8 Joke And Prank Store Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Joke And Prank Store

Here are some real life success stories of starting a joke and prank store:

1. Dick At Your Door ($1.5M/year)

Adam Elliot, founder of Dick At Your Door, came up with the idea for his business after a friend found a silicone penis mold at a sex shop. They thought it would be hilarious to send the molds in the mail as pranks to their friends. After putting up a website as a joke, they started receiving inquiries from people who weren't their friends, which led them to realize the potential for a business. Since then, they have grown their e-commerce shop and become professional chocolatiers, experiencing significant success in sales and viral marketing through social media.

How much they make: $1.5M/year
Current team size: 3

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Dick At Your Door is an e-commerce shop that grew almost 10x within the last eight months by selling anonymous pranks such as 5 oz chocolate penises, and its founder shares his journey that started as a joke to becoming a professional chocolatier.

About

Adam started Dick At Your Door over 9 years ago

Revenue

Adam grew the business to $125K/month

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2. Joker Greeting ($1.2M/year)

Travis Peterson, a former investment banker, came up with the idea for Joker Greeting after he and his brother found a musical greeting card at their mom's house and thought it would be hilarious if it didn't stop playing. They launched the hilarious non-stop looping musical card on Kickstarter and raised an impressive $92,073 in just 30 days, propelling Joker Greeting to success.

How much they make: $1.2M/year
How much did it cost to start: $1K
Current team size: 0

I Created A Prank Card Company & Grew It To $30K/Month

Joker Greeting sells unique prank gifts, including a non-stop musical birthday card, an idea raised by the founders visiting their mom's house, having no website or marketing and yet raising $92,073 on Kickstarter in 30 days due to being picked up by media, enabling them to sell 15,000 units in the first year, owned SEO for their niche, selling almost 40,000 units in 2017 and expected to reach 50,000 to 60,000 in 2018 with a small team, using Shopify and various social media channels with lots of organic traffic.

About

Travis started Joker Greeting about 9 years ago

Revenue

Travis grew the business to $100K/month

Costs

It cost Travis $1000 to start the business

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So... can you actually make money with a joke and prank store?

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4. Ebaumsworld - Funny Pictures, Funny Videos

A nonchalant collection of funny pictures, slightly-dank memes, and somewhat crazy videos that eBaum's World users uploaded from all over the internet from dashcams, the deep web, security cameras and sometimes right off Youtube or even their own phones.

Where they're located: Ararat Province, Armenia
Website traffic: 9.07M/month

5. Beano

Where they're located: Debub Region, Eritrea
Website traffic: 1.6M/month

So... can you actually make money with a joke and prank store?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

7. PrankDial

We're the #1 prank call site on the web! Send pre-recorded prank calls to your friends from a disguised number, then download and share the recorded reactions on Facebook and Twitter!

Where they're located: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Website traffic: 610K/month

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