Written on September 22nd, 2005 at 08:09 am by Darren Rowse
The Million Dollar Homepage
Want to see an enterprising online idea? The Million dollar Home Page is an attempt by one young business student to pay his university fees by selling advertising on a site – one pixel at a time. A pixel costs $1 and there are 1,000,000 of them up for grabs.
You have to buy them in 100 pixel blocks ($100 a pop) but people are buying them and he reported on his blog yesterday that he’s already paid for his 3 years of college fees completely.
Of course – a lot of those buying pixel are poker pages and affiliate programs by the looks of things – but he’s doing ok out of it and is reporting that each advertisers is getting good click-throughs for their money.
166 Responses to “The Million Dollar Homepage” - Add Yours
Steve Pavlina
September 22nd, 2005 8:59 am
Perhaps he’ll soon realize that he doesn’t need college after all….
Arun Kumar
September 22nd, 2005 9:12 am
I can’t believe he has already sold $64,500 worh of pixels, that’s amazing! The things people will go for these days.
Jon
September 22nd, 2005 9:49 am
I wonder what that guy that bought some pixels at the very bottom was thinking when there is still plenty near the top.
Khurrum
September 22nd, 2005 10:11 am
So wheres the b5media ad? :)
Some gimmicks like these are just crazy. haha. He might just end up making a million o_O
Julien Marchand
September 22nd, 2005 10:37 am
This proves two things:
1- You just need a good concept to make money on the Internet.
2- Companies are willing to bite into the mostly any good concept to get some exposure.
Elyse
September 22nd, 2005 10:43 am
All I have to say after reading that is:
“Wish I had thought of that”
It’s a really good, original idea to get him through college. I’m going to have to go brainstorm ideas to get me through college and to Russia.
I’m just amazed that people went for it. Wow.
Athomemama
September 22nd, 2005 10:43 am
Yeah, I read last week he’s getting 35K unique users per day and the case study on his site is pretty good.
Athomemama
September 22nd, 2005 10:44 am
Darren,
I just noticed you have had a dramatic increase in feedburner readers (ur chicklet stats) since yesterday. Way to go man!
R. Melissa Clarke
September 22nd, 2005 10:58 am
LOL!! This made for a good laugh this evening. Thanks for the post; I love to use examples like this for case studies.
One must give credit where credit is due. This exact marketing gimmick will lose its effect in the not so distant future as the traffic generated from the “gawk and awe” effect wears away, and people lose interest in viewing and clicking through a page of nothing but 1,000,000 pixels of advertising. However, kudos to an inspired idea and to those advertisers who have seen insightful enough to recognize the opportunity for some large traffic spikes for as little as $100 to start.
I say this with some admiration as I have been in the marketing/advertising/pr field for many years. More often than not things like this are done in an underhanded and shady way, that ends up being more of a fraudulent scam than a win-win. However, this young business student did it honestly and above board, a “what you see is what you get” approach. I also recognize the potential to morph this from a *flux of cash fad opportunity* into a steady, consistent income down the road, if handled correctly. I will add this to my watch list, as I am curious to see where it goes from here.
graywolf
September 22nd, 2005 11:29 am
Buying 1 pixel does drive traffic, hasn’t paid for itself yet, but it does drive traffic.
Patrick
September 22nd, 2005 11:30 am
Funny idea.
jesse
September 22nd, 2005 12:25 pm
That guy’s a genius
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September 22nd, 2005 12:31 pm
[...] Wow, this guy is selling advertising one pixel at a time to pay for his college education, and he’s already raised enough for three years of study. There are a million pixels available for a buck apiece, so he calls it the Million Dollar Homepage. (via Darren Rowse, Problogger extraordinaire) Posted: September 21, 2005 by Nathan Weinberg in: [...]
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Andrew
September 22nd, 2005 1:32 pm
I’ve been watching his page for 2 weeks and I can’t quite believe it has taken off so well.
I wish I had thought of it. Good luck to him.
Stuart
September 22nd, 2005 1:53 pm
And to think that there were days when he didn’t make a cent and other days when he thought 100 pixel sale was big news – it’s really quite incredible.
Martin (HomeOfficeVoice)
September 22nd, 2005 2:48 pm
Hehe, what a smart idea – gimmicky as hell but it’s working. Crazy publicity stunts still do work in these cynical times … way to go and milk it for all it’s worth I say … as it won’t last long – 2 things: a thousand others will try the same thing and the buzz of this will soon lose its effect.
yunasville
September 22nd, 2005 3:40 pm
Yep, I am one of those who bought his pixel, although I bought the pixel cuz I lost a bet with him when he was just starting out the page.
You can read my bet, losing bet, and paying the debt here:
http://www.yunasville.com/home/losing-bet-to-million-dollar-homepage
Just to share a few stats with you guys if you are curious:
The first a few days, I got about 600+ visitors a day.. now.. I don’t know if I am even getting 100 cuz the site is so crowded now.. Go figure!
Miha
September 22nd, 2005 4:11 pm
Wow, a few days ago he has sold 12,000px … now he already sold 74,000px. Great income for a couple of days!
blewtooth
September 23rd, 2005 12:16 am
I’ve written a small PHP script for you to have your own million dollar ad right on your blog. It’s freeware and remember me when it turns you into a millionaire. :)
Download it here: http://www.start.com.my/blog/?q=1mad.
Peter Brady
September 23rd, 2005 3:25 am
Fair play to the guy, like all the best ideas it’s dead simple.
Darren – I think you should make him a guest contributer to the six figure blogging course with his own segment entitled “six figure blogging in six weeks.”!!!!!!
