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Student Creates Million Dollar Homepage
Tuesday, Sep. 20 2005 | Author: DaveA great advertising idea, that is actually working, as a student continues to rake in money on his website: milliondollarhomepage.com/.
An entrepreneurial young student in the UK has devised a simple way of raising the cash to pay for life through university without having to spend every weekend in Tescoâs stacking shelves.
Called the Million Dollar Homepage, the idea of the site is to sell 1,000,000 pixels for $1 each.
Visitors can buy pixels, which are available in 100-pixel ‘blocks’ (each measuring 10×10 pixels) and then display an image/ad/logo of their choice in the space they have purchased. Customers will also have the chance to link the image through to a website of their choice as long as its not obscene or offensive.
The pixels you buy will be displayed on the homepage permanently for the life of the site.
The creator, Alex Tew, is 21 years and old hopes to keep the site running for at least five years, but hopefully much longer with the ultimate goal of making it âa kind of internet time capsuleâ.
Currently the site has sold over 52,300 pixels earning more than enough to put Pew through university.
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41 Responses for "Student Creates Million Dollar Homepage"
September 20th, 2005 at 7:07 pm
1Its just frustrating I didn’t do it first, really.
It does occur to me that as sites take all the ‘prime’ positions such as corners and near the center I suppose the percieved value of the space will go down and people won’t want to buy space on it once its overcrowded.
September 20th, 2005 at 7:17 pm
2Yeah, it’s $1.00 a pixel, but you have to buy ten pixels for one square. Spending $5.00 for five squares would be nice, but five squares will cost you $50.00. I know I would rather spend that money on something else.
September 21st, 2005 at 4:28 am
3“Yeah, it’s $1.00 a pixel, but you have to buy ten pixels for one square.”
Isn’t it 10×10 = 100 pixels per square (USD100)?
September 21st, 2005 at 10:53 am
4What I’d like to know is how he ended up attracting his customers. I mean, I could open up milliondollarhomepage2.com and sell each pixel for 50 cents but its highly unlikely that I’ll make the kinda money he’s made.
September 21st, 2005 at 12:07 pm
5Heck, I’m gonna do it!
September 21st, 2005 at 12:22 pm
6or halfamilliondollarhomepage.com
or twofiftyhomepage.com (250,000)
or be gangster twofiddyblingbling.com :P
September 21st, 2005 at 4:39 pm
7“Own a piece of internet history!” Jesus… is a tag-line really all you need to make some quick dollars.
Or are people really that stupid?
Personally, I’m betting on the latest, most stupid ideas and politicians prevail because there are stupid enough people to back them up.
September 23rd, 2005 at 6:33 pm
8I figure it’s worth a shot. My idea is to sell squares on a map of the US to sort them geographically, and make a map of cheaper squares for personal web sites.
September 24th, 2005 at 5:48 am
9I donÂŽt think that companies like 2co are that stupid, this website get lot of traffic, and could be very helpfull for anyone.
September 25th, 2005 at 8:01 am
10Another student from France is hopping to get the same success with MegaPixelPage.com.
September 26th, 2005 at 9:29 am
11Free pixels at www.zerodollarhomepage.com
September 26th, 2005 at 11:03 pm
12Help a young family eliminate it’s debt. www.zerodebthomepage.com
September 28th, 2005 at 7:39 pm
13This one allows any image at all to be posted…
www.milliondollardungeon.com
September 30th, 2005 at 5:07 pm
14Lets not forget:
http://www.OneBuckPixels.com
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:39 pm
15Try www.ebaypixels.com - alternative to ebay searches? ;)
October 4th, 2005 at 2:55 am
16Maybe it’s time to write about TheMillionDollarHomepage and hundreds
of its silly copies?
It’s like a new phenomenon. Copies looks really silly but the original
is fantastic and creative idea.
Such as parody-sites like: http://www.one-pixel.tk
October 4th, 2005 at 2:45 pm
17Yes I thought it was a great idea, and I am a copy cat…but I expanded the idea to include affliates, and profits, since I am already a third year student, will go to build a house some friends and I designed that we beleive will withstand tsunami and hurricanes, and will be submersible. It will happen even if this page and other efforts fail, because I just won’t give up!!! So please don’t hate us all because we follow in Tews footsteps…some of it might help society also. Luv xoxo Meg
October 5th, 2005 at 5:21 pm
18The Auction Homepage reports that bidding has started at eBay for prime traffic banner ad spots!
