Notion side Hustle for busy moms(Beginner-Friendly Guide)
Do you want to set up a passive income stream by having your own Notion templates side hustle?
I talked about selling Notion templates in my post, easy digital products to sell. Many of you asked will this work for busy moms, who have never used Notion? If you want to set up your Notion templates side hustle, but don’t know where to start, then this is for you.
As mom, we are some of the most creative, capable, and resourceful people out there. When you give that energy a simple system (like Notion) and a step-by-step plan, creating a profitable side-hustle becomes much easier.
This blog post is your step-by-step guide to starting a Notion template side hustle that actually makes money—even if you’re building it during nap time or Netflix binge-watch.
A quick reality check before we start: this isn’t a “get rich quick” scheme. But it is a legit way to build passive income without selling your soul to hustle culture that works – if you put in time.
Let’s get started. But before diving into creating Notion templates, let’s answer the question:
What the heck is Notion, anyway?
According to Notion’s website, it is the perfect workspace to get things done.
I personally call it a mix of notes, spreadsheet, and project management tools. I use it to keep notes, plans, and even my daughter’s school events.
It is as versatile as it is feature rich. You can customize it to fit your style, whether you use it to plan your meal planning, shopping list, or business management.
There are lot of people out there who want to use it to streamline their lives. But they don’t want to spend hours making their Notion dashboards, they are ready to buy Notion dashboards that solves their problems.
That means you can easily create and sell Notion templates to others who want the same systems in their life.
No code. No tech drama. Just drag, drop, and make it pretty.
Why Notion Templates Are PERFECT for Busy Moms
Now that we’ve seen what Notion is, let’s see why it makes a great side hustle idea for you.
- No physical products to ship
- No inventory to maintain
- Work at your own pace, in your own time
- Endless niches to explore
- Free tools (you don’t need to buy software!)
As Notion is a free tool, you can decide any niche and create variety of products in it.
Ready to go from reading to selling today? Grab this PLR Notion template you can customize and sell today.
🎯 Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Notion Side Hustle
1. Pick a Niche
A niche is a specific topic, audience, or problem area that you focus to solve in your business.
For your Notion template side hustle, niche is the particular theme or group of people your templates are designed for. Choosing a niche helps to attract the right audience.
Say, for example, your niche could be mom life or mom entrepreneurs. Though both are moms but their problems are entirely different.
A busy mom may look for chore charts, cleaning dashboards, homeschool trackers that will help her to organize and plan her busy life better.
While mom entrepreneur may look for business dashboards, content planners, finance trackers.
So, your Notion template depends on your niche and the specific problem that particular group would have.
The easiest way to set your hustle for success is to narrow down your solutions to one target audience and what problem your templates will solve.
2. Brainstorm a Template Idea
Once you have identified your target audience/niche, you can start brainstorming a template idea.
You don’t need to build an entire life planner right now, you can start small. Start with individual Notion pages that solves one small problem.
For example start with:
- Daily routine template
- Weekly meal planner
- Monthly goal tracker
Once you get some experience, you can create full and more comprehensive planners in no time.
3. Build It in Notion
If you’ve never used Notion, don’t stress. It’s basically digital LEGO—drag, drop, click, done.
- Design your template on paper, or sketch tool of your choice. You can do this in Notes (or notepad) too.
- Log into Notion.
- Bring your template to life using various building blocks.
🔥 Pro Tip: If you want to skip the learning curve, and give yourself a running start, then I’ve got a Notion course built just for moms like you.
4. Create a Mockup
Once your Notion template is ready, it’s time to SHOW it off. Because let’s be real… people do judge a product by its cover.
A solid product mockup = more clicks, more saves, more SALES.
And don’t worry—you don’t need Photoshop, an iPad, or a graphic design degree to make it happen. You just need Canva and a few simple tricks.
Focus on designing mockups that look professional and trustworthy, and instantly show the VALUE (without your customers having to read a word). People don’t want to guess what they’re buying. Show them, clearly and beautifully, and it will work in bakground to increase your sales without increasing your workload.
5. List It + Share It
Congratulations! You built your first Notion template. You made it look good. Now it’s time to put it out there and start stacking those sales.
This part trips people up because they think they need a full website, an audience, a 10-email funnel, and a TikTok strategy.
NOPE.
You need one product, one platform, and one way to share it. That’s it.
🛍️ Where to Sell Your Notion Templates
Here are three solid, beginner-friendly platforms. You can use one—or all three.
💻 1. Etsy
- it has built-in traffic & people are searching for the right product to buy
- You can easily open your store
- A small listing fee ($0.20), a % of sales. So, apart from listing fee, you pay only when you make a sale
- It has higher competition, so requires proper keyword research.
- Use high quality mockup images to showcase your products
🔥 Pro Tip: Use mockups with lifestyle vibes — think coffee cups, clean desktops, minimal style.
🌐 2. Payhip
- Payhip is 100% free to start, you don’t pay anything to start a store
- You keep more profit (Payhip only takes a small %)
- Perfect for creators who want more control over branding
Bonus: Payhip gives you a landing page for your product, even if you don’t have a website.
🛒 3. Your Own Blog or Shop
- This is most profitable long term and gives you most control
- You have full control over branding, pricing, and kind of products you want to sell
- You can use SEO, email marketing, and Pinterest to market your products
📣 How to Market Your Templates (Without Feeling Gross)
Once it’s live, don’t sit back and hope someone finds it. You need to share it — just like you’d tell a friend about an amazing Amazon find.
Here are some ideas on how to market your products:
- Join Facebook groups, and share about it there – make sure to follow the group rules, some groups don’t allow self-promotion. Instead of just dropping your link, comment on other people’s posts, reply to members’ questions and share how this template will solve their problems.
- Talk about it on social medial, use short captions like “Moms, you need this!”
- Start an email list. Even if you start with 1 person, everyone starts from bottom. Tell them why you made it, how they can use it, and how it will benefit them.
👩💻 Ready to Start? Grab Your Free Notion Template
🎁 Download my free Notion Habit tracker — which includes a customizable habit tracker with commercial use rights. So, you can customize it and sell it in your store.
Ready to go from reading to selling today? Grab this PLR Notion template you can customize and sell today.
Your First Sale is Closer Than You Think
You don’t need a huge audience or fancy setup to start making money.
You just need:
- ONE solid template
- ONE platform to sell it
- ONE plan to promote it
Do this weekly and your side hustle can snowball into consistent sales that don’t depend on burning out or sacrificing time with your kids.
Want Help? I’ve Got You.
If you’re ready to go from idea to income faster, my Notion Course walks you through the entire process—from building your first template to setting up your shop and making sales.
This is perfect for busy moms who want to create passive income with less stress, more support, and actual results.
You don’t need more research, more free PDFs, or more courses collecting dust.
You need a plan, a tool that works (hello, Notion), and the belief that you can build something of your own—even if it’s 15 minutes at a time.
So go grab that free starter kit. Block 30 minutes this week. Build your first template.
And let’s get your side hustle working for you, not the other way around.
