The best form of a passive income: Sell your study notes
Summaries, study notes, flashcards, study guides and other study resources: we almost all create them to pass our upcoming exams. But did you know that your study resources are worth quite some money? Stuvia is a platform where you can sell your summaries to help your fellow students and earn money. One of the best and easiest ways to create a passive income is by uploading your study resources. Upload your summary, set your price and start creating a passive income online. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

What is passive income?
Passive income is money you earn automatically that doesn’t require you to do a lot of “active” work to continue making it. This source of revenue continues after your work (or other effort you have to put in) is complete. Let’s say, you’ve got a part time job at a restaurant. You have to actively put a lot of time into your job in order to receive your monthly paycheck. When you decide to reduce your weekly hours at the restaurant or to quit your job, it will reduce your income immediately. Creating a passive income is a great way to help you generate an extra cash flow and to still have an income, even though you decide to reduce your hours or to quit your job. Sounds pretty great, right?
Start selling your study documentsEarnings per Stuvia seller
$103 | Average earnings per month A seller at Stuvia can earn from a few tenners to a couple of hundred dollars a month |
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$8,90 | Average earnings per sold document Every study document can be sold indefinitely |
12 | Average sold documents per month Your documents are being sold from early in the morning until late at night. During the week and at the weekends. |
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3 | Average number of days until the first sale is made After your study document has been uploaded, the Stuvia marketing machine will start working for you immediately |
How do you make passive income?

Build a strong passive income stream by selling your study documents online
Did you write textbook summaries, class notes, flashcards, case assignments, or other study-related documents during your time in College or University? These resources are worth money! By uploading your work on Stuvia you can earn up to $1,200 a year passive income. Just let Stuvia’s worldwide platform market your documents for you, so you can turn those documents into real earnings.
Start uploading study documentsCreate passive income by writing textbook summaries using 250 most popular books
At Stuvia, we welcome millions of potential customers to our platform who browse actively for summaries of commonly used textbooks. On average, a single summary (which can be written in appx. 3 hours) is worth $100 a month. How does earning 30 bucks an hour sound and receive commission fees to eternity? To get you started with writing summaries, we could give you a list of the 250 most demanded textbook summaries on Stuvia.
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Create a passive income online by selling your study resources
Are you studying or following a course for your work? And do you always prepare for your next exam by making summaries or study notes? Stuvia helps you to create a passive income online by selling your study resources!
Need some extra cash, but don’t want to get off the couch? At Stuvia, you can sell your own study notes online to help your fellow students and to earn some money. In that way, you can create an online passive income in a simple and easy way.
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Popular categories for summarized study resources
- Subjects
- Textbooks
Experiences from the Stuvia Community

Am glad to have known stuvia because I am now able to cater for my personal expenses without relying on anyone. May stuvia live long

Great way to get cash in exchange for those study materials you've piled up in the course of the semester..Love it!
Experiences from the Stuvia Community

Am glad to have known stuvia because I am now able to cater for my personal expenses without relying on anyone. May stuvia live long
bradohtech
University Of Kansas
Great way to get cash in exchange for those study materials you've piled up in the course of the semester..Love it!