586 Business Ideas (Under $500)

White-Label SaaS for Local Businesses (GoHighLevel)

Use a white-label platform like GoHighLevel to rebrand an all-in-one business tool (CRM, email marketing, funnels, booki…

Driftwood LED Wall Art

Collect driftwood and branches, use a router to cut notches, install LED light strips, sand and stain the wood, and sell…

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

Car Seat Cleaning Service

Clean children's car seats for parents using basic vacuum and cleaning supplies. Pick up in bulk, clean assembly-line st…

$3k-10k/month

Chocolate-Covered Chips at Farmers Markets

Buy a chocolate fountain, set up at local farmers markets, and make chocolate-covered potato chips to order. The visual …

Premium Hot Chocolate Stand

Sell hot chocolate with upgraded presentation at farmers markets or events. Add marshmallow fluff, torch it, add Oreo cr…

Kids Artwork Canvas Collage Service

Parents ship you their children's artwork, you arrange pieces on a large canvas in a collage, apply resin, and sell back…

Lawn Care Quote Generator App

Build a simple web app that generates instant lawn care quotes based on lot size, services needed, and frequency. The ap…

No-Code App Builder for Local Businesses

Use AI vibe coding tools to build custom simple web apps for local service businesses like roofers, painters, landscaper…

$5k-20k/month

Roofing Quote Bot

Build an automated quoting web app for roofing companies that provides instant estimates based on roof size, materials, …

Landscaping Estimate App

Create a web-based instant estimate tool for landscaping businesses that calculates project costs based on property deta…

Dog Grooming Reminder App

Build a simple reminder and scheduling app for dog grooming businesses that automates appointment reminders and rebookin…

Custom Lightweight CRM for Small Businesses

Build custom stripped-down CRM alternatives for small businesses that replace expensive tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, …

$5k-20k/month

Home Services Lead Generation with Free App

Give away a free quote calculator app to home service businesses as a lead magnet, then upsell them on paid services lik…

Painting Business Quote Generator

Build an instant quote calculator for painting companies that estimates costs based on square footage, number of rooms, …

Fencing Company Quote App

Create an automated quoting web app for fencing companies that calculates costs based on linear footage, fence type, and…

TV and Movie Location Tour Business

Run guided tours of famous filming locations, like Breaking Bad tours in Albuquerque. Low overhead business requiring ma…

$50K-$150K/year

Goat Grazing Middleman Business

Act as a broker between goat farm owners who have herds and municipalities or landowners who need brush clearing. No nee…

$100K-$300K/year

Shed Hunting and Antler Sales

Collect naturally shed elk and deer antlers in states like Wyoming and Montana during shed season. Sell them as premium …

$20K-$100K/year

Freelancing / Consulting

Offer freelance or consulting services in your area of expertise (marketing, design, writing, etc.) to build income and …

$1K-$10K/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

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+

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

AI Ad Creative Agency (Service Model)

Partner with existing ad agencies and offer AI-generated ad creatives as a white-label service. Use reference images of …

$5k-50k/month

Email List Monetization Agency

Approach existing businesses that have large email databases (100K+ emails) from past customers but only use them for ba…

$10k-60k/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

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 …

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

Viral AI Image Style App (Ghibli Me / Anime Me)

Build a focused consumer app that wraps the OpenAI image generation API around a single viral concept like 'Ghiblify Me'…

AI Baby Predictor App

Build an app where couples upload photos of themselves and AI generates realistic images of what their baby would look l…

AI Weight Loss Visualization App (RightSizeMe)

Create an app where users upload a photo and see what they would look like if they lost weight (e.g. 30 pounds). Targets…

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

AI Ad Creative Agency (White-Label for Ad Agencies)

Partner with existing ad agencies and offer AI-generated ad creative as a white-label service. Use the OpenAI image gene…

AI Personalized Marketing for Local/Service Businesses

Use AI image generation to create hyper-personalized marketing images for local service businesses like tree trimmers, p…

Cold Outreach Product Distribution via Scraped E-commerce Leads

Develop a physical product (e.g., pet chew toy) and use BuiltWith to scrape thousands of niche e-commerce store owners w…

E-commerce Email Marketing Agency Targeting Magento Stores

Start an email marketing agency specifically serving Magento-based e-commerce stores, an underserved niche since most ag…

