing calculator widget that service businesses can add to their websites so potential customers c…

Facebook content repurposing with commentary

Find viral videos on Instagram or TikTok, record a green-screen overlay of yourself adding unique commentary, insight, o…

$10000-$35000/month

Facebook screenshot content curation

Screenshot viral tweets or text posts from Twitter/X, add your own caption with a strong take or hot opinion, and post a…

Newsletter business monetized via social media traffic

Build an email newsletter using Beehiiv, drive subscribers from Facebook and other social platforms by linking a landing…

Short-form video editing service for creators

Offer editing services for content creators who make green-screen commentary videos over viral content. The creator ment…

$2000-$5000/month

Import and sell trending Asian products via Facebook Marketplace

Find products that are selling well in Asia but not yet available in Europe or the US. Import them or build your own ver…

Engine block coffee table and fire table

Source old engine blocks, clean them up, add a glass top or fire feature, and sell them as unique high-end coffee tables…

Health and Beauty Product Reselling

Buy health and beauty products at wholesale or liquidation prices (around $100 per unit) and resell at $150-200, earning…

$3000-5000/month

Jewelry Reselling

Source jewelry through liquidation channels, estate sales, or wholesale and resell online. Jewelry is small, high-dollar…

$3000-10000/month

Retail Arbitrage via Tesla and Brand-Specific Products

Buy limited or discounted branded products (like Tesla Cyber Quads or Cybertrucks for kids) at retail and resell at a pr…

$1000-3000/month

Live Selling on Social Media

Sell products in real-time through live streaming on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok. Source inventory fro…

Niche job listings newsletter

Create a curated job listings newsletter for a specific professional field or industry. Aggregate relevant job postings …

Weekly hobby roundup newsletter

Build a weekly newsletter that curates and summarizes the latest news, tips, and content around a specific hobby or inte…

$500-3000/month

AI video production service for brands using Google Veo 3

Use Google Veo 3 to generate cinematic AI video content (UGC-style ads, reels, product videos) for e-commerce brands, Sh…

$2500/month

White-label AI video production for agencies

Pitch video production and marketing agencies to become their behind-the-scenes AI video creator. Generate ads, B-roll, …

$4000/month

AI video content for real estate agents

Create cinematic AI-generated property videos for realtors using Veo 3, including drone flyovers, interior B-roll, and n…

$2000/month

AI-generated stock footage library

Use Veo 3 to generate hyper-niche 5-10 second stock video clips from single-sentence prompts and upload them to marketpl…

$500/month

Sell Veo 3 prompt packs on Gumroad or Etsy

Create curated bundles of 10+ ready-to-use Veo 3 video prompts for specific niches like weddings, fitness, travel, or lu…

$1000/month

Veo 3 micro-course or tutorial business

Create a short online course teaching people how to use Veo 3 to generate ad-ready videos, covering prompt engineering, …

$2000/month

AI video newsletter and paid community

Build an email newsletter sharing weekly Veo 3 videos, prompt breakdowns, and new use cases. Grow it organically or via …

$2000/month

Voice cloning and licensing on ElevenLabs marketplace

Record your voice in different tones (excited, nervous, calm, agitated) and upload it to ElevenLabs to train a voice pro…

$500/month

YouTube channel focused on business/entrepreneurship content

Start a YouTube channel creating long-form and short-form content about business ideas and entrepreneurship. The creator…

Cross-platform short-form content creation driving to YouTube

Create short-form video content (30-60 seconds) optimized for Instagram Reels and TikTok, using viral hits on those plat…

$1000-3000/month

Entrepreneurship call-in podcast (Dave Ramsey style for business)

Launch a podcast where entrepreneurs call in with their business questions and you answer them live on air, similar to t…

$500-5000/month

AI-powered stock screener SaaS tool built with vibe coding

Use vibe coding tools like Replit to build a stock screening and portfolio analysis web app without knowing how to code.…

Email list building with free AI-built financial tools

Build a free stock analysis or portfolio tracking tool using AI coding platforms, put it behind an email capture form on…

$500-5000/month

AI-enriched financial data spreadsheet service using GPT for Sheets

Use the GPT for Sheets add-on to enrich large financial datasets inside Google Sheets with AI-generated analysis, such a…

$500-3000/month

AI-powered custom investment thesis backtesting tool

Use ChatGPT Deep Research to identify stocks matching a specific investing thesis (e.g., founder-led companies with netw…

Stock investing prompt library and newsletter

Create and sell a curated library of AI prompts designed to help retail investors find undervalued stocks using specific…

IntermediateOnline$50K+

Book & Music Royalty Investing

Buy royalty interests from songwriters and authors via platforms like Royalty Exchange, brokers, or Craigslist. Investme…

$2000-$10000+/month

Custom Business Intelligence Dashboards

Build custom data dashboards and reporting tools for real estate funds and business owners using tools like Google Data …

