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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3023 - Q&A: “Could selling templates for AI tools be a business?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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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.

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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

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