{"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":"cheap-bulk-sms-sending-service-a1196c","title":"Cheap bulk SMS sending service","summary":"Runs a text messaging service with low per-message pricing. Earns from message volume.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/cheap-bulk-sms-sending-service-a1196c","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/cheap-bulk-sms-sending-service-a1196c.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.82},"earns_from":{"value":"fees","label":"Service fees","confidence":0.36},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.47},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.71},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.99},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.94}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"Ask HN: Are you working on any side projects that make \"small/passive\" income?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2358864","person":"dools","host":null,"date":"2011-03-23"},"owner_site":"http://8centsms.com"}}