Earning profit by solving your cube

Maybe one day cubing will be a sport you can earn money off of, like chess or gaming. Just to be pessimistic, it's all just a pipe dream (always wanted to use that phrase).
 
I see many people making little bits here and there. And true its not as popular as skateboarding, but no one said it couldn't be either.

How did skateboarding get really popular? people just started spreading it, more people did it, entrepreneurs saw this growth and started to make it a business and bam, sponsors. That is what I think all of us as cubers should do. Spread this. Open a club on high school (get to put that on college apps), start a club in College (my plan for next year).

Once with my band trip 2 years ago in high school, I took my old Rubik's brand with lube and everything, and i started teaching two people, and then they taught 2 more each, and before you know it (i still have the reciepts from that toy store. Location: Montreal) we cumulatively spent 502.74 US Dollars on Rubik's cubes, because everybody wanted one to learn. And in the shop, I remember, the clerk told us that after buying so many, if I could solve this 3D puzzle, he would give us a Rubik's Professor for free, which he did!! :tu

After we (the band group) came back to school, it spread out even more and more people were buying them, and there was what I like to call a "RUBIKS FEVER".
 
I don't think we should spread cubing that far. A part of me says publicity may not be a good thing...

But the other says it's great :D
Yesterday when I went to a local shop I saw lots of rubik's cubes being sold (they were scrambled rubik's brands). I was tempted to bet to the shop keeper a cube that I could sub-20 it at least. Dunno why I didn't tbh. Next time when I see an opportunity I'll grab it..
 
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1. Buy Ghost Hands for $5 each.
2. Sell them to non-cubers or learning cubers for $20 as "Pro cubes"
 
WOW!!!

That is so funny!! I need to do this. To bad my whole school cubes.
Once I got 2 Lan Lan 2x2x2's and sold them with a huge profit.
And I sold my stickerless Guhong for $30.
 
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All cubers should start some sort of campaign to get cubing exposed to the community, make them understand that it's not that hard and that it's a lot of fun. Since it's 2:25 AM, I'm not really in the mood to brainstorm at the moment. Do anyone of you have any ideas??

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jla said:
All cubers should start some sort of campaign to get cubing exposed to the community, make them understand that it's not that hard and that it's a lot of fun. Since it's 2:25 AM, I'm not really in the mood to brainstorm at the moment. Do anyone of you have any ideas??

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I'm not exactly the most creative person ever, but maybe launching a video campaign to get people interested in cubing? We could show not only some of the best cubers, but some people in it just for fun and emphasize how its a lot of fun and it's not that hard.
 
I've been offered a soda, a muffin, a bottle of water... I keep meaning to figure out how to win free drinks. I think it's more normal to bet at bars, and buying someone a beer is more fun than just handing over cash.
Sometimes I practice solving slowly, for hustling type purposes. I find it hard to go more than about 50% slower than normal, though.
 
i have gotten to date:

two free meals ( fast food restaurants)

4 free soft drinks

and free popcorn at a movie theater

just solve it inconspicuously but still make sure they can see it. Do the sexy move a couple times and solve it once or twice, bring bigger cubes to really impress people
just my strategy, you should try it!
 
I think that getting stuff for being able to cube and making cubing more well-known are goals that work against each other... the more people know about cubing and how reasonable it is to learn to solve a cube, the less people will find it impressive. That is, unless you're pretty good AND they understand how much dedication it takes above and beyond just memorizing some algs. I don't see anyone impressing a stranger enough to have them give you money if everyone knows, say, that there are youtube tutorials.
 
I was solving a 4x4 on campus and some group walked by and I heard "I'd bet him $20 that he can't fix that ****"
So I said "Okay, watch"
She only gave me 5, but I'm not gonna complain.

Also my friend wanted me to go around the mall with him and bet people that I can solve a cube in a certain amount of time (I did 30 seconds, to be safe, averaged 15-16 at the time). Ended up getting enough money to get myself Chick-Fil-A, a hug, and some girl's number. I never got huge amounts of money from a single person (IIRC no one bet over 3 or 4 dollars), but I do feel kinda bad about betting people...
 
While I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with profiting from a skill... I do feel like there is something crass about asking people for money/discounts if you can solve a cube.
Busking seems fine, but some of the things described here just make me uncomfortable.
 
Godmil said:
While I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with profiting from a skill... I do feel like there is something crass about asking people for money/discounts if you can solve a cube.
Busking seems fine, but some of the things described here just make me uncomfortable.
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Very well put!

Just solve and be happy to accept the occasional offering of a bet or some free stuff.
Don't go asking for it...

What if everybody who has a specific skill starts walking up to random people asking to bet if they can / cannot perform it?
 
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