17 ideas. Filter by what you bring or the kind of business, then start one.
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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 - 2
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 - 3
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 - 4
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 - 5
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 - 6
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 - 7
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 - 8
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 - 9
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 - 10
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 - 11
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 - 12
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 - 13
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 - 14
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 - 15
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 - 16
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 - 17
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