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The Side Hustle Show

693: Renting Out Websites? How to Build Recurring Revenue with Simple, Local Sites

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

How To, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

You know I love a good rental side hustle with recurring revenue and strong ROI. But in this example, there's no equipment to buy, no delivery logistics to deal with, and no tenants' trash in your place, which leads to some really strong margins. John Michael from TownRankSEO.com started this journey just this past February. He is a longtime Side Hustle Show listener who recently started building and renting out simple local websites. Websites are digital real estate. And if the location is right — namely, if it shows up at the top of Google — that could be worth quite a bit to the right tenant. Tune in to Episode 693 of the Side Hustle Show to learn: How to research profitable local niches for website rental What it takes to build and rank these sites quickly Creative ways to find business owners who need leads The unexpected SEO consulting opportunities that emerged Want more? Hit up Website Rental Coaching. Full Show Notes: Renting Out websites? How to Build Recurring Revenue with Simple, Local Sites Free Listener Bonus: 50 Rank and Rent Niches New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mint Mobile⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indeed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OpenPhone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shopify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Sign up for a $1 per month trial! Policygenius — Compare free life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could save. About The Side Hustle Show This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and ⁠side hustle ideas⁠. We share how to start a business and ⁠make money online⁠ and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and ⁠passive income⁠ strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of ⁠Side Hustle Nation⁠.

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1:01.2

Getting paid to rent out websites. You know I love a good rental side hustle, recurring revenue, strong ROI.

1:06.6

But in this example, there's no equipment to buy, there's no delivery logistics to deal with.

1:11.0

There's no tenants trash in your place, which leads to some really strong margins.

1:16.1

My guest is a longtime side hustle show, a listener who recently started building and renting out simple local websites.

1:18.7

Now it makes sense, right?

1:19.8

Websites are digital real estate, and if the location is right, namely, if it shows up at

1:25.2

the top of Google, that could be worth quite a bit to the right tenant.

1:29.0

So from town rank SEO.com, John Michael, welcome to The Side Hustle Show.

1:34.1

Thanks for having me, Nick.

1:35.2

I absolutely love your show. I think it's fantastic.

1:37.9

Yeah, I'm always excited to see your name pop across the inbox, and you've been in the game for quite a while.

1:43.6

But stick around in this one. We're going

1:45.4

soup to nuts on how to come up with profitable niches here, how to build and rank those sites,

1:51.2

and how to find those well-qualified tenants, along with the surprising new side hustle that this

1:56.2

project has unlocked. But, John, my understanding is this started relatively recently just this year in

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