13 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
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 - 3
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 - 4
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 - 5
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 - 6
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 - 7
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 - 8
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 - 9
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 - 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 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 - 12
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 - 13
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