Think about how often interesting ideas come to you that in theory could bring you real income? Most likely, this happens to you, in any case, as the statistics say. They simply had the courage to declare them to the world, and luck, as you know, loves the brave.
We present you 10 incredibly simple ideas that at one time made the millionaires of those who invented them.
10. Pet Stone
This happened in the 70s of the last century. An unremarkable clerk, Gary Dahl, talked with his friends about what kind of pet brings the least inconvenience to their owners. Take one of them and say: “Only a stone can be the most trouble-free pet.” The friendly laughter of his interlocutors became a reaction to such a remark. However, Dahl took this idea seriously enough and even persuaded a couple of sponsors to provide him with material support for the realization of this idea. The project was in development for several weeks. As a result, the world saw a strange, unlike any creature. A training manual was also attached to it, which explained how to learn a new friend to fulfill the owner's commands.
9. Icanhascheezburger.com
Maybe you sometimes think about becoming the founder of a site that will have millions of fans around the world? There is nothing easier. You only need to create your own resource, place a picture on it with a funny cute cat and the inscription “Give me a cheeseburger!”, And then start attracting the public to this. Such a resource will become a kind of platform where visitors to the site will share with each other their unusual images and photos, where the same funny pets are captured.
This is what the creators of the site Icanhascheezburger.com did and did not fail - this resource quickly became very popular. On average, about 10 million people visited him per month.
8. Flowbee
This is the name of the hair clipper attached to the vacuum cleaner with a hose. It was invented by an ordinary California carpenter in the late 80s. At first, he showed his know-how at fairs, and after a while, flowbee began to advertise on television. In less than 15 years, about 2 million of such devices have been sold.
7. Wishbones
Once Ken Aroni celebrated Thanksgiving with his family, and the following picture appeared before his eyes: his sisters argued for a long time about which one would get the thymus of a festive turkey. This argument prompted Ken to one interesting thought: why not make the exact same plastic bones? Thanks to this, the light saw the Lucky Break Wishbones. According to the creator of these trinkets, each of us would not hurt a little luck on the holiday.
Aroni spent a couple on designing perfect bones that could break in the right place. Now every year on Thanksgiving, residents of the United States buy these souvenirs in millions, thereby bringing fabulous dividends to their creator.
6. Milliondollarhomepage.com
In 2005, a simple English guy really needed money to pay for college. What could he come up with? Make money at some eatery? Find a rich bride? However, he managed to find a way out without resorting to extremes. He created a site with the cumbersome name Milliondollarhomepage.com. His idea was that on the main page of this site a picture of 1 million pixels was displayed. Everything ingenious is simple: anyone could buy a block for $ 1 per pixel on the site and place a small image in it with a link to their web resource. As a result, this idea gave its creator the opportunity to pay for college and significantly improve his well-being.
5. Wuvit Pillow
Kim Levin was an ordinary unremarkable housewife raising two children. Once she saw her husband throwing grain to deer, and at that moment she had an interesting idea - to make a pillow, stuff it with corn and put it in the microwave for a short while. This technology allowed the pillows to retain heat for a long time. First, Kim independently engaged in the sale of their products in local shops and at fairs of craftsmen. However, after some time, her corn pillows began to gain popularity, due to which one large trading network offered her cooperation. This transaction brought yesterday's housewife a huge income and fame. In addition to making unusual pillows, she wrote several books and created her own website, where she taught other people not to be afraid to translate their ideas into reality.
4. Balls on car antennas
These funny things appeared in the 60s. Twenty years later, Disney developed antenna balls in the shape of cartoon characters. Since then, antenna balls have been produced in the form of emoticons, with funny animals, etc.
3.iFart
iFart is an iPhone app that realistically mimics farting sounds. This virtual product was the most sought after in 2008.
2. Wacky Wall Walker
In the early 80s, Ken Hakuta, feeling the inclinations for creativity, decided to make an elastic figure resembling an octopus out of elastic material. As soon as this toy was thrown onto the wall, it slowly “crawled” down. The inventor very quickly realized that his idea could bring him big profits, so he soon organized the mass production of octopuses. The sales level of these toys exceeded all expectations: in a couple of months, Hakuta’s fortune was replenished by $ 80 million.
1. Billy, Largemouth Bass
Billy is a plastic fish known to all of us since childhood, which can move its head and sing famous songs in a nasal timbre. The sellers of the toy department, where the perch first entered, at the end of the working day simply lost consciousness from these songs and said that they could no longer see this disgusting fish. What is the secret to the success of this toy is incomprehensible even to its creators, but their creation brought them fabulous income.