{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"144222","rtpr_id":"nACStSmcba-20260915","ticker":"GDDY","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["GDDY"],"title":"Your Random Skill Might Just Be Your Next Business Idea","author":"ACCESSWIRE","published_at":"2026-09-15T14:30:00.813Z","article_body":"NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) /\nSeptember 15, 2026 / With college students heading back to school, many are\nlooking for ways to make extra income without taking on another traditional\npart-time job.\n\n(https://app.accessnewswire.com/imagelibrary/35e8be66-5f6a-46af-9052-038b7d87c1d2/1221165/a5b39eaf-9f12-4762-8443-4907601e01f5.png?v=1)\n\nThe problem is that starting a business can seem intimidating because you\nthink that it requires a big idea, a big investment and a five-year plan. It\ndoesn't.\n\nIf you have a skill, hobby or project that other people already find useful,\nyou may be closer to having a business idea than you think. Instead of\nstarting with \"What business should I start?\" try asking a simpler question:\n\"What value can I already create?\"\n\nWhat do people already ask you for help with?\n\nStart by paying attention to the requests you already get.\n\nDo friends ask you to help them with projects around their house? Do\nclassmates come to you when they need help with a class? Have you designed\nflyers for a student organization, edited videos for a friend or helped\nsomeone build a website?\n\nThose requests are clues. They tell you there is something you can do that\nother people may not want, or know, how to do themselves.\n\nThat doesn't automatically mean you have a business. But it gives you\nsomething much more useful than a random business idea: evidence that your\nskill solves a real problem.\n\nWhat can you do that other people find difficult or annoying?\n\nA useful business doesn't always come from a rare or impressive talent.\nSometimes it comes from doing something ordinary that other people would\nrather not do.\n\nMaybe you are good at organizing information, creating social posts, making\npresentations look better, editing photos or turning long videos into short\nclips. If someone else finds that task time-consuming, confusing or\nfrustrating, your ability to handle it can have value.\n\nTry making a list of the things you can do confidently, focusing on the things\nthat seem easy to you but consistently help someone else.\n\nCould you turn one of your skills into something people would pay for?\n\nOnce you have a few possibilities, make them more specific.\n\n\"I'm a handy person\" is a skill. \"I can help other college students with small\nprojects around their home\" is an offer.\n\n\"I know graphic design\" is a skill. \"I create social media graphics for local\nbusinesses\" is an offer.\n\n\"I'm good at video\" is a skill. \"I create short-form videos for restaurants\nand student organizations\" is an offer.\n\nSpecificity makes an idea easier to understand and easier to test. You don't\nneed to know exactly how big the opportunity could become. You just need to\nknow what you could confidently do for someone this weekend.\n\nHow do you make the idea feel real?\n\nOnce you identify an offer that seems promising, give it somewhere to live.\n\nA simple online presence can make it easier to show examples of your work,\nexplain what you offer and give someone a way to contact you. You don't need a\ncomplicated website or a fully developed brand to get started.\n\nA domain can also give the idea a name and an owned place online. GoDaddy Airo\n(https://pr.report/qa3c) can help simplify the process of getting that online\npresence up and running, so you can focus on figuring out whether the idea is\nuseful to someone else.\n\nThe important thing is that the website isn't the business. It is a tool that\nhelps you make the business idea real enough for someone else to see it.\n\nWhat could you confidently offer someone this weekend?\n\nThis may be the most useful question to ask.\n\nForget about naming a company, designing the perfect logo or figuring out\nwhere you want to be five years from now. Think about what you could actually\ndeliver to a real person in the next few days.\n\nCould you make repairs around someone's house? Design a menu? Tutor a\nclassmate? Edit a video? Create social content for a local business?\n\nStarting with something you already know how to do lowers the risk and gives\nyou a chance to learn what people value. If it works, you can build from\nthere. If it doesn't, you have learned something without having to make a huge\nbet.\n\nDo you need a big idea to get started?\n\nThe pressure to come up with a groundbreaking business idea can make starting\nfeel harder than it needs to be.\n\nFor a college student or young adult, the better starting point may be much\ncloser to home: What do I already know how to do? What do people already ask\nme for? What problem could I make easier for someone else?\n\nYou don't have to turn every hobby into a business. And you don't have to\nbecome an entrepreneur just because you have a marketable skill.\n\nBut if you want to see whether one of those skills could become a source of\nincome, you don't necessarily need to invent something new. You may just need\nto recognize the value in something you're already good at - and give someone\na reason to pay for it.\n\nWhat free tools can help you start a side hustle as a college student?\n\nGoDaddy Empower is offering a free domain and website building tools for three\nyears* to college students looking to bring their small business ideas to\nlife.\n\nCheck out www.godaddy.com/godaddy-for-good/empower to learn more.\n\n(*Offer only available in U.S. higher education institutions at this time.)\n\nFind more stories and multimedia from GoDaddy at 3blmedia.com.