The most stupid company and their activities. Wacky business ideas that work

In the online business, as, indeed, in the usual one, a lot depends on the business idea. Some ideas are cut in the bud because they seem crazy and unprofitable. Below we present 10 ideas that seemed unpromising to everyone except their authors.

Only madmen could invest money in these projects. However, no matter how absurd these ideas initially seemed, their implementation made it possible to make fortunes.

1. Million Dollar Home 1,000,000 pixels, to pay one dollar per pixel is perhaps the dumbest online business idea that a person could think of. However, 21-year-old Alex Tew, who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.

2. SantaMail. And now this is a good idea. Find a postal address in the North Pole (a city in Alaska), pretend to be Santa Claus, and charge $10 from parents who want their kids to receive a letter? And what do you think? Since starting his business in 2001, Byron Reese has sent over 200,000 letters, making him a couple of million dollars richer.

3. Doggles. Develop goggles for dogs and sell them? Dumbest business idea. And how could they become millionaires and be able to sell their developments around the world? That beats me.

4. LaserMonks LaserMonks.com- This is a specialized branch of the Cistercian Abbey of the Virgin Mary - a monastery in which there are only 8 monks, located in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yep, real monks refill your cartridges. Hallelujah! The level of sales for 2005 was 2.5 million dollars! Praise the Lord!

5. Antenna Balls. You will not be able to sell antenna balls online. No way. And of course it won't make you rich. However, that is exactly what Jason Wall did and is now a millionaire.

6 FitDeck. Make a deck of exercise cards and start selling them for $18.95. In my opinion, not an idea, but a disaster. However, former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black posted a $4.7 million income last year. Of course, this is more than paid in military service.

7. PositivesDating.com Would you go on a date with an HIV positive person? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin decided they could, so last year they created an HIV dating site. Profit for 2006 amounted to 110 thousand dollars. They hope to have over 50,000 users on the site in the next two years.

8. Designer Diaper Bags Christie Rein is tired of carrying diapers in a separate portable bag. The 34-year-old mother constantly suffered from the fact that she had to fill her bag with diapers for her young son so that they would not wrinkle in her handbag. Rain wanted something compact, pretty, and stylish, so in November 2004, she and her husband sat down and decided to create a custom diaper bag that was big enough to fit the entire travel kit and 2-4 diaper. With 2005 sales of over $180,000, Christie's Diapees & Wipees designs bags in 22 different styles that can be purchased online at 120 boutiques worldwide for $14.99.

9. PickyDomains. Hire another person to come up with beautiful domain names for you? People will never pay for this. In fact, the process of looking up 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 are willing to pay their hard-earned money for a cool and catchy domain name. The company expects PickyDomains to hit six-figure sales this year.

10. Lucky Wishbone. Co Fake plastic "wish bones" from chicken. Looks like this stupid idea is destined to fail. What sane person would buy fake chicken bones? As it turned out, a lot of people are ready to buy it. The firm currently produces 30,000 bones a day (they cost $3 each) and founder Ken Ahroni expects 2006 sales to hit the $1 million mark.

The fact that "sex sells" business has been well aware for almost 60 years. Surprisingly, this trend is not only alive, but also actively developing, presenting itself to consumers in more and more sophisticated versions....

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Investments from 3,700,000 rubles.

Franchise of the unique quest show "Jumanji"

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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 compilation, we have collected 10 ideas related to the church.

Did you know that with the help of people from not so remote places, you can open high-end 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 that can be used to surf the Internet and listen to the contents of web pages. Students...

Investments from 35,000 rubles.

A ready-made business for those who want to change their lives and start earning up to 300,000 rubles. on psychological games.

Business idea No. 5778

The American Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has developed a "drug" to help combat Islamophobia among Americans. For now, it's in jest. Um...

Chinese online lenders have found a rather raunchy but effective way to lend to local female students. Chinese users of online lending services

In Cologne, Germany, specially for the European Football Championship-2016, they invented computer game for urinals called Pisspad Soccer. The player can control the ball with the help of a stream of urine.&...

