All that is needed is originality and active promotion of a new idea to the masses. Statesare earnedTodayon stupid, stupid and ridiculous ideas. Maybe grief and poverty really come from the mind? Maybe the stupider the better? Do you have stupid ideas like these...
1. Million Dollar Homepage
1,000,000 pixels, need to pay one dollar per pixel is perhaps the dumbest online business idea a person could ever come up with. However, 21-year-old Alex Tew, who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.
2.SantaMail
Now this is not a bad idea. Find your postal address in the North Pole (city in Alaska), pretend you're Santa Claus and charge your parents $10 who want their children to receive a letter? So what do you think? Since starting his business in 2001, Byron Reese has sent more than 200 thousand letters, which has made him a couple of million dollars richer.
3.Doggles
Develop dog safety glasses and sell them? Dumbest business idea. And how were they able to become millionaires and were able to sell their developments around the world? That beats me.
4.LaserMonks
LaserMonks.com is a specialized branch of the Cistercian Abbey of the Virgin Mary, a monastery of just 8 monks located in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yeah, real ones monks refill your cartridges. Hallelujah! Sales for 2005 amounted to 2.5 million dollars! Praise the Lord!
5.AntennaBalls
You can not sell antenna balls online. No way. And of course it won't make you rich. However, this is exactly what Jason Wall did and now he is a millionaire.
6.FitDeck
Make a deck of cards with pictures of different physical exercises and start selling them for $18.95. In my opinion, it’s not an idea, but a disaster. However, former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black reported income of $4.7 million last year. Of course, this is more than they paid in military service.
7.PositivesDating.Com
Would you go on a date with someone who is HIV positive? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin decided that yes, they could, so last year they created online dating for HIV-infected people. Profit for 2006 amounted to 110 thousand dollars. They hope to have more than 50,000 users on the site in the next two years.
8. Designer Diaper Bags
Christie Rein was tired of carrying diapers in a separate carrying bag. A 34-year-old mother suffered constantly from having to fill her bag with diapers for her baby son so they wouldn't get wrinkled in her handbag. Raine wanted something compact, beautiful and stylish, so in November 2004, she and her husband sat down and decided create a special diaper bag, which would be roomy enough to fit the entire traveler’s set and 2-4 diapers. With 2005 sales of more than $180,000, Christie's company Diapees&Wipees designs bags in 22 different styles that can be purchased online at 120 boutiques worldwide for $14.99.
9. PickyDomains
Hire someone else to come up with ideas for you. beautiful names domains? People will never pay for this. In fact, the process of finding domain names for other people has become a booming business, especially when there is no risk involved. PickyDomains currently has a waiting list of people who want to PAY their hard-earned money for cool and easy to remember domain name. The company expects PickyDomains to reach six figures in sales this year.
10. Lucky Wishbone Co
Fake plastic wishing bones from chicken. It looks like this stupid idea is destined to fail. Yes what normal person will buy FAKE CHICKEN BONES? As it turned out, many people are ready to buy it. The company currently produces 30,000 seeds daily (they cost $3 each) and founder Ken Ahroni expects 2006 sales to reach $1 million.
In online business, as well as in regular business, a lot depends on the business idea. Some ideas are cut short because they seem crazy and not profitable. Below we present 10 ideas that seemed unpromising to everyone except their authors. Only crazy people could invest money in these projects. But, no matter how absurd these ideas may initially seem, their implementation made it possible to make fortunes.
1 place.
milliondollarhomepage.com
There are 1,000,000 pixels on the site and each pixel costs $1 - this is possibly the dumbest online business idea a person could ever come up with. However, 21-year-old Alex Tew, who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.
2nd place.
SantaMail
Now this is not a bad idea. Find yourself a mailing address in the North Pole, Alaska, pretend you're Santa Claus, and charge $10 to parents who want their kids to receive a letter? So what do you think? Since starting his business in 2001, Byron Reese has sent more than 200 thousand letters, which has made him a couple of million dollars richer.
3rd place.
Doggles
What kind of imagination does it take to come up with the idea of selling designer safety glasses for dogs?
This stupidest business idea was implemented by the creators of the website Goggles.com and in just a year it turned into a multimillion-dollar business.
