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Not too fussed about whether your cash comes crisp and clean, or slightly dingy and disturbing?
Then your best bet for making a quick buck might be investigating those jobs that the majority of people are not brave enough to do.
Of course, we aren’t talking about illegal or immoral things – just unconventional ways to make money.
Here’s a list of our favourites!
FeetFinder is the ideal platform to get started.
It provides a specialised marketplace that connects sellers directly with buyers who are specifically looking for feet-related content. The platform’s focus on safety and anonymity ensures that all transactions are secure and confidential. With the ability to set your own prices and a growing, targeted user base, FeetFinder elevates the earning potential, making it the go-to platform for this unconventional yet lucrative business.
Buzzfeed.com, one former content checker revealed that he was reviewing over 15,000 images a day from Google platforms including Google Images.
Working at Google for over nine months without any kind of psychological or emotional support, this anonymous techie asserts that he needed to search out serious therapy before he could continue. Even then, Google made him redundant.
This highlighted the need for proper mental health and technical support for those doing such jobs.
It might be worth remembering that your mental well-being is priceless before considering this kind of dirty work.
HairHarvest will pay up to £200 for your flowing locks. WigsUK pay by the ounce, offering between £3-£5 depending on how long your hair is.
It sounds slightly strange, but in 2012 mothers were selling their breast milk at £1 an ounce on Facebook!
Don’t mind a needle? Then trials4us offers £60 per 600 ml of blood (or pay at a proportionate rate). They even cover travel expenses!
Clinics around the UK will also offer money in return for sperm and egg donations and in some places, it also pays well to be a surrogate mother.
While the money might seem nice at first, remember that such work could have potentially life changing consequences so don’t make the decision lightly. Read on here to find out more.
£100 per day for your trouble!
One of the most difficult parts of the process is finding a clinical trial to take part in. What you can do is ask your doctor or a patient organisation if they know of any clinical trials that you may be eligible to join. You can also sign up to some websites such as:
- UK Clinical Trials Gateway
- WHO International Clinical Trials
- Cancer Research UK
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Parkinson’s UK
- Arthritis Research UK
Clinical trials are open to those lucky enough to be in full health, and those suffering from a particular disease.
They can actually be a great way to contribute to medical research, and if you take part in one that addresses your particular condition, you could also benefit from a cutting edge new treatment. It doesn’t always have to be disturbing!
However, there is the risk that the treatment can be no different to the standard treatment you normally receive.
It’s also important to remember that clinical trials may be very time consuming. They may also require you to restrict certain aspects of your lifestyle such as alcohol consumption.
While a 13-day trial may translate into £1,300 in total, it may also mean you have to put your day job on hold.
There is also the risk that the drugs used in a clinical trial will have unexpected side effects, so it is important that you are sure of what the compensation mechanisms are if something does go wrong.
Want to find out more? Click here for NHS advice on clinical trials and here for more details from MoneyMagpie.
The Headstone Cleaning Company, for example, prices for a full professional clean start at £80.00, and their annual care starts at £55.00.
It might not be as disturbing a job as you think!
The Guardian, Phillip Wells, the chief taster for Lily’s Kitchen pet food, said: “Although dogs’ palates are different to ours, taste is an important quality check to ensure each different ingredient is perfectly balanced in just the right way.”
He added: “Trying the food is also a good way to pick up on the nuances of the cooking; this works especially well on the dry kibbles!”
Wells revealed that £20,000 was an average starting salary for an entry level job in his department in 2015, but that £50,000 or more was “easily achievable” for a technical director. Obviously salaries will have risen considerably since then.
While you might turn your nose up at your plate if you were offered dog food for dinner, the Animal Feed Regulations 2010 says that the meat is safe for people to eat. It must be derived from animals passed as fit for human consumption.
You never know, you might find out you like it!
Express in 2014, you can make a killing cleaning up after other people’s pets – Tim Stone, 54, managed to earn an incredible £56,000 a year by charging £28 per month for four visits!
Find out more about making money mourning here.
Any other ideas about how to make money in a strange or disturbing way? Let us know in the comments section below!
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