Business idea No. 5718

Voluntarily deprive yourself of sight for several hours, days or even a week - in our time, queues line up for such a service, and its customers are ready to pay solid money for it.

Investments from 1,000,000 rubles.

Franchise of cutting-edge hairdressing salons "Strizhka-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

In Dakar, a unique unit called the Janice Omni Processor (JOP) has been launched. With the help of it, the contents of the sewer are turned into electricity, ashes and ... drinking water. ...

Rumblr is the name of this funny 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 kindergarten for adults. To visit Preschool Mastermind, forty-year-old uncles and aunts pay from 333 to 999 dollars.

Investments from 950,000 rubles.

Franchise from the largest importer of Belarusian cosmetics. Rapid formation of a base of regular customers, low purchase prices for popular goods, lack of competition with federal chains.

Business idea No. 5081

A service called Pigeonly created former prisoner. The Pigeonly service was created for those who are in prison and, more broadly, for all those who, for some reason, are out of "online" communications...

Business idea No. 4904

A harmless, natural, wax-based adhesive called Nerdwax recently raised money on Kickstarter. Wax Nerdwax product freaky and for freaks. Wax inventor, sir...

Business idea No. 4771

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) understand in their own way what it means to “keep the memory of a dearly deceased”... Eterni.me is their system based on an 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) is 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".

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Each of us sometimes come up with some business ideas, but few dare to implement them. But you know, since some people are making $10,000 a month just mailing potatoes to others, maybe we should give it a try?

website collected examples of absurd businesses, which, however, allow their creators to exist quite comfortably.

Mom for hire

Mom of two adult sons, New Yorker Nina Kenelli for $ 40 an hour can temporarily become your mother. She will cook your favorite cake, chat with you over a cup of tea, sympathize if necessary, watch a movie with you or advise a good doctor if you are sick, that is, she will do everything that a real mother would do. But Nina says that she is devoid of the shortcomings of her own mother: she will not criticize your hairstyle, compare it with more successful children of friends, or talk on the phone about family squabbles for 40 minutes. And although many consider such a business to be rather cynical - a kind of surrogate warm relationship without problems, but for the money, Nina's services are very popular.

Potato Postal Service

In the US, there are services that send messages written on potatoes by mail - MusteryPotato and Potato Parcel. Both are wildly popular. You can order a small inscription - congratulations, confession or words of support - or a picture that will be applied to the potato and sent to the addressee, if you want, anonymously. Threats and insults cannot be sent. The price of one potato depends on the size and starts from $10.

Hairpieces for horse tails

Horse tails are made longer and thicker with hair extensions and hairpieces. This service is used by owners of horses participating in exhibitions, competitions and races. False tails are made from natural horse hair and cost $50-400.

Sunglasses for dogs

One day, Roni di Lullo was playing frisbee with her dog, but the sunlight prevented the dog from catching the “plate”. Then she came up with the idea of ​​sunglasses for dogs. Now her company produces not only glasses, but also other accessories for animals: backpacks, toys and swimming vests. Business turnover - about $ 3 million per year.

Dirt from Ireland

Irish-Americans Pat Burke and Alan Jenkins sell "Official Irish Mud". It's a plastic bag of earth that starts at $10 for a small package. The product is popular with Irish people who emigrated to other countries and are nostalgic for their abandoned homeland. They buy land in order to throw a handful of it on the grave of deceased relatives or to make a flower bed. There are those who buy "Irish dirt" in huge quantities in order to build a house on their native land. In the first six months of the business, Burke and Jenkins became millionaires.

Tattoos on the teeth

Doody Calls is a dog waste cleaning service that can be bought for any period, for example, for six months. Employees of the company regularly clean private and public areas: yards, parks and recreation areas. Started in 1999, married couple Jacob and Susan D'Aniello has grown the business to the point where it sells franchises across America, with turnover in excess of $1 million a year.

What weird business ideas have you come up with? Share them in the comments, and perhaps you will find those who are ready to become your client in the future.