Quick Online Tips
September 23rd, 2005 4:03 am
This million dollar page has started many more such pixel homepages.
Andrew
September 23rd, 2005 3:56 pm
Now reporting 96,700 pixels sold
Unbelievable!
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Eivind
September 24th, 2005 12:52 am
Free pixels here:
http://www.zerodollarhomepage.com
Powerstar
September 26th, 2005 3:00 am
Here’s one that is similar but it gives back to the advertisers, or at least to the lucky ones. .25 cents a pixel. lol
http://250000.org
Richard
September 26th, 2005 6:00 pm
Pretty brilliant idea , more of these site´s have been popping up
http://yourbillboard.net is one of them , better layout imo but I doubt that they will be as succesfull as that English dude .. but who know´s .
That guy will run out of pixels sooner or later and then the other will have a chance as well I guess.
John Rusack
September 26th, 2005 9:36 pm
Good idea, but http://www.tenmilliondollarsite.com has better concept where they use money to help others.
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Dom
September 27th, 2005 1:16 am
What a joke about tenmilliondollarsite.com.
Congrats giving away 20% of your income.
That will help wont it
Jericho
September 27th, 2005 6:06 am
Did you see that there is now a pixel advertising page just for blogs?
http://BlogBallyhoo.com
John Million
September 27th, 2005 7:09 am
Wow… incredible. Just visited http://www.millionpixelpage.com and there it’s fast and free!!!
Ryan
September 27th, 2005 1:00 pm
Help a young family eliminate it’s debt. 0.10 per pixel http://www.zerodebthomepage.com
Alexa Too
September 28th, 2005 4:18 am
A couple others not listed here:
http://www.milliondollarwebpage.com
http://www.milloinpennyhomepage.com
Any others folks?
Jason Brown
September 28th, 2005 9:05 am
Thought I’d weigh in with my own attempt: http://www.milliondollarmosaic.com. As an artist, I created a Pop Art inspired soup can where advertisers buy part of the mosaic. Pop Art often used advertisers as its raw material. In this mosaic, I give Pop Art back to the advertiser with a permanent link and the possibility of exhibiting in a gallery, with each pixel blown up onto a huge canvas.
Kathy
September 28th, 2005 11:04 pm
another attempt, I like the colours here.. you can actually look at it without getting eye cancer oO
http://www.pixelget.com
rentapatch
September 28th, 2005 11:19 pm
Roll up and get your free patches.
http://www.rentapatch.com/
Jodi
September 29th, 2005 1:45 am
Here is yet another copycat… It looks like thier spin is only selling spots for a quarter… they seem to be getting BIG traffic too.
Jodi
September 29th, 2005 1:46 am
http://millionquarterwebpage.com
Alan
September 29th, 2005 4:56 am
Listed by category, so you can actually find adverts you want – maybe advertisers will like this idea more? http://www.choicedirectory.co.uk
Terry
September 29th, 2005 7:02 am
Try http://www.ebaypixels.com – this one is with a prize (12MP digital camra apparently) and combines only from ebay powersellers.
Good though, only £10 per box…
Duncan
September 29th, 2005 9:01 am
Another copycat/ripoff, or as I like to think of it, “spinoff”. :) This one has a bit of a twist too…
http://www.milliondollardungeon.com
Sassy
September 30th, 2005 9:22 am
This one allows proceeds to go to Hurricane Katrina victims:
http://www.hundredgrandhomepage.com
AdSquares
September 30th, 2005 11:31 pm
Hi,
Adsquares are offering a 400 pixel square for as little as £4.00.
We are getting thousands of hits every day and have a link from the millionpennyhomepage.
Get your space now by going to http://www.adsquares.co.uk
Regards
AdSquares
Star*
October 1st, 2005 6:31 am
One with traffic and mystery box worth $2,500.
http://www.250000.org
dan
October 1st, 2005 7:05 am
and another one..but this time we have one based on a 3 tier system. gold silver and bronze.
http://www.milliondollarhomepagepixels.com
Jason
October 1st, 2005 7:08 am
Let’s not forget:
http://www.OneBuckPixels.com
BearSimon
October 1st, 2005 2:54 pm
The Chinese Million Dollar Homepage?????
http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ has been so successful that it catches eyes of not only English speakers but also people of other nations.
A Million Dollar Homepage in Chinese( http://www.1baiwan.com/ ) was launched last week, which grows so fast that it was listed on Alexa’s Mover & Shakers (Chinese website) after only one week, whose traffic rank rise up by 4,000%. ( http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/movers_shakers?lang=zh_gb2312 )
Even Alexa noticed this Chinese “copycat”, and mentioned its existence.( http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/movers_shakers?lang=en )
The Chinese Million Dollar Homepage is designed particularly for Chinese visitors and their block/grid (13×13 pixels) is also larger than the Million Dollar Homepage (10×10 pixels) as Chinese Characters are larger than English letters. On the other hand, the price is set for local market, RMB(Chinese Dollar)100 for each, each is a lot more affordable than US$100.
According to a Chinese blogger, the Chinese Million Dollar Homepage has been very hot among Chinese bloggers, and it’s been also reported by several major professional Chinese ICPs. And the owners wrote on their blog that, the traffic had grown so fast that they had to purchase their own server only 5 days after it launched .
The Chinese Million Dollar Homepage also has an English ntroduction page( http://www.1baiwan.com/EngIntro.html ), which promotes itself as a cost-effective way of reaching Chinese market, in which 60 million people surf Internet. It accepts payment in US$ via Paypal and US$15 per block for people who are not able to pay RMB(Chinese Dollar).
But the Chinese culture is quite different from the Western culture, will it succeed as the English one? Let’s see.
