Last Updated: May 22, 2024

You are driving down a beautiful and remote highway in Nevada. It does not have any landmarks, and you do not have a destination. Just miles and miles of sand, low growing plants and more sand.

The highway takes a sharp turn, and you enter a little town. You are running low on gas, and it is getting dark, so you decide to drive around to look for a gas station, and perhaps a hotel.

The town appears to be empty, and all the windows are boarded up. At the end of a road find an old house. “What the heck”, you decide to yourself, “I should check it out”.

The house appears to be empty. Dust is the only thing that stayed. All the doors are taken off, except one. Of course, now that your interest is peaking, you decide to enter it. Inside the room is a table with a wallet on it. You open the wallet, and it has a fresh, untouched crispy $5 bill in it, and it looks like it has just been printed.

You turn around, and there is a laptop on the floor, with AliExpress open in the new tab.

“The start have aligned” – you think to yourself, even though you don’t believe in astrology. Now that your balance has a positive $5 on it, you have to spend it.

And here are some sweet product ideas.

5 DOLLAR (and under) ALIEXPRESS FINDS

TELESCOPIC SINK ORGANIZER

Price: $4.95

I really like it because it seems like a good way to keep all of the scrubbing and scouring pads in one place, and to keep the rag off of the kitchen faucet. Just makes it look so much more organized. I just hope that they pack it well so it doesn’t get damaged in shipping.

FOOD CLAMP

Price: $1.70+

A clamp that comes in 2 sizes. Big and small. Small and big.

Small ones can be used for finer stuff, and bigger ones…well for bigger stuff.

Pretty straightforward to use, you cut an end off a bag that you want to clip it on, attach it and use it. Pretty nifty.

The bigger one is almost identical other than the fact that it’s bigger, and that the cap is a twist off compared to the clip on on the smaller one. 

CENTRIFUGAL FLYING TOY

Price: $5.60

This thing though is like a fidget spinner on steroids.

It’s like a fidget spinner and a boomerang had a baby and this baby was raised by a yoyo, a slinky and a merry go round trouple. Centrifugal force is keeping it afloat, which is kind of cool from a physics perspective.

EGG OPENER THING (Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher)

Price: $3.90

A thing can only be named if you’re a German linguistics professor and sounds like an ancient Nordic spell, but it actually serves a very simple purpose, and that is to crack soft boiled eggs. 

There are cheaper ones, but you actually want ones that look like something you’d find in your single aunt’s nightstand because the tall leg make egg break good.

AUTOMATIC DOOR SHUTTER

Price: $4

This handy device attaches to the doorframe, and slowly closes the door after it is opened. The mechanism is mechanical, and does not require the use of batteries.

Because closing the door behind yourself is for peasants.

CABINET LATCH

Price: $2.20

This might look complicated but it really isn’t and it is in fact quite useful for fixing cabinets with doors that won’t stay closed.

It’s a simple ball operated spring loaded door latch that takes 4 screws to install. The tension can be adjusted, but you really don’t need to as long as it locks. 

LACE STOPPER

Price: $2.50 (for a batch of 10)

For people who haven’t learned or don’t want to deal with laces.

This is a listing for a 10 piece lot because I couldn’t find a good one with just 1 piece listed. But you gotta admit that it’s a pretty good deal for just about 20 cents a piece.

Really easy to use, you place the laces in, cut them to desired length and enjoy a 20 seconds saving every time you put your shoes on.

SMARTPHONE DUST SCREENS

Price: $2.40

These dust screens are pretty neat if you think about it. They come with a sticky adhesive and attach to the speaker grille on your phone.

It will probably fall off at some point, but that’s why the minimum amount in this listing is 10 pieces. 

SINGLE-USE SOAP SHEETS

Price: $1.20+ (depending on the amount)

These portable soap sheets isn’t something I thought was valuable until I thought about camping.

They come in a little portable case, and even without accounting for the cost of it, that comes to about 2 cents per one hand washing.

It’s neat because it completely disappears, literally down the drain, after each use. 

PRESSURIZED BOTTLE ATTACHMENT

Price: $3

Useful for gardening and whatever else needs to be misted, or if you really miss the aesthetic of the vegetable aisle in a fancy grocery store.

It fits any standard bottle neck, and you create suction by moving the handle with your hand, shout out to my girlfriend.

CORGI SQUISHIE / DOOR STOPPER

Price: $2

A very thicc corgi.

Some people put them on the back of their phones, but I’m using it as a door stopper. 

DEBIT/CREDIT CARD WRAPS

Price: $2.50

If your bank, like most of the banks, does not allow you to customize your cards, this is for you.

These credit/debit card wraps make a regular boring card into a work of art, or into a witty commentary on the political or economic issues.

MINIATURE (WORKING!) LAMP

Price: $3

This is a tiny lamp. It looks like a lamp for ants, but it works like a regular lamp.

If your desktop is as cluttered as mine, this might be the perfect size for it.

HARMONICA

Price: $3

Hopefully, you will spend your life without going to prison, unless you count buying products at these prices, because it is basically a steal of a deal!

But in case you want to feel what it’s like to live in Southern states in 1930’s, here is a little harmonica.

ICE CREAM MOULDS

Price: $4

Summer is coming! Make your own ice-cream with these food-safe silicone moulds.

50x STICKER SET

Price: $3.50

A HUGE collection of stickers for a very low price.

PEN HOLDERS

Price: $4.50

If they’re not holding anything, it looks like they are worshiping you.

YELLOW-TINTED GLASSES

Price: $2

As I mentioned before (and as you probably noticed yourself), the summer is coming!

There are a lot of sunglasses on AliExpress, but these ones have been especially popular in the last quarter.

RETRACTABLE HOLDER

Price: $3

Even if you are not a fisherman or an old-timey motel clerk, you can still make use of this handy retractable holder.

Unleash your inner dad and never lose your keys again!

USB VOLTMETER

Price: $1.50

If you are dying to know how much power your USB devices are emitting or receiving, this voltmeter will help you answer this burning question!

CLOUDY PENDANT THAT ALSO GLOWS IN DARK

Price: $3

A pendant that has a piece of the sky in it, and it glows in dark. Nothing much needs to be said.

EARRINGS

Price: $2.50+

A lot of them have 3 earring sets per lot for ~$2.50 (that’s like $0.83 per pair!)

100 Pcs. SET OF GOOGLY EYES

Price: $1.49

Time to put them on EVERYTHING!

WOODEN RINGS WITH RESIN DETAIL

Price: $2

Great-looking rings for an especially low price.

CUFF LINKS (31 DIFFERENT DESIGNS)

Price: $0.50+

Don’t tell anyone how much they cost!

Over 30 different designs are available for any taste in the listing.

PINS (30 DESIGNS)

Price: $1+

And if cufflinks aren’t your jam, these pins might be.

Made from metal, they are of a very high quality of cut and print!

KEYBOARD CLEANER

Price: $5

I’ve cleaned my keyboard for the first time in years, and let me tell you: it was not pretty.

Ensure that your keys are more sanitary and are free of spores and foreign lifeforms 🤮

RETRACTABLE FIST

Price: $2

A silly thing, because you shouldn’t take yourself too seriously!