{"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":"ebook-on-growing-a-subscription-box-27f7d1","title":"Ebook on growing a subscription box","summary":"Wrote an ebook on starting and growing a subscription box business, drawn from running one. Sold through Gumroad, Amazon and iBooks, and still sells a little each month.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/ebook-on-growing-a-subscription-box-27f7d1","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/ebook-on-growing-a-subscription-box-27f7d1.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"digital-products","label":"Digital products","confidence":0.91},"earns_from":{"value":"one-time","label":"One-time sales","confidence":0.96},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"under-100","label":"Under $100","confidence":0.73},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.97},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.99},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.97}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2018?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18480675","person":"bemmu","host":null,"date":"2018-11-18"},"owner_site":null}}