9 real non-scammy Internet products that you build and make money on the Internet
Vatsal Sanghvi
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The Internet is full of opportunities.
There is a lot that you can build on the Internet. But what should you exactly build?
Here are 9 real non-scammy Internet products that you build and make a shit ton of money on the Internet
1. Curate Directories & Resource Packs
👉 Curation is the lowest-hanging fruit in the journey of building products on the Internet. You can curate resources around a niche that you are interested in or excited about.
👉 You can curate on Notion, Github Repos, Softr Directories, Airtable Databases, Google Sheets, and Google Docs, and even create Ebooks & PDFs.
⚡️ Theresanaiforthat started as a simple AI Tools directory and now generates $$$ in revenue with listing fees and Ads
2. Create Templates
👉 If you are good at a particular tool, you can create templates and make quite some money out of it.
👉 You can create Notion Templates, Figma Templates, Framer Templates, Webflow Templates, WordPress Themes, and more
⚡️ Easlo, a 20 yo from Singapore, makes over a million dollars every year with his Notion Templates, Sick! Isn’t it?
⚡️ Dmytri made $20K in sales from Framer Templates in 6 months
3. Start a Newsletter
👉 If you like to research and a topic interests you, you can consider starting a newsletter.
⚡️ Shushant’s AI newsletter was acquired by Horizon AI
4. Start a Community
👉 If you are good at interacting with people, starting a community is a great option for you. Start a community around a topic you like or have expertise in and invite like-minded people.
⚡️ Daniel Vassalo does ~$600-800K in ARR with his Small Bets community (~$150 membership)
5. Teach Courses
👉 If you are good at something, why not teach that? You can do live or recorded or hybrid sessions.
⚡️ Max Haining runs the popular 100 days of no-code, 100 days of AI and many other popular courses
6. Start a Niche Blog
👉 Master keyword research, learn SEO and find opportunities to start a niche blog that generate traffic. You can monetise that traffic via Ads or by cross-selling something else.
⚡️ Sayan Neogi’s Prosmartrepreneur generates over $10K in MRR
7. Build Boiler Plates
👉 A Boiler plate is nothing but a pre-prepared set of code or a design system or design elements that can be re-used, effectively reducing the time to development.
We feel that there’s a lot of alpha in building boilerplate for niches
⚡️ Marc Lou built Shipfast, a NextJS boilerplate, that generates over $75K/mo
8. Start Productised Services
👉 Services but with a fixed scope and amount of work
⚡️ Nick Buzz runs a wildly popular design service called Baked Design which does over $100k/mo
9. Build a Micro-SaaS
👉 SaaS but for a Niche, often built by a solo founder or by lean teams, profitable since Day 1
⚡️ Pieter Levels generates over $53K in MRR with PhotoAI, an AI headshot generator tool
There’s more - D2C Brands, Dropshipping, Flipping Domains, Freelancing etc but these are our top nine picks.
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Gong Zijian@zijian
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Vatsal Sanghvi's list of 9 real, non-scammy internet products is a goldmine for anyone looking to build a genuine online business. It's refreshing to see actionable ideas that prioritize authenticity and value creation.
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