There are
millions of small businesses out there serving a wide variety of niche markets.
If you can think of it, there’s probably someone who’s making profit from it.
These are eight companies who prove that you can
be successful running any type of business.
Potato Parcel
If you have a
hard time sending post cards to family members or getting your message across
to someone, you can deliver it in the form of a Potato Parcel.
Customers can
compose ‘all kinds of fun messages’ in 15 words, including those with more
colourful language but they will censor message that have hateful, harmful or
threatening content.
The leftover sock saver
Doing laundry is
a difficult task for many. Throx customers fight the infamous ‘sock
monster’ by selling socks in threes, not pairs. That way, when you lose one,
you’ve still got a backup sock to keep the other company, so you can keep
wearing your favourite pair and doing your laundry worry-free.
An organization for cuddling
Everyone likes a
good cuddle, but what if you don’t have the option of an embracing partner?
Cuddle Party is a ‘playful
social event designed for adults to explore communication, boundaries, and
affection.’ Cuddling with strangers
may sound like a strange concept, but there’s value in their mission to teach
boundaries, consent, affection, communication and non-sexual touch.
Furniture for slobs
Slobproof,
is a furniture and design company that builds custom chairs, sofas and ottomans
with specially engineered fabric that withstands
spills and other messes without staining. Debbie Wiener, the company’s
founder and CEO said her design style marries the, “common sense of a Jewish
mother with the muscle of a professional wrestler.”
Wedding
Wagon
Need to get married quickly
on a budget? The Wedding Wagon
is a unique mobile company founded in Las Vegas that provides a full wedding
ceremony out of the back of a van for just $129. Customers can choose when and
where they want to get married and the wedding wagon will meet you there with a
minister, a witness and a fully decked out mobile chapel.
Fantasy
dating game
This dating website is
like a grown-up version of “Truth or Dare”, and its way more interesting than a
run-of-the-mill date.
Fantasy
Dating Game allows single women to
earn points by flirting with guys at Starbucks, slipping their number to cute
bartenders and going on actual dates. The site’s creator Suzanne Casamento said
her site empowers women to take charge of their own love lives and gain confidence
through dating.
Mystery
marketplace
SomethingStore
is a revolutionary company bringing costumers who love surprises the
opportunity to purchase a brand new mystery item, or a ‘something’. According to
the company’s website, “your ‘something’ may be a cool shiny gadget, rare book,
party game, handmade necklace, reverse clock, box of gourmet chocolates, and so
on.
Anonymous
delivery for smelly friends
MyFriendSmells.com
specialises in helping those looking for ways to tell a friend that they should take better care of their hygiene.
According to the website, “Everyone has a stinky friend. A classmate,
co-worker, boss, sibling or other stank suspect. Those days of smelliness are
over – here is your chance to tell them what’s up.”
The company promise
total anonymity and says there is nothing the recipient can do to link the
package back to you, and that each package comes with a short note that is not
mean and does not contain profanity.
Our Commercial Property Insurance
supports a wide range of businesses. So whether you’re in the business of stranger
cuddling or potato post, call us for a quote
on 0800 294 4522 today!
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News Daily
Anethe Carvalho