JON
October 2nd, 2005 11:36 pm
ive just seen this one,and ive not seen this before..all the others are all 1 pagers etc where as this site are offering 3 different payment plans. gold silver and bronze
check em out..ive already bought sum pixels, cheaper thn many others out there.. http://www.milliondollarhomepagepixels.com
i quite like the idea of this one being on 3 levels..gives everybody a chance then..what do you think guys???
ego
October 3rd, 2005 12:56 am
Check this one out!
ego
October 3rd, 2005 1:00 am
http://www.billiondollargrid.com
Jason
October 3rd, 2005 1:08 am
A lot of people having a good time copycat’n the original. So, what the hell… got my hands dirty. Now that we’re all going back to the 90’s internet with huge image maps and pixelated ads, figured why not relive the glory days of the Animated gif? Lets hope this stays humorous.. enjoy the blinkenlights!
http://www.millionblinkenlights.com
Mike B
October 3rd, 2005 2:03 am
But is this better?
http://www.milliondollaroreuropage.com
henry
October 3rd, 2005 2:19 pm
this one is the first i have seen that will post your pixel image after confirming your payment. I guess it is the New and Improved version. Wish politicians can come up with creative ways to erase the defecits.
any way here is the link:
http://www.millionusdollarhomepage.com
Why didn’t i think of it first?
Anky
October 3rd, 2005 3:04 pm
There is another one in the scene now. The guy seems to have taken the idea and recycled it. But the theme of the site seems original. Really wish I had thought of it earlier :-(
Anky
October 3rd, 2005 3:05 pm
Sorry, missed out the site URL
http://www.darlingiloveyou.com/
Jim
October 3rd, 2005 4:01 pm
I actually thought of doing something a lot like this several years ago, but I chose not to do anything about it, so I totally respect Alex for doing this. I’ve put together my own “spinoff” site with a twist – I’m trying to raise money for a new house, and the way my ad spaces work is a little different. I acknowledge Alex for paving the way for this new genre of page. When I sell a few more ad spaces, I’m going to buy a 30×30 ad on Alex’s page in appreciation.
My site is called “The Friendly Neighborhood Home Page.”
http://fnhomepage.com
Million Dollar Homepage
October 4th, 2005 7:52 am
Let’s not forget http://www.OneBuckPixels.com
OMP
October 4th, 2005 8:39 am
One of the original pixel ad sites: http://onemillionpixels.com
Cheap ass pixels!
Jim
October 4th, 2005 9:47 am
I decided to drop my spinoff site. Refunds were issued. There are just too many people jumping on the bandwagon, and I didn’t want to be locked into hosting a mostly empty page for 5 years. It was really just something I was testing the waters with. It turns out that the water is getting too crowded with sharks.
My url now forwards to a list of current “Million” clone sites. It’s a wiki, so anyone can edit the list if they know of new sites.
http://fnhomepage.com
meghager
October 4th, 2005 12:39 pm
Hey I thought it was such a good idea I did it myself….
Maciej
October 5th, 2005 12:34 am
Wow! Super sites! Yeah! Really wow! Great!
Alex’d got a great idea. But what are the others? Yuuuuh!
Copy-sites-parody-page: http://www.one-pixel.tk
Cookie
October 5th, 2005 4:59 am
http://www.pixelkeyboard.com
Oleg
October 5th, 2005 11:07 pm
I’ve put my link at http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ site also.
Very good idea and so simple! Impresive!
Oleg
October 5th, 2005 11:08 pm
Who has already calculated the number of the clones?
Dan
October 6th, 2005 1:15 am
It seems that there are a lot of copies out there but little in the way of new ideas. This one’s a bit different :
http://www.bigbannerlottery.com
You can win the prime advertising space every time somebody visits the homepage.
Baruch
October 6th, 2005 8:34 am
10 Ways to promote your website
1. Pixel advertising – newest addition
2. Monthly newsletters.
3. Resources page.
4. Free e-books.
5. Link exchanges with similar sites.
6. Offer a free affiliate program.
7. Search engines.
8. Buy own domain name.
9. Write articles.
10. Write a press release.
Visit “The Auction Homepage” for the next level in “Pixel advertising”
http://theauctionhomepage.com
Kelvin Foo
October 8th, 2005 5:11 am
Not just a million dollar homepage, but a BETTER MILLION DOLLAR HOMEPAGE! :)
http://www.bettermilliondollarhomepage.com
beau
October 8th, 2005 7:14 am
And the concept winds its way into a specific market…..wine!
http://milliondollarwine.com
Comments, tips appreciated.
Chris Edge
October 8th, 2005 11:06 pm
naughty adverts he he http://www.theadultadgrid.com
Affiliate
October 9th, 2005 8:40 am
Russian version. Seems to be a joke one. But it has one-tier affiliate program. http://www.millionrublehomepage.com
Scot
October 10th, 2005 4:57 am
Scottish version where you can buy your own tartan pixels. Fully automated system, you can sell or transfer your advert to others, you can move your image to any other location on the grid as long as it’s not occupied and there is an affiliate deal going. http://www.tartan-pixels.co.uk
targeted pixels
October 11th, 2005 3:52 pm
Well, if any of you start selling topic based pixels… get listed on http://targetedpixels.com ( launching soon ).
Pixel advertising will beat PPC. Just don’t tell *G* and *Y* and tiny *k*.
