{"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":"niche-credit-card-processing-business-af8a98","title":"Niche credit card processing business","summary":"Started a niche credit card processor that has made money for many years.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/niche-credit-card-processing-business-af8a98","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/niche-credit-card-processing-business-af8a98.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.41},"earns_from":{"value":"commission","label":"Marketplace cut","confidence":0.83},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"over-10k","label":"Over $10k","confidence":0.53},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.39},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.92},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.88}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33943765","person":"indymike","host":null,"date":"2022-12-11"},"owner_site":null}}