Weekly passive income ideas

Episode #25

Sept 2, 2025

September is here. Summer is officially over but I'm excited to get back to the grind. Let's go!

How do you slowly but surely succeed? Don’t be like everyone else. Position yourself to buy or build income-generating assets. Be smart. Be consistent.

Below are the best passive income ideas and content from the past month.

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In This Issue:

🎯 From Tiny Niche to $3k/mo Etsy Shop
“Now I wasn’t just selling a product, I was fixing a problem people actually had.”
Material‑Escape1057’s Etsy store floundered when they tried to serve everyone; once they sorted their ideas into three buckets—hobbies, life events, and pain points—they discovered that ultra‑specific niches win.

🧵 Path to a Successful Etsy Shop
“I never gave up though and now I’m at the point where I'm making consistent sales.”
Another Etsy success story. LootManVan documented the grind of getting an Etsy store off the ground which didn’t work at first, but after methodical and disciplined adjustments, got it to $2.3k/mo. Some advice he has are: price for profit, use tools (like Pinterest Trends), track your conversion rate, reinvest in your best sellers, etc.

🖥️ Building Websites to Generate Hosting Income
“If you know basic WordPress or web hosting, this is one of the most underrated side hustles out there.”
Tried and true for a reason. Find local small businesses that need a website. Build it for them and charge them a monthly hosting fee. This person did it and now makes $2k/mo in passive income. [Author note: I’ve actually done this before. You will get requests from customers from time to time so you have to be very clear in the original agreement what is included in the monthly fee and what costs extra (changing logos, doing SEO, etc).]

⚙️ Don’t Sleep on Cloning
“Two of the greatest cloners in human history were Bill Gates and Sam Walton.”
You can apply this to a lot of passive income methods. Clone really successful YouTube channels. Clone awesome web tools. Clone great digital products. Obviously, don’t outright copy them - but cloning what works is a legitimate shortcut to success.

🔄 Don’t Give Up - Journey to $52M
“Stay in the game, parlay your wins, and keep building.”
One entrepreneur’s journey filled with many many failures and blips of success, eventually ending up in a massive exit. Not totally passive income but I love his message about building and staying in the game - which can ultimately lead to solid passive income.

🚧 Sticker Marketing - Creative & Effective
“We got those stickers for less than a buck a piece.”
This company sent out stickers with instructions about shutting off water tanks - no immediate pay off, but when things broke - who did the customers call? They generated $67k with this. [Author note: What a creative way to plant marketing seeds for long-term payoff. Hope this inspires you to think of ways you can provide value to the customer which can then drive traffic/calls to your business.]

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🔥 Quick Hits:

• Cool Vending Machine - I love fun vending machines that draw people in.
• Short Form Video Guide - Quick video on where to put your eyes, text, etc and what areas to avoid in your short-form video (Tiktok, Reels, etc).
• Making Money with Keyboard Demo Mode - Not passive income really and likely not real but hilarious.
• 60% Return from Savings Accounts - Another funny one. Obviously not serious.

Ok, that's it for this month. I hope you’re well. Don't give up. It's all possible. You can do it.