Man makes $10,000 a month sending people potatoes
North Texas entrepreneur Alex Craig, 24, is making a steady income by sending potatoes through the mail. The app developer by day came up with a business idea to send anonymous custom messages to whoever you want on a potato.
“I would say the two things that hold everyone back in life is fear and doubt,” Craig said. “The fear of failure and the fear of wasting your time, and the doubt that you can actually achieve something big on a huge scale.” Craig said he came up with the idea for Potato Parcel earlier this year while having dinner with his girlfriend.
“She said, ‘You will not sell a single potato. This is the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard,'” Craig said. “On our second day that we were live we got $2,000 in orders, and I just knew this was it.” It’s a simple idea. Users go online and order a potato, ranging from $8 to $10, add a custom message, and send it anonymously.
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what kind of a half baked idea is this. Customers must have had their brains fried to pay for this.
This is a waste of food. And I betcha a dollar this guy and his clientele are progtards and would protest for people starving in Sudan or where ever. And they probably hate capitalism to boot. Stupid, stupid!
Why couldn’t I do this myself? Why do I need you?
This will have a shorter life cycle than the Pet Rock.
Tater Uber?
Chia is hanging in there like a 3 inch bugger.
http://chia.com/
A Western Union Potato Gram. What marvelous new technology will they think up next! How about invisible ink?
The great idea is not the potato; it is that the sender is anonymous.
I would love to say GFY to some people; doesn’t everyone? Am I willing to spend $8 to do it ?
I don’t believe it for a second. Until Alex releases his records to prove it I call it BS!
Now, with that said, Kudos to him for thinking outside the box. He must be related to P. T. Barnum and I wish him a huge success!
And as a side note, I’m thinking about teaming up with Mr. Pinko and doing the same with watermelons. You game Mr. Pinko?
You can deliver them on mopeds!
That seems like it would be a risky business to go into.
Ever open a bag of potatoes and find one oozing juice and stinking like a democrat’s rancid heart?
That could happen while in route, people have sued for lesser offenses.
Looks more like he makes 10,000 a month selling pot-
atoes.
Does that include shipping?
Tater Tuber!
I will one up this guy. Say hello to french fries glued to cardboard in the form of a message. $4
You can throw them though their window.
After all this free publicity, he will probably make $20,000 a month!