{"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":"paid-online-community-for-a-niche-audience-2ddebb","title":"Paid online community for a niche audience","summary":"A members-only group charges a recurring or lifetime fee for access to a niche audience and its resources. The host promotes it from an existing audience.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/paid-online-community-for-a-niche-audience-2ddebb","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/paid-online-community-for-a-niche-audience-2ddebb.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.34},"earns_from":{"value":"subscription","label":"Subscriptions","confidence":0.93},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.44},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.48},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.99},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.94}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Chris Koerner: paid communities $30K to $150K a month each; TKOwners about $600K revenue from April to December 2025.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"The Koerner Office","title":"My 2025 Profit Reveal: A Full Breakdown of Every Income Stream (Ep. #261)","url":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-koerner-office-busines-122703944/episode/my-2025-profit-reveal-a-full-breakdown-of-every-income-streamep-261-315163124/","person":"Chris Koerner","host":"Chris Koerner","date":"2025-12-30"},"owner_site":null}}