One woman showed everyone exactly what happens to your phone when you go viral after she made $1 million in just eight minutes.
When entrepreneur Mariee Revere set up a business selling vegan friendly beauty products, she paved the way for making $1 million in a matter of minutes.
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She didn't just launch her business, named Moon X Cosmetics, and immediately see the cash come rolling in, it took plenty of hard work to get to the moment where she achieved
Like pretty much every 'overnight success' story it was actually years in the making, but that moment when she made $1 million in eight minutes ended up being the cherry on the cake.
As an added bonus it's provided us with a bit of an insight into what it must be like to go viral on the internet, and it's really something.
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She showed her phone getting practically bombarded with a constant barrage of bleeps and bells as she was inundated with alerts from all of the people making purchases.
The alerts are coming in so fast that their sounds are cancelling each other out as the phone was nearly exploding with all of the messages coming in.
Holding up her phone in front of the camera we can see the sheer scale of notifications sweeping across the screen, and it's hard to comprehend just how incessant the noise is.
She said: "Bro, I'm really about to cry, this is so crazy. I have no words."
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It's also a stark reminder of just how many people are on the internet as every notification and every noise is representative of someone else somewhere in the world.
While we worry about all the different things which can drain our phone batteries there's probably nothing like it constantly screaming and vibrating to burn through the power.
It's a testament to the power of the internet that someone can become a millionaire within minutes as they get to reach people all over the world and the results people can get are insane.
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People can go viral for all sorts of reasons whether it be making a million in minutes or telling much-loved actor Brendan Fraser how much we all love him.
Whatever the reason for going viral, one thing that's going to be the same for everyone who does it is that their phone is going to absolutely blow up as seemingly the entire internet piles on to see what's happening.
Topics: Technology, Money, Viral, Phones
Joe Harker