Buy pixels from Paypal or 2Checkout.
1 Week free trial for posting your pixels until 13 Oct. 2005
October 5th, 2005 at 6:10 pm
19well at least i know AMillionQuid.com was the first to offer text links…it seems that the wheel has turned full circle and now the original has copied me… makes me feel so much better now. :-)
October 8th, 2005 at 1:39 pm
20Hi all,
There are now quite a lot millionpixel homepages but I found out a new one that costs only 1 USD per box! www.millionpixel.biz I think it’s a good way to grow the biz.
October 10th, 2005 at 6:33 pm
21I think this one has one of the best chances of success, he’s creating the Internets most expensive refrigerator, the ads being refrigerator magnets! Very ingenious..
October 10th, 2005 at 6:33 pm
22Ooops, here is the link ..
I think this one has one of the best chances of success, he’s creating the Internets most expensive refrigerator, the ads being refrigerator magnets! Very ingenious..
http://www.themilliondollarfridge.com
October 14th, 2005 at 4:09 am
23There is one more but slightly different
Targeted advertising for pokers business. Million dollar pokies page
http://www.milliondollarpokiespage.com
October 15th, 2005 at 2:09 pm
24wow. it is getting huge. There is a great list of pixel ad sites at www.thepixelwars.com
October 18th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
25I give Alex Tew full credit for this pixel ad craze. I have also started a page called “Million Quarter Billboard” but with a twist. I will be giving away 50 4G Apple Nanos for ad buyers! For every 10,000 pixels sold (or 100 blocks of 10×10) I will draw for a winner. There will be a total of 50 given away. Limit 1 per person or business so more people have a fair chance. Each block of 100 pixels is an entry for a chance to win. Buy 1 block you get 1 entry, buy 4 blocks you get 4 entries. So you will not only get some cheap advertising but a chance to win a Nano! I am doing this site to help my family as I am no longer able to do construction as my high blood pressure and very weak heart limits me to what I can do. I have 4 children and need to pay off debts as well as raise them so any money helps. You can visit my site at www.millionquarterbillboard.com
Thanks! Brian
October 19th, 2005 at 9:59 am
26This guy puts your link for a donation of $1.30 or more to help him buy his Dream Car - CORVETTE!
www.BuyMeCORVETTE.com
October 24th, 2005 at 12:28 pm
27see the offer of the italian version of milliondollarhomepage on http://www.80centpixel.com
October 25th, 2005 at 8:39 pm
28Another one, eBayPixelPage.com the first to coin the phrase Mosaic eBay Search Engine Alternative, and the #1 most visited eBay oriented pixel site.
November 8th, 2005 at 1:18 pm
29How about pixels in another dimension. Get 3D pixels now at the onebilliondollarhomepage.com
November 14th, 2005 at 3:47 pm
30This is cool, you have to try it. I guessed 24670, and this game guessed it! See it here - http://www.funbrain.com/guess/
November 25th, 2005 at 1:02 am
31Ok, how he sold all those pixels is really no mystery, he had a PR rep help promote the site. Marketing 101 folks - he generated enough buzz to sell almost 650,000 pixels. Looking at all the copycat sites that have popped up, I doubt any will be very successful unless they are willing to make the same type of investment and have a novel concept. Of those out there about the only one that even caught my attention for more than a fleeting second was the pixel challenge at http://www.thepixelchallenge.com. Million pixels in 30 days? Doubt they can do it, but if it LOOKS like they can then they may just generate the same kind of buzz.
December 22nd, 2005 at 2:43 am
32I can’t believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $44814. Isn’t that crazy!
January 14th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
33To promote your account of casino, bingo or bets
Ha been born a new Web type milliondollarhomepage.com but exclusively for casinos, biNgos.
By single 20$ you have the possibility of including your own block of 10 xs 10 Pixels or what is the same⊠100 Pixels.
Il author assures that this block would be in index of the Web during a at least 5 period of years.