\n(https://pr.report/qa3e)\n\nContact Info:\nSpokesperson: GoDaddy\nWebsite: https://www.3blmedia.com/profiles/godaddy\nEmail: info@3blmedia.com\n\nSOURCE: GoDaddy\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/business-and-professional-services/your-random-skill-might-just-be-your-next-business-idea-1221165)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nACStSmcba-20260915","title":"Your Random Skill Might Just Be Your Next Business Idea","author":"ACCESSWIRE","ticker":"GDDY","created":"2026-09-15T14:30:00.813Z","tickers":["GDDY"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) /\nSeptember 15, 2026 / With college students heading back to school, many are\nlooking for ways to make extra income without taking on another traditional\npart-time job.\n\n(https://app.accessnewswire.com/imagelibrary/35e8be66-5f6a-46af-9052-038b7d87c1d2/1221165/a5b39eaf-9f12-4762-8443-4907601e01f5.png?v=1)\n\nThe problem is that starting a business can seem intimidating because you\nthink that it requires a big idea, a big investment and a five-year plan. It\ndoesn't.\n\nIf you have a skill, hobby or project that other people already find useful,\nyou may be closer to having a business idea than you think. Instead of\nstarting with \"What business should I start?\" try asking a simpler question:\n\"What value can I already create?\"\n\nWhat do people already ask you for help with?\n\nStart by paying attention to the requests you already get.\n\nDo friends ask you to help them with projects around their house? Do\nclassmates come to you when they need help with a class? Have you designed\nflyers for a student organization, edited videos for a friend or helped\nsomeone build a website?\n\nThose requests are clues. They tell you there is something you can do that\nother people may not want, or know, how to do themselves.\n\nThat doesn't automatically mean you have a business. But it gives you\nsomething much more useful than a random business idea: evidence that your\nskill solves a real problem.\n\nWhat can you do that other people find difficult or annoying?\n\nA useful business doesn't always come from a rare or impressive talent.\nSometimes it comes from doing something ordinary that other people would\nrather not do.\n\nMaybe you are good at organizing information, creating social posts, making\npresentations look better, editing photos or turning long videos into short\nclips. If someone else finds that task time-consuming, confusing or\nfrustrating, your ability to handle it can have value.\n\nTry making a list of the things you can do confidently, focusing on the things\nthat seem easy to you but consistently help someone else.\n\nCould you turn one of your skills into something people would pay for?\n\nOnce you have a few possibilities, make them more specific.\n\n\"I'm a handy person\" is a skill. \"I can help other college students with small\nprojects around their home\" is an offer.\n\n\"I know graphic design\" is a skill. \"I create social media graphics for local\nbusinesses\" is an offer.\n\n\"I'm good at video\" is a skill. \"I create short-form videos for restaurants\nand student organizations\" is an offer.\n\nSpecificity makes an idea easier to understand and easier to test. You don't\nneed to know exactly how big the opportunity could become. You just need to\nknow what you could confidently do for someone this weekend.\n\nHow do you make the idea feel real?\n\nOnce you identify an offer that seems promising, give it somewhere to live.\n\nA simple online presence can make it easier to show examples of your work,\nexplain what you offer and give someone a way to contact you. You don't need a\ncomplicated website or a fully developed brand to get started.\n\nA domain can also give the idea a name and an owned place online. GoDaddy Airo\n(https://pr.report/qa3c) can help simplify the process of getting that online\npresence up and running, so you can focus on figuring out whether the idea is\nuseful to someone else.\n\nThe important thing is that the website isn't the business. It is a tool that\nhelps you make the business idea real enough for someone else to see it.\n\nWhat could you confidently offer someone this weekend?\n\nThis may be the most useful question to ask.\n\nForget about naming a company, designing the perfect logo or figuring out\nwhere you want to be five years from now. Think about what you could actually\ndeliver to a real person in the next few days.\n\nCould you make repairs around someone's house? Design a menu? Tutor a\nclassmate? Edit a video? Create social content for a local business?\n\nStarting with something you already know how to do lowers the risk and gives\nyou a chance to learn what people value. If it works, you can build from\nthere. If it doesn't, you have learned something without having to make a huge\nbet.\n\nDo you need a big idea to get started?\n\nThe pressure to come up with a groundbreaking business idea can make starting\nfeel harder than it needs to be.\n\nFor a college student or young adult, the better starting point may be much\ncloser to home: What do I already know how to do? What do people already ask\nme for? What problem could I make easier for someone else?\n\nYou don't have to turn every hobby into a business. And you don't have to\nbecome an entrepreneur just because you have a marketable skill.\n\nBut if you want to see whether one of those skills could become a source of\nincome, you don't necessarily need to invent something new. You may just need\nto recognize the value in something you're already good at - and give someone\na reason to pay for it.\n\nWhat free tools can help you start a side hustle as a college student?\n\nGoDaddy Empower is offering a free domain and website building tools for three\nyears* to college students looking to bring their small business ideas to\nlife.\n\nCheck out www.godaddy.com/godaddy-for-good/empower to learn more.\n\n(*Offer only available in U.S. higher education institutions at this time.)\n\nFind more stories and multimedia from GoDaddy at 3blmedia.com.\n(https://pr.report/qa3e)\n\nContact Info:\nSpokesperson: GoDaddy\nWebsite: https://www.3blmedia.com/profiles/godaddy\nEmail: info@3blmedia.com\n\nSOURCE: GoDaddy\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/business-and-professional-services/your-random-skill-might-just-be-your-next-business-idea-1221165)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. 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