All Side Hustle Ideas
Every idea links to its source

Side hustle ideas from people who actually run them

Real side businesses, described by their owners. Filter by cost, time and how they earn.

Ideas
651
ideas
Publications
14
publications and shows
Categories
8
categories

Browse by category

  • Digital products67
    Files sold online: templates, printables, ebooks, stock photos, fonts, presets, plugins, recorded courses
  • Software and apps205
    A web app, SaaS, mobile app, browser extension, bot or API that people pay for or that earns from ads
  • Content and media105
    A blog, niche website, newsletter, YouTube channel, podcast or social account that earns from ads, affiliate links or sponsors
  • Physical products105
    Making, printing or reselling physical goods, online or in person
  • Services and freelancing103
    Doing work for clients for a fee: freelance, consulting, done-for-you services, repairs, local services
  • Rentals and assets36
    Earning from something you own: renting property, rooms, equipment, vehicles, parking, vending machines, domains
  • Directories and marketplaces11
    A job board, listings site, directory or marketplace that connects buyers and sellers
  • Teaching and coaching19
    Live tutoring, lessons, workshops, coaching or cohort classes

Matching ideas

About the data

Startup cost
Under $100$100 to $1k$1k to $10kOver $10k
Time
Hands-offA few hours a weekPart-timeNear full-time
Where
OnlineIn personOnline and in person
Earns from
AdsAffiliateSubscriptionsOne-time salesService feesRentMarketplace cutSponsors and donations
Coding
No coding neededNeeds coding

16 ideas

  • Physical products
    Front porch home bakery
    A home micro bakery selling sourdough, cinnamon rolls, cookies and bagels from a front porch on Saturday mornings. Customers preorder and items sell out to lines of local buyers.
    $100 to $1k
    The Koerner Office, 2026
  • Services and freelancing
    Whole-home water filtration sales
    Selling whole-home water filtration systems to homeowners through Facebook ads that show the price upfront, with licensed plumbers doing the installs. The channel notes that this model can require a plumbing license, for example in North Carolina.
    $100 to $1kOnline and in person
    The Koerner Office, 2026
  • Physical products
    Flipping used couches
    Buying poorly listed couches, negotiating the price down and reselling them with better photos, including AI-generated backgrounds. The operator is a teenager working in spare time.
    Online and in person
    The Koerner Office, 2026
  • Physical products
    Flipping used lawnmowers
    Buying underpriced lawnmowers, fixing common problems and reselling them. The operator ran it while in college.
    Online and in person
    Side Hustle Nation, 2025
  • Physical products
    Home-printed zines and fandom art
    Makes zines and artwork about fandom and adult themes, printing them at home and selling them.
    $100 to $1k
    Hacker News, 2021
  • Physical products
    Resell imported computer chips locally
    Sold used but valuable computer chips in a local market, delivering in person to bakeries or by post, until import tax changes ended the margins.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Cookie bakery with delivery and shipping
    Runs a cookie bakery with mostly local delivery and some nationwide shipping, run alongside a career.
    Part-timeOnline and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Campus cookie delivery on rollerblades
    Delivered freshly baked cookies to dorms and homes near a university on rollerblades, paid per order, and built a delivery management site.
    Part-time
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Refurbish and resell used business laptops
    With a friend, bought off-warranty corporate laptops, upgraded memory and storage or fixed keyboards, and resold them on eBay.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Restore vintage computers and resell on eBay
    Buys broken old computers, restores them and sells them on eBay.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Flip mid century modern furniture
    Buys and restores vintage furniture, then sells it online or to local stores as a picker.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Hand-dyed yarn for tapestry weavers
    Dyes small batches of yarn with traditional methods for a small group of weavers who want specific colors.
    $100 to $1kOnline and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Laser-cut open air computer cases on eBay
    Designs outlines for cases cut on a maker space laser machine and sells them on eBay. Local materials make it possible to undercut imports on price.
    $100 to $1kOnline and in person
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Staff paper notebooks for musicians
    Designs and sells music notebooks with generated staff lines, using scripts to produce the print-ready PDF. Sold online and the owner is working on getting stores to carry them.
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Physical products
    Adapters that reuse old server power supplies
    Designs and builds adapters that turn surplus server power supplies into general purpose 12 volt supplies. Sold as a physical hardware product.
    Hacker News, 2016
  • Teaching and coaching
    CSS layout online course and workshops
    Turned expertise in CSS layout into an online course and in-person workshops. Development teams buy licenses for the course, and the income funds standards work.
    Online and in person
    Hacker News, 2016