8 great ways to create passive income from your coding skills!
These are good opportunities to start a side hustle since they require almost no initial investments.
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These are good opportunities to start a side hustle since they require almost no initial investments.
Start hustling



Teach others your wisdom through technical articles on Medium.
You can choose to put the most popular ones behind a paywall.
Good writers can generate up to $6000/month in passive income.

CMS-Systems like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal are still widely used.
Create themes and sell them on Envato Market.
Some top-sellers make a substantial amount of money on this


If you're a little more technically oriented, you may consider writing WordPress plugins.
Again, Envato Market has a great platform for this


Create a YouTube channel where you teach people to code.
As soon as you reach 1000 subscribers and 4000 watch hours, you are eligible to put YouTube Ads on your videos.
Some people make a SERIOUS amount of money off of YouTube.

You can discover a need in the market and create your own solution, then sell it as a Software-as-a-Service.
Product Hunt is a great place to promote your new startup


You can create eBooks and courses and sell them on platforms like Gumroad.
There are developers that earn an INSANE amount of money solely from selling courses on Gumroad.

If you create a project that people really love, you will be surprised by how many that are willing to support you through services like Patreon.
In fact, the creator of Vue.js worked full-time in the first year only on Patreon contributions.

Set up a business and take on projects that require developing software.
Leverage your network to find developers that are willing to do the job cheaper, then outsource the work.
The difference will be your profit.