I have a treat for you today.   Following are 10 TOTALLY STUPID ideas that made someone rich.  I found this article on Nichegeek.com and really enjoyed reading it.  I thought I would share it with you.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  Maybe the following stupid ideas could inspire you to create something that could make you rich…well if that’s your goal.  At the end of the article is the link to the original article.  Enjoy!

10 Totally STUPID Ideas That Made Someone Rich

How to get rich the smart way? Looking for internet business ideas? Read what some creative people did:

1. Million Dollar Homepage

1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.

2. PickyDomains

Hire another person to think of a cool domain name for you? No way people would pay for this. Actually, naming domain names for others turned out a thriving business, especially, when you make the entire process risk free. PickyDomains currently has a waiting list of people who want to PAY the service to come up with a snappy memorable domain name. PickyDomains is expected to hit six figures this year. Full Story

3. Doggles

Create goggles for dogs and sell them online? Boy, this IS the dumbest idea for a business. How in the world did they manage to become millionaires and have shops all over the world with that one? Beyond me.

4. LaserMonks (Now 123Inkjets)

LaserMonks.com is a for-profit subsidiary of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank, an eight-monk monastery in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yeah, real monks refilling your cartridges. Hallelujah! Their 2005 sales were $2.5 million! Praise the Lord. Full Story

5. AntennaBalls

You can’t sell antenna ball online. There is no way. And surely it wouldn’t make you rich. But this is exactly what Jason Wall did, and now he is now a millionaire. Full Story

6. FitDeck

Create a deck of cards featuring exercise routines, and sell it online for $18.95. Sounds like a disaster idea to me. But former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black reported last year sales of $4.7 million. Surely beats what military pays.

7. PositivesDating.Com

How would you like to go on a date with an HIV positive person? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin thought that someone would, so they created a dating site for HIV positive folks last year. Projected 2006 sales are $110,000, and the two hope to have 50,000 members by their two-year mark.

8. Designer Diaper Bags

Christie Rein was tired of carrying diapers around in a freezer bag. The 34-year-old mother of three found herself constantly stuffing diapers for her infant son into freezer bags to keep them from getting scrunched up in her purse. Rein wanted something that was compact, sleek and stylish, so in November 2004, she sat down with her husband, Marcus, who helped her design a custom diaper bag that’s big enough to hold a travel pack of wipes and two to four diapers. With more than $180,000 in sales for 2005, Christie’s company, Diapees & Wipees, has bags in 22 different styles, available online and in 120 boutiques across the globe for $14.99.

9. SantaMail

Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal address at North Pole, Alaska, pretend you are Santa Claus and charge parents 10 bucks for every letter you send to their kids? Well, Byron Reese sent over 200000 letters since the start of the business in 2001, which makes him a couple million dollars richer. Full Story

10. Lucky Wishbone Co.

Fake wishbones. Now, this stupid idea is just destined to flop. Who in the world needs FAKE PLASTIC wishbones? A lot of people, it turns out. Now producing 30,000 wishbones daily (they retail for 3 bucks a pop) Ken Ahroni, the company founder, expects 2006 sales to reach $1 million.

11. Bonus

Site X is currently the most popular online design contest marketplace. Like others, it relies on the concept of crowd sourcing in bringing together a pool of designers from all over the world and small to medium-sized businesses, which needs design solutions. While it’s hard not to be impressed with Site X…

12. Bonus 2

SiteX is a site where you can get a ton of freelancing jobs. It is one of the largest freelancing marketplace on the internet. The total value of contracts at SiteX was $16 million for the month of April 2011, so you can imagine that it is a really huge business.

To see other businesses and online business ideas that have not made the top 10 list but came pretty close, visit Business Ideas Blog

Click the following link to view the original article:  http://www.nichegeek.com/10_totally_stupid_online_business_ideas_that_made_someone_rich

Are you one of the millions of women who wears a different pair of shoes for each outfit?  Well, you’re in for a treat today.

Take a look at all the beautiful shoes on this page.  If you are hearing the words, “Buy me,” being whispered loud and clear in your ear right now…click on any of the pictures and shoe-shop until you drop.  This is what I call, “Obeying your inner voice”…LOL!


I’m one of the few women who are not obsessed with shoes.  Weird huh.  It seems like every woman I know go “Crazy” over a great, sexy, 3-inch pair of shoes.  I can’t even walk in 3-inch heals.  I was trying to be cute several months ago when I decided to purchase some sexy 3-in heals to wear to a baby shower in Brooklyn New York.

I thought I was going to die in those damn shoes.  If you’ve been to Brooklyn New York you already know how difficult it is to find a parallel parking space on the side of the road.






Well, we were not fortunate enough to find a parking space close to our venue, and had to walk several blocks to get there.  Oh My God!!!  I thought I must have grown corns and bunions on every toe.  I was grateful to a friend at the baby shower who had a pair of Sidekicks Foldable Ballet Flats in her purse.

This was the first time I heard about shoes that women carry around in their purses.

Below is a video of  a similar shoe to the one that almost made me fall flat on my face. My shoes are a little nicer though. The same shoes in the video, but my shoes have straps that wrap around my legs and then I tie it in a bow midway up my legs…really cute.

I bought my shoes online from a friend on my Facebook page.  She sells lots of shoes daily on Facebook.  You can actually earn a good living selling shoes online on Facebook, ebay, etc. You can also upload video reviews to Youtube like the one above and earn a commission for every shoes you sell for any online shoe business that offers an affiliate program.

So with all of this said, I would like to share with you an article by an ehow contributor, “How to make money selling shoes on eBay.”

 How to Make Money Selling Shoes on eBay

By eHow Contributor

eBay is a great place to sell shoes. You can sell new shoes or used shoes. And if you sell them the right way, you can really earn some decent extra money! I’ve sold lots of shoes on eBay. Below are some tips I’ve learned along the way.

If you decide to sell shoes on eBay, please see the other article in the resource section for tips on where to get the shoes you are going to sell!

TAKE GOOD PHOTOS — It’s hard to buy something that you can’t really see. Make sure you take photos from all angles. If the shoe is used you may even want to take a photo of the sole to show how scuffed it is.

GIVE MEASUREMENTS — Don’t just give a size. People can’t try on the shoe so they need measurements. Place a tape measure inside the shoe and state the actual length of the inside of the shoe from the toe to the heel.

Also give the width at the widest part of the shoe and the height of the heel.

STATE THE BRAND — If the shoe has a brand by all means say so! But you don’t have to sell only brand name shoes. There is a market out there for all types of shoes.

GIVE BUYERS IDEAS — Don’t think anyone wants grandma’s chunky heels from 1950? Think again! Old shoes are great for Halloween costumes. So say that in your auction!

DON’T SHOW FEET — Take photos of only the shoes. And if you are selling sandals, never put them on a bare foot. eBay has been known to take down auctions with bare feet because they assume you are catering to those with a foot fetish.

To view this original article click here.

Other Resources:

How to Make Money on eBay Selling Used Shoes
http://www.ehow.com/how_4998889_money-ebay-selling-used-shoes.html

How to Find Shoes to Sell on eBay

http://www.ehow.com/how_5353063_shoes-sell-ebay.html

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