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Here are case studies and articles with some interesting, unique (and sometimes downright weird) product ideas. Some of these products you can "copy" directly, some you can modify and use, while others will give you ideas for products that you can create for your own niche markets.

A Greasy Frustration Arthur, a 52 year old guy was frustrated with knowing what do to with this yucky household annoyance. He turned his irritation into action. Now he has created a simple and unique product aimed to help the common family as well as businesses. (Entire Article)		Poor College Student Strikes Gold While Trying to Find a Gift for Girlfriend Matt wanted to find a special gift for his girlfriend but being a college student he didn’t have much money. That’s when he came up with a clever product that won the heart of his girlfriend and had friends asking her where she got them. (Entire Article)

Wife’s Complaining Leads to Product Idea Jonathan’s unique twist to a very common household product has created a unique niche for this entrepreneur. You won’t believe how simple this product is. (Entire Article)		Strawberries+Hobby=$1,000,000 $1,000,000 in sales in a heavily saturated market. Russ has carved out a niche for himself as he combines his hobby and interest. (Entire Article)

Kid Entrepreneur Creates a Successful Product Learn how an 11-year-old girl took an old family secret and turned it into a growing business (it’s not a recipe for lemonade or cookies either). (Entire Article)		Two Brothers Sell a Product Developed by The Government and Gross $1,000,000 And what's more is it is perfectly legal! This could be easily adapted into something you could do too. (Entire Article)

A Twist On Traditional Anniversary Gifts Mark, a shop owner, had many people requesting a specific type of gift from his shop. When he realized he didn't have anything to fill the demand, he got busy. . . (Entire Article)		A New Spin On An Old Household Chore Here is a great example of an entrepreneur who saw a problem and took matters into his own hands. How many of us complain about something like the cost of gas, food, etc. but do nothing about it? (Entire Article)

Yet Another Crazy Pet Product! Sometimes really great business ideas are just stumbled upon as this example shows. . . . (Entire Article)		Bored Husband Creates 5 Million Dollar Business Being bored out of your mind might have some benefits! Darrell came up with this product while bored stiff at a company party. Darrell was surprised that there wasn't an item like this on the market already. This is a definate "why didn't I think of that?" story. (Entire Article)

Mom's Baby Product Grosses $1 Million in Revenue She has no college eduacation but she's armed with Motherhood and real world experience. Read about her product and the up and downs that her company has had. (Entire Article)		Scream Team Scott is your normal "freaky" guy. He makes his living using his talents to make others scream! (Entire Article)

Real Estate Out of this World This man is selling Real Estate without a license! Read about his unique businesses and how much fun he has selling his novelty items. (Entire Article)		Mail a Hug Have you ever wanted a hug and there was no one around to give one to you? Learn about the novelty product that one couple came up with and their plans for selling them. (Entire Article)

Young Entrepreneur Finds Success After Trying to Protect His Watch A product designed for helicopters can turn out to be the product that everyone needs, it just takes the right person to figure it out. Learn about this amazing product and the young entrepreneur who discovered it. (Entire Article)		Learn How This Colorado Mom Turned Rude Drivers Into a Growing Business Maggie found that rude drivers were making it hard for her 16 year old to learn to drive. Learn how she turned her simple but effective solution into a growing business and the marketing mistakes she made along the way (Entire Article)

Saving the Earth and Making Money She was skeptical about her husband's frugal suggestion but she's laughing all the way to the bank now! (Entire Article)		Trash Decor This idea is a great example of simple solution to an ordinary but annoying everyday problem (Entire Article)

Rose Are Read (not a typo) Here is a unique product idea that is expected to generate $20 million to this hot market. This is one of the hottest markets you can tap into... (Entire Article)		Personal Radiation Detector This is a good example of timing a new product with current events and trends that comes out from the government that they don't follow up on and a smart marketing tool to publicize it. (Entire Article)

Sell Dreams In a Box This is one of the best ideas for a product I've seen in a long time. It would be easy to copy this model to use for an almost never ending supply of products that you could create. Here are some ideas for you... (Entire Article)		Hip Hop Polka? Just when you thought you heard it all along comes this creative idea of combining two completely different kinds of music.. (Entire Article)

Security Products Here's a company I've dealt with in the past that can provide you with hot products and they even provide dropshipping... (Entire Article)		A Product That Doesn't Want a Booming Business Here's a product that is generating tremendous interest because of current events. Learn what it is and how you can use this trend to find your own hot selling product.. (Entire Article)

