This Is Why I'm Broke

Adam Freedman started building websites at age 12 on Geocities. Decades later he had a simple idea: collect the most ridiculous, creative, and oddly-covetable products on the internet in one place. He wanted to call it ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney.com, but the domain was taken - so This Is Why I'm Broke it was. The site curates hundreds of unusual, funny, and genuinely cool products from Amazon and other retailers, organized into gift guides by category. Every purchase made through a link earns an affiliate commission. It became one of the most well-known affiliate sites on the internet, pulling in several thousand dollars a month from commissions alone, with millions of visitors discovering it through Reddit, social media, and word of mouth.