Marcel
http://targetedpixels.com
Justin Kleffman
October 11th, 2005 6:00 pm
This site is donating 100% of the profit to the Red Cross to help with disaster relief such as the hurricanes on the gulf coast, or the earthquake in pakistan.
buys pixelsnow
October 12th, 2005 11:38 pm
Push your pixels to the max, push advertising and getting push pixel to the top og google search engine overall http://www.pixelsupermarket.com is the best site.
buying pixels for free has never been easier with
http://www.Pixelsupermarket.com was setup by a student to earn million dollar home page
Willy
October 13th, 2005 3:59 am
I like http://www.milliondollarsweethearts.com At least it’s not a blatant ripoff, but kind of innovative and “cute” if you will. What do you think?
John D
October 13th, 2005 6:26 am
Don’t forget the http://www.MillionDollarSALEpage.com
They auction off just ONE video banner every 7 days!
They think somebody will buy it for $1,000,000! Crazy guys at http://www.milliondollarsalepage.com
Nick
October 15th, 2005 9:52 am
Look at this one I found
Targeted advertising for pokers business. Million dollar pokies page
http://www.milliondollarpokiespage.com
Jody
October 16th, 2005 12:17 pm
here’s yet another one, but this one also sells advertising on a car that will go on tour & race. It does sell pixels, but that isnt the primary focus. The car is the focus of this one
http://www.milliondollarcarproject.com
Kelvin Foo
October 16th, 2005 12:38 pm
http://pixamarket.50webs.com
Pixa-Market
The Online Market Place!!!
http://pixamarket.50webs.com
Paul
October 16th, 2005 10:28 pm
The milliondollarhomepage buzz is slowing coming to a end. There’s quite a lot out there nowadays. There’s basically a milliondollar thingy for everyone. The LAMEST of them all have to http://the-power-couple.blogspot.com/
What do you think?
Indian Million Dollar
October 17th, 2005 1:57 am
The Indian Version of Million DOllar Home Page – Million Rupee Home Page
http://www.millionupeehomepage.com
TimeThis.com
October 17th, 2005 4:23 pm
Forget pixels, buy blocks of time – have your ad displayed at the same time, every day, for seven days!
http://www.TimeThis.com
Indian version of Milliondollarhomepage
October 18th, 2005 1:22 pm
The indian version of Million dollar Homepage
http://www.millionrupeeshomepage.com
Brian
October 18th, 2005 2:29 pm
I think Alex Tew’s idea was fantastic. I also believe that many will make money from the concept. I put my own experimental site up called http://www.milliondollarhomesite.net. It is a copy but I give Alex full credit and link his site to my buy pixel page. Good luck to all.
Dylan
October 18th, 2005 11:21 pm
Aah okay so me and everyone else above have jumped on the bandwagon – its like a gold rush hehe.. like a mini version of the .com boom.. I remember this used to be a bit what it was like back then.. the whole idea of sitting back and watching the money roll in off the net. I remember there were websites based on the business model of selling advertising in ways like this (banner ads though) but i havent heard of anyone making this much money from it. During the 2000 olympics I was involved in a site that for the short period of the games drew some huge traffic and they sold about $3K in ad space.. which sounded good until the hosting bill arrived which was $4K due to the excess bandwidth used. Nowdays bandwidth is so much cheaper it could work. okay well so I went and made one of these pixel selling sites too.. http://www.moneytotem.com – okay after seeing the million dollar homepage and then spending 3 hours bashing my head into the wall screaming whyyyy didn’t I think of that?? well the best that popped out of my beer soaked brain was throw in some flash and a bit of a theme a little bit of code trickery to get the totem to speak the ads and have it all fit on a typical 1024×768 screen ..
ps for everyone trying to score some links to their pixel pages a few directories have sprung up like http://www.thepixelwars.com Cheers!
Dylan
Ari
October 19th, 2005 5:40 am
This guy accepts donations of $1.30 or more to buy him a CORVETTE!
Check it out, you can list your own site or business -
http://www.BuyMeCORVETTE.com
Shari
October 20th, 2005 9:36 am
Ok, we’ve been around for a couple of weeks… wanted to squash any bugs before making the rounds…
Our Alexa ranking is currently #7 amongst the top 100 pixel sites I can find with any ranking.
http://pixelsanyone.com lets you select your advertising price, from .25 to $1 per pixel, depending upon the page you choose.
Backed by an 8-year old online advertising agency, we have incredible reach. We put your ad (on our pages) in front of millions of targeted viewers weekly.
Come see what we’re all about, and how we stretch your ad dollars.
Shari Thomas
http://PixelsAnyone.com
James Topham
October 21st, 2005 10:10 pm
Here’s my own contribution to the million dollar home page phenomenom.
I like to think it’s a little second generation because I’ve added something – cows…
Now, when you click the links on the homepage you don’t just get taken directly through to the advertised site, you also get a cow! Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. You can save or print the cows, collect all the different varieties and play them off together in various cow wars…
Take a look…
http://www.milliondollarcowpage.com
Silvio
October 22nd, 2005 5:24 am
hello there,
we have launched the pixeladv. page http://www.pixel4rent.com . we sell our pixels for everyone in the world for 10 eurocent (also usd and pound sterling) per pixel. your pixels will be online for 5 years. our site will be market by seo-experts. visit us. thx ;-)
aakash
October 22nd, 2005 7:45 pm
this site:
http://www.crorepati.info
is somewhat indian version of http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com the diiference is it has 4 category pages .
also offers one week free trial
better than milliondollarhomepage
October 22nd, 2005 7:46 pm
http://www.crorepati.info is definitely better than its counterpart in india
madhead
October 24th, 2005 2:49 pm
Here a german Version of Millioindollarpage:
http://milliondollar-homepage.de
James Topham
October 24th, 2005 11:55 pm
New cows featured at The Million Dollar Cow Page – http://www.milliondollarcowpage.com
Joe
October 28th, 2005 12:48 pm
Here’s the .net version with iPod Nano giveaways:
http://www.MillionDollarHomePage.net
Chris
October 31st, 2005 9:46 pm
What do you think about these new web sites selling pixels? I’ve just put mine online at Bloc de pub, in french, and i’m trying to promote it on the Web. And I also make it cheaper, only 10 euros for a bloc of 10×10 pixels, to allow more people to advertise on it (like blogs or personnal web site). I just think 100$ for a bloc (what the other sites are doing) is quite expensive for an individual who has his own personnal web site !