Turning Ugly Into Cute (and profitable) What if you created a product that was so ugly that it was cute? Read how one couple turned an "I miss you" idea into a successful business and how you can profit from ugly too... (Entire Article)		Great Product Ideas-Videos for Kids, Made By Kids Here's a story about a 12 year old who is about to launch a video product that should a big success. But the real story for you is how this came about and how easy this would be for you to duplicate for almost any other topic... (Entire Article)

Earn $1,000 a Day While Having Fun With the Opposite Sex Are you a single guy/gal who would like to make some good money while meeting members of the opposite sex? Here's a simple idea that can do it. It has very low start up cost with high profits and fun value.. (Entire Article)		How Someone Took "My" Product and Turned It Into a $250,000 Business! Boy am I mad! Here's how someone took a product that I was selling and turned it into a big business just by adding a little imagination and some clever marketing. (Entire Article)

Compilation Products How would you like to create a best selling information product or book ...without having to write it yourself? In fact people send you the content FREE! Here's how one person did and how you can too.... (Entire Article)		Follow This Model For Business Success Are you focusing on the wrong product to build your business? You've probably heard that the way to make big money is not to be a gold miner, but to be the one selling picks and shovels to the gold miners. Here's how one person created a million dollar company using this simple formula... (Entire Article)

Hot Christmas Item? Want to make some extra money for the holidays? I've been told that this item could be hot item to sell for Christmas. Here it is and some wholesale sources where you can get it. (Entire Article)		21 Year Old Finds Business Success Overcoming a Problem Facing Kids and Their Parents... When a high school student named Drew found he didn't have enough money to go to college, he found a solution that not only solved his problem but started a super success business for him. Here's what he did and a dozen idea generators to do something similar... (Entire Article)

21 Year Old Finds Success Overcoming Problem Faced By Parents and Their Kids When a high school student named Drew found he didn't have enough money to go to college, he found a solution that not only solved his problem but started a super success business for him. Here's what he did and a dozen idea generators to do something similar... (Entire Article)		Cover Up Success When Barbara saw a woman in thong leotards in a grocery store, it sparked an idea that created a million dollar business.. (Entire Article)

Idea Generator: Create Info-Products Based On Your Personal Interests or Expertise Do you have some hobby or personal interest that others would like to know more about? Are you an expert in something? Real estate, the Internet, buying cars cheap, or anything of interest? Too often, the would-be info-entrepreneur discounts their own knowledge and expertise when, in fact there may be hundreds or thousands of people willing to pay for it. For example: (Entire Article)		Shocking New Product The security market is still red hot and here is the latest unusual product to keep the bad guys away... (Entire Article)

Big Niche=Success 08-20-2003 Here's a business that's cashing in by servicing a neglected part of the general leisure market. Learn how they do it and discover how you can find your own market... (Entire Article)		A Recipe for Success Think you can't make any money selling recipes? Think again! Here's how a couple who made a killing selling recipes for a 30 year old product! (Entire Article)

How One Company Found Success By Going Against The Latest Trends Here's how one person discovered he can make a lot more money being "square" instead of "hip." Learn how you can also... (Entire Article)		Businesses for the Dogs The pet industry is huge with many opportunities for you make a lot of money in it with just one good idea. Here are stores of several people who have did it and some ideas for you to come up with the next "hit".... (Entire Article)

Creative Cash How would you like to sell "money". These 2 women came up with a unique twist to do just that. It was so unique that they had to clear it with the Secret Service. Here's their story and how you could do something similar... (Entire Article)		Infectious Clothing: Turning the Unusual Into Something Wearable Here's a guy who is making a killing just by printing something unusual onto ordinary clothing. It's something you probably wouldn't have thought of in a million years. But after reading this case study I'll bet you can come up with your own ideas how to take this concept and come up with your own winner... (Entire Article)

Metallic Melodies Here's a great example of someone who is having trouble keeping up with demand after they created a successful product by combining 2 ordinary items. You could do the same thing just by combining one the items with different items you probably already have in your home... (Entire Article)		Success By the Inch Here's an unusual idea that could be done almost anywhere. If done right, it takes very little money ($25 US?) to get started and several people have earned millions with this idea. You don't even need to own the items to sell them. All you need to do is keep your eyes open for situations where you can apply this idea. You can probably find one or more of these items in your own local area, but they could also be found in your country, worldwide or even the universe! Here are several examples of how other people are doing it... (Entire Article)

