What I mean by weird is, for example, the story about the woman who sold farts in a jar 🙂 Any other weird businesses you know of like that? And let's up vote the ones we think are the most bizarre!
What are some of the weirdest ways people have made a decent amount of income?
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like, selling ultrasound photos of fetus?
I sell an app that lets you compare your penis size to other men (Penometer on iPhone). I’d say that’s pretty weird!
Anyone who made money on crypto can essentially exchange magic beans for food and housing.
Line sitting for product launches, visas or court. People pay not to queue.
Gwyneth Paltrow springs to mind. Also selling worn underwear was one of the biggest selling items when eBay first started i believe.
Not really wierd but I sold a bunch of vintage porn magazines for like 30k in 2017 and bought BTC that’s now worth over $400k. Not a bad turnaround.
The lady in the mid 90s that wanted to learn how to make a website. She had absolutely no idea what to do. She loved in middle of nowhere Oklahoma. Tumbleweeds were piling up against her fence so she picked that. After all ot was just an exercise. Turns out tumbleweed Christmas trees are a thing. Also turns out that Hollywood westerns buy a lot of tumbleweeds. Next thing she knows she has a warehouse, employees, and money rolling in.
Honestly, the ‘weirdest’ ways often just prove how strong niche psychology can be. The fart-in-a-jar story worked so well because it tapped into novelty, scarcity and social virality, not just the product itself.
One of the strangest but smartest i’ve seen was a guy who sold rocks as ‘Pet Rocks’ in the 70s and made millions. Today the same principle shows up in digital form: NFTs, viral merch or ironic ‘anti products’.
In business, context can turn absurdity into value. Are you selling the product or the story behind it?
Guy sold pet rocks with googly eyes and made enough to buy a house. Proof that marketing beats logic every time.
Conozco a alguien que vendia cosas raras en eBay y empezo un negocio con eso
When I was on social money I sold anything I found on the road on Etsy, one rare bird and one rat hide both road kills. I later learned that it’s forbidden to do that, now I have a job but I think back sometimes and thing: weird, hu
People have made serious money doing the strangest things like selling emotional support rocks renting out backyard chickens for fresh eggs or livestreaming themselves studying for motivation