Ep. 3023 - Q&A: “Could selling templates for AI tools be a business?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
AI tools like ChatGPT are exploding in popularity, but can creating templates for these tools become a profitable side hustle? In this episode, we explore the opportunities, challenges, and potential pitfalls of this idea.
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Lemonada. |
| 0:10.8 | AI tools like ChatGPT and so many others are exploding in popularity. |
| 0:16.4 | I saw a study that said something like 35% of people are already using them at work. But what about for your |
| 0:22.4 | side hustle? Can creating templates for these tools become a profitable income generating project, |
| 0:27.8 | especially since so many people are using them at work? Well, in this episode, we're going to explore |
| 0:32.1 | the opportunities, challenges, and potential pitfalls of this idea. A listener has this idea. |
| 0:38.9 | I actually think it's a great idea. |
| 0:45.0 | So I'll just talk about some ways that she might be more successful in doing it. And it's not just for her. Other people can do this as well. There's room for a lot of folks in this world just because, |
| 0:50.1 | as noted, so many people are using AI tools in different ways. So can this be a profitable niche? |
| 0:55.2 | I'm going to go ahead and say yes, but how might you position these templates effectively? |
| 0:59.0 | I'm going to give you a couple tips that might be helpful. |
| 1:01.2 | Well, I hope it'll be helpful, at least for somebody out there with this idea or who likes this idea. |
| 1:05.4 | Detailed question from our listener and my answer coming right up. |
| 1:16.6 | I'll Samantha. I've been exploring AI tools like ChatGPT and have noticed how a lot of |
| 1:24.2 | people struggle to get the best results without a clear structure. |
| 1:32.9 | I'm wondering if there's an opportunity to create and sell pre-made templates for specific use cases, like marketing plans, or customer service scripts. Do you think this could be a |
| 1:38.9 | profitable hustle idea? And if so, how would I market these templates to reach the right audience? |
| 1:51.1 | Okay, Samantha, as I mentioned, I definitely think this could be a profitable niche. |
| 1:55.7 | I think people are looking for these things right now. I also think this is not the kind of |
| 2:00.3 | business where you want to |
| 2:01.0 | spend six months or even three months making it. You want to figure out what are the templates |
| 2:05.6 | I can create in the next 30 days maximum and sell those templates. And then when something |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chris Guillebeau, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Chris Guillebeau and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

