From the point of view of anyone trying to sell you something, panic is a wonderful thing. Panic turns off reason.

While some of us were busy thinking of how to stay Ebola free, others were busy thinking of how to make more money.

1. Owners Of Ebola.com

The Washington Post reported that, Las Vegas-based entrepreneur Jon Schultz owns the domain name Ebola.com, which he initially purchased in 2008, and now wants to sell it for $150,000. Schultz — who also owns birdflu.com, fukushima.com, and H1NL.com — said he calculated Ebola.com’s worth by keeping track of the number of visits made to the site, which he said stood at more than 5,000 daily.

Schultz said that getting the highest possible return on his investment requires him to sell the site before fears about the disease dissipate or scientists announced a major breakthrough.

The owners of the website Ebola.com have scored a big payday with the outbreak of the epidemic, selling the domain for more than $200,000 in cash and stock.

The buyer was a Russian-registered firm called Weed Growth Fund, previously known as Ovation Research. The price was $50,000 cash and 19,192 shares of Cannabis Sativa, which promotes medical uses for marijuana. Those shares are worth close to $170,000.

The reasons for the sale were not clear, but Cannabis Sativa chief and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has publicly said he thinks marijuana may be used to treat the deadly disease.

In addition to GreenCoffeeExtract.com and AfricanMango.com, Blue String is also selling Fukushima.com, BirdFlu.com, and PotassiumIodide.com.

2. Sellers of Hazmat suit (Ebola Suit)

Shortly after the Ebola death toll in West Africa surpassed 3,000, Pearson and his colleagues launched their Ebola protective gear business and purchased a domain (Ebolasuits.com).

Just one week after launching the website Ebolasuits.com, which sells special hazardous materials suits and accessories claimed to help protect against the Ebola virus, its owner says he’s already doubled his investment.

“We’ll probably just ride this thing until the wheels fall off,” says Drew Pearson, owner of Destin, Florida-based Ebola Suits LLC, which owns Ebolasuits.com. “If the orders stop coming in tomorrow, that’s okay. This is a business and we’ve made our money.”

The Ebola suit-selling company also has a Facebook page which didn’t even exist much more than a week ago but already has more than 14,300 likes.

Since launching the site, Pearson said Ebola Suits receives a dozen orders per day from across the United States — particularly in Texas and parts of the Midwest — and the sales keep on climbing. Some of the inquiries and orders, Pearson said, come from heads of households who often buy two or three at a time for family members.

3. Creator Of Ebola C

According To Tmz, entrepreneur Todd Spinelli has made over $480,000 selling “Ebola-C,” a wafer that claims to boost one’s immune system by providing 554% of the daily recommended amount of Vitamin C. The product hasn’t been approved by the FDA, but Spinelli claims that a doctor on his staff says it totally works.

So far, Spinelli’s sold 14,000 units for $34.95 each.

(Fun fact: the idea that Vitamin C is an immune-boosting supplement may be a total myth, with Harvard University pointing out that many of the studies touting its benefits are “not well designed.”)

4. Ebola Toys

Giant Microbes, a company that sells stuffed animals shaped like common viruses, has sold out of their ebola toys.

It’s an unfortunate coincidence in their case: they sell stuffed animal versions of every virus under the sun, including gonorrhea, HIV, and herpes, and have been doing so long before Ebola became the crisis it is today

5. Self Appointed Health Writers

Washington Post writer Caitlyn Dewey reviewed some recent self-published, Ebola-themed books now sold on Amazon.com and climbing its popularity charts.

“And many of the books — almost all of them, in fact — contain information that’s either wildly misleading or flat-out wrong,” she wrote.

Who do you think is making fast money from the Ebola hysteria?

Do you think its fair to make money from Ebola?

Let us know in the comment section below


http://giftedgreen.com/2014/blog/2014/10/27/5-people-who-are-making-fast-money-from-the-ebola-hysteria/