Do you think this can of web site can last for a long time or it’s juste a temporary web site ?
Matt Dewie
November 1st, 2005 5:08 am
I discovered last evening an amazing site, about a marketing or promotion expert, who discovers business solutions to worldwide factories, that created this site.
Buy an idea for one million dollars… do you think that he will succed in his aim??
http://www.buyanideaforonemilliondollars.com
i think it’s quite impossible, but, if it would not so… he would be a genius and he could go living on a golf court and reading the news on his golden laptop!!
what do u think about it??
Matt Dewie
November 1st, 2005 5:08 am
I discovered last evening an amazing site, about a marketing or promotion expert, who discovers business solutions to worldwide factories, that created this site.
Buy an idea for one million dollars… do you think that he will succed in his aim??
http://www.buyanideaforonemilliondollars.com
i think it’s quite impossible, but, if it would not so… he would be a genius and he could go living on a golf court and reading the news on his golden laptop!!
what do u think about it??
farajb
November 8th, 2005 3:37 pm
The website of Canadian Million Charity Pixels, pixel ads to support your chosen charity by selling 1 million pixels of internet ad space for $1 each.
http://www.canadianmillioncharitypixels.com/
Like5.com
November 9th, 2005 1:46 pm
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http://www.like5.com Or http://www.Likefive.com Tell Your Friends
Lake Kern
November 17th, 2005 2:58 am
The recent launch of the new 5 year advertising solution from MillionPixelClick.com means the pixel advertising craze will continue unabated. Selling advertising space by the pixel the new form of advertising is proving popular with both clients and providers alike.
About MillionPixelClick.com
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PubicAds.com
November 18th, 2005 3:57 am
You can now purchase Pubic Ad Space at PubicAds.com – Pixel advertising with a twist. Visit http://www.pubicads.com for more info.
The Cow
November 19th, 2005 8:45 am
All these copy-cats, its amazing. I’ve done my own version of Alex Tew’s Million Dollar homeppage – but I guess you’d have to call it a copy-cow. It’s only $0.50 to advertise, and I think its pretty cool
I’ve only just started the page, and so am looking to drum up some interest. Take a look at http://www.milliondollarcowpage.com.
The Poor
November 24th, 2005 9:23 am
Enough virtual pixels!
http://www.milliondollarscreenshot.com/
Jack Hammer
November 26th, 2005 7:02 am
Hi,
Check out milliondollarchristmaspages.com. These guys are giving out pixels for free
Andy
November 28th, 2005 12:15 am
Hi,
I’m Andy, moderator at PixelAdsTalk.com.
Together with my team I have created a forum specialized in Pixel Advertising.
http://www.PixelAdsTalk.com
You are all invited and welcomed to join and participate to the discussions and we hope that you will have a very enjoyable experience on our forum.
Any suggestions or opinions you might have are most welcome.
Best whishes,
Andy
Nino
November 29th, 2005 1:17 am
FaceTalks.com
http://facetalks.com
messages, thoughts, feelings, writings on a talking wall
It is an interesting variation on the theme where people can buy for only $10 a place on the page where to show their face and leave a message to the world.
Take the time to check it: http://facetalks.com
mike
December 3rd, 2005 3:48 pm
i just found a new pixel site that promotes your business or service to the chinese people. this is interesting because i have been looking to tap into this growing market for a while now. i have read that chinese ecommerce has just taken off and will grow by leaps and bound within the next few years. i also checked out their forum – interesting stuff. it’s at http://billionyuan.com
FaceTalks Team
December 4th, 2005 1:57 am
An original and funny integration between GoogleMaps and pixel advertising is available at http://facetalks.com !
Give it a try and discover how this cool feature increase the time the viewer stays on the homepage and consequently the number of clicks and views !
If you find it interesting there are still 3 cells available completely for free!
Check http://facetalks.com
John
December 8th, 2005 10:39 pm
A new Million Dollar Page named MillionPixelPage.Net
This has a new million dollar website MillionPixelPage.Net
Buy Pixels at Million Pixel Page for your Internet Advertisement. Purchase pixels from the Million Pixel page and advertise your website on a prime piece of Internet property for a full five years!
Each 10×10 block costs US$25, equating to a cost of US$0.25 per pixel.
Visit the MillionPixelPage.Net at:
http://www.millionpixelpage.net/
John
December 8th, 2005 10:54 pm
Buy Pixels at Million Pixel Page for your Internet Advertisement. Purchase pixels from the Million Pixel page and advertise your website on a prime piece of Internet property for a full five years!
Visit the MillionPixelPage.Net at: http://www.millionpixelpage.net/
Javier Tadefa
December 10th, 2005 5:03 pm
Can you believe that this kid is almost a millionaire only after 3 months of this site being active? This has also started a chain of other pixel sites, some being topic-specific or country-specific. There is even a pixel site created by a young, married couple wanting to travel the world. They are even offering to pay the first 1,000 bloggers $100 per post if they reach their goal of $1,000,000 – Check it out: http://www.milliondollarcouple.com
Nino
December 19th, 2005 11:43 pm
Staring from today FaceTalks.com (http://facetalks.com) is completely FREE.