$5000-$15000+/month

Vibe-Coded AI Photo Editing Web App

Build a web app using no-code/vibe coding tools like Lindy that integrates Google Gemini's Nano Banana API to batch-edit…

AI Use Case Sharing Platform

Build a website (like howdoyouuseai.com) where people submit how they are using AI, but can only see everyone else's use…

AI Personality Quiz Builder

Create personality quizzes using AI (like 'Which LLM is right for your business?') and deploy them as lead magnets or st…

Automated AI Pitch Deck Service

Use Manis AI's API to automatically generate professional pitch decks, then sell them via cold outreach. Scrape SEC fili…

SlideShare Deck Redesign Service

Monitor SlideShare.net (which gets 5-10 million visits/month) for newly uploaded slide decks, automatically redesign the…

Lesson Plan to Pitch Deck Converter

Target teachers selling lesson plans on TeachersPayTeachers.com and offer to convert their lesson plans into pitch deck/…

AI-Powered Industry Report Lead Magnet Service

Use Perplexity Labs to generate comprehensive industry research reports (with interactive charts, data visualizations, a…

GoHighLevel Certified Consultant

Complete GoHighLevel's certification program ($100/month, 30-40 hours of training content, plus a proctored test watched…

Domain Name Flipping

Buy undervalued, expired, or expiring domain names at auction for as little as $5-$10 on platforms like DynaDot, then re…

$500-$5000+/month

AI-Powered Niche News Site

Buy an expired domain with strong backlinks (e.g. SpainNews.com with 262,000 backlinks) and use AI to auto-summarize and…

$2000-$10000+/month

Tech Gadget Affiliate Site

Buy a domain like GifGeek.com and build an affiliate website featuring tech gadgets. Earn 10-40% commission on every sal…

$1000-$5000+/month

Competitor Misspelling Domain Strategy

Buy misspelled versions of competitor domain names and redirect them to your own business. A mattress business owner bou…

$1000-$10000+/month

Viral Trend Domain Speculation

Monitor social media for viral trends and immediately buy related domain names for ~$10 each as asymmetric bets. The pre…

$500-$5000+/month

Novelty Product Affiliate Site

When a niche product goes viral (like skeleton-shaped toilets), buy the obvious domain name and create an affiliate cont…

$500-$3000+/month

Macro Trend Domain Investing

Use Google Trends to identify rising macro trends like scalp care, seed oils, organ meat, microplastics, and AI/LLM topi…

$500-$10000+/month

AI-powered recipe directory website

Build a programmatic SEO recipe directory site like guiltychef.com that aggregates restaurant-inspired recipes using AI-…

$800+/month

City/location directory website

Create a local directory website like bestdubai.com for a specific city or region, listing restaurants, attractions, and…

$500+/month

Niche product directory with affiliate links

Build a niche directory website like highproteinsnacks.com that reviews and compares products in a specific category. Mo…

Niche toddler recipe content site

Build a niche content site focused on a specific recipe category like toddler recipes (toddlerrecipes.com). Keyword rese…

$500+/month

AI wrapper or SaaS micro-app

Build small, single-use AI-powered applications or wrappers using vibe coding tools. While individual AI wrapper apps ma…

Programmatic SEO content site with paid memberships

Create a content-heavy website using AI to generate thousands of SEO-optimized pages, then monetize with low-cost paid m…

$800+/month

Designer Handbag Reselling via Social Commerce

Source designer handbags (Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci) from liquidation channels, cruise ship suppliers, and Japanese au…

Self-Publishing Niche Business Books

Write and self-publish books on Amazon about specific business niches you have expertise in. Shannon wrote 'Poshmark Unl…

AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

High-End Watch Reselling

Buy and resell high-end watches as a side hustle, leveraging knowledge of brands, models, and market values. Shannon men…

Bookkeeping service using offshore virtual assistants

Start a bookkeeping service by hiring offshore virtual assistants from Upwork at $5-8/hour to do the actual bookkeeping …

Influencer Giveaway Marketing for Short-Term Rentals

Partner with travel influencers on Instagram to run stay giveaways that drive followers and direct bookings. Isaac paid …

Direct Booking STR Brand on Instagram

Build a strong Instagram brand and following around a short-term rental property to drive direct bookings and reduce dep…

Short-Term Rental Education and Coaching

After building and selling a successful micro resort, teach others how to replicate the model through courses and coachi…

Stump Grinding Playbook/Course Business

Tyler created a playbook and community course teaching others how to start a stump grinding business, selling it for a s…

Window Shopping BizBuySell for Business Ideas

Use BizBuySell.com as a free research tool to browse businesses for sale and learn about proven revenue models, profit m…

$0/month

AI-Enhanced Personalized Outreach Service

Use AI tools like deep research to build detailed dossiers on target contacts, finding obscure personal details such as …