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…

$1000-$5000/month

Niche Market Research and Competitor Intelligence Service

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

Phone Flipping (Buy and Sell Used Phones)

Buy used smartphones at below-market prices from local classifieds or marketplaces like Craigslist and KSL, then resell …

$500-$3000/month

AI Travel Itinerary Planning Service

A fully automated AI-powered travel planning business where customers pay $30-$199 for a personalized vacation itinerary…

$30000-$50000/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…

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…

Batting Cages Directory

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

Water Quality / Water Filter Directory

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

SEO Consulting / Agency (Directory-to-Agency Pipeline)

After building successful directory websites and proving SEO skills, transition into SEO consulting or build an agency. …

Digital Detox Retreats & Camps

Run digital detox programs for kids, teens, and parents that teach responsible smartphone and social media use. Offer da…

Business-in-a-Box Startup Kits

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

White-Label Holiday Decoration Brokering

Instead of doing all the decoration work yourself, partner with existing home service providers (landscapers, pressure w…

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

Bookkeeping Service for Small Businesses

Offer bookkeeping services to small business owners using QuickBooks. The speaker notes thousands of bookkeepers charge …

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 …

$2000-5000/month

Garage Organization and Cleanup Service

Offer garage cleaning, decluttering, and organization services to homeowners, marketed through Facebook Marketplace and …

$3000-8000/month

Homemade Food Sales on Facebook Marketplace

Prepare and sell homemade food items such as empanadas, arepas, dumplings, fettuccine alfredo, or sourdough starter dire…

$500-3000/month

Handmade Crafts Sales on Facebook Marketplace

Create and sell handmade decorative items such as metal flower wall art on Facebook Marketplace. The video mentions some…

AI Voice Agent Agency for Home Service Businesses

Build and sell AI voice agents that answer after-hours phone calls for home service businesses like garage door repair, …

$5000-$100000/month

AI After-Hours Answering Service for Garage Door Repair Companies

A niche-specific AI voice agent service targeting garage door repair companies, which are high-ticket ($400-$2500 per jo…

AI Voice Agent Service for Foundation Repair Companies

Sell AI after-hours call answering agents to foundation repair companies, which are high-ticket home service businesses …

AI Voice Agent Service for Roofing Companies

Provide AI-powered after-hours phone answering services to roofing companies, capturing leads that would otherwise go to…

AI Voice Agent Service for Landscaping and Sprinkler Repair

Offer AI voice agent after-hours call answering to landscaping and sprinkler repair businesses. These companies often mi…

QR Code Yard Sign Lead Generation

Place yard signs with QR codes in neighborhoods after completing home service jobs. The QR code leads to a giveaway entr…

$1000-5000/month

Social Media Referral Program for Home Services

Pay home service customers a cash incentive (e.g., $50 Amazon gift card plus $20 per signup) to post about your service …

Local AI Newsletter + Automation Agency

Start a hyper-local newsletter targeting small business owners in a specific neighborhood or niche (e.g., CPAs, home ser…

$3000-$20000/month

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…

$1000-$5000/month

Social Media DM Management Concierge Service

Offer a done-for-you service where you manually go through entrepreneurs' and influencers' LinkedIn and Twitter DMs, fil…

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…

White-Label Website Design Agency for Dentists

Build websites for dentists using GoHighLevel's templates and white-label tools. Charge $1,500 one-time for setup plus $…

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

White-Label Marketing SaaS for Dog Trainers

Create a niche marketing software platform specifically for dog trainers by white-labeling GoHighLevel. Offer CRM, email…

$10,000-$100,000/month

Marketing Platform for Real Estate Investors

White-label GoHighLevel as a marketing and CRM platform specifically for real estate investors. Charge $99+/month for to…

$10,000-$100,000/month

Spanish-Speaking Patient Acquisition for Chiropractors

Build a hyper-niche marketing service that helps chiropractors attract Spanish-speaking patients. White-label GoHighLeve…

$5,000-$50,000/month

SMS Marketing Automation for Local Businesses

Offer text message marketing and automation services to local businesses using GoHighLevel's built-in SMS features. Prov…

Reservation Reminder App for Restaurants

Create a white-labeled reservation and appointment reminder system for restaurants using GoHighLevel. Automate text and …

White-Label CRM for Lawyers

Build a specialized CRM solution for law firms by white-labeling GoHighLevel. Offer client intake forms, automated follo…

