This 12 Year old is making $5000 a month

[DoubleROFL]

Originally posted by: Red

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Is she even really running "her" business? It's sometimes the case that the parents are doing all of the real work, and that the child is given the credit as to make the news exactly like this. I'm wondering if that isn't also the case here.

Yes, I've heard that it's a great way to shelter tax. Way to pimp your kid to save a buck!

"Uhm... uhm... like $5,000 per month. That's like $60,000 each year. ICE CREAM MOMMY I WANT ICE CREAM NOW"

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I need to print this out and give it to my twelve year old

Haha, good point

 

[DoubleROFL]

looks like she uses homestead to make her own website

http://www.leannashair.com/~si...E=false&H_H=1751160794

 

[videogames101]

I'd hate to be running a business while in high school, I've got enough shit to deal with as it is... rofl

 

[DoubleROFL]

Originally posted by: videogames101
I'd hate to be running a business while in high school, I've got enough shit to deal with as it is... rofl

you're only a freshman

relax

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: Molondo
The jealousy is strong in this thread.

Misery loves company. Me personally, I want everybody on ATOT who makes more then $1000/month(and talks about it) to get fired.

 

[ChaoZ]

That site has scam written all over it.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Raduque

Originally posted by: Molondo
The jealousy is strong in this thread.

Misery loves company. Me personally, I want everybody on ATOT who makes more then $1000/month(and talks about it) to get fired.

Yeah, they're real shits for telling us that they live above the poverty line.

 

[akshatp]

website down due to too much traffic. I am no money expert, but I predict her sales will be going up after this article..

good for her.

 

[indamixx99]

Yeah this was nothing but extra publicity to help her reach that $150k goal. Now she just needs to find a new webhost that can handle the traffic.

 

[spittledip]

Retire at 30. Nice

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: akshatp
website down due to too much traffic. I am no money expert, but I predict her sales will be going up after this article..

good for her.

Yeah but she'll still only be making probably a few thousand dollars a month after taxes and expenses. They're 40 year old's on AT who make that much in a week!

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: TallBill
On a side note, paypal shopping cart allows you to put 999,999,999 quantity of an item in your cart. I guess 1 billion is 1 to many.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: Queasy
All that money....you'd think she could afford some help from a web designer - Link to her website.

Good for her though!

I love these responses. As if a fancy website is the end all be all. You must be green to the real business world. I know plenty of multi million dollar businesses with crappy sites or no site at all.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: Queasy
All that money....you'd think she could afford some help from a web designer - Link to her website.

Good for her though!

I love these responses. As if a fancy website is the end all be all. You must be green to the real business world. I know plenty of multi million dollar businesses with crappy sites or no site at all.

Did you miss the part where I congratulated her?

Obviously, a fancy site isn't the end all and be all of success...I never said it was. But a site that is easily navigable and doesn't have horrendous colors certainly helps.

edit: Heh, her site exceeded the Homestead bandwidth.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
Wow, the other sad thing about this (beyond guys here tearing her down):

Leanna works seven days a week to keep her business going. On weekends, she makes and packages the products at home with her parents' help. During the week -- after completing her homework -- she packs boxes for the orders she receives daily on her Web site.

To me, that is sad. Every f*cking day. Now does she do this because she is driven to to this by her own nature? Do her parents drive her to do this in exchange for "love"? Does she feel compelled like a mania, to do this? Does she not have any friends? I mean, pick any one of these and you pick something that is not normal socialization.

While I do aplaud her pluck and luck, I still think it sounds kinda sad that on the surface, she seems to spend her whole time working. She's got the rest of her life for that.

I don't see how this is all that much different from the kids in football, theater, band, or even working at Target or McDonalds. They all spend an inordinate amount of time on activities outside of school. The only difference here is, she's doing it on her own (with the help of her mother) and she's making more money.

 

[Tweak155]

This is one of those things where the parents do most of the work but give the kid the glory.

Not that they shouldn't...but articles like these try to magnify the kid even more.

 

[alkemyst]

What did this kid do, make some hair care mudpie type shit and get her mom's crazy friends to buy it?

Proof you don't really have to know how to do anything or know what you are doing to make it (although luck like this is rare).

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
What did this kid do, make some hair care mudpie type shit and get her mom's crazy friends to buy it?

Proof you don't really have to know how to do anything or know what you are doing to make it (although luck like this is rare).

:laugh: