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  1. 1

    A course and mentorship for beginners starting their first print-on-demand store

    Beginners pay for a mentor who has made real sales and can walk them to their first order.

    Skills you can bring: Your own store results and patience with beginners

    $99/mo or $997Start this
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    Offer reviews for tech job candidates, with a fair pay range and a negotiation script

    Candidates holding an offer face a deadline with real money at stake, and the research comes from public sources.

    Skills you can bring: Recruiting experience in tech and a negotiator's instincts

  3. 3

    A program that teaches people to run an AI lead-generation agency for local businesses

    Would-be agency owners pay for a step-by-step program, and a small membership can earn well.

    Skills you can bring: Experience selling services to small businesses

    $99/mo or $1,997Start this
  4. 4

    Audits for dental practices of how they appear in map listings and AI search answers

    Dentists now worry about whether AI answers recommend them, and checking and fixing listings is repeatable work.

    Skills you can bring: Marketing experience with dental practices and contacts who run them

    $99 audit, $149/mo upkeepStart this
  5. 5

    A real-estate wholesaling course for beginners, with a tool that finds motivated sellers

    Beginning investors pay to learn wholesaling, and motivated sellers can be found in public records.

    Skills you can bring: Real-estate deals done, or a license, and comfort calling sellers

  6. 6

    Training and a members' community for salespeople who close high-priced deals by phone

    Salespeople pay to sharpen their closing, and AI role-play gives them practice between live calls.

    Skills you can bring: A closing record and the energy for live coaching calls

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    Daily check-in calls for older adults who live alone, with a summary sent to family

    Adult children worry about parents who live alone, and a daily call eases that for a small monthly fee.

    Skills you can bring: Experience in elder care and a way of earning families' trust

  8. 8

    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
  9. 9

    Required workplace posters for small employers in California, with updates when laws change

    Employers must post these notices by law, and they already pay to receive updated sets.

    Skills you can bring: HR or employment-law knowledge and contacts among small employers

    $29–$79Start this
  10. 10

    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
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    A community that pays members to post short clips for brands and creators

    Brands and creators pay for reach, and clippers work for a share, so the business grows with its members.

    Skills you can bring: Contacts with brands or creators and the drive to sign campaigns

    Margin on campaignsStart this
  12. 12

    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
  13. 13

    Reports for consumer brands that check an influencer for fake followers and past results

    Brands waste money on fake reach, and a check before paying an influencer costs less than one bad deal.

    Skills you can bring: Influencer-marketing experience and contacts at consumer brands

    $49–$99Start this
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    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
  15. 15

    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
  16. 16

    A service that mails handwritten-style thank-you cards for small businesses

    Handwritten mail gets opened, and small businesses use it for thank-yous and outreach.

    Skills you can bring: A warm writing voice and contacts among small businesses

    $3–$8 per cardStart this
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    A deck-builder widget that trading-card stores add to their websites

    Card stores want players to build decks on their own site and buy the cards there.

    Skills you can bring: Standing in the card-game scene and contacts with store owners

    $29–$79/moStart this
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    A wedding-flower budget calculator that florists put on their websites for couples

    Couples look up flower costs early, and florists want leads who already know what they can spend.

    Skills you can bring: Floristry or wedding experience and contacts with florists

    $19–$49/moStart this
  19. 19

    Identity-theft recovery for victims, with every report, freeze and dispute done for them

    Victims are stressed and short on time, and the recovery steps are known but tedious.

    Skills you can bring: Fraud or banking experience and a calm phone manner

    $99–$299Start this
  20. 20

    Plain-English summaries of home-inspection reports for homebuyers

    Buyers get long, alarming inspection reports and need to know which problems matter.

    Skills you can bring: Inspection or contractor experience and contacts among real-estate agents

    $19–$39Start this
  21. 21

    Security ratings for companies choosing which MCP servers to connect to their AI tools

    Companies connecting AI tools to their systems need to know which connections are safe.

    Skills you can bring: Security expertise and contacts for enterprise sales

    $99–$499/moStart this
  22. 22

    Checks that confirm users are real people, sold to dating sites and online marketplaces

    Fake accounts hurt dating sites and marketplaces, and operators pay to keep them out.

    Skills you can bring: Trust-and-safety experience and sales contacts at marketplaces

    Per checkStart this
  23. 23

    Small in-person dinners for adults who have moved to a new city and want friends

    Adults who move to a new city often struggle to make friends, and they pay for well-run small groups.