$10,000-$50,000/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

Media Feature Plaque / Commemoration Service

Monitor publications, alumni magazines, newspapers, and online articles for people being featured, then reach out offeri…

Ghost-Free Guarantee Certification for Realtors

Create a tongue-in-cheek 'Ghost Free Guarantee' certification that realtors can use as a marketing differentiator. Sell …

$2,000-$10,000/month

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

Grant Consulting for Small Businesses

Find small businesses that qualify for government grants (especially energy/utility related) by scraping commercial real…

$5000-10000/month

AI Automations as a Service for Fortune 500

Sell AI automation services to Fortune 500 companies at $7,000/month. Cold email prospects, meet in person with a 33% cl…

$21,000-$70,000/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

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…

AI Implementation Agency for Small Businesses

Start a consulting agency that helps small businesses integrate AI tools into their workflows. Google AI Studio makes it…

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…

Portfolio of 20+ AI Micro-Tools (John Rush Model)

Build and operate a portfolio of 20 or more small, focused AI tools — each solving one specific problem — and monetize t…

AI Video Analysis Engine

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

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…

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 …

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

Tent Camping Rental

Rent out raw land as tent camping spots through platforms like Hipcamp or Tentrr. No hookups or infrastructure needed, j…

$500-$2,000/month

Pallet Reclamation Business

Collect discarded wooden pallets for free from businesses, repair them if needed, and resell them for $5-$12 each. Use l…

$3,000-$8,000/month

Solar Farm Lease

Lease your land to solar energy companies for solar panel installation. Long-term leases provide steady passive income f…

$500-$2,000/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…

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…

Pond and lake weed physical removal service

Physically rake and remove weeds, seaweed, and lake grass from ponds and lakefronts for wealthy homeowners. Two college …

$13000+/month

Door-to-door electronics buying and online resale

Go door-to-door in residential neighborhoods offering to buy old electronics, gadgets, and unused items from homeowners …

Programmatic SEO lead generation sites

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

AI tool accreditation and awards business

Create a directory/awards site for AI startups that sells accreditation badges, 'Product of the Year' plaques, and ranke…

$10000-$250000/month

AI automation agency using Gum Loop

Build an agency or freelance practice that sets up AI-powered automation workflows for businesses using tools like Gum L…

AI business reverse-engineering newsletter

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

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…

SEO content agency (30 articles in 30 days)

Run a content creation agency that produces SEO-optimized articles for businesses looking to improve their organic searc…

Online community / mastermind for entrepreneurs

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

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…

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…

$1000-10000/month

AI automation agency using N8N and VPS hosting

Build AI agents and automations for clients using N8N (free, open-source) hosted on a cheap VPS like Hostinger. Charge $…

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 market research and business validation consulting

Use AI tools like ChatGPT, deep research browsers, and agentic AI to conduct rapid market research for aspiring entrepre…

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

AI adoption training and workshops for non-technical businesses

Most everyday people and businesses still have not started using AI regularly. Scoble notes that people in middle Americ…

AI voice agent agency for barbers and salons

Build AI voice agents using GoHighLevel for barbers, salons, nail techs, and massage therapists that replace their voice…

$5000-15000/month

AI voice agent agency for local service businesses

Expand beyond barbers to sell AI voice agents to any local service business -- home inspectors, remodeling companies, dr…

$5000-25000/month

Website + KPI dashboard building for small businesses using vibe coding

Use AI vibe-coding tools like Replit to rapidly build websites and KPI dashboards for small local businesses like barber…

$2500-10000/month

GoHighLevel white-label automation agency

Build a full-service local business automation agency on top of GoHighLevel, offering websites, AI voice agents, SMS mar…

AI clone agency - be a talent agent for content creators' digital clones

Act as a talent agent by partnering with content creators, course sellers, and experts to build AI clones of them using …

SMS-based AI mentorship and accountability service via iMessage

Build an AI-powered mentorship product where subscribers text with an AI clone of a creator or expert via iMessage (usin…

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

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

Garage shelf building side hustle

Build and sell garage organization shelving units on weekends. People are making a few thousand dollars on the side by b…

$1000-$3000/month

White-label AI automation agency for local businesses

Use GoHighLevel or similar platforms to white-label AI-powered services for local businesses, such as automated call ans…

AI content cloning service for creators and communities

Build AI chatbots that clone creators by ingesting their last 50+ Instagram reels, podcast transcripts, emails, and comm…

