{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"ai-built-niche-directory-sites-6c7997","title":"AI-built niche directory sites","summary":"The operator uses scraping tools and an AI coding assistant to build a listing site for a niche, then monetizes through leads, ads, affiliate links or listings. One example was a luxury restroom trailer directory.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/ai-built-niche-directory-sites-6c7997","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/ai-built-niche-directory-sites-6c7997.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"marketplaces","label":"Directories and marketplaces","confidence":0.58},"earns_from":{"value":"ads","label":"Ads","confidence":0.44},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.48},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.86},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.99},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.65}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Frey Chu: first directory reached 90K monthly visitors and up to $3,000 a month; another built in 4 days for under $250.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"The Koerner Office","title":"The Most Hands-Off $150K Side Hustle Nobody Talks About (Ep. #346)","url":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-koerner-office-busines-122703944/episode/the-most-hands-off-150k-side-hustle-nobody-talks-about-ep-346-348250271/","person":"Frey Chu","host":"Chris Koerner","date":null},"owner_site":null}}