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Buying small profitable websites and software products and running them with AI
Small sites often sell for two to three years of profit, and AI handles much of their upkeep.
Skills you can bring: Due-diligence skill and comfort with traffic and revenue data
Revenue from day oneStart this - 2
A roof-repair lead site for one city, selling each customer request to local roofers
Roofers pay well for real local leads, and building and ranking a site is repeatable work.
Skills you can bring: Contacts among local contractors and comfort selling to them
Per leadStart this - 3
Live-streamed pack openings where card collectors buy packs and keep the cards they pull
Collectors pay for the thrill of opening packs, and live streams already draw large audiences.
Skills you can bring: Credibility among collectors and energy on camera
Per pack or breakStart this - 4
Paid travel guides in French for walkers on the Camino de Santiago
Travelers pay for good guides in their own language, and many popular routes have none.
Skills you can bring: Having walked the route and writing well in French
$12–$19Start this - 5
Memorial tribute videos and obituaries for families, sold through funeral homes
Families need these within days of a death, and funeral homes can offer them at every service.
Skills you can bring: Contacts at funeral homes and a gentle writing voice
$99–$299Start this - 6
A paid newsletter for independent pharmacy owners on new rules that affect them
Pharmacy owners pay to hear about rule changes before those changes cost them money.
Skills you can bring: Working in pharmacy and a clear writing voice
$15–$49/moStart this - 7
A directory of verified youth-sports coaches, with coaches paying to be listed
Parents look for coaches they can trust, and coaches pay for listings once parents start visiting.
Skills you can bring: Contacts among coaches and a way to reach sports parents
$10–$30/mo per listingStart this - 8
A documentary YouTube channel about military history, made with AI and no presenter
Documentary channels draw loyal viewers, and AI can now research, script and edit each episode.
Skills you can bring: Deep curiosity about the subject and a sense of story
Ad revenue and sponsorsStart this - 9
A review site for espresso machines that earns commissions on sales
Shoppers read reviews before buying expensive gear, and commissions add up as traffic grows.
Skills you can bring: Hands-on product knowledge and honest, useful writing
Affiliate commissionsStart this - 10
A calculator site for home brewers, earning from ads and affiliate links
Home brewers come back to useful calculators again and again, and simple tools are quick to build.
Skills you can bring: Knowing brewing math and the questions brewers ask
Ads and affiliate incomeStart this - 11
A job board for climate-tech jobs, paid for by employers who post
Employers pay to reach a focused pool of candidates, and a niche board can rank for its own searches.
Skills you can bring: A network in the field and comfort selling job posts
$99–$299 per postingStart this - 12
A personal-finance YouTube channel made without a presenter and earning from ads
Channels without a presenter can still earn ad money, and AI can now write and edit the videos.
Skills you can bring: A feel for what keeps viewers watching
Ad revenueStart this - 13
Parts-compatibility guides for people building out camper vans
Van builders check compatibility before every purchase, and a reliable guide earns repeat visits.
Skills you can bring: Hands-on experience building out vans
Affiliate commissionsStart this - 14
Stock video verified as made by people, sold to brands and filmmakers
Some buyers now want proof that footage wasn't generated by AI.
Skills you can bring: Contacts among videographers and an eye for usable footage
Per clip or subscriptionStart this - 15
A marketplace where hairstylists who move or retire sell their client lists
Stylists who move or retire have client lists with real value and no way to sell them.
Skills you can bring: Contacts in the salon industry and comfort brokering deals
A share of each saleStart this - 16
A resale service for families selling cemetery plots they inherited
Families inherit plots they don't need, and buyers look for plots below cemetery prices.
Skills you can bring: Funeral or real-estate experience
A share of each saleStart this - 17
A marketplace where families hire vetted companions and sober companions
Families pay for company and recovery support they can trust, and the vetting is what they pay for.
Skills you can bring: Recovery or care experience and a network of trusted people
A share of each bookingStart this - 18
Brand-sponsored competitions between high schools, built around social media trends
Students compete hard for school pride, and brands pay to reach them.
Skills you can bring: Contacts at schools and experience selling brand sponsorships
Brand sponsorshipsStart this - 19
A 60-second demo video for a developer tool, cut from a screen recording, with captions
A short demo shows a tool faster than any page, and most builders never make one.
