So Easy Even a Kid Can Do It: The Unlikely Success Story of Whateverlife

Do you think that there are just too many barriers holding you back from success? Are you looking for some serious inspiration and assurance that success is possible even in this dismal economy? If so, you may be interested in the success of someone who started a business with every possible factor standing against them, including age. This young woman made a million dollars with just a personal computer and a love of her favorite social networking site, MySpace. At only seventeen, calling Ashley Qualls a success story would be the understatement of the year.

Ashley was a normal teenage girl when she became very involved with MySpace. As with many teens, it soon developed into somewhat of an obsession. She discovered that she had a talent for designing MySpace layouts and started her own website called whateverlife.com to distribute these layouts. Ashley didn’t know it yet, but the term ‘myspace layouts’ was at the time one of the hottest and most searched for terms on Google and other search engines. Her website design site was soon getting over 60 million page views per month and earning a seven figure income from Google Adsense and other advertising companies. There have been several offers to buy the site, but this savvy teen is too smart to give up this money maker while it was at its hottest point in the trajectory.

Another reason that Ashley Qualls was so successful was that she was offering a high quality product at a price that can’t be beat. Her layouts featured designs that were popular with the teenage girls who frequent MySpace, such as popular celebrity designs and romantic hearts and flowers patterns. Obviously young Qualls knew her audience, as she was one of them. Best of all, all of the product pages at Ashley’s site were free, which kept traffic returning. If they didn’t find what they wanted, they could click on one of the Google ads to go to another site—bringing Ashley a little income in the meantime.

If you think you have to be a professional web designer to achieve this kind of success, nothing could be further from the truth. Ashley’s website was set up with very little knowledge and to most people would be considered amateur in appearance. In fact, many jealous owners of less successful websites are quick to point out that the website is cluttered and difficult to navigate. In this case, and so many others, content is what sells.

In a time when many adults cannot afford their own home, this seventeen year old already owns one. At a time when many businesses cannot keep their doors open, whateverlife flourishes without any doors at all. Without the drudgery of a full time job, this accidental teenage millionaire is enjoying the easy life thanks to the power of the internet. If you would like to be the next internet small business success story, it may be time to find your niche and open up a web storefront of your own.