Passive Recipe Site Earning $1,170/m Net at 96% Margin with 2,335 Untapped Email Subscribers

This profitable recipe content business launched in November 2023 on an aged domain acquired for $4,000 and earns 100% of its revenue from Mediavine display advertising; it has been fully passive since January 2026, averaging $1,170 per month in net profit at a 96%+ margin from 444 human-written articles, with traffic driven mainly by Pinterest (82%) and producing roughly 27,000–46,000 monthly sessions, and it includes the domain, WordPress site, Mediavine account, Pinterest account, an untapped email list of 2,335 subscribers, plus writer guidelines and writer contacts, with monthly expenses of $45 and an L12M average net profit of $1,169 per month, making it a strong fit for an operator looking to scale via email monetization, affiliate marketing, Facebook growth, and digital products. Key Highlights ✅ Fully passive since January 2026 with average net profit of $1,170/month at 96%+ margin ✅ Revenue is 100% display ads via Mediavine ✅ 444 human-written articles supporting consistent traffic ✅ 27,000–46,000 monthly sessions with 82% of traffic from Pinterest ✅ Includes an untapped email list with 2,335 subscribers ✅ Monthly expenses of $45 with L12M average net profit of $1,169/month ✅ Includes core assets and ops resources: domain, WordPress site, ad account, social account, writer guidelines, and writer contacts ✅ Clear growth levers: email monetization, affiliate marketing, Facebook expansion, and digital products

A 2,335-subscriber email list that has never been monetized is the most immediate opportunity — newsletter sponsorships or affiliate promotions could be activated with minimal effort. Additional upside includes scaling Pinterest output with a VA, launching a Facebook page (currently a high-traffic channel for recipe content), affiliate marketing for kitchen tools and meal kits, and digital products such as recipe ebooks.

Redirecting capital into a print-on-demand business and other niche website projects.