Category · 7 ideas
Digital products
Make it once, sell it many times. Slow to start, cheap to run, easy to overestimate.
- 01Write a paid newsletter for one industry you've worked in
$06+ monthspart-timereplaces a jobanywhere
People pay for a weekly digest of their own industry written by someone who worked in it and reads everything so they don't have to.
- 02Build a small paid plugin for software you use daily
$01-3 monthspart-timeside incomeanywhere
The gap you keep working around in Figma, WordPress or Shopify is a gap for thousands of others. A plugin that closes it sells itself in the marketplace.
- 03Narrate audiobooks for independent authors
$100-1k1-3 monthspart-timeside incomeanywhere
Thousands of self-published books have no audio edition. A good voice, a quiet closet and editing skill get paid per finished hour or a royalty share.
- 04Sell spreadsheet templates for one specific profession
$01-3 monthspassiveside incomeanywhere
A landscaper doesn't want a "budget template". They want a quote calculator that knows what mulch costs. Build the one that knows, and sell it forever.
- 05Build a one-topic reference site that answers a boring question well
<$1006+ monthspassivepocket moneyanywhere
How long does cooked rice keep. What size bolt fits a specific mower. Sites that answer one class of dull question thoroughly earn from ads for years.
- 06Sell printable worksheets and planners on Etsy
$01-3 monthspassivepocket moneyanywhere
The market is flooded, and yet specific, well-designed printables for a narrow audience still sell. Teachers and therapists, not "planner lovers".
- 07Stock photos of ordinary local things, not sunsets
<$1006+ monthspassivepocket moneyanywhere
Nobody needs another sunset. Designers need a clean photo of a specific regional bus stop, a tax form, a local dish, a particular type of shop.
- 08Buying "turnkey" websites for passive income
$1k-10k6+ monthspassivepocket moneyanywhere
Marketplaces sell 'established' sites with earnings screenshots and hands-off profit. Sites with real passive income aren't sold cheaply to strangers.
- 09Selling a course about making money online
<$1001-3 monthsfull-timepocket moneyanywhere
Make money online by teaching people how to make money online. It works only for the person at the top of the chain, and the chain is the product.
- 10Crypto and forex signal groups and trading bots
$100-1kweekspassivepocket moneyanywhere
Pay for access to a group that tells you what to buy, or a bot that trades for you. If the signals worked, they would not be for sale.