    Skills you can bring: Hosting skill and a local network

    $20–$40 per eventStart this
  24. 24

    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
  25. 25

    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
  26. 26

    Same-day gift delivery for last-minute shoppers, with gifts chosen from local shops

    Last-minute gift buyers pay for speed, and local shops give each gift some character.

    Skills you can bring: Taste in gifts and relationships with local shop owners

    Product marginStart this
  27. 27

    Video of tradespeople doing hands-on tasks, sold to robot makers as training data

    Robot makers need real footage of people at work to train their machines.

    Skills you can bring: Contacts in a trade and at robotics companies

    Per hour of footageStart this
  28. 28

    Modern scheduling and billing software for dental offices that still run dated systems

    Many dental offices still run dated software, and AI makes building a modern replacement much cheaper.

    Skills you can bring: Insider knowledge of dental offices and the ability to sell to them

    $99–$299/moStart this
  29. 29

    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
  30. 30

    Website rebuilds for plumbers in one city, starting with a free score of their current site

    Plumbers know their websites look dated, and a free score gives them a reason to reply.

    Skills you can bring: Comfort calling local business owners and contacts in one trade

    $299 plus $29/moStart this
  31. 31

    A job-offer review for engineers, covering the employer, fair pay and how to negotiate

    Engineers holding an offer have a deadline and money at stake, and most of the research is public.

    Skills you can bring: Years of hiring or recruiting engineers

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    An AI phone agent that answers plumbers' evening calls and books the job

    A missed evening call is a lost job for a plumber, and AI voice agents can now take a booking reliably.

    Skills you can bring: Experience building with voice and calendar APIs

    $199/moStart this
  33. 33

    Security scores for the connectors teams add to their AI agents, with a paid report per team

    Teams connecting AI agents to their systems want to know which connectors are safe to install.

    Skills you can bring: Security expertise and contacts who choose tools at companies

    $99–$499/moStart this
  34. 34

    An AI agent that asks a software company's cancelling customers why they left and sorts the answers

    Founders rarely learn why customers leave, and a short personal email gets more replies than a form.

    Skills you can bring: Experience in customer research or customer success

  35. 35

    A pricing review for a small software company, with three options to try and how to test them

    Most small software founders set a price once and never revisit it, though price changes move revenue fast.

    Skills you can bring: Experience setting software prices

  36. 36

    Onboarding emails for a small software company's new users, written and tested on real sign-ups

    Most trial users never reach the feature that would keep them, and a few well-timed emails help.

    Skills you can bring: Lifecycle email marketing experience

  37. 37

    A weekly list of public software contracts for small development shops, filtered by size and skills

    Governments post contracts in many places, and small shops miss the ones they could win.

    Skills you can bring: Experience selling to public agencies

  38. 38

    A weekly list of new commercial building permits in one city, for contractors who bid early

    Contractors who hear about projects first win more bids, and permit data is public but hard to read.

    Skills you can bring: Data engineering and knowing how contractors find work

  39. 39

    A shortlist of five candidates for a seed-stage startup hiring its first engineer

    Founders hiring their first engineer don't know where to look, and a vetted shortlist saves weeks.

    Skills you can bring: Recruiting experience and a wide network of engineers

  40. 40

    An AI agent that texts vet clinic clients about overdue vaccines and books the visit

    Clinics lose visits when reminders lapse, and a text that books in one reply works better than a call.

    Skills you can bring: Integration work and selling to small clinics

    $199/moStart this
  41. 41

    Five customer interviews for a startup, recruited, run and summarized around one product question

    Founders know they should talk to customers but don't, and a done-for-you round gives answers fast.

    Skills you can bring: Interviewing users and summarizing what they said

  42. 42

    A flat-fee shortlist of five screened candidates for small companies hiring a hard-to-fill role

    Small companies can't afford a percentage fee but will pay a flat price for a short list of real candidates.

    Skills you can bring: Recruiting in one field and a network to reach candidates

    $1,500–$3,000 per roleStart this
  43. 43

    Pitch email, contract checklist and invoice templates for creators doing their first brand deals

    New creators lose deals and money to small mistakes, and templates prevent most of them.