4 Place.
LaserMonks
LaserMonks.com is a specialized branch of the Cistercian Abbey of the Virgin Mary, a monastery of just 8 monks located in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Now these slackers can refill and illuminate, for a reasonable fee, the cartridges of your printers! Hallelujah! And according to reports for 2005, the monks spent $2.5 million. Praise the Lord!
5 Place.
Antenna Balls
What could be dumber than producing and selling balls that attach to car antennas? Who will buy them?
But how strange it is that people buy them, and how! This stupid idea came from Jason Wall and he is now a millionaire.
6 Place.
Make a deck of cards with pictures of different physical activities and start selling them for $18.95 per deck. In my opinion, it’s not an idea, but a disaster. However, former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black reported income of $4.7 million last year. Of course, this is more than they paid in military service.
7 Place.
PositivesDating.Com
Would you go on a date with someone who is HIV positive? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin decided that yes, they could, so last year they created a dating site for people living with HIV. Profit for 2006 amounted to 110 thousand dollars. They hope to have more than 50,000 registered users on the site in the next two years.
8 Place.
Designer Diaper Bags
Christie Rein, a 34-year-old mother, struggled with having to fill a separate bag with diapers for her baby son so they wouldn't get wrinkled in her purse. Raine wanted something compact, beautiful and stylish, so in November 2004, she and her husband decided to create a special diaper bag that would be roomy enough to fit an entire traveler's kit and 2-4 diapers. With 2005 sales of more than $180,000, Christie's company Diapees&Wipees designs bags in 22 different styles that can be purchased online at 120 boutiques worldwide for $14.99.
9 Place.
PickyDomains
Hire a third party to come up with fancy domain names for you? There's no way people will pay for this! In fact, the process of finding domain names for other people has become a booming business, especially when there is no risk involved. PickyDomains currently has a waiting list of people who want to pay their hard-earned money for a cool and easy-to-remember domain name. The company expects PickyDomains to reach six figures in sales this year.
10 Place.
Lucky Wishbone Co
Fake plastic chicken wishing bones. It looks like this stupid idea is destined to fail. What normal person would buy fake chicken bones? As it turned out, many people are ready to buy it. The company currently produces 30 thousand seeds daily (they cost $3 apiece). This unusual idea belongs to Ken Achronin, who made his first million literally on chicken bones in 2006.
Business has been well aware of the fact that “sex sells” for almost 60 years. Surprisingly, this trend is not only alive, but also actively developing, presenting itself to consumers in increasingly sophisticated versions....
Do you know what would happen if you injected a few... hmm... rather specific organic drops of creativity into the business of producing goods or providing services? Now you'll find out.
Investments from RUB 3,700,000.
Franchise of the unique quest show "Jumanji"
The Fort Family company presents a unique quest show “Jumanji”, which has no analogues. Today you can become its owner by joining the professional family of Fort Family franchisees!
In order not to be left without parishioners, the church is forced to keep up with the times, adapting to the needs modern people and mastering technology. In this collection we have collected 10 ideas related to the church.
Did you know that with the help of people from not so distant places, you can open elite restaurants, create premium clothing lines, design SUVs or generate cheap electricity?
Business idea No. 6007
Students from Denmark have invented a telephone with a classic rotary dialer, which can be used to access the Internet and listen to the content of web pages.
Students...
Investments from 35,000 rub.
A ready-made business for those who want to change their lives and start earning up to 300,000 rubles. on conducting psychological games.
Business idea No. 5778
The American Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has developed a “drug” to help combat Islamophobia among Americans. So far in a comic form. Um... Chinese online lenders found a rather raunchy but...
effective method lending to local female students. Chinese users of online lending services are...
In Cologne, Germany, they invented it especially for the 2016 European Football Championship.
computer game
for urinals called Pisspad Soccer. The player can control the ball using a stream of urine.&...
Business idea No. 5718
To voluntarily deprive yourself of your sight for several hours, days or even a week - nowadays there are queues for such a service, and its customers are ready to pay considerable money for it.
Investments from 1,000,000 rubles.
Franchise of ultra-modern hairdressing salons "Haircut-SHOP". Any haircut 250 rubles! Open your own hairdressing salon with a unique concept and income from 150,000 rubles per month!