You can choose a place on our homepage and put there a photo of yours, a description and a link to your website completely for free.
The only thing we ask is that you comply with our philosophy, i.e. to show yourself, not just your logo. You can superimpose a little logo to your image if you want, but what is important is that the message comes from you!
You image will be online for 180 days, then your cell will be freed again.
To increase your visibility we maintain a list of popular faces, according to the views per day rate they receive.
We hope you like our work.
Bye,
The FaceTalks Team
http://facetalks.com
Dustin
January 2nd, 2006 5:53 am
eBay Pixel Page, http://www.ebaypixelpage.com offers the first ever eBay search engine alternative offering per pixel advertising for a mere 20 cents per pixel. The best part is as soon as you pay your image and link is automatically uploaded instantly. Worth a look.
Joe Ramirez
January 3rd, 2006 11:23 am
Your very own MILLIONDOLLAR PIXEL HOMEPAGE script is for SALE!
Click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5652542565&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
PixelSiteLinks.com
January 3rd, 2006 3:12 pm
How much do you guys think will Alex fetch for those ‘last 1000 pixels’ on eBay? As I write this, his auction is already at $21,400, and there’s still almost 9 days to go! Amazing, and -as is this whole ‘pixel sites adventure’ SO inspiring!
Regards,
Rob / http://www.PixelSiteLinks.com
Dave Miller
January 4th, 2006 1:11 pm
I have to admit that I was a little jealous about Alex Tew’s success. I then made the decision to create my own concept called http://www.ebizproject.com launched in the hopes to attract advertisers who first believe that online advertising will play a key role moving forward, as well as others who want to have a little piece of Internet history in the making.
I only started it a couple of days ago and I already have 4 major sponsers (who’s ads are still in the process of completing). Pretty wild – and I might be able to payoff my kids college once they go!
Myu
January 7th, 2006 8:36 am
I came across this ad on ebay for pixel ads on a established site. A teen is trying to raise money using this method to continue to the site. The site is http://www.itsteens.com.
The auction url:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5653482761&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
I think it is good idea to invest in a site with contents than a pixel site alone.
-Guna
Scott
January 7th, 2006 12:35 pm
I watched this site from almost the beginning. It is amazing that a young kid like Alex can do almost every step in the process right, including hiring a US publicist to promote for him.
So what’s next? A new idea in http://www.millionfans.com wants to get million fans in addition to million dollars by using digital photo ads. Should be interesting.
pixels suck
January 8th, 2006 10:36 pm
I am happy for Mr Tew.
Anyway I think PIXELS SUCK! Take a look here and you will agree:
http://www.pixelssuck.com
anon
January 9th, 2006 3:52 pm
check out
http://www.50grandgiveaway.com
Grabby
January 9th, 2006 10:42 pm
This guy came up with a simular idea, you can buy a stone from his pyramid an the one who bids the most gets the top stone…
http://www.bid-pyramid.com
Dentaku
January 9th, 2006 11:57 pm
I’ve start my biz based on this pixel-ad line, the matter is regarding favicon: http://www.faviconbiz.com
I think (and I hope) is a good idea too :-)
Johnathan
January 10th, 2006 7:33 am
Here’s a site that’s recieved some great PR recently and is considered the #1 most trafficked eBay Oriented Pixel Page.
http://www.ebaypixelpage.com
The eBay Seach Engine Alternative
http://www.ebaypixelpage.com
Barry Freeder
January 11th, 2006 11:58 am
Enough about pixels! Personally, I am sick of them and prefer ’seconds’ anyway. That’s why I created advertseconds.com. Please help me publicize this damn site…it is hard enough with all this talk about Mr. Tew!!!
Kind Regards, Baz.
jason
January 13th, 2006 6:21 am
Just started a site, just for fun. Everyone else is heh..
http://www.bloggerpixels.com
Tony
January 13th, 2006 7:06 am
i feel here 2 things , what people can accomplish for selling pixels
and then there are free advertising in which i do. , so whats the catch
it took me over 6 mnths to hit 180,000 people
now it takes him less than no time to make 1mill
CRAZY CRAZY WORLD …. http://www.greenvilleonline.net
Antonio
January 15th, 2006 6:22 am
To 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 tu/tus blocks, with the title and direct link to your web. The mode of payment is with Neteller or Paypal.
The Web it is http://www.casinobingos.com
Source: ElPelaO.com
Timy Togethun
January 16th, 2006 5:48 am
A funny copy of the million dollar website has emerged. The Million Dollar Bush site allows you to purchase advertising pixels to cover a picture of Geroge W Bush, Cover the lies & Advertise .
As a gay rights activist and small business owner and anti bush advocate, I advertised on their website. I suggest you inquire with them. I think it is funny and sends a message to Bush and also gives $100,000 to charity.
http://www.milliondollarbush.com
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January 16th, 2006 6:42 am
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Best whishes to all,
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Louis
January 16th, 2006 10:39 am
Just started a site, just for fun.
Another idea : no pixel to sell and in fact nothing to sell, just a site dedicated to personal donation http://www.mydonators.com
Ed
January 18th, 2006 6:38 pm
While the world is awaiting for the dust to settle on the direction of pixel advertisement, I am seeing a great protential in using it as a vehicle for site promotion.
Picture tells a thousand words Why do web browser took over text-based lynx and multimedia-messaging-service(mms) replacing short-messaging-service(sms)? Its all because of graphics and we human are visual being. Pixel Advert adds another dimension to your content portal/blog where visitors can view all your link partners in a graphical form. Whilst the old method of link exchange promotes only search engines’ link popularity ranking, Pixel Ads may actually generates human outbound traffic from site visitors.