Hyper-Targeted Facebook Ads for B2B Outreach

Create small, geo-targeted Facebook or social media ads aimed at a specific company's headquarters to get the attention …

Race Elevation Profile Temporary Tattoos

Create temporary tattoos showing the elevation profile of marathon and ultra-marathon courses that runners wear during r…

BeginnerHybridUnder $5K

Music Festival Schedule Temporary Tattoos

Create custom temporary tattoos of music festival schedules/lineups that attendees wear on their arms during festivals. …

Mouth Tape for Athletes

Repackage and rebrand sleep mouth tape specifically for athletes and cyclists to promote nasal breathing during exercise…

Selling Digital Printables on Etsy

Create and sell digital printable products on Etsy by reverse engineering bestsellers. Use the Etsy best sellers hack (r…

Digital Printable Wall Art

Create and sell AI-generated printable wall art on Etsy, particularly seasonal and holiday-themed designs. One example s…

$1500+/month

Digital Junk Journal Printables

Create and sell digital junk journal pages and kits on Etsy, a category shown to be exploding on Google Trends. Junk jou…

Printable Baby Shower Games

Design and sell printable baby shower games on Etsy, such as 'guess the price of baby essentials' games. One store with …

$1500+/month

Digital Coloring Book Pages

Create and sell digital coloring book pages as printable downloads on Etsy. Coloring pages are mentioned as one of the t…

Facebook Marketplace Digital Product Testing

Use Facebook Marketplace as a free testing ground for digital product designs before committing to Etsy. List 5 variatio…

$500+/month

Facebook Ads for Digital Product Validation

Run low-budget Facebook ads at $20 per ad to test different digital product designs before scaling winners on Etsy. Crea…

Niche Deep-Dive Podcast (Acquired Model)

Create a deeply-researched podcast focused on a specific passion or niche, releasing one episode per month with extensiv…

Entrepreneur Peer Community (Mastermind)

Build or invest in a paid peer community for entrepreneurs doing around $3 million in revenue, charging $200-$300 per mo…

Off the Record Whistleblower Podcast

A podcast or YouTube channel called 'Off the Record' where employees (anonymous or named) share insider secrets about co…

Business Trauma Stories Podcast

A podcast featuring first-person business failure and trauma stories told in a narrative format where the interviewer's …

Niche Inbound Call Center

A remote inbound call center targeting a specific industry vertical such as healthcare, cleaning companies, or cannabis.…

AI Lead Generation Service for Local Businesses

Scrape Google Maps and Google Business Profiles for local business phone numbers, then call them after hours using AI. A…

Amazon Late Delivery Refund Bot

Build a Chrome extension or chatbot that monitors Amazon accounts for late deliveries and automatically disputes them to…

Trampoline Weather Alert App

A simple mobile app that sends parents push notifications when weather conditions exceed safe parameters (high winds, li…

Aquascape Product Review and Affiliate Business

Become 'The Aquascape Guy' - a content creator and affiliate marketer specializing in aquarium/aquascape products. The a…

Screen Time Reduction Info Product

A digital course or info product teaching people how to limit their screen usage by walking them through their existing …

AI Prompt Selling on PromptBase

Create and sell AI prompts on marketplaces like promptbase.com for $4-$8 each. Prompts range from Mid Journey art genera…

AI-Generated Art Prints on Etsy

Buy a Mid Journey art prompt for $3.99 from PromptBase, use it to generate unique artwork, then sell downloadable prints…

Niche AI Wrapper Apps

Build simple AI wrapper apps that wrap ChatGPT with specific branding and prompts for niche audiences. Examples include …

AI Business Idea Validator Wrapper

An AI chatbot or wrapper that helps aspiring entrepreneurs evaluate and validate business opportunities. It would check …

Personal Finance Spreadsheets on Etsy

Sell personal finance spreadsheet templates on Etsy for around $8 each. Referenced a seller doing about 100 sales per da…

AI Screen Time Accountability Chatbot

An AI chatbot (using ChatGPT Tasks) that monitors and reminds users about their screen time goals. When users access cer…

Niche Directory Websites

Build simple directory websites targeting underserved local service niches. Find low-competition 'near me' keywords usin…

$1000-5000+/month

College Textbook Marketplace

Create an online marketplace where college students can buy and sell textbooks directly to each other, cutting out the e…

Content Creator / Podcast Business

Build a content business around podcasting, YouTube, and newsletters sharing business advice and entrepreneurship storie…

Shopify Product Research Service

Use BuiltWith.com to find Shopify stores, then use a URL suffix hack to see all their products ranked by best to worst s…

Online Math Tutoring Business

Start a virtual tutoring business focused on K-12 math (algebra, geometry, pre-calculus). Acquire customers by posting i…

Niche Newsletter Business

Start a newsletter in a specific niche (e.g., boxing, cannabis equities, sports). The speaker argues that media attentio…