{"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":"snail-mail-story-subscription-6eae85","title":"Snail-mail story subscription","summary":"A subscription sends customers a story in physical letters on a regular schedule. Revenue is recurring subscription fees, with fulfillment handled by mail.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/snail-mail-story-subscription-6eae85","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/snail-mail-story-subscription-6eae85.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"physical-products","label":"Physical products","confidence":0.81},"earns_from":{"value":"subscription","label":"Subscriptions","confidence":0.96},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.52},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.41},"where":{"value":"both","label":"Online and in person","confidence":0.53},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.94}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by The Flower Letters: $7M in revenue last year.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"The Koerner Office","title":"The Simplest $7M Business You've Never Heard Of (Ep. #283)","url":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-koerner-office-busines-122703944/episode/the-simplest-7m-business-youve-never-heard-of-ep-283-327124259/","person":"The Flower Letters","host":"Chris Koerner","date":null},"owner_site":null}}