Having said that, I am now experimenting new site promotion via Free Pixel Ad For Site Promotion. We’ll will wait and see if this can eventually take off and become future trend of site promotion strategy.
Timy Togethun
January 22nd, 2006 9:25 pm
turns out milliondollarbush.com was started by a comedian from SNL… pretty funny.
Alan
January 24th, 2006 6:16 am
News from http://www.millionairepixels.co.uk
‘a Devon business with global ambition’
Date: Monday 16 January 2006
Australia asks Devon Designer for Help
Devon internet businessman and web designer Alan Wheeler has launched an innovative web advertising service which has already attracted an international company to sign up.
Bovey Tracey based Mr Wheeler has also been asked by Australian charity ‘Hope for Children’ to help them design and set up a similar web-based advertising service.
His web-service http://www.millionairepixels.co.uk enables businesses to buy a square of pixels, on the web page. Customers click on the coloured pixels and are immediately transported to the advertiser’s web site.
With each block of 100 pixels costing just £60 (60p per unit) it is, believes Mr Wheeler, one of the best value advertising and promotion options for businesses of all sizes and a potentially valuable boost to tourism related services.
And, in the longer term, advertisers could end up bidding for space on what is being described as internet ‘real estate’.
Mr Wheeler, aged 42, said “It’s a quick and easy way for people to find a service or firm and it also gives competitive advantage to the businesses because, with the millions of web sites available, this will draw potential customers to them much more easily.”
“Without a doubt there are people globally willing to pay for quite gimmicky advertising solutions. The internet is a fast moving place with over eight million web pages added on a daily basis. For a website to stand out and generate sales it needs to stand out from the rest,” he added
Last autumn university student Alex Tew set up the Million Dollar site and since then has been overwhelmed by the success of a venture intended to raise enough money to pay for his way through university.
Alan Wheeler’s http://www.millionairepixels.co.uk is, he says, the next big step in the concept because, in effect, businesses are ‘leasing’ virtual real estate on the web to promote their businesses.
Launched just two weeks ago, http://www.millionairepixels.co.uk has already won the backing of international business Optis Europe Ltd, an operations management company, which is using the site to promote its business.
With more customers advertising it is, says Mr Wheeler, inevitable that like real property, some of the pixels on his site will become increasingly valuable for their ‘owners’ as more business is generated.
However, the last 1200 pixels, or advertising blocks, will eventually be auctioned off in support of the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, said Mr Wheeler.
Ends…
Foggy
January 24th, 2006 3:46 pm
Found another copycat that uses fashion models … interesting …
http://www.onethousandmodels.com
Sam
January 25th, 2006 2:33 am
Interesting article. This website is doing the same too… http://www.bcz.com/ Maybe someone can compile a list of similar sites that has been spawned since the commotion.
Adam
January 25th, 2006 11:57 am
Well ….. here is the best I have ever seen ….
The Million Dollar Artwork – http://www.milliondollarartwork.com
He wants to donate one million dollar for the Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Pretty good idea! Isn`t it?
Timy Togethun
January 25th, 2006 7:00 pm
http://www.milliondollarbush.com
COOL-PIXEL
January 29th, 2006 5:26 pm
COOL-PIXEL
http://www.cool-pixel.com/
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January 29th, 2006 10:07 pm
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Bruce
January 29th, 2006 11:14 pm
Here’s another one, http://www.everyonecandoit.com , looks like the idea is that anyone can make a million bucks, man I hope everyone really can! I liked this guy’s whole angle on ‘fad-vertising’ pretty funny phrase I hadn’t heard before. Well, hope he’s right!
Andrew
January 30th, 2006 1:47 pm
GetLessDebt takes the new pixel advertising format and targets it to Debt Consolidation websites. Instead of having random, untargeted advertisements GetLessDebt creates a forum or directory for users to connect to several different sites relating to debt. Debt Consolidation, Refinancing, Mortgages, Loans, Credit Reports, Christian Debt, Credit Counseling, Bankruptcy and anything in that realm.
http://www.getlessdebt.com
Andrew
January 30th, 2006 1:47 pm
GetLessDebt takes the new pixel advertising format and targets it to Debt Consolidation websites. Instead of having random, untargeted advertisements GetLessDebt creates a forum or directory for users to connect to several different sites relating to debt. Debt Consolidation, Refinancing, Mortgages, Loans, Credit Reports, Christian Debt, Credit Counseling, Bankruptcy and anything in that realm.
http://www.getlessdebt.com
leclercq nicolas
January 31st, 2006 9:37 am
http://lapagede2millions2pixels.com/
New pixels website by leclercq nicolas.
The 500k Homepage
February 1st, 2006 1:10 am
I have also made a pixel advertising site where 75% of all the proceeds will go to charity. The URL is http://www.500khomepage.com. We also have a blog and have been google listed within 24 hours. If you are looking for somewhere to advertise please consider The 500k Homepage
Pascal
February 2nd, 2006 6:51 am
Hello there !
That you like France or Not, come and see my own pixelsite with an image of France : http://www.monpremiermillion.com
I hope you like it, BUT IF YOU DON’T WHAT DO I CARE ??
Cheers,
Jake
February 2nd, 2006 3:48 pm
I like what Alex did on his homepage, but I do not like how hard it is too see the smaller ads on his homepage. That is why I loved this one webpage when I came across it called Banners Bring Business at http://www.bannersbringbusiness.com They try to solve the problem of smaller 10×10 blocks by selling 88×31 blocks for the same price of $100. It is a neat spin off of a great idea.