Business idea No. 5708
A service called Need a Mom from New York offers an unusual service - a mom for rent. For $40 an hour, “Mama Nina” will listen to all your problems, clean up your apartment, pet... Business idea No. 5706 A unique unit called Janice Omni Processor (JOP) went into operation in Dakar. With its help, the contents of the sewer are converted into electricity, ash and... drinking water. ...
Rumblr - that's what this funny thing is called
mobile app , which deliberately “parodies” the values of society, turning them inside out and showing us our real face and our true needs... Business idea No. 5258 An American named Michelle Joni Lapidos realized
unusual idea
Franchise from the largest importer of Belarusian cosmetics. Rapid formation of a base of regular customers, low purchase prices for popular product, lack of competition with federal networks.
Business idea No. 5081
A service called Pigeonly was created by a former prisoner. The Pigeonly service was created for those who are in prison and, more broadly, for all those who, for some reason, are outside of “online” communications...
Business idea No. 4904
A harmless, natural wax-based adhesive called Nerdwax recently raised money on Kickstarter.
Nerdwax wax is a product for freaks and for freaks. Inventor of wax, sir...
Business idea No. 4771
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have their own understanding of what it means to “keep the memory of a dear deceased”... Eterni.me is their system based on artificial...
Business idea No. 4746
Japanese eco-fashion for the post-apocalypse A corporation called Yamamoto Corporation, a well-known manufacturer of special suits (including wetsuits) based... Production best solution
to ensure the cleanliness of the premises - thermal shoe covers and devices for putting them on. Dealer program from the company "EcoMedicalPlus".
The fashion for startups is not fading. Hundreds and hundreds of young talents are racking their brains over a brilliant idea that will conquer the world, kill Google, Twitter, and Facebook is already not feeling very well.
As a rule, it all starts with finding a competitive product, developing a business plan, and attracting investors. But the most important thing in a startup is the idea; you should always remember this. And this is precisely where many people have serious problems: few people are able to find the very business idea that can attract money from buyers. However, sometimes entrepreneurs approach solving this problem in a non-standard way, which is why their income does not become less.
10 seemingly most ridiculous ideas that turned into a completely successful business.
1. Dating site for married people Oddly enough, a dating site for family people was created by a married man - former lawyer Noel Biderman, who officially considers himself a very happy family man. Unlike most similar projects, this resource allows participation only by married men and women, as well as engaged users who must enter into in the near future. Website slogan: “Life is short. Get in touch." Despite the rather immoral essence, Biderman became a millionaire, and the total number of users of this resource exceeds 3.2 million people.
2. Cleaning service for dogs while walking
Back in 1987, hardly anyone would have thought that Matthew Osborne, then the founder of the unknown Pet Butler service in Ohio, would one day become a millionaire. In those days, Osborne had to work full time without rest, and his income was less than $6 an hour. However, the owners of 100 thousand pet dogs living within a 15-mile radius of the Osborne family home could not remain indifferent to the service offered to them: cleaning up excrement after dogs while walking. Business took off, and Osborne hired the first seven people to do the job while he took over the management of the company. Today, Pooper-Scooper.com has an established customer base, continually attracts new dog owners, and generates millions of dollars for Osborne.
3. Selling jam according to grandma’s recipe
For many housewives, their own recipes are not only a way to pamper their family with unknown dishes, but also valuable assets - secrets that should under no circumstances be made public. British entrepreneur Fraser Doherty built his empire by selling jams based on his grandmother's recipe. After starting his own business at the age of 14, Doherty discovered the secret of his grandmother's jams. At the age of 16, the founder of the sweet business dropped out of school in order to direct all his energy to developing his own business, SuperJam. SuperJam's annual sales are estimated at 500 thousand cans, the company occupies 10% of the British jam market, and Doherty's fortune is estimated at $1-2 million.
4. Glasses for dogs
Who would have thought that dogs might need sunglasses? Certainly not for the pets themselves. However, their owners, as it turns out, are not at all averse to putting a fashionable accessory on their pet. This business is widespread today in the United States and brings its owners millions in income annually. Moreover, glasses were just the first step: today dogs wear backpacks, jackets, T-shirts, hats, shoes and much more.
