{"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":"directory-tool-with-a-lead-generation-focus-0a97ab","title":"Directory tool with a lead generation focus","summary":"After leaving an agency, the operator built a directory-related software tool that earns recurring revenue and is adding a lead-gen angle.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/directory-tool-with-a-lead-generation-focus-0a97ab","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/directory-tool-with-a-lead-generation-focus-0a97ab.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.51},"earns_from":{"value":"subscription","label":"Subscriptions","confidence":0.86},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.46},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.48},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.99},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.88}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Tim Stoddart: $2K a month from the directory tool.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Niche Pursuits Podcast","title":"How Tim Stoddart Turned an Agency Exit Into a $2K/Month Directory Tool","url":"https://www.nichepursuits.com/tim-stoddart-quantum-leads/","person":"Tim Stoddart","host":"Jared Bauman","date":"2026-05-27"},"owner_site":null}}