Business Ideas and Stories

Online Stores & Products

Products you can sell online, from print-on-demand to subscription boxes.

$500–1,600

Print-on-Demand Store

Selling custom-designed merchandise (like mugs, t-shirts, and bags) using platforms like Printify and Etsy. Products are only printed when a customer buys them, meaning zero inventory costs.

Online Stores & Products
$1,530–5,880

Profit-Sharing Merch Store

A Print-on-Demand platform where other artists submit their designs. You handle the website and marketing, and the artists get a percentage of every sale.

Online Stores & Products
$480–1,630

General Dropshipping Store

A "cheap shop" style online store selling trending, low-cost gadgets directly from suppliers to consumers without holding inventory.

Online Stores & Products
$660–1,530

Wide-Angle Mirror Dropshipping

A niche dropshipping store focusing specifically on safety gear, like blind-spot mirrors for cars and trucks.

Online Stores & Products
$650–2,430

Keychain Screwdriver Dropshipping

A micro-niche e-commerce store selling everyday carry (EDC) multi-tools and mini screwdrivers that fit on a keychain.

Online Stores & Products
$3,100–8,780

Giant Plush Toys

Manufacturing or importing oversized stuffed animals, which are highly popular for gifts and children's room decor.

Online Stores & Products
$2,650–7,280

Black-Paged Notebooks

Creating aesthetically pleasing notebooks with entirely black pages, sold alongside special metallic or neon gel pens.

Online Stores & Products
$760–2,835

Custom Credit Card Stickers

Designing and selling high-quality, pre-cut vinyl skins that people can stick onto their bank cards to make them look cool (e.g., anime, retro, or funny designs).

Online Stores & Products
$2,900–7,900

Custom Coin Collection Albums

Creating heavily illustrated, themed albums for numismatists (coin collectors) to display their collections visually.

Online Stores & Products
$3,700–12,800

Personalized Children’s Books

Writing a base story and using software to insert the paying customer's child's name and likeness into the book before printing it.

Online Stores & Products
$2,830–7,600

Niche Subscription Boxes

Curating a monthly box of local, hard-to-find snacks or artisanal goods and shipping them to subscribers worldwide.

Online Stores & Products