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 dumber the better? Do you have wacky ideas like these...

1. Million Dollar Homepage

1000000 pixels, you have to pay one dollar per pixel is probably the dumbest online business idea that a person could think of. However, 21-year-old Alex Tew, who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.

2.SantaMail

And now this is a good idea. Find a mailing address at the North Pole (city in Alaska), pretend you're Santa Claus and take $10 from your parents who want their children to receive a letter? And what do you think? Since starting his business in 2001, Byron Reese has sent over 200,000 letters, making him a couple of million dollars richer.

3. Doggles

Develop goggles for dogs and sell them? Dumbest business idea. And how could they become millionaires and be able to sell their developments around the world? That beats me.

4 Laser Monks

LaserMonks.com is a profile branch of the Cistercian Abbey of the Virgin Mary, a monastery of only 8 monks located in the hills of Monroe County 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yep, real monks refill your cartridges. Hallelujah! The level of sales for 2005 was 2.5 million dollars! Praise the Lord!

5. Antenna Balls

You can not sell antenna balls online. No way. And of course it won't make you rich. However, that is exactly what Jason Wall did and is now a millionaire.

6 FitDeck

Make a deck of exercise cards and start selling them for $18.95. In my opinion, not an idea, but a disaster. However, former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black posted a $4.7 million income last year. Of course, this is more than paid in military service.

7.PositivesDating.Com

Would you go on a date with an HIV positive person? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin decided that yes, they could, so last year they created dating site for HIV-infected people. Profit for 2006 amounted to 110 thousand dollars. They hope to have over 50,000 users on the site in the next two years.

8. Designer Diaper Bags

Christie Rein is tired of carrying diapers in a separate portable bag. The 34-year-old mother constantly suffered from the fact that she had to fill her bag with diapers for her young son so that they would not wrinkle in her handbag. Rain wanted something compact, pretty, and stylish, so in November 2004, she and her husband sat down and decided create a custom diaper bag, which would be roomy enough to fit the entire traveler's set and 2-4 diapers. With 2005 sales of over $180,000, Christie's Diapees & Wipees designs bags in 22 different styles that can be purchased online at 120 boutiques worldwide for $14.99.

9. PickyDomains

Hire another person to come up with beautiful domain names for you? People will never pay for this. In fact, the process of looking up 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 hit six-figure sales this year.

10 Lucky Wishbone Co.

Fake plastic wishbones from chicken. Looks like this stupid idea is destined to fail. What sane person would buy FAKE CHICKEN BONES? As it turned out, a lot of people are ready to buy it. The firm currently produces 30,000 bones a day (they cost $3 each) and founder Ken Ahroni expects 2006 sales to hit the $1 million mark.

At a certain stage of their development, many understand that working for hire until retirement is not their way, that it is time to organize their own business. And the first question that future entrepreneurs ask themselves is what to do, what to produce, what services to provide? We discussed these issues in the article " How to find a business idea where you can get a lot of useful tips for beginner traders. Today I propose to talk about a separate category of business ideas that we would call stupid, ridiculous, absurd. But, oddly enough, many of them bring their owners a considerable income.

Why should we discuss someone's stupid ideas - you ask? Perhaps I'll start from afar. For some, a tangible result in the form of financial growth is more important - such entrepreneurs choose well-known and working business ideas. This path has been trodden by thousands of businessmen before them, guaranteeing customer attention and profit. But he also has back side- a huge competition that crushes many newcomers. For another category of businessmen (usually creative and ambitious individuals), this path is not suitable - they want something new and interesting, they dream of creating original business that no one else has. Of course, they will know the bitterness of trial and error, but if they find their gold mine, they will be out of competition.

It is the most stupid ideas for businesses that seem unviable, sometimes become not just successful, but ingenious. Judge - who would have thought that the production of sunglasses for dogs would be profitable business bringing millions to their owners? Yes, now Doggles products are popular in a dozen and a half countries of the world, the company produces not only glasses, but also jewelry, outfits and accessories for dogs.

