{"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":"atm-placement-business-468f80","title":"ATM placement business","summary":"Buying ATMs and placing them in local businesses, earning income from transaction fees with about an hour of work a week. The hardest step is finding and pitching good locations.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/atm-placement-business-468f80","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/atm-placement-business-468f80.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"rentals","label":"Rentals and assets","confidence":0.93},"earns_from":{"value":"rent","label":"Rent","confidence":0.49},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"1k-10k","label":"$1k to $10k","confidence":0.57},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.78},"where":{"value":"both","label":"Online and in person","confidence":0.64},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.99}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Will Butterton: $1,500 a month from five ATMs","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Side Hustle Nation","title":"How He Makes $1,500/Month From ATMs (Working Just 1 Hour a Week)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOq8OFMAto","person":"Will Butterton","host":"Nick Loper","date":"2026-06-03"},"owner_site":"https://www.vikingvendorsllc.com/"}}