Strange businesses: It is pretty much common knowledge that you need a strong and sound business idea in order to launch off a successful venture. But while some entrepreneurs make a profit on traditional and somewhat “safe” ideas, some have taken a unique, interesting, and strange concept and turned into a successful business. We would like to present you with a list of the top 5 strange businesses you didn’t even know existed, in a style similar to our coverage of the world’s most unique business ideas. Let’s take a look.
No. 5: Virtual Dating Assistants
In today’s society, finding your better half can get a little tricky. But Virtual Dating Assistants are here to help all the singles out there. They pretty much take all the workload involved in scouring the online world for a date. They interview the singles so as to get a clearer idea on what they are looking for, they set up an attractive and ingenious profile, and submit it to the best suited matching websites out there. They even help set up one-on-one dates with the most appropriate suitors.
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No. 4: Superfan Suits
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Anyone who’s a die-hard fan knows that supporting your favorite team is not always that easy. What better to help the super-fans out there than by equipping them with some of the most unique props around? Superfan Suits is now selling an array of fully-body suits that are bound to stand out amongst the crowds of any stadium. The suits, which are made out of spandex, come in a variety of colors and patterns and cover every single inch of the human body.
No. 3: ServiceMaster by Best
Figuring out what ServiceMaster offers customers based solely on its business name is somewhat hard. You wouldn’t have guessed it, but the pros behind ServiceMaster are actually in charge with murder scene clean-up. Well, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a murder scene, but anything bloody or gore-like. Most people would have a hard time stomaching some of the scenes ServiceMaster has cleaned up till now. It is a hard and somewhat gross job, but the payoff is certainly worth it: prices can range in the six figures area for some of the toughest scenes.
No. 2: YourNovel.com
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Who hasn’t experienced that moment when reading a captivating novel and wishing they were in the characters’ shoes? Well, this doesn’t not have to remain an unfulfilled dream, as with YourNovel.com you can be the star of your own romance story. Writing couple, J.S. Fletcher and Kathy Newbern came up with the idea of letting couples be the characters in the romantic story of their choice. Novels are personalized with details about the couple, who can also choose if they want a sexier or a more family-oriented story.
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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