AI automation agency using no-code tools

Build AI automations for businesses using no-code platforms like n8n, Gumloop, or Make.com, then sell them as a service.…

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…

$1000-5000/month

Vibe coding plus vibe automating SaaS products

Combine vibe coding tools (like Tempo, Lovable, or Bolt) with no-code automation platforms (like n8n or Gumloop) to buil…

$2000-15000/month

AI-powered lead generation service

Use AI agent platforms to scrape websites, find leads via tools like People Data Labs, enrich and qualify them, then do …

AI phone receptionist service for restaurants and local businesses

Deploy AI voice agents as phone receptionists for restaurants, plumbers, and other local businesses that are too busy to…

$3000-$8000/month

AI SDR (Sales Development Rep) agency

Replace or augment human SDRs for companies by setting up AI agents that handle the full top-of-funnel sales process: we…

AI-powered recruiting and talent sourcing service

Use AI agents to find, qualify, and reach out to candidates on behalf of hiring companies. The agent searches lead datab…

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…

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…

Viral loss-leader t-shirt brand with upsell model

Create a polarizing, message-driven t-shirt design and sell or give it away at near break-even ($5) in public or online …

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…

Chatbot building service for small businesses

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

AI avatar UGC ad agency for supplement e-commerce brands

Use AI avatar tools like MakeUGC.ai to generate UGC-style video ads where AI avatars hold physical products. Target supp…

$80000/month

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

Lawn care business using Nextdoor organic marketing

Start a lawn care service and market it exclusively through Nextdoor by posting before-and-after photos of completed job…

$10000-50000/month

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…

$2000-10000/month

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…

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 deep research and consulting service

Use ChatGPT's Deep Research feature to offer consulting services like market research reports ($2,500-$250,000 tradition…

$5000-50000/month

Technical consulting and code audit service using O3

Use ChatGPT's O3 reasoning model to offer high-value technical services including code audits, technical documentation, …

$10000-50000/month

AI automation and agent implementation service

Use ChatGPT Agent to implement AI-powered automation for businesses, replacing repetitive tasks like travel booking, com…

$10000-50000/month

Local newsletter business

Start a local newsletter for a specific city or town, covering local news, events, weather, concerts, and real estate ma…

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…

$2000-10000/month

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…

Junk removal / hauling business

Start a junk removal business with just a beat-up pickup truck, hauling away unwanted items from homes, garages, and sto…

$50000/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…

$20000+/month

AI operator automation testing service

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

Disc golf hole-in-one challenge business

Set up a disc golf basket at a challenging distance (75-95 feet) and charge participants $5 for one throw or $10 for thr…

AI UGC ad creation agency

Start an agency that creates AI-generated UGC (user-generated content) video ads for companies already spending heavily …

$10000-20000/month

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

AI avatar content creation for existing influencers

Offer a service to real content creators and influencers where you clone their likeness using AI avatar tools, write scr…

$5000-15000/month

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…

Garage sale as a service (luxury estate sales)

Target affluent neighborhoods and offer to handle their entire garage sale process: pick up items, price them, advertise…

$10000+/week

Door-to-door roof and gutter cleaning service

Buy two leaf blowers and a ladder, pick neighborhoods with pine trees, and go door-to-door offering to clean pine straw …

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

White-label market research for commercial real estate firms

Partner with commercial real estate companies and provide white-label market research reports they can offer to restaura…

$15000/month

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…

Zapier-to-Make migration consulting agency

Use BuiltWith.com to scrape a list of companies currently using Zapier for their automations, then cold-outreach them of…

$8000/month

Programmatic SEO Service

Use AI automation to generate hundreds or thousands of SEO-optimized landing pages for clients targeting long-tail keywo…

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

Academic Research Paper Analysis Service

Use AI automation to process and analyze large volumes of academic research papers for researchers, pharma companies, or…

White-Label AI Automation Reselling

Build proven AI automation workflows on Gum Loop, then package and resell them as your own branded product or service to…

$2000-$15000/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…

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 …

Local outdoor guide marketplace and referral network

Create a local marketplace or referral network connecting outdoor guides (fly fishing, hiking, kayaking) with tourists s…

Facebook Marketplace item flipping

Buy underpriced items on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and garage sales, then resell them at a markup on the same pl…

