{"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":"instant-snow-powder-sold-online-457bb3","title":"Instant snow powder sold online","summary":"Sells a powder that turns into fake snow when water is added, promoted with a TV spot and search ads.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/instant-snow-powder-sold-online-457bb3","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/instant-snow-powder-sold-online-457bb3.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"physical-products","label":"Physical products","confidence":0.97},"earns_from":{"value":"one-time","label":"One-time sales","confidence":0.95},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"1k-10k","label":"$1k to $10k","confidence":0.42},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.47},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.97},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.95}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"What was your best passive income in 2014?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8108678","person":"dusing","host":null,"date":"2014-07-30"},"owner_site":"http://snowinseconds.com"}}