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Do you find yourself drawn to unusual work at home ideas? Many successful businesses were started by people who think outside the box, find unusual niches and offer solutions for their customers. Lots of them were laughed at and told their business idea would never work.

Their concepts may appear foolish at first, but you’ll want to study them further when you find out how much they’re making. Here’s the list of seven uncommon work at home ideas for your evaluation.

1. Santa Mail: Many parents love to help keep the legend of Santa real for their kids and are willing to spend $10 for their kids to get a personalized letter from the big guy. Byron Reese came up with this idea and it has earned him about 2 millions dollars since 2001 when he started the business.

2. The Million Dollar Homepage: Talk about a brilliant concept! 21 year old Alex Tew thought up this idea to take a million pixels and sell them for a dollar each to help pay for university. Well he sold them all and is now a millionaire.

3. PositiveDating.com: People with HIV are looking for others with the same condition, so why not have a dating site specifically for this niche? Brandon Koechlin and Paul Graves thought it was a very necessary service and their sales of more than $110,000 proves that this is a much needed service.

4. Goggles for Dogs: “Doggles” is how they named this accessory, who would have thought that such an item would become so popular, earning its owner millions of dollars?

5. LaserMonks.com: How do you like the idea of genuine monks replenishing your printer cartridges? This is an idea was started for the benefit of Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey, and it was indeed a brilliant one because in 2005, they were able to reach sales of $2.5 million to put towards their mission’s causes.

6. Lucky Wishbone Co: Who would of thought that people would go crazy over fake wishbones? The owner of this company, Ken Ahroni thought they would as many families fight over the lone wishbone on the turkey so that they can get the good luck it brings. These plastic wishbones sell for $3 each and he sell over 30,000 of them daily.

7. The “FitDeck” of Cards: Conceptualized by former fitness instructor and Navy SEAL Phil Black, this deck of cards is sold online for $10 to $250. The deck features various exercise routines which so many people found useful, it made Black several million dollars richer!

So, you’ve seen how these seven people have taken unique work at home ideas and turned them into big moneymakers. Remember these examples to keep you inspired once you’ve launched your own business. You may have people telling you that your business will never work but one thing is for sure. If you don’t test it out for yourself and let the market decide, you’ll never know for sure what could have been.

Check out Sophie Ryland’s free blog at http://www.TheHomeBusinessCenter.net jammedwith work at home ideas to inspire you to start your own business today.