25 researched packs

Business ideas where most of the work is automatable

Code does the heavy lifting. These ideas scale on software instead of your hours. The core delivery (gathering data, generating documents, running checks) is automated. We will tell you exactly where you still need a person.

Other ways in

  • Business ideas that sell to businesses
  • Business ideas that sell to consumers
  • Business ideas you can start in the evenings
  • Part-time business ideas
  • Business ideas that are part automated
  • Business ideas for people who can build
UK

Road occupation permit packs

A web app that transforms a scaffolding site address and dates into a complete, council-specific road occupation permit application pack, ready for submission

34 Sources | Pays back in 8 months. | £49.99

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US (GA)

Map code theft evidence for Georgia founders

A private AI workspace for Georgia software founders maps code access and ownership before a departure becomes a Georgia trade-secret dispute

45 Sources | Pays back in 2 months. | £99.99

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RED-TAPE AND LICENSINGUS (CA)

Metrc schema tests for California cannabis software teams

A cannabis SaaS founder points the tool at Metrc's API; the tool emits a regression pack that flags every endpoint, field and enum delta since the last spec

16 Sources | £19.99

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UK

Stripe chargeback defence packs

Pulls order, intellectual property (IP), fulfilment and signature evidence from Shopify and the courier and packages it into Stripe's exact dispute-evidence format for a UK Shopify Plus agency's client

40 Sources | £79.99

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICESUK

Clinical-coding checks for private hospitals

Flag unsupported codes and missing diagnoses in each finished episode, so a private hospital founder can correct claims before month-end

38 Sources | Pays back in 6 months. | £79.99

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SPECIALIST NICHESUS (FL)

FL state-contract displacement feed for IT vendors

A weekly Florida-only database flagging which IT vendors are about to lose state contracts to regulatory action, so competing FL IT vendors can move first on the re-bid

38 Sources | £29.99

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICESUK

Scope-creep pricing desk

A tool for UK freelance designers, developers and writers that turns every out-of-scope client request into a priced, dated change note the client has to answer

28 Sources | Pays back in 4 months. | £99.99

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PAY AND WORKER RIGHTSUK

Unpaid-hours audits for NHS doctors and nurses

An API that reads published NHS rotas and timesheets, applies each worker's contract terms, and returns the overtime, unsocial hours uplifts and Working Time holiday pay owed

26 Sources | Pays back in 3 months. | £79.99

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RED-TAPE AND LICENSINGUK

Minibus permit and licence checker for small charities

A free web tool for people who drive minibuses for schools, clubs and charities, showing exactly which permit, licence and rules today's trip needs

39 Sources | Pays back in 2 months. | £79.99

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UK

Retention chasing service for building subcontractors

RetainRelease tracks every retention balance across every contract, sends the chase letters proven to release the cash, and files construction adjudication if a main contractor refuses

46 Sources | £79.99

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UK

Business rates challenge service

A web app that checks whether a shop, cafe or workshop is paying too much in business rates and builds the appeal ready to submit, for a fixed fee

29 Sources | £99.99

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TRADES AND SITE WORKUS

Cal/OSHA citation contest tool for California employers

A fixed-fee, step-by-step self-serve tool for California contractors that turns Cal/OSHA citations into winning defenses, cutting the fine in half without a lawyer

49 Sources | £49.99

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US

Personalised social story books for autism parents

A printed and shipped social story book that puts a child's own name and photos into the story, so the parent of an autistic child can show them what to expect in a situation they find hard

51 Sources | £49.99

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US

Stolen tool claim handling for California tradespeople

A fixed-fee service that handles stolen tool insurance claims for California tradespeople from police report to payout at $295

31 Sources | £49.99

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UK

Holiday pay claim service for zero-hours gig workers

Works out what a zero hours worker is owed in holiday pay from irregular earnings, and builds the claim letter they send their employer

41 Sources | Pays back in 3 months. | £79.99

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RED-TAPE AND LICENSINGUK

Fleet compliance gap checks for owner driver hauliers

A tool that pulls a small haulier's MOT, tachograph and maintenance records straight from official sources, then shows the owner where a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency inspector will look first

25 Sources | Pays back in 1 month. | £49.99

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PROPERTY AND PROBATEUK

Inheritance tax valuation reports for retirees

A report, built on real HMRC settlement data, that shows a retiree or their family how to negotiate the valuation behind an inheritance tax bill

17 Sources | £49.99

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TRADES AND SITE WORKUK

Fixed cash payouts for tradespeople whose van fails MOT

A one-person cover that pays a fixed cash sum to a self-employed tradesperson when their work van fails its MOT, so they can hire a replacement and keep working

26 Sources | Pays back in 5 months. | £49.99

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RED-TAPE AND LICENSINGUK

Prefilled chemical safety assessments for nail technicians

A downloadable set of pre-filled Control of Substances Hazardous to Health assessments for the common chemicals in nail services, so a mobile nail tech can show the inspector and get on with her day

39 Sources | £29.99

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PAY AND WORKER RIGHTSUK

Rating appeal service

A dashboard that spots when a delivery or rides driver's rating drops, supplies the evidence templates, and files the appeal to get the score restored

39 Sources | 6× first-year return. | £79.99

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CARE AND BENEFITS CLAIMSUK

Disability Living Allowance claim packs for parent carers

A web app that turns a parent's daily-life notes into a DWP-ready Disability Living Allowance claim pack for a disabled child

33 Sources | £29.99

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SPECIALIST NICHESUK

UV lamp test cards for self-employed gel nail techs

A colour-change card gel nail technicians use to test their UV/LED lamp, preventing undercured nails and allergic reactions

28 Sources | £29.99

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THE PET ECONOMYUK

Booking calendar and owner updates for solo pet sitters

A web app that pulls pet-sitting bookings from Rover, Cat in a Flat and direct messages into one calendar, auto-sends photos to owners, and chases reviews, for the gig worker juggling multiple pet-care apps

33 Sources | £79.99

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TRADES AND SITE WORKUK

Notifiable-work certification for sole-trader electricians

A fixed-fee service that certifies notifiable domestic electrical work without the electrician needing building control or a competent-person scheme

29 Sources | Pays back in 1 month. | £49.99

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TRADES AND SITE WORKUK

Daily income cover for stone worktop fabricators

Pays a self-employed worktop fabricator a fixed sum for every day their workshop is closed by a Health and Safety Executive notice over stone dust

23 Sources | Pays back in 7 months. | £49.99

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Every pack on this page faced the same checks: whether the pain is real, whether the value lasts, whether there is room in the market, whether the buyer can pay, whether you can reach the buyer, and whether it is legal to sell. Each then survived an adversarial review. How the checks work, and the kill log lists what it killed.

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