M-Solutions
February 3rd, 2006 8:09 am
Hi,
inviting u all to PixelAdMall.com The Best Place to Buy Pixels, and i have reasons to claim so. plus we keep coming up with Hot Promotions and Offers, be sure to check back regularly.
Daniel Vince
February 4th, 2006 12:08 am
I bought the big target in the centre of the MDHP, the daily response has been absolutely phenomenal (a peak of 5000 unique visitors a day). We’re just glad that we got in there early and took the chance with spending quite a lot of money on it. With regards to copycat sites – I’m looking for something with even 10% of the initiative, to no avail – any ideas???
Joel Mason
February 5th, 2006 5:33 pm
More spin offs, looks like the six million dollar page is starting to take effect:
http://thesixmilliondollarpage.com/
http://www.billionairebillboard.com
I don’t get it though, seems like there will be a million of these unfinished…
Rubin
February 5th, 2006 5:46 pm
yeah,
lol
thesixbilliondollarpage.com!!!
how many websites are there on the net which need advertising, !!!
seems like every website that needs advertising buys a space, then this guy gets his site finished!!!
and to my knowledge there are over 3,000 of these!
steven
February 6th, 2006 8:16 pm
the reason that some of these sites will succeed and other will just vanish is quite simple.
take http://www.thesixmilliondollarpage.com a u.s. based website which has a huge publicity machine backing them.
they’ll be appearing on television, radio and in print telling their story.
certainly, this is already driving traffic to http://www.thesixmilliondollarpage.com
brian evans
February 6th, 2006 8:22 pm
i saw the two guys from http://www.thesixmilliondollarpage.com on abc news last week — and they are amazing.
if anybody will succeed in selling pixels, these two young guys will.
first, they’re media savvy.
second, they have a great website at http://www.thesixmilliondollarpage.com
third, they’d send out smoke signals to generate traffic to their site. they probably generated more traffic to their site in one week from a national magazine story to a national television spot than anybody else.
my money is on http://www.thesixmilliondollarpage.com
they’re just too smart and they’re going to be everywhere.
i’m buying 10 pixels tomorrow!
TreeFrog
February 28th, 2006 3:01 pm
TreeFrog
www.pixelword.com
March 15th, 2006 4:21 am
So many have copied the original and arent getting anywhere – because it’s not original.
If you want to innovate and be successfu you have to up the game to the next level.
After seeing the original MDHP i came up with an idea in January and implemented it in Feb. Sicne then i’ve been more successfu than i’d hoped for.
I’ve created the worlds first ever tactical advertising game, the first time a crossword has been used for advertising and the worlds first interactive pixel advertising-style site. And it’s working enough for me. Alex just opened my eyes to an idea i never had before, i woudn’t call it copying, not at all – it’s developing it to the next generation.
http://www.pixelword.com
sarvesh
April 14th, 2006 4:07 am
Concept is simple now implementation is important.
check it out for 12 exclusive categories.
Nice ,viewable images.
Cool graphics.
http://www.indianmilliondollarpage.com
bd
April 27th, 2006 7:33 am
i came across this site, its a refreshing twist to the billion dollar quest and its hillarious too. think of truman show for a toy cymbal monkey. the my billion dollar homepage.
http://www.mybilliondollarhomepage.com
Gabriel
June 13th, 2006 1:57 pm
The most expensive domain in the world http://www.thebestpixel.com
You need: http://www.thebestpixel.com
Michael Shapiro
June 17th, 2006 4:21 am
I 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 :)
http://www.milliondollarhosting.net
surya
July 25th, 2006 2:59 pm
what an idea? such brilliant ideas in young minds will change the entire world.i wanted to know how he lead his site from hackers.
Jim Kukral
August 7th, 2006 2:13 pm
I just launched a totally unique project that is slightly based on the milliondollarhomepage. But it’s original to that and I think, more fun :)
It’s called http://www.awesomemillion.com.
Essentially, for $1, a user gets a custom designed webpage at Username.isReallyAwesome.com. Examples here:
http://www.isreallyawesome.com
So we’re really targeting fun here. It’s made for people to laugh, and taunt their friends and put smiles on their faces. But, we consider it a unique and original idea and we’re trying to get some media attention (of course, right?).
We have what we believe to be a strong story. Our press page:
http://www.awesomemillion.com/press.html
Cappa Darwing
September 13th, 2006 11:39 am
Congratulations on a great web site. I am a new computer user and finding you was like coming home. Continued success.
Silicon Valley Blog About Money, Finance, Geek Culture and Cyberspace
November 8th, 2006 1:19 am
[...] Among those who are on the “pixels or links for sale” bandwagon is a guy featured in this story from E-Commerce News, about yet another enterprising young man who figured out a way to improve upon the Million Dollar Page idea. This time, the young man is Brandon Rowe, and his project is called the Link Experiment. He’s simply auctioning off space for your links on his page and so far he’s made a tidy $9,120 and has an Alexa ranking of: 26,403. [...]
David
November 25th, 2006 6:06 am
Want Value? Two words: ADVERTISING PYRAMID They’re going for quality vs. quantity.
Giorgio
January 5th, 2007 1:09 am
Yet another one…
Since I already had a web directory and free classifieds site, it was relatively easy to make a free pixel page to show this data in a crossword puzzle format: http://www.sywords.com
Nice Life Fund
July 9th, 2007 12:12 pm
My similar site. (NEW)
The Delusion: A Million Generous People Might Each Give Me A Dollar, If I Asked Them Nicely.
http://www.nicelifefund.com
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