After you finish this article, you'll be more familiar with a few of America's most unusual industries. You'll also walk away understanding that, although unusual, these industries are practically gold mines.
Their services and products may be strange, but they're money-making machines that fill needs in the market — some of which you may even have.
You might not know this, but the cremation jewelry industry has been around for thousands of years.
When our loved ones die, we often want to stay connected to them — and one of the best ways to do this is to hold on to a part of them.
Due to this need, classic mourning jewelry was created. Today, there are several companies that allow you to stay close to a loved one that's passed away, whether by providing lockets that can store a loved one's remains or by turning your deceased one's hair or ashes into a diamond.
Did you know that publicly traded, for-profit companies often own exhibits? For example, Bodies the Exhibition is owned by a for-profit company that travels around with it.
(Don't worry if you didn't know this … As a matter of fact, only a few people do!)
When visitors want to see the traveling exhibit, they pay a premium in addition to the museum's admission fee, and these premiums add up quickly — all helping the publicly traded company's bottom line.
Earlier this month, a man named Joey Chestnut ate 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Yep, you read that correctly. What's crazier than this, though, is that this man makes about 300,000 per year simply by eating!
Across the world, competitive eaters continue to grow in popularity, helping the industry as a whole. Today, the competitive and speed eating industry continues to grow and more people begin to eat hot dogs with water — gross.
Growing up, you might have wanted to be a princess or astronaut, but you should have thought more realistically … Clearly, the obvious choice should have been a bounty hunter.
I'm only kidding, this is a super odd job that's off the beaten path, but its industry is booming.
When you think of WWE, you might picture a male wrestler “getting the chair,” but you probably don't think about how much money he's making (whether he's really getting beaten with the chair or not).
As it turns out, he's getting paid a lot … Besides, the WWE is a public company that reports half of a billion dollars in revenue year after year.
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