How to make money in a flash? Sell Your body!
Filed under: Sex Sells, Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Green
With unemployment on the rise, there's a growing interest in ways to make money -- preferably how to make money fast.When you don't have time to go around filling out job applications and taking night classes, your best bet for how to make quick cash might be to pay tribute to the King of Pop and start with the man in the mirror -- and ask him if he has any body parts you can sell off piecemeal for bread money. Here are a few places to get started on how to make money:
- TheHairTrader.com: If you have long, flowing, beautiful hair, TheHairTrader.com is the site for you to make money. It's like a CraigsList for hair, bringing together buyers and sellers who can meet each other's desire for cash and a rare color of reddish blonde ponytail. How much money can you make? Hundreds or even thousands of dollars, but only if you have attractive hair and take very good care of it.
- The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association has a database of plasma donation centers where you can get paid to sell your plasma. This one isn't for the faint of heart and can be quite painful -- but you're helping people in need and you can make more than $25 per visit, going twice per week. The downside? You have to lie with a fat needle in your arm for 45 minutes, but then again, that's free time for you to watch TV or surf the internet for job openings! Now that could motivate you to fill out job applications.
- If you're an exceptionally attractive, well-educated woman who doesn't mind severe pain and what some people would consider to be a degrading situation, you can make a ton of money selling your eggs -- like $10,000-$30,000 according to The Huffington Post. The price? You'll have kids you don't know about, as well as who knows what kind of future ramifications from all the hormones they pump into you for this procedure.
- For men, selling sperm can be a way to make money -- albeit far less than women could make selling eggs. The upside? It's completely non-invasive, and all you have to do is ejaculate into a jar. Interested? Check out this interview I recently did with the director of a New York City sperm bank.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-03-2009 @ 12:21PM
afton said...
That is the silliest piece of nonsense I've read in years. Let me know when you decide to publish some REAL news, not just a piece of crappy article only a bored juvenile would think of even creating.
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9-03-2009 @ 10:14AM
Edward Virtually said...
You should be aware that donating sperm puts you at risk of being held liable for child support -- see http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2883/can-a-sperm-donor-be-forced-to-pay-child-support -- and thus you probably shouldn't be recommended it as a way to make money. Only an ignorant donates sperm these days.
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9-04-2009 @ 2:19AM
Russian reader said...
I guess healthy stem cells for transplant procedures could also be sold? Also, people would pay for the 'designer babies' (sperm or eggs frm healthy good looking men and women)- this is not something new - cryo-cell.com has been doing this for long time (storing umblical cord blood etc) may be I misunderstood it but I think it is interchangeable also. And what about blood? Why not get paid for blood also?
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9-04-2009 @ 12:34PM
michael said...
very interesting ideas. Great articles.
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9-04-2009 @ 5:36PM
joe said...
hey maybe obama sold his brian and thats why he hasnt don anything good
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9-14-2009 @ 2:14PM
Amen said...
And what did you do with your brain? Lost it in the rock pile?
9-04-2009 @ 5:57PM
joe said...
how much do you think he sold it for $5 $10 dollars
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9-09-2009 @ 6:06AM
Gary said...
Joe has No Room to talk abouot Not having a brain the Asshole cant even spell correctly LOL
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9-09-2009 @ 6:38AM
dank said...
well the way i see it i did not vote for obama, however we need to give him some time to work things out many people have forgotten how we got here, so lets take a breif look, 1st, the 2nd war in iraq was a mistake should have dont it the first time, 2nd well we are their and they want us out we have overstayed our welcome ( keep in mind all u have to do is read the bible ) these people have been fighting for 5,000 years now its turned in to a 5 sided civil war of all things iran wants to invade actually already doing it, the sunnies want control, the kurds want control, the formar sudam insane regiem wants back into power, and we are their, so non of this is obamas doing and we have far surpassed the cost of vietnam war already in iraq, (could use that money on health care save americans instead of getting em killed, i have 2 over their right now) now can you blame obama for that he has only been office for what 8 months, well i think the previous president got it all wrong, he was thier for 8 yrs and his dad 8 before that so i donno about obama but we should give him at least 2 years to see if his policies are going to be good for the country if they are not then we elect someone else! bout that simple oh yea health care psssst! we are about the only major country in the world that dont have good govt sponsered health care. somthing wrong their
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9-13-2009 @ 7:30PM
Sarah Miller said...
I shuddered when I read the title of this aricle which made me want to read the rest. If someone is looking to find a way on how to make money fast, this is kind of creepy.
Not too long ago, I was in need of find out how to make easy money fast. I was laid off, I didn't have enough to cover the bills, and I wasn't having any luck finding a job that paid enough to cover my bills. I found Stephen Pierce. Brilliant guy that preaches and teaches several ways to make extra money. I was able to go through his several teachings and pick the ones that I was able to do. By using his techniques, I was able to fill in the financial gaps each month. I wasn't making tons of money, but I was surviving. I then found a full time job and continued with all the new ideas Stephen turned me on to and have since made significant money on the side. I would say I am pretty confident that I can leave my full time job and survive and thrive on only Stephens continual money making tips.
You can try him out, his web site is: http://www.dtalpha.com/talkback/
Good Luck!
Sarah
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9-14-2009 @ 7:46PM
Sandy said...
Watch out for Ads and report them.
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9-14-2009 @ 11:02PM
bill said...
I donate platelets every two weeks and WOULD NEVER TAKE A DIME! This is a pathetic article, if someone is dying I don't ask for money, I actually feel great helping someone. AOL, you should be ASHAMED FOR EVEN posting such crap!!
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9-21-2009 @ 9:25PM
Gerry said...
Wow, what a reaction some of you had. It is a fun article. Factual, interesting, and entertaining. Just what it was supose to be. The serious even offensive reaction that it got from some of you on here clearly demonstrates one thing and one thing only. You should invest in more psycotherapy to work out all those anger issues you have with your fathers and insecurities you have with your body's. Pretty sure the majority of offended responders were women. You don't need to be a genious to figure that out.
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