Wholesale Drop Ship Resource Here's a wholesale source of products (not information product). They have a good variety of products, good prices and will even drop ship! These products could be sold on eBay, by mail order or other ways. This could be a whole new source of products for you. Take a look... (Entire Article)		Create These Simple Kits for Cash Here's a unique product idea for a "kit" (plus several variations) you can put together and sell by the truck load. It costs very little to put together, has nothing to do with food and is something that almost everyone needs to have around.. (Entire Article)

Secretary's Mistake Creates Million Dollar Business Here's a million dollar business idea that was started because of a mistake! It's not mail order, MLM and didn't involve the internet. (with the internet it's even better) Learn how you can take Stan Millers idea and turn it into your own million dollar business with almost zero risk! (Entire Article)		$2.3 Billion Industry You Could Get a Slice Of Here's a product you can make at home, with very little money but is part of a $2.3 billion dollar industry. A recent twist to this product is opening up new opportunities even for the little guy to get in on.. (Entire Article)

From Zero to Success in 3 Weeks-Scot Dantzers Latest Case Study Here's a fascinating look at Scot's unique method he used to find a product and sell a ton of them all within 3 weeks! No, he didn't become an affiliate, it's not multi level marketing and the product has nothing to do with making money... (Entire Article)		Online School's-Recipe for Success Do you have a skill you can teach others? As we've mentioned in the past, the internet brings up fantastic opportunities for reaching niche markets. Here's how some people are doing it and you can too! (Entire Article)

$450/ Day Selling 1 Piece of Paper! What could be better than earning $450 per day selling a piece of paper? How about the fact that you don't even need to mail the piece of paper out…the buyers download it automatically after they buy? It's true! Here is how one person is doing it and how you can sell your own "special piece of paper" all day long.. (Entire Article)		Success Selling "How to Beat the System" Information You won't believe the information this guy is successfully selling (500 ebooks so far) on his website. Here are some ideas that you could probably successfully sell using this same model. (Entire Article)

7000 Kits Sold All you have to do to this product is add something that you find laying around in many areas. These homemade "kits" given as Christmas gift given to relatives two years are now a creation that’s been ordered by the thousands this winter. It would be pretty easy for your to create something similar....even if you live in the sunbelt (Entire Article)		Bear Market-Can't Keep Up With Demand! I can't belive the success this woman is having with her unique idea that all started from buying a $1 battered product at a garage sale. Now people from all over the world are paying her hundreds of dollars for them and she can't keep up with demand ... would you like some of her business? (Entire Article)

Doggone Good Business Here's another example of how one idea can be duplicated in other areas. I've written about several people doing this same type of business in the past (including the company mentioned below.) Here's another. (Entire Article)		Another Crazy Pet Product Idea You’ve heard of pet daycares, restaurants, and costumes, but how about pet earrings? No I don't mean earrings that look like pets, I mean earrings that your pets wear! The latest rage in pet gifts will give you paws for thought! (Entire Article)

Going Against the Trends In the past I've written several stories about people finding success going against the popular trend. On the surface this doesn’t seem to make good business sense, why would you purposely go in the opposite direction of a trend that seems to include the vast majority of a market? Here's why. (Entire Article)		$93,608 In Sales The First 6 Weeks! Here's a great model of someone making a ton of money with a "current event" product. Study this one carefully! (Entire Article)

$50,000 In Business the First Week! Attorney Steve C. came up with an idea he thought could earn him an extra few thousand dollars a month without having to bill by the hour, but it was so successfully he shut it down. (leave it to an attorney :-) You might be able to model this idea. (Entire Article)		Stay-At-Home Mom Creates $115,000/yr Business Here's a mom who gets to stay at home with her kids and at the same time pieces together $115,000 a year and how you could model it. (even if you aren't a stay at home mom.) (Entire Article)

Idea Generator Recycle the Old & And Make It New Again Some of the best ideas can be old ideas with a new twist..or simply resurrected. Product ideas come and go in cycles. An idea that is brand spanking new will age and wither away. The smart marketer can use the old & outdated product as the basis for a hot new product. (Entire Article)		Scandal Trading Cards Many of the successful case studies we've covered have dealt with being "quick on the draw" when an opportunity arises. Here's another one (Entire Article)

Barbie Houses For Dave and Mary Felix of America Fork UT., the little houses in their lives have helped pay for the big house they live in. The doll houses that they’ve created for Barbie dolls for the past ten years paid for (Entire Article)		Filling an Important Need Thanks to one husband's love, cancer survivors can now feel a lot better about themselves. Terry Ferguson often wept as he watched his wife, Frances, change for the worse (Entire Article)

College at Home You don't have to be a creative genius to put together a book and earn a lot of money online. Just look at what this guy does.. (Entire Article)