Another unexpected business idea is protecting golf courses from geese. Thirty years ago, David Marks was working on a golf course and noticed that large wild birds annoy players. He also noticed that his dog perfectly disperses uninvited feathered guests with his bark. With a bit of savvy, David hired a few dogs and began offering his services to owners of golf courses, private parks, and other recreational areas. Now he is the owner of a stable and successful business bringing in $2 million annually.

How often do you say that it would be nice to buy a second sock mobile phone to call him? For those who regularly lose socks, Black Socks has developed an application that allows you not only to find a pair, but also to determine which sock is in front of you - right or left. There are other functions: sorting by shade of black, counting the number of washings, determining the age and place of purchase. True, such a pleasure costs almost two hundred dollars. And the most interesting thing is that it is popular.

The offer looks like ten pairs of socks, each with a chip embedded in it. Accordingly, a scanner is attached to them. The application is installed on the iPhone, with which the sock communicates via Bluetooth. This makes one think that in the event of a revolt of the machines, there is a possibility of being captured by their own socks ...

Now people often make money on what is right under their noses - they post photos, videos or stories about their pets, relatives and children on popular social networks. Business ideas are taken directly from life itself (on the site http://biz911.ru/ you can find many ideas for business), and playful pastime becomes a profitable business.

For example, someone turns family troubles into business ideas. Justin Halpern has long endured his father's caustic underwear. Unfortunately or fortunately, dad had a fairly rich vocabulary, and he spoke real pearls, which his son eventually began to write down and post on Twitter. Very soon, Justin became the hero of a popular program, wrote a book and a script for a comedy series.

American Kevin Kotter also found himself in an unpleasant family history and was able to capitalize on it. After a divorce from his beloved wife, for a long time he could not figure out where to put her wedding dress. In the end, he decided to connect humor and have fun. Kevin began to look for ways to use the dress usefully - it was used both as a hammock and as a doormat, and replaced the curtain in the shower, and even went fishing as a net. The abandoned husband took a whole series of photographs that he posted on his blog. They instantly gained popularity and spread on the Internet, Kevin wrote a humorous book, where he gave 101 ways to use his ex-wife's dress. But that's not all. After some thought, he decided that the joke could well become a business idea. After that, he began to buy the wedding dresses of their ex-wives from grief-stricken husbands and make designer crafts out of them. So that.

Speaking of breakups, it is this part of human relations that the creators of The Breakup Shop decided to make the basis of their service. For a certain amount, the text of the letter is written to the client, in which he informs about the break in relations, they are drawn up in the form beautiful postcard or even a gift. There is also a service for a personal visit to the “victim” by a service employee, and explanations can also be ordered by phone. Imagine: the doorbell rings, you open it, and there is a pretty representative of the opposite sex with a bouquet of flowers and a mournful mine on his face. “You were asked to convey that everything is over between you. My condolences. But don't be discouraged, you are young and the world is full of opportunities! Thank you, please sign for the service rendered…” Original! And it is in demand.

Well, these stupid business ideas at least involve the provision of services ... But sometimes enterprising inventors manage to sell the most ordinary nothing for good money. Among such working ideas are the sale of air and ghosts. Daniela Dorrer from Germany offered residents of gassed megacities to buy rural air. The clean air, flavored with farm animals, is sold in hermetically sealed packages and delights customers. Are on sale in a network and jars with air of the known cities - Paris, London, Berlin. Well, now we can safely twist the saying: "Smell Paris and die!"

The founders of Ghost in a Bottle make good money selling beautifully designed bottles. Inside - well, of course, a ghost. By the way, suppliers do not recommend opening or breaking the container, since they do not provide services for catching released ghosts.

Naturally, not every stupid idea can be the beginning of a successful business - many of them remain in thoughts, others fail at the very beginning. In order to implement such an idea, you need to be on the same wavelength with the consumer, to understand how this new product will be to the taste of other people. And the preferences of the crowd are sometimes quite bizarre - and you and I know this very well.

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