What idea should come to mind and be realized in order for a person to become a millionaire? It turns out that all ingenious is simple, a decent condition is brought by the most commonplace business projects. In order to get rich, you do not need a complicated invention at all, you need to come up with something useful, convenient, practical, or just very funny.
Spiner (main photo)
This thing was designed for autistic people, as well as for children with intellectual disabilities and all kinds of deviations. That is, this popular spinning toy is actually a complete therapeutic tool.
Thing is a favorite tool used to relieve stress by many people. And of course, the children love to twirl it. Sales of spinners brought in more than $ 5 billion.
iFart App
Joel Comm, the developer of this funny application, available to owners of iPhone and iPod Touch, did not expect that his brainchild would bring at least some profit. He spent several days developing the application.
Joel wanted to do something funny with which to play guests and make them laugh. Initially, the application was available for $ 0.99 in the iTunes App Store, that is, it cost less than a hundred rubles. However, it became a hit in record time and, accordingly, rose in price. Now the iFart app costs $ 1.99 and is among the top 100 most downloaded apps. In the first year alone, the program was able to bring in more than a million dollars, and it continues to “earn” money.
Magic 8 ball
Magic 8 ball is a toy, “magic magic ball”, with which you can get answers to any questions.
The inventor of this cute little thing, Albert Carter, invented it, observing the attempts of his own mother to use the crystal ball of fate. But they began to sell this thing only after the death of the inventor. This was done by his brother-in-law and business partner Abe Bookman.
In 2011, Time magazine named Magic 8 ball one of the greatest toys of all time. Its sales annually bring in more than $ 10 million.
Compression Opening Bottle
It is hard to imagine, but it took several years to invent a silicone bottle that opens independently when squeezed from top to bottom.
Its inventor, Paul Brown, was a businessman and owned his own small precision molding workshop. He invented a bottle for the finished sauce, which opens and closes itself, in 1991. The invention began to be popular and brought its author a very decent capital, which experts estimate at $ 14 million. The first company to use the new packaging was Heinz.
Pet rock
Incredible in its simplicity and even insolence, the idea of selling the most ordinary stones as toy pets came up with an advertiser Gary Dahl in 1975. The toy set was a dense small box with holes for air, inside which was an armful of hay and a simple cobblestone with plastic eyes glued to it. This thing was positioned on the market as a pet that does not require care and does not need feeding, walking and other manifestations of care.
Incredibly, Pet Rock-labeled boxes sold out instantly in stores, bringing profit not only to retail outlets, but also to the inventor of the toy. Gary Dahl managed to earn $ 15 million on his invention, and one set in retail sales cost only $ 3.95 (250 rubles).
However, the fashion for Pet Rock sets went through six months, the peak of stone sales was noted on Christmas Eve, and then the recession began.But who cares if the fortune is already earned? Today, Pet Rock is one of the rare collectibles, and the cost of recruiting in the secondary market is quite high.
Snap Wraps Bracelets
At the end of the last century, teenagers all over the world with great enthusiasm fastened bracelets on their wrists, performing simple manipulations.
The thing has become very fashionable. And her school teacher Stuart Andersen invented it. Bracelets brought in about $ 8 million annually from the late 80s to the early 90s. But then they were banned from selling in a number of states, as they inflicted serious injuries on them. The design of the thing was to blame for this, because on a piece of bright fabric with Velcro there was a small steel plate on which to engrave.
Hula hoop
It is amazing how timely patented, well-known and used from ancient times things can bring capital to resourceful people.
The hula hoop patent was granted in 1958. The authors of the "invention" were Richard Knner and Arthur Melin. Sales of this item have brought in more than $ 100 million. But what did these people invent? After all, hoops on the waist were twisted in ancient Greece. However, the fact is clear, the hulahup brought decent capital to resourceful businessmen.
Velcro
This type of fastener is found everywhere, and it is difficult to imagine that it once did not exist. Meanwhile, this invention was patented only in 1955.
Georges de Mastral, the inventor of this clasp, began work on it in 1941. Walking with the dog, he was forced to pull a burdock out of her coat. At this point, the inventor visited the idea of creating a simple and tenacious clasp. But in order to realize the idea, it took years of work.
NASA was the first to evaluate the invention. Velcro began to be used in suits of astronauts. Subsequently, this kind of fasteners became interested in the company Puma. Today, Velcro is used everywhere. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of various Velcro items sold every year.
Beanie Babies Toys
Cute soft toys with large and unusually expressive eyes make even adults stop at the window, what can one expect from children? In addition, they have such cute hats that a thing simply cannot be bought.
Warner launched this truly iconic toy series in 1990. Since then, many of the plush animals have become rare and collectible. Toys brought billions of dollars to their creators.
Crocuses
These light, practical and very comfortable shoes are sold in every supermarket and in all clothing markets. Crocs came up not so long ago, in 2002.
The thing was so in demand that 1 billion pairs of this shoe are sold annually in the world. Without a doubt, this invention is the simplest and most profitable of all that have appeared in the world over the past couple of hundred years.