Five wackiest home-based businesses that actually work
In the 21st century it is extremely hard to find fresh creative ideas for a home-based business. Some people however still manage to come up with rather outrageous ideas and make a living from them.
Surrogacy Abroad Inc. (rentawomb.org)
One in six American families suffers from being childless, which has made surrogacy a common option nowadays. The option is rather costly though. It would cost around $100,000 in the US to rent a womb. But with the help of Chicago-based entrepreneur Benhur Samson it is now possible to outsource birth abroad and save a significant amount of money.
So to get yourself a baby you need a total of $35,000 and nine months of time. The product is “manufactured” in India using state of the art IVF technology and is promised to be of the finest quality. The idea is nice; however would you really want to offshore your pregnancy? But perhaps during the economic recession this will be a useful service for some people.
NFN Travel International (www.nfntravel.com)
Nudists for the nudists! A Southern California home-based travel agency found by Aaron and Rhoda Block specializes in clothing optional and nude vacations located on beautiful beaches of the USA and the Caribbean.
Interesting, if the were to start hiring employees, what would the qualifying criteria be?
Final Ride Products, Inc (www.1finalride.com)
Dead biker riding! Keeping your dead grandma on a shelf is no longer cool. Steve Radz the inventor of the mobile cremation urn offers custom made memorial containers specifically made to be attached to a motorcycle. The urns also may be applied by paramedics, military, golfers, firemen, and the police. A Final Ride urn has a crash rate of sixty thousand pounds, once sealed, which makes it “tougher” than the vehicle you mount it to. So even if your bike crashes and explodes, your dead relative will not be disturbed.
Soul’s Calling (www.soulscalling.com)
Gina Cotroneo, a small business owner with a gift and accessory line called Soul’s Calling has this to say about her enterprise: “I send conscious positive energy into all the products by means of prayer and meditation, with the intent that they carry joy wherever they go. Requests for awareness and conscious creation are also made to the manufacturers as a way of helping to ensure that each product contains the highest “vibe” possible in addition to its more obvious positive message.” So, by ordering cups and bracelets from Soul’s Calling you not only get the products, but the karma that goes with them.
Mix Match Shoes (www.mixmatchshoes.com)
Nancy Archambeau started Mix Match Shoes in 2007 desiring to help people who have two significantly different-sized feet or are physically impaired, buy shoes one at a time, rather than in pairs.
From her website: “Our vision is that people with different size feet or just one foot will find buying shoes an affordable and enjoyable experience. And that this will be the first time in their lives that they can say that.”
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I liked your article about surrogacy motherhood. I think this is a very good chance for people who can not have children!
nice post those are some crazy ideas, they must be doing ok though. i think outsourcing your baby dev. to india might be the hardest for me but some parents are desperate.
Very nice information. Thanks for this.
There truly are 100’s of good business ideas out there and many ways for people to make a profit. You’ve just gotta not be afraid to take a little risk.
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Yeah, pretty cool, although some of them may go worse these days - I am thinking about travelling and presents/shoes…but since these are really special, they could also avoid being hit by the crisis.
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Unique businesses! And I’ll bet that they all have more customers than they know what to do with.
Unusual businesses like these do very well with just word of mouth advertising… since they pretty much have a monopoly on their product line!
my opinion for home based business, focus on your objective, dont bother about what people comment about your business, work towards the vision, you will find success in one day.
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I’m not sure how I feel about the surrogacy thing. And final ride products, that’s creepy.
The Mix Match Shoes one is really interesting, I was wondering how someone could get just one shoe if they did have a handicap. The Final Ride Products one is kind of disturbing.
Very creative ideas indeed, they also sound simple and fun actually. I think this is what we need, a new approach in doing business. The most enjoyable businesses are work at home businesses because you have the possibility to work in an environment that keeps you comfortable and relaxed.
This is very innovative. Glad to have stumbled with your article that really inspires me to come up with unusual business too. Thanks a lot and kudos to you!
Definately some unique ideas here. But for me ‘rentawomb’ is taking advantage of third world disadvantaged people.
They certainly are wacky ideas! But people are using them succesfully, amazing!
Well, my cousin is always looking for interesting ways to make money and she actually did the first one and became a surrogate mother. But I think Mixed Match Shoes is simply brilliant.
Wow some of those are quite wierd. But hey if it works good for them.
Really wacky but people really doing it again and again.
Great list. I never thought that those type of business are really existing. Thanks for sharing!
Nice kind of work for nudists and for people who wants to enjoy life and earn money!
Yes, there are lots of people who are working at their home right now. Home based businesses are also a fad right now because practically everyone always wanted to be with their family.
If people would just focus, there are lots of weird and eccentric jobs that one could think of, and he or she will earn lots of money from it.
We just need to be educated and creative for us to fight the world financial problems today.
I am working at home and I am earning lots of money. You can, too, promise.
This business ideas are quite unique and I find some of them somehow weird! I like people who get creative ideas. This shows how people are ready to have new approaches in doing businesses.
Wacky ideas they are, indeed! For some of them, I am even amazed that people use them with great succes!
The one relating to surrogacy proves to me that can indeed buy anything on the internet!
I like the mixmatch shoes concept. I think that’s actually useful.
Great article. Id like to see more articles from you.
cheers…
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