5. Plastic wishing bones
In the United States, on Thanksgiving Day, there is a tradition of breaking the bone of the turkey you have eaten and making a wish. But who wants to wait? whole year, because you want to make wishes much more often, sometimes every day? Current millionaire Ken Achroni took advantage of this by starting mass production plastic seeds of desire. His company LuckyBreak produces 30 thousand seeds every day, and its buyers are both ordinary citizens and large corporations, distributing them to their employees. LuckyBreak's annual sales are estimated at $2.5 million.
6. Pillows for cooking in a microwave oven
American Kim Levin is the founder and owner of the Wuvit empire. It all started when Levine discovered a brilliant and incredibly simple idea. If you sew a pillowcase for a pillow, pour popcorn inside, and then place it in the microwave, you will get an excellent soft and warm pillow with pleasant aroma America's favorite snack. At first, Levin gave such pillows to neighboring children, but then she began selling her products, and then brought them into mass production. The Wuvit brand is great for kids, but adults won't mind lying down on a relaxing popcorn pillow either. Now Levine owns millions and even wrote a book about her secret to success.
7. Pixels are sold, inexpensively
In 2005, 21-year-old English student Alex Tew launched the Million Dollar Homepage project, where he offered to sell pixels (dots) on a 1000x1000 screen. Tew sold each point for just $1, and as a result he earned $1.037 million. The incredibly simple idea attracted enormous attention. Moreover, auctions were held for the right to become the owner of a pisquel. By the way, Tew sold his latest pixel for $38.1 thousand.
8. Letters of apology for missed work
The Excused Absence Network company offers everyone, for a small fee, to purchase a letter to send to an employer or teacher on behalf of an employee (student). This letter apologizes for the person missing work or school. The cost of such dispatches is $25, and they are sent by e-mail. Interestingly, the business owner who created it for just $300 still lives in his small house in Oklahoma and works from a single laptop. The number of orders for letters of apology exceeds 15 thousand every month.
9. Monks selling printer cartridges
Father Bernard McCoy, CEO and owner of LaserMonks.com, created his online resource in 2002 with the sole purpose of selling printer cartridges, thereby earning a small living. At first, annual sales amounted to more than a modest $2 thousand. However, the patience of the holy father bore considerable fruit: in 2005, annual sales exceeded $2.5 million. Clients include the common population, churches and monasteries, and even the financial giant Morgan Stanley. Every day LaserMonks.com accepts about 200-300 orders from more than 50 thousand of its customers across America.
10. Page Layouts for MySpace
There was a time when social network MySpace had the lion's share of the Internet market. One day, a 17-year-old girl with the instincts of a true business tycoon came up with and created the website WhateverLife, which offered page layouts for MySpace and free training courses on how to create them. The income from this endeavor exceeded $1 million. Although MySpace is no longer relevant, today the businesswoman earns about $70 thousand a month, and her resource is used by 7 million people around the world for 60 million various Internet pages.
According to VTsIOM, 60% of Russians would not like to open their own business. 37% of respondents said that they simply do not have the money for this.
But to start your own business, you don’t need to have a lot of starting capital. You can earn money from anything and without investments. We have collected examples of the most idiotic business ideas that work. They can be implemented even today.
Daniela Donner from Germany sells mountain air in cans to city residents. They sell air from different cities on the Internet: London, Paris, New York. In Russia they also do this - all the resorts are filled with banks of mountain and sea air.
Friend for rent
The Japanese have a very popular service for renting relatives and friends. The Hagemashi Tai company rents out friends to go to parties with, or spouses for family celebrations. The roles of friends and relatives are played by actors.
Listen to others
The American company Vent By Phon helps relieve nervous tension. For $2.99 per minute you can call and blow off steam over the phone. The operator does not give advice or provide assistance. He just listens and sometimes throws in “Yes” and “Mmmm.”
Abandon loved ones
The Breakup Shop service helps clients break up with loved ones. The text of breakup letters is written to clients, and they are issued in the form of postcards or gifts. There is a service for a personal visit to the “victim” by a company employee or an explanation over the phone.
Catching cats
Catch Your Cat helps catch cats and cats. When it’s not easy to get your pet out from under the sofa, you can call a specialist for $80: he will come, catch the pet and put it in a cage.
Adopt an onion
You can adopt a pickled onion at adoptapickledonion.com. For $8, you could select a bulb to adopt from several photos. The “guardian” was sent an adoption certificate and a photograph of the bulb.
