Zero to Million dollar homepage
October 6th, 2005 at 11:36 am
It all started with a crazy idea from a guy Alex Tew. The 21-year-old, living in a small town in England, would like to graduate in Business Management without debts after 3 years. To fulfill his dream he started a site called The Million Dollar Homepage and it’s selling pixels at $1 each in blocks of 100. Because the simplicity of the idea it just managed to take off and the owner has already raked in more than $276,500 at the time of posting this entry.
But wait, did you think that such a brilliant idea will not be copied? A day or two after the original there were a lot of copycats which would like to have a piece bread Alex is already baking. Some copycats are a bit more creative with putting out their own designs but a most of them just copied the Million Dollar Homepage.
Here is a short list from the creative ones:
- The Zero Dollar Homepage
- Virtual world hot spots - my favorite!
- Million Bucks Puzzle
- Pick a Brick
- The most expensive pixel on the internet
- The $100,000 Banner
There are many more.
Do you think that copycats are actually making any money?
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Check out http://www.PixelAds4All.com - they offer a FREE 100 by 100 pixel “tool tip image” with the purchase of your ad, which acts like a billboard for your site! They are also currently offering their pixels for 50% off, or $50 USD for a 100 pixel block.
Comment by Christian N. Abad | October 19th, 2005 #
wah wah..
very interesting type of advertisement..
maybe i can put my ads as well.. hoho~
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There are hundreds of copy cats of the million dollar home page but there’s only one worth participating is http://myfunnypet.com
The rest just want money from you. But i have to say, those copy cats most be gone in a year or two. This is a business of hard advertising. You have to really be so sure of yourself, think or hynostize yourself that it is worth posting banner, to be able to ask people to pay for such stupid thing as the pixels. but I love myfunnypet.com though it applied the million page idea well.
Comment by danny | November 25th, 2008 #