Small Business
Shops, print on demand, dropshipping and laptop service businesses. We track startup cost, how long the first sale took, and what breaks once orders pick up.
We try it first, then we write it up
We test online side hustles with our own money.
Deneb Reviews signs up, pays the fees, and works each platform for at least 30 days. Then we publish what we earned, what it cost, and whether we would do it again.
48
Businesses and platforms tested since we started in 2021.
30 days
The minimum we work a platform before we score it.
Zero
Paid placements. Nobody can buy a score or a spot on the list.
What we cover
Four kinds of money, reviewed the same way.
Side Hustle
Delivery apps, freelance marketplaces, tutoring, reselling. We log every shift and report real pay per hour after fees, fuel and unpaid waiting.
Additional Income
Cashback, rewards, renting out things you already own, small payouts. Ranked by what lands in the bank each month for the time it takes.
Online Startup Review
Founders send us their platform. We use it as a paying customer for four weeks and publish the full report, good or bad, with no edits from them.
How a review happens
1
We sign up and pay
Own card, own name, no press account. If there is a paid tier we buy the one most people would buy.
2
We work it for 30 days
Hours in, money out, screenshots of every payout. Support tickets and refunds get logged too.
3
We publish the numbers
One score, the full spreadsheet, and a plain answer on whether we would keep going.
Latest reviews
Three tests we finished this month.
Side hustle
Evening grocery delivery
5.8
out of 10
Steady work, thin pay. Fuel and waiting time ate a third of it and the good slots go fast.
Hours logged
52
Take home per hour
9.40
Small business
Print on demand mug shop
7.4
out of 10
First sale on day nine. Margins hold up if you keep to two designs and skip paid ads early.
Startup cost
62
Profit in month one
118
Additional income
Renting out camera gear
8.1
out of 10
Best pay per hour we have measured, as long as you already own the kit and meet renters near home.
Time spent
6 hours
Paid out
265
Running something online? Put it in front of us.
We take four review requests a month. Tell us what your platform does and what a normal customer pays.