White-label CRM for insurance agents

White-label GoHighLevel's CRM software and rebrand it specifically for insurance agents. Agent CRM grew to 1,000+ custom…

$36000/month

White-label CRM for real estate agents

Take GoHighLevel's white-label SaaS platform and brand it as a CRM purpose-built for real estate agents. Charge $100-$50…

White-label CRM for lawyers

White-label GoHighLevel and position it as a CRM and client management platform specifically for law firms and solo atto…

White-label CRM for dentists and orthodontists

White-label GoHighLevel as a dental practice management and marketing CRM for dentists and orthodontists. Dental practic…

White-label CRM for veterinarians

Rebrand GoHighLevel's platform as a CRM and marketing automation tool built exclusively for veterinary clinics. Vets nee…

$10000-$50000/month

White-label gym management software

White-label GoHighLevel as gym management and member engagement software, similar to Push Press Grow. Scrape every gym i…

White-label SaaS for medical clinics

White-label GoHighLevel and sell it as a patient engagement and marketing platform for medical clinics, modeled after 7F…

$50000-$500000/month

White-label SaaS for doctor's offices

Create a white-labeled CRM and patient communication platform targeting individual doctor's offices, similar to Dear Doc…

$20000-$200000/month

White-label SaaS for fitness coaches

White-label GoHighLevel as a client management and marketing automation platform specifically for online and in-person f…

$10000-$50000/month

White-label SaaS for e-commerce brands

Rebrand GoHighLevel as an all-in-one marketing and CRM platform for e-commerce store owners. E-commerce brands need emai…

AI-powered website redesign agency for local businesses

Use ChatGPT Agent to find local businesses (plumbers, dentists, etc.) that already have websites, scrape their contact i…

AI-powered competitive research consulting

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

$2000-8000/month

Niche local SEO agency using AI for personalized cold outreach

Build a hyper-niche SEO agency targeting a specific profession in a specific city (e.g., dentists in Austin). Use ChatGP…

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…

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.…

Gutter cleaning business

A straightforward home service business cleaning gutters for residential customers. While demand is not as high as press…

Storefront window cleaning route business

Build a recurring book of commercial storefront clients who need their windows cleaned weekly or monthly. Unlike residen…

$3000-$20000/month

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…

Junk removal service

Start a junk removal business by first finding paying customers through personal Facebook posts, then renting a U-Haul t…

Recruiting lead generation agency

Build a lead generation service that finds and delivers qualified job candidates to recruiters and staffing agencies. St…

$3000-$20000/month

Christmas tree concierge delivery service

Buy $10-15 permits to cut Christmas trees on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) public land, then deliver them to families …

$2000-5000/month

Email list monetization agency for small businesses

Launch an agency that helps small businesses (especially home services companies doing $500K-$5M revenue) monetize their…

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…

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

AI video content for local service businesses

Create cinematic before-and-after reels and branded video content for local service businesses like roofers, landscapers…

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 …

Full-service AI content retainer using Veo 3 as foot in the door

Start by selling Veo 3 videos to a client, then upsell into a full monthly content retainer: 4 AI videos repurposed into…

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…

$2000-5000/month

Building and selling garage shelves on Facebook Marketplace

Buy lumber from Home Depot, build custom garage shelving units, and sell them on Facebook Marketplace. This was highligh…

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…

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

Cleaning services business

Start a cleaning business with zero money, experience, or skills. There is a lot that is dirty out there that you can cl…

$5000-$10000/month

Deck staining and refinishing service

Specialize in deck staining, sealing, and refinishing for homeowners. Listed among Nick Huber's sweaty startup ideas. Ni…

Gutter cleaning service

Start a gutter cleaning business for residential and commercial properties. Listed among Nick Huber's sweaty startup ide…

Maid and house cleaning service

Start a residential maid or house cleaning service. Listed among Nick Huber's sweaty startup ideas. Recurring revenue mo…

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.…

$1000-5000/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…

$2000-10000/month

AI Virtual Staging for Real Estate Listings

Use Google Gemini's Nano Banana AI image editing API to virtually stage empty or unstaged real estate listing photos by …

AI Real Estate Photo Enhancement Service

Use AI image editing tools like Google Gemini's Nano Banana to make low-quality real estate listing photos look like the…

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…

Real Estate Agent Lead Generation and Outreach Agency

Scrape real estate agent contact info (phone numbers) from Google Maps using tools like Outscraper, import leads into a …

