{"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":"searchable-database-product-sites-d50a5f","title":"Searchable database product sites","summary":"The operator runs a few near-identical sites that each sell access to a niche database, such as investors, angels or journalists. The revenue model is not stated in the source and is likely paid access.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/searchable-database-product-sites-d50a5f","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/searchable-database-product-sites-d50a5f.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.5},"earns_from":{"value":"subscription","label":"Subscriptions","confidence":0.74},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.48},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.49},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.99},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.74}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Rashid: $32K a month from three sites.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Starter Story","title":"I make $32K/month from 3 simple, boring websites","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-G9WHwQMwQ","person":"Rashid","host":"Pat Walls","date":"2026-08-23"},"owner_site":null}}