18k Visitors and 70k year – Why the Web Rocks
By Alan on Nov 24, 2009 in Domain Development
Every year people come up with great ideas to make money online which do not involve parking and these stories should inspire all.
The million dollar home page was the original money maker and one that has tried to be repeated many times over (with no such luck) however with the advances in social media since the early days more and more people are selling their souls for the right price
I have to give this guy lots of credit though – iwearyourshirt.com
From his site the system works like this
“In this up and down economy I’m outsourcing my wardrobe (namely shirts) to corporate america and you! I’m going to wear a different shirt for 365 days straight in 2009, take multiple pictures throughout my day and blog about it. Days are sold at “face value” so January 1 is $1 and December 31 is $365″
Doing the math that is $66,795 a year just for his shirt.
Lose your job and start a business wearing a T-shirt to work – sounds like a dream job to me!
FANTASTIC use of the web, viral media and a good hearted way to embrace your humor since I’m pretty sure some of these shirts have to be funny.
Bruce Marler had a great post about discussing ways to grow the domain aftermarket to end users so I highly suggest you read the article and 50+ comments here since if this guy can sell 365 shirts a year to corporate America then maybe we should all really think our approach to end users instead of complaining about it.
PS. Next year there are 2 guys with 2 shirts !! No information yet if he will sell ads on his boxers for the ladies but I highly expect a premium package to be added should this idea continue to work lol

RW | Nov 24, 2009 | Reply
Great post! First person that I thought of when I saw this was Chef Patrick (the exact same concept – very inspirational & shows what one domain and a great idea can create!).
David | Nov 25, 2009 | Reply
Fantastic story and proof positive that the little guy can succeed. It is just a matter of thinking outside the box, coming up with a novel idea and viral buzz does the rest.
Wish I could think up of ideas like these