5 Strange Businesses You Probably Didn’t Know Existed

No. 1: Box Cycle

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There’s probably not one household without a couple of old, used cardboard boxes lying around. This is exactly what Box Cycle, a San Francisco-based business, aimed to market when it first started its operations. The concept is very simple: people who want to get rid of their boxes simply go online and advertise their products, while sellers use the same platform to purchase the desired products. Box Cycle, which is undoubtedly the biggest marketplace for used boxes (we’re also assuming the only), is definitely one strange business that proved profitable.

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