weird business ideas

A housewife started her business in her local community selling different shaped bags filled with corn. These could be microwaved to create a warm pillow for children. The demand for the pillows inspired her to expand to supermarkets. She is now a millionaire.

In Brasil you can buy an insurance policy at a newspaper kiosk. The company is so successful they are now considering selling insurance at petrol stations.

YourNovel.com provides readers with romance novels personalised to include their names, physical features and nicknames. If you pay an extra fee you can even include your photo on the cover. It has become a successful business and is still growing.

Superfan Suits provides sports fanatics will fullbody spandex suits to make an impression at sporting events. The suit is sold in various colours for different teams and covers every inch of the body. The company is now expanding to include multicoloured and textured suits to their range.

Jason Sadler earned his success by making a buzz. He is paid to wear company branded shirts for a day. The buzz is generated by taking photos of himself in the shirt and uploading videos to YouTube. Sadler can make up to US$83 000 a year just for wearing a tshirt.

If youve ever been to a hostel or hotel infested with bed bugs, then you know how terrible those little mites can be.Well, Tony Abrams made a fortune by inventing barriers to keep the bedbugs from biting. His business, Bed Bug Barriers, creates and sells barriers that go underneath the legs of a bed. These barriers trap the bedbugs as they attempt to crawl into the bed to bite sleepers.

When Josh Oppermans fianc?e left him after a threemonth engagement, he was crushed. All she left him was the fancy engagement ring hed worked so hard to save up for. However, when he took the ring back to the jeweler to return it, he got a nasty shock. They only offered him $3,500 for the ring he paid over $10,000 for. Yikes.

So these are six strange businesses that worked, but what can you take away from them? Well, if youre thinking about starting a business, dont go for ?weird? just because it worked for others. Thats a sure way to fail. The key to all these unusual businesses is that satisfy a need, even if many people dont realize they have that need (like with the Tokyo business, The Smashing Place).

Allowing everyone to make a wish on Thanksgiving.Generated over $4 million in sales so far.