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Ask HN: Passive income?

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So far what I know is Adsense (or website advertising) and µstock (like selling photos, themes, scripts...)

Any other idea to make a passive income (with little or no support)?

ebook.

You have a better chance of success if you are an authority in your subject/niche, or your opinion/method/perspective is is unique (and possibly controversial).

There's oodles of sites on the net about how to make money online, and books written about it (e.g. Tim Feriss). If all you've come up with is those two options, you need to go back and do more research before asking HN for help.

Aye, but you could point us to those resources (thanks for the Tim Feriss mention for example) :)

I do agree that the poster could have used more research, but I don't mind seeing this kind of questions now and then over here (then again, the "core" / "original" HN audience might not, and I'm fine with that)

I'm bored of such books that repeat the same thing but with different words. I already know that building websites, blogs or forums can make passive income (and I already have some websites); I just added this thread to see if there are some other ways HN users are profiting from.

The easy answer is to find something that makes you money while your asleep. The awesome patio11 on here has done mostly that. Go ready some of his stuff.

Find a niche community that has a big pain that no one seems to care about. Learn about their pain and get building. And yes, patio11's Bingo Cards example is a nice one.

It may even be a fruitful exercise to think of what pains you have and then see if there's a small community with similar problems. It's ok to be wild at first. e.g: "What if you solved the problem of helping senior citizens' find dancing lessons?"

In general, the only things that will generate income for you are work and assets.

So... ask yourself what assets you have (a popular website or a library of photos, e.g.) that aren't currently being monetized.

What types of things do you like to do/are good at?

Treasuries.

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