Italian app MonkeyParking is attempting to give people the ability to 'sell' their parking spot in the US. Though physical parking spots are not up for grabs, instead the 'insider information' about when the parking spot you are currently filling will become free is on sale.

As we all become iPhoneographers, over 27,800 photos are uploaded to Instagram every minute, and 1.8 billion photos are shared daily. But what if we could make money from our snaps? Foap is turning everyone’s smartphone photo libraries into one massive stock photo resource.

The demand for storage space has risen by more than 50% since 2009 as cities become over-populated and people accumulate more 'stuff' than ever. Roost is a service that lets people rent out any unused storage space they have peer-to-peer.

As distinctions between public and private lives continue to blur, consumers – particularly those from Generation Y – are finding increasingly ingenious ways of monetising every minutiae of their existence.