7 weirdest ways to make money online

The Internet has given great opportunities for people not only to receive information from a variety of sources but also to earn money online. Sometimes the most unusual earning ideas, which may even seem absurd and stupid, shoot up and become hits on the Internet, and also bring considerable income to their authors. We bring to your attention the 7 most bizarre ways to make money on the Internet. One thing is for sure, the authors of these ideas have unlimited imagination.

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1. Potato salad.

Zack "Danger" Brown posted an ad on Kickstarter, America's largest crowdfunding service (the so-called "crowdfunding"), in which he asked Internet users to finance ... potato salad. For one dollar, those who support the project receive a thank you note, for two dollars a photo of the salad being prepared, for three dollars a thank you note and some salad. Users liked the idea so much that the author had to come up with additional rewards on the go for those who contributed a large amount. If someone donates $3,000, then Zach promised to rent a banquet hall and invite all the sponsors for potato salad. To date (August 23, 2014), Zach has raised $55,492 with the help of 6,911 "investors," which he intends to use to make very, very large amounts of potato salad and feed a large number of people with it. (Photo: ShutterStock).

2. Goat simulator.

The game where you can be a goat was created as a joke. The studio that came up with it was making a prototype of a program for teaching programming, and in its announcement presented it as a “retro skateboarding game, only you are not a skateboarder in it, but a goat, and instead of doing tricks, you break everything you can”. And although the prototype was buggy, this only increased the admiration of Internet users who began to write en masse in Coffee Stain Studios that they would actually like to play such a game. Goat Simulator went on sale on April 1, 2014. The goat runs through the streets and hits everything in its path. She can also climb up and perform various tricks. The goat simulator costs 10 euros and is very popular. (Photo: press release).

3. Rock simulator.

The success of the goat simulator inspired game developers to create more and more absurd games. This is how the stone simulator was created. The point of the game, you guessed it, is to be a rock. The most amazing thing is that the funds needed to create the game were raised within a few hours of the start of the campaign. (Photo: press release).

4. Renting… a friend.

If you have a lot of free time and you love people, then you can become a friend for rent. RentAFriend.com offers such services to those who need a company in order to play sports, go to the theater or concert, travel together, or cook meals. However, as it turned out, the competition among friends for rent is very high, and there are several times more of them than those who need them. But still a good idea. (Photo: ShutterStock).

5. Search for "human-computers" for work.

Amazon Mechanical Turk is a crowdsourced marketplace that helps find people to do mechanical, repetitive tasks that a computer can't do because it requires human intelligence. Almost anyone can become an employee, and firms that need such people to have quick access to them. What tasks does the employee perform? Various, from choosing the best photos and checking phone numbers to evaluating search results. As a human computer, you can make a small amount of money, about $1 per hour of work. (Photo: ShutterStock).

6. Make money on something that doesn't really exist.

You may not even have heard what Second Life virtual property is, but there are people who make huge money from it. Second Life or “Second Life” is a game that was popular at the time, the participants of which create their second only virtual “I” and live the life they dreamed about. The game has the ability to make virtual purchases - things, accessories, and even real estate - for quite real money. Selling their "plots" and "houses", the first very real millionaire appeared in the virtual game - Ailin Graef. Known in Second Life as Anshe Chung, Eileen came up with a great idea, she began to divide the purchased "land" into small plots, build "houses" on them, decorate them and sell them to other participants in the game. It is estimated that the value of her real estate, which can be easily exchanged for real money, is about $ 2 million. (Photo: avatar from the game Second Life). (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).

7. Needlework.

If you are a creative person, you can always sell your work on the Internet. So, for example, in Russia, handicrafts can be sold on the molotok.ru marketplace, and in the US there is a special Etsy.com portal. There is complete freedom, you can sell anything, the main thing is that someone wants to buy it. Craftsmen are only limited by their imagination. The history of items for sale is not without handmade absurdities, such as bras made from chicken, wallpaper with a pattern of spattered semen, and bowls in the form of a decaying cat. Human imagination truly knows no bounds.