10 ideas. Filter by what you bring or the kind of business, then start one.
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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 - 2
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 - 3
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 - 4
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 - 5
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 - 6
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 - 7
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 - 8
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 - 9
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 - 10
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