{"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":"vending-machines-in-a-single-venue-f72c7f","title":"Vending machines in a single venue","summary":"The operator places vending machines at one high-traffic location, in this case a hockey rink, and keeps the sales. Costs are stock and machine purchase.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/vending-machines-in-a-single-venue-f72c7f","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/vending-machines-in-a-single-venue-f72c7f.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"rentals","label":"Rentals and assets","confidence":0.74},"earns_from":{"value":"one-time","label":"One-time sales","confidence":0.72},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"over-10k","label":"Over $10k","confidence":0.89},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.44},"where":{"value":"in-person","label":"In person","confidence":0.72},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.99}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Tom: $100K so far, $12K a month, 40% margin, under a year in.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"The Koerner Office","title":"11 Proven Businesses My Viewers Started With Almost No Money","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvJjUyKnOl0","person":"Tom","host":"Chris Koerner","date":null},"owner_site":null}}