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…

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…

White-Label SaaS Marketing Agency on GoHighLevel

Subscribe to GoHighLevel ($97/month for one location or $297/month unlimited) and white-label the platform under your ow…

AI Answering Service for Local Businesses

Use GoHighLevel's AI phone answering capabilities to offer an AI-powered after-hours phone answering service to local bu…

Missed Call Text-Back Service

Set up GoHighLevel's missed call text-back feature for local businesses so that when a customer calls and the business d…

Chat Widget and Lead Capture Form Installation Service

Walk into local businesses on Main Street and offer to install a chat widget and lead capture form on their website for …

GoHighLevel Certified Consultant

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

Reputation Management Service for Local Businesses

Use GoHighLevel's automation capabilities to help local businesses manage their online reputation by automating review r…

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

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

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

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

Scalable directory site portfolio

Build and replicate directory websites across multiple niches and verticals. Once you have one working directory templat…

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

Self-Publishing Niche Business Books

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

Home cleaning business

Start a residential cleaning service with minimal upfront investment. Average job is around $200 with roughly 50% margin…

Window Washing Service

A home service business mentioned alongside pressure washing and house cleaning as a low-barrier-to-entry opportunity. W…

House Cleaning Service

A home service business mentioned as one of several low-barrier business ideas for aspiring entrepreneurs. House cleanin…

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…

Washer & Dryer Rental Business via Facebook Marketplace

Buy used washer and dryer sets for $100-$200 from Facebook Marketplace or garage sales, then rent them out for $60-$85/m…

Appliance Flipping on Facebook Marketplace

Buy used washer and dryer sets cheaply from garage sales or people upgrading their appliances (often free when doing ren…

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 …

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 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…

Short Form Content Business

Create short form video content (Reels, TikTok, Shorts) sharing business ideas to build an audience and gain optionality…

Content-Driven Product Distribution

Use short form content to validate and sell physical products by creating viral videos about interesting products, build…

$15000+/month

AI-Powered Email Marketing Agency

Start an email marketing agency that uses AI tools (ChatGPT, Midjourney, Runway ML) for writing, images, and videos. Cha…

B2B E-Commerce Ads Agency

Start a niche advertising agency focused on B2B e-commerce, which is a massive under-touched industry. Examples include …

$15000+/month

Email Marketing Agency for Car Dealerships

Start a niche cold email marketing agency targeting high-ticket items like car dealerships. Send cold email campaigns to…

Social Media Ads Agency for E-Commerce

Start a social media advertising agency focused exclusively on e-commerce businesses, running Facebook, Instagram, Snapc…

$20000+/month

AI Operator Agency

Position yourself as 'the person who presses the AI button' for businesses that don't have time or knowledge to use AI t…

SEO Agency for E-Commerce

Start an SEO-focused agency serving e-commerce businesses. Brandon spun off a separate SEO company from his main agency …

$15000+/month

Niche Cold Email Outreach Agency

Start an agency specializing in cold email campaigns to acquire new customers for B2B companies in underserved niches. F…

Aquascape Product Review and Affiliate Business

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

Piano Removal Service

Charge homeowners $250 to remove unwanted pianos from their homes. In Dallas alone, 55-65 free pianos are listed on Face…

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 …

Niche AI Wrapper Apps

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

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…

Short Form Video to Newsletter Funnel

Build an audience by creating short form videos (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Snapchat, Facebook Reels) and …

Newsletter Advertising Business

Build a large email newsletter in a profitable niche like business or finance, then monetize through CPM-based advertisi…

$20000+/month

Paid Online Community for Entrepreneurs

Create a paid membership community (like TK Owners at $99/month) for business builders that includes weekly AMAs, a Slac…

AI-Powered Business Plan Content Engine

Use AI tools like Claude/ChatGPT with custom prompts to generate keyword-optimized business plans for every short form v…

Drone Social Media Content for Contractors

Upsell drone footage as social media content to roofing, construction, and other trade companies you already serve with …

Niche Directory Websites

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

$1000-5000+/month

Bee Removal Directory

A directory for bee removal services targeting the keyword 'bee removal near me' which has only a 4 keyword difficulty s…

Mobile Dog Grooming Directory

Directory for mobile dog groomers targeting 'mobile dog grooming near me' which has 15,000 monthly search volume. The to…