A New AI Side Hustle Everyone Should Try

8 min readNov 13, 2023

The best AI Side Hustle I’ve shared so far

Even though it sounds cliche, AI is like the gold rush of our time.

When ChatGPT first launched, the internet went crazy and I remember making a list of different ways I was going to make money from it.

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And then AI Art became a thing and I wanted in as well.

I made cliparts, patterns, digital products, you name it.

So yes, you can say, I was a Gold miner.

But in any gold rush, it’s never the miners that make the most money.

Because behind the scenes are the shovel sellers making the real money.

Now After messing around with AI for months, I feel silly for not trying out this side hustle sooner.

So What Exactly Am I talking about?

If you know the slightest thing about AI, it’s that AI works on a simple principle.

Garbage in, Garbage out.

Now, there’s something called an AI prompt.

It’s like a command you give these AI tools, and based on these commands, you get an output.

So if you make a generic command, you get a pretty generic output.

This principle makes it really tough for people who want to use these AI tools but end up with just generic output or images.

The majority of these people are business owners or creative entrepreneurs who can’t be bothered to learn how to make better prompts for these AI tools.

But they’ll sure be willing to have someone hand all the prompts they need on a platter of gold.

And that’s where we’ll come in.

We’ll be standing in the gap between the Gold miners and the Gold with high quality prompts to help them level up their output with AI.

And with the rate at which new AI tools are being launched these days, the possibilities are endless.

Businesses and creative entrepreneurs are looking for all kinds of AI prompts for tools like

ChatGPT
Midjourney
Leonardo ai
Bard.ai
Notion.ai

And your job is to learn how these tools work and create an entire side hustle where you sell these prompts to them.

I’m seriously considering this side hustle and I’ve already compiled some of my best prompts on Leonardo.ai

For example, here’s a prompt I created for a clipart I currently sell in one of my creative shops.

T-shirt cartoon cute and happy baby dog puppy,vector,contour, white background

Other creatives would die for a prompt like this, to help them create design bundles they can sell marketplaces like Etsy, Creative Fabrica and Gumroad.

So we’re basically selling them a prompt that either make them more money or saves them time.

And that’s is in fact very valuable.

So How Can we start this side hustle?

Step 1: Choose your AI tool

Remember how I mentioned something about AI founders constantly releasing new tools?

Well, It’s crucial to cut through the noise and choose just one AI tool.

You could choose ChatGPT or maybe an AI art generator like Dalle.

But, for any tool you choose to create prompts for, it has to be very popular.

If you create prompts for a lesser known tool, you’ll basically be limiting your market cap.

So to make the most money, stick with the three big dogs:

ChatGPT
Midjourney
Leonardo

Like I mentioned earlier, I use Leonardo.ai for all my creative needs, and I was thrilled about selling a bundle with all my prompts.

Step 2: Learn how to create high quality Prompts

So yes, there’s a learning curve.

You’ll have to learn how these AI tools work if you want to create prompts that provide consistent high quality outputs.

Now that’s not an excuse for you to not try this side hustle because I have the way out.

First, there’s YouTube.

Watch hundreds of videos about the AI tool you’ve picked until you can make prompts buyers would die to get a hold of.

Or Take a Prompting Class

Yeah, I know, it sucks.

This was supposed to be a free side hustle and it still is, you just have to choose your own pill.

You can Spend days or weeks learning how these tools work
Or just hours, learning from people who have spent the upfront time already.

To be honest with you guys, I took the first route and learned everything I know about AI from YouTube but it took me months to know what I know now.

The truth, folks, I learnt everything I know about AI from YouTube.

But It took me months to grasp what I know now.

So I don’t think it’s smart.

If you’re willing to invest a few dollars, I highly recommend you check out Ken Bluttman.

He sells AI Art prompt class specifically for Midjourney.

Now Midjourney is the largest AI art generator there is and it’s even better than Leonardo ai.

The best part is, they work almost the same.

So when you learn Prompting for Midjourney , the best of them all, you can apply the knowledge elsewhere.

Remember, you don’t have to buy the class.

But if you value your time and want to launch this side hustle a lot faster, then you can check out this prompting class here.

Step 3: Create your prompts and start selling them

Now, this is the part that always gets me very excited.

And if you guys know anything about me, you know how much I love marketplaces.

So to sell our prompt, we’ll be creating our shops on Marketplaces that already have an active customer base.

1. Prompt Base

Prompt Base is a very new but trendy marketplace that launched during the rise of AI to the spotlight.

Just from the name, you know this marketplace is dedicated to selling AI prompts for different AI tools.

So the traffic is quite targeted and specific.

You can create a free shop and start submitting your AI prompts singly.

It’s that simple.

No one is talking about prompt Base, so the competition is still very friendly.

2. Etsy

Etsy is another marketplace and probably the best for selling your AI prompts.

They get more than 454 million visitors every month, and these are all potential buyers for your products.

Now, If you’ve ever tried selling on Etsy and made no sales, it’s probably one of two things

You created a product that had no demand
Or way too much competition

But that won’t be the case for our AI prompts.

Because

AI prompts as digital products are still a fresh new concept
And the competition is very beginner friendly.

Plus, it’s so obvious that the demand is there.

So you can sell AI prompts on Etsy to make passive income.

In fact, some people were smart enough to get in on this very early and are already making thousands of dollars.

For a clear picture of how much you can make with this side hustle, I found 2 Etsy shops selling their AI prompts.

First, we have purrfect city,

Just 5 months old,
already has 2,715 sales
is a star seller on Etsy

And at an average price of $3.43 per prompt, this shop has made well over $9,312 passively.

I also found a shop called Guide pro

4 months old
Has made 1,921 sales

And at an average price of $4.99 per prompt pack, this shop has made $9,585 in passive income.

My point is, AI isn’t going anywhere. It’s here to stay.

You either adapt or get left behind.

And Prompting is one of the best skills you can learn in this day and age.

So if you’ve been looking for a way to get a piece of the AI pie, here’s your chance.

Start your AI prompt shop today.

Quick Disclaimer:

Remember, Midjourney is just one of the AI tools you could be creating prompts for.

The Prompting Class I showed you guys is for Midjourney & Midjourney is not free.

It costs $10 per month but I believe it’s worth it.

Once you learn how to create these prompts, you can launch your own prompt shop, or even take this side hustle one step further.

Use your prompting skills to make money in various other ways.

For example, you can

Sell your services for up to $25 per hour on Fiverr and Upwork
Create digital products with your prompts and sell them separately on different marketplaces like Etsy, Teachers pay Teachers, Creative Fabrica and much more

So you learn the skill once and you’ll keep making money from your knowledge.