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Updated October 20, 2026

How matching works: we keep cases at or below your skill level and, unless you pick "Any amount", only cases whose source discloses a startup cost within your budget. With under 20 hours a week we favour cases described as part-time or alongside a job. Independently documented cases rank higher. Income is as reported by each source.

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4 real cases like you, in Print on Demand, Freelancing & Consulting, Content Creation, Amazon KDP & Publishing

Video thumbnail: You Don't Need Hours to Build a 6-Figure Etsy Print-on-Demand Shop
Video: Emily Odio-Sutton
September 27, 2024
1 source

An Etsy print-on-demand shop that brought in $220,300 in a year

Emily Odio-Sutton

Emily Odio-Sutton started a print-on-demand shop on Etsy in 2022 so she could be available for her daughter. Printify prints and ships each order. CNBC Make It reported her store brought in $220,300 in 2023. She spends about 10 hours a week on her shops and declined to name them to avoid copycats.

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Reported figure
$220,300 in sales (2023)(revenue)
Evidence levelIndependently Documented
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Outlier logo in black on a soft blue to pink gradient.
Image: Outlier
November 2025
1 source

A nonprofit worker earned about $31,000 in 18 months doing AI training tasks on Outlier after hours

Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams, who works full-time at a health and environmental nonprofit in Virginia, found Outlier through a Google search while trying to learn about AI. Over about a year and a half he worked on about 30 projects, including training video chat models and voice recording, and earned about $31,000.

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Reported figure
About $31,000 total(revenue)
Evidence levelPartially Verified
Tools:none named in the source
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Side Hustle School episode 3152 title card: "First $1,000: Book Summary Subscription Breaks Out".
Image: Side Hustle School (episode page)
August 18, 2025
1 source

A paid book-summary newsletter that reached $1,400 a month by month six

Unnamed side hustler (Side Hustle School episode 3152)

A side hustler launched a weekly book-summary newsletter on Substack at $7 a month or $50 a year. The first month brought 42 subscribers. By month three there were 150 subscribers and $1,000 in total revenue, and by month six about $1,400 a month.

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Reported figure
About $1,400/mo(revenue)
Evidence levelSelf-Reported
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A writer at a desk with a tablet, a notebook and shelves of books
January 15, 2023
1 source

A designer wrote and illustrated a children's book with ChatGPT and Midjourney in a weekend and sold 841 copies

Ammaar Reshi

Ammaar Reshi, a product design manager in San Francisco, used ChatGPT to write "Alice and Sparkle" and Midjourney to illustrate it, then self-published it on Amazon within 72 hours. His Twitter thread went viral and drew both praise and anger from artists. He had sold 841 copies before Amazon paused sales.

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841 copies sold (revenue not disclosed)
Evidence levelSelf-Reported
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