You have the possibility of registering free in the Web and with your keys, you enter the Panel of administration where you find the tools necessary to create the blocks, with the title and direct link to your web. The mode of payment is with Neteller or Paypal.
The Web it is www.casinobingos.com
Source: ElPelaO.com
February 12th, 2006 at 7:01 am
34New ideas mean always more money, solve a problem for people, your financial problems are solved!
March 3rd, 2006 at 2:29 pm
35Talking about new ideas, don’t you guys think all one million pages look just the same? ItÂŽs a lack of originality!
March 10th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
36Jobless Boy Launches A Website To Sell 10,000 Jeans On The Internet!
USA jobless boy has set his sights on earning himself a million dollars after thinking of a simple idea of selling brands new and used jeans on his homepage MoneyOrBox.com
He had been thinking of ideas on how to make a little extra money for himself but some of his ideas either never worked out or were just far too ambitious.
So far there are 28 jeans sold on the homepage which has netted him just $1300 but as visitors grow and more people hear about the site, no doubt more jeans will be added and he will progress towards his target of 10,000 jeans on his homepage and one million dollars in the bank.
You can view the website by visiting www.MoneyOrBox.com
March 14th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
37Jobless Boy Launches A Website To Sell 10,000 Jeans On The Internet!
USA jobless boy has set his sights on earning himself a million dollars after thinking of a simple idea of selling brands new and used jeans on his homepage MoneyOrBox.com
He had been thinking of ideas on how to make a little extra money for himself but some of his ideas either never worked out or were just far too ambitious.
So far there are 28 jeans sold on the homepage which has netted him just $1300 but as visitors grow and more people hear about the site, no doubt more jeans will be added and he will progress towards his target of 10,000 jeans on his homepage and one million dollars in the bank.
You can view the website by visiting www.MoneyOrBox.com
March 14th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
38Jobless Boy Launches A Website To Sell 10,000 Jeans On The Internet!
USA jobless boy has set his sights on earning himself a million dollars after thinking of a simple idea of selling brands new and used jeans on his homepage MoneyOrBox.com
He had been thinking of ideas on how to make a little extra money for himself but some of his ideas either never worked out or were just far too ambitious.
So far there are 28 jeans sold on the homepage which has netted him just $1300 but as visitors grow and more people hear about the site, no doubt more jeans will be added and he will progress towards his target of 10,000 jeans on his homepage and one million dollars in the bank.
You can view the website by visiting www.MoneyOrBox.com
March 15th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
39Jobless Boy Launches A Website To Sell 10,000 Jeans On The Internet!
USA jobless boy has set his sights on earning himself a million dollars after thinking of a simple idea of selling brands new and used jeans on his homepage MoneyOrBox.com
He had been thinking of ideas on how to make a little extra money for himself but some of his ideas either never worked out or were just far too ambitious.
So far there are 28 jeans sold on the homepage which has netted him just $1300 but as visitors grow and more people hear about the site, no doubt more jeans will be added and he will progress towards his target of 10,000 jeans on his homepage and one million dollars in the bank.
You can view the website by visiting www.MoneyOrBox.com
May 31st, 2006 at 3:25 pm
40FORMULA FOR PRIME NUMBERS!
Some numbers have the special property that they cannot be expressed as the product of two smaller numbers, e.g., 2, 3, 5, 7, etc. Such numbers are called prime numbers, and they play an important role, both in pure mathematics and its applications. The distribution of such prime numbers among all natural numbers does not follow any regular pattern. A proof that it is true for every interesting solution would shed light on many of the mysteries surrounding the distribution of prime numbers.
Since the late 1960s, with the advent of computers, there has been a shift of focus from finding a mathematical formula to devise an algorithm that can test for primality of a given number. Testing of primality thus became an important problem in theoretical computer science. If an algorithmic solution to the problem posed is found, then an executable computer program can be written.
Check algorithmic solution here: www.moneyorbox.com
June 28th, 2006 at 11:32 pm
41I believe that Alex’s site still generates some indirect value for advertisers at least by improving their visibility in search engines. It has a PageRank of 7 and many still continue to add links to it (by the way, this article has just added one link). So, getting the link from website with such a high PageRank for as low as 1$ it is clearly a reasonable investment. Good luck to all the copycats :)
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