    Skills you can bring: Experience closing brand deals and an audience of creators

    $29–$49Start this
  44. 44

    Three months of one-on-one video coaching for followers who want the result you got

    A few followers want your direct help and will pay well for it each month.

    Skills you can bring: A result people want and patience coaching one person at a time

    $300–$1,000/moStart this
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    A media kit written and designed for a smaller creator, built from a short form they fill in

    Creators who dislike selling themselves will pay someone who knows what brands look for.

    Skills you can bring: Experience with brand deals and an eye for clean design

    $99–$199Start this
  46. 46

    Follow-up texts and emails for roofers after each estimate, spaced over two weeks

    Homeowners often go quiet after an estimate, and a polite reminder wins back jobs the roofer already priced.

    Skills you can bring: Experience selling roofs to homeowners

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    Polite reminders for contractors' unpaid invoices at 7, 14 and 30 days, with a payment link

    Contractors hate asking for money they've earned, and steady, friendly reminders get most invoices paid.

    Skills you can bring: Experience billing customers for a contracting business

  48. 48

    Text replies within five minutes to kitchen remodelers' web leads, with a link to book a visit

    Homeowners usually hire the first remodeler who answers, and a quick, specific reply beats a callback tomorrow.

    Skills you can bring: Experience selling kitchen remodels

  49. 49

    Ad landing pages for garage-door companies, each with one offer, one phone number and one form

    Garage-door companies waste ad clicks on busy home pages, and a page with one offer turns more visits into calls.

    Skills you can bring: Experience selling garage doors or home repairs

    $500 plus $99/moStart this
  50. 50

    Instagram message replies and bookings for lash studios, answered within minutes

    Lash clients ask by message and book whoever answers first, so a fast reply with a booking link wins the client.

    Skills you can bring: Experience as a lash artist or studio owner

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    Referral programs for roofers, with a thank-you note and reward offer sent to each happy customer

    Homeowners trust a roofer their neighbor used, and a timely ask after a good job brings in the next roof.

    Skills you can bring: A list of happy past roofing customers

  52. 52

    Retainage tracking for subcontractors, with follow-up on each job's held money at closeout

    Subcontractors often forget retainage they've earned, and tracking each job's hold gets it paid on time.

    Skills you can bring: Experience as a subcontractor working with general contractors

  53. 53

    Failed-payment reminders for gym memberships, with a link to update the card

    Many gym cancellations are just expired cards, and a friendly nudge keeps members who never meant to leave.

    Skills you can bring: Experience running gym memberships

  54. 54

    Change orders by text for remodelers, with scope, price and a signature before work starts

    Unsigned changes turn into arguments over the final bill, and a quick signature on site keeps remodelers paid.

    Skills you can bring: Experience pricing scope changes on remodeling jobs

  55. 55

    Ten customer interviews for new laundromat owners about why people come, why they leave and pricing

    A new laundromat owner inherits customers they don't know, and asking them directly shows what to keep and fix.

    Skills you can bring: Experience asking questions and listening without selling

  56. 56

    Seasonal snow-removal contracts for commercial parking lots, sold by a landscaper in the fall

    Property managers need lots cleared by morning, and snow contracts keep a landscaper's idle winter crews earning.

    Skills you can bring: Trucks, crews and contacts among local property managers

    $1,500–$5,000 per lot per seasonStart this
  57. 57

    Fixed-price move-out cleaning for local property managers, with online booking

    Property managers need fast, reliable turnovers between tenants, and a set price makes it easy to say yes.

    Skills you can bring: Cleaning crews and contacts among property managers

    $250–$400 per unitStart this
  58. 58

    Scheduled maintenance plans for local businesses' vans and trucks, sold by an auto shop

    Small business fleets need scheduled service and quick turnarounds, and a monthly plan keeps the shop's bays busy.

    Skills you can bring: An auto shop and contacts at local businesses with vans

    $49 per vehicle per monthStart this
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    Bridal hair and makeup packages for wedding parties, with deposits and online trial booking

    Bridal parties book months ahead and pay well, and a clear package page with deposits fills the season early.

    Skills you can bring: Experience doing hair or makeup for weddings

    $600–$1,500 per weddingStart this
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    Monthly evening cleaning contracts for small offices, added by a home cleaning company

    Offices sign monthly contracts and pay on schedule, and evening work uses crews that finish homes by day.

    Skills you can bring: Cleaning crews and contacts among local office managers

    $300–$900 per office per monthStart this