Skills you can bring: Video editing experience
$249Start this - 20
Narrated video tours of a startup's codebase for onboarding new engineers
New hires lose weeks learning a codebase, and a recorded tour costs less than a senior engineer's time.
Skills you can bring: Explaining software architecture clearly
$499Start this - 21
A paid weekly newsletter for engineers on one stack's changes, with upgrade notes and code
Engineers in one ecosystem want a single trusted summary, and they pay for the time it saves.
Skills you can bring: Years in one ecosystem and a voice engineers like reading
$8/moStart this - 22
A weekly newsletter for working engineers on new AI research and what it changes in practice
Engineers can't read every paper, and they value someone turning research into practical decisions.
Skills you can bring: Reading research and building with AI models in production
$10/moStart this - 23
A weekly newsletter on new open-source tools in one field, each one installed and tried
New tools appear every day, and engineers trust a reviewer who has actually run them.
Skills you can bring: Curiosity about tools and an honest reviewing voice
$5/moStart this - 24
A course for engineers on doing real work with coding agents, built around three working projects
Many engineers want to work well with coding agents, and real codebases teach more than tips do.
Skills you can bring: Shipping production work with coding agents
$199Start this - 25
Launch-week content for an indie product, including five posts, a demo clip and an email
Builders run out of steam after shipping, and steady posts during launch week keep attention.
Skills you can bring: Writing for builders online and knowing what gets shared
$199Start this - 26
A sponsored video channel where each episode builds one small app with coding agents
Engineers like watching real builds, and sponsors pay to reach an audience of builders.
Skills you can bring: Building on camera and explaining choices as you go
$500 per sponsor slotStart this - 27
A paid weekly newsletter for your keenest fans, with the deeper take you leave out of videos
Your keenest fans already follow everything you post, and they pay monthly for more of your thinking.
Skills you can bring: A point of view readers come back for every week
$5–$10/moStart this - 28
A paid podcast feed for loyal listeners, with ad-free episodes and a weekly bonus episode
Loyal listeners already want to support the show, and a paid feed gives them more of it.
Skills you can bring: A show with loyal listeners
$5–$8/moStart this - 29
Personal video messages for fans to give as birthday and milestone gifts
Fans pay for a moment with you to give as a gift, and each video takes a few minutes to record.
Skills you can bring: Fans who'd treasure a message from you
$25–$99Start this - 30
Early access for paying fans to every video a week before it goes public, plus the cut scenes
Fans like being first, and this sells what you already make with no extra work.
Skills you can bring: A steady upload schedule and fans who watch everything
$3–$5/moStart this - 31
A members-only feed for your biggest fans with behind-the-scenes clips and unfinished work
Fans want to see how your work gets made, and you already film most of it.
Skills you can bring: A process people find interesting
$3–$10/moStart this - 32
A serialized story by email for readers of your fiction, with one new chapter each week
Readers who want the next chapter stay subscribed until the story ends.
Skills you can bring: Fiction readers enjoy and the discipline to finish a story
$3–$7/moStart this - 33
A weekly email of the best links in your niche, each with a note from you on why it matters
Your followers trust what you share, and a weekly digest saves them hours of searching.
Skills you can bring: Daily reading in your niche and a sharp eye for what matters
$5/moStart this - 34
Three Instagram posts a week for bakeries, made from the owner's phone photos of the morning bake
Bakery followers want to see what's fresh today, and real photos posted on time beat polished posts that never go out.
Skills you can bring: Experience baking or running a bakery
$199–$499/moStart this - 35
Weekly short videos for family restaurants, edited from staff phone clips of the kitchen and specials
Short videos of a real kitchen bring locals in, and restaurant owners lack time to turn staff clips into posts.
Skills you can bring: Restaurant experience and an eye for short video
$300/moStart this - 36
New ad images and short videos every week for small skincare brands to test
Skincare brands see ads wear out as people tire of them, and a steady supply of new ones keeps the cost per sale down.
Skills you can bring: Experience marketing skincare or beauty products
$750/moStart this - 37
Clean product photos for hardware stores' online catalogs, made from quick shots on the counter
Shoppers buy what they can see clearly, and consistent photos make a small store's catalog look trustworthy.
Skills you can bring: Experience working in a hardware store
$2 per photoStart this