So I've set myself a challenge, earn 1,000 USD per month with a side project within 6 months.
Doable?
I would love to hear your stories and ideas!
Based on this broadly I think sell something that is highly valued. Which much of the time means selling stuff to marketers in some fashion or helping people directly sell more.
Another is anything that can help a team be better. A team can easily cost a million a year in salary.
Bad things are things people don’t care enough about or are freely available or the end user is poor. I think generally budget apps would be bad (user is trying hard to save at the buying point!).
I'm often browsing on Indiehackers, I was mostly looking for the unexpected, creative, fun stories op people finding a business somewhere they didn't expect!
Instead find a niche where you can easily reach those with the problem. Solve it simply with as little friction as possible. Eliminate as many barriers as possible. After you have proven the niche you can expand with features based on user feedback or your own creativity, if required.
All of the implementation details are second to finding the right problem to solve in a niche which is easily accessible. 90% of the value is in identifying the right problem to solve.
Deviations from this strategy have always made things more difficult than they need to be.
Selling a recurring subscription is 500x harder than selling a one-off purchase.