Education for specialized exams had always been a market.I wrote a whole text about anything online is doomed to entry principle, where you compete with Chittaya and Chang, who are happy to earn 5 dollars a day.
And then I deleted it, because there are people earning money in different ways, even with ad management, which is supposedly something anyone can do.
But the entry principle is also there, omnipresent.
So I guess, anything that has a consulting component to it, where trustworthiness of your person is essential, can be such a "boring online business".
Think about it. If I want to buy a product (my mowed lawn), I do not care about who mows it, or cleans my window. It can be an android, as long as I have the job done. Heck, I would use a lawn mowing robot for this.
But with an ad manager, this does not work like that. There is more a strategical component.
So I think a "boring online business" has to involve strategic, creative thinking. Or some sort of human component.
If I can teleport Chittaya or Chang to deliver me anything physically, these boring offline businesses would all go bust.
So I do not really think your question nails it, although the point you come from, is a smart one.
GRE and GMAT for example.
They could be done purely online, but many education centers exist both online and offline.
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