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January 5, 2006
Million Dollar Home Page
Posted by Adam Viener
You may or may not have heard the press recently regarding this site, but I just had the chance to take a look at it, and have to say. Wow, brilliant!
Alex Tew is a 21 year old college student in Wiltshire England who didn't want to graduate with student loan debt, so he decided to create a "Million Dollar Home Page". His idea was to take 1,000,000 pixels and sell them for $1 each in blocks of 10x10 pixels.
Well with some PR boost, the site has taken off. The viral marketing and inbound links, like this one have boosted the site to a PR7 ranking in Google, and the honor of Alexa's fasted moving site.
The last 1,000 pixels are available on eBay, and as of this post are selling for $146,700 with 5 days and 21 hours left.
Brilliant!
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1. sbarnscene on February 2, 2006 4:39 AM writes...
Hi I've been reviewing many of the million dollar sites and so many of them have been just bad repeats. A few have come to the forefront, if not in interface, atleast in nice design. The latest has been officialmilliondollarwebpage.com which I gave high reviews on several of my blog postings.
With luck the creators can pay off their student loans as well!
Good luck to you all,
Permalink to Comment:) Snowy B
2. James on March 14, 2006 12:09 PM writes...
I agree with snowy. There's many bad repeats which just are rip-offs.
Luckily seeing the site back in january opened my eyes to something which held alot of potential and hadnt been done before.
So ive gone and created the first ever tactical advertising game and introduced to the pixel scene the worlds first interactive site which actually encourages interaction with adverts.
http://www.pixelword.com
Permalink to Comment3. LonelyBlogger on March 14, 2006 3:52 PM writes...
I agree with you guys but perhaps that site might not be just a "bad repeat":
http://www.MillionDollarCharityPage.com
(even though it is up for auction on Ebay)
Permalink to Comment4. Million Portraits on April 3, 2006 1:59 PM writes...
http://www.millionportraits.new.fr
Test it...
Your portraits on the web for a long time
Permalink to Comment5. Million Portraits on April 3, 2006 2:05 PM writes...
http://www.millionportraits.new.fr
Test it...
Your portraits on the web for a long time
Permalink to Comment6. Best Real Estate Businesses on April 9, 2006 12:29 PM writes...
We are attempting success with the pixel page idea. We hope this is not a "bad repeat." Our site focuses specifically in the real estate niche and uses the pixel homepage as a gimmick for the directory. Please feel free to take a look - http://www.BestRealEstateBusinesse.com
Permalink to Comment7. Mac on May 2, 2006 4:40 AM writes...
A new spin. http://www.clicktheblocks.com. Active ebay auctions in a million dollar page format. The auctions are automatically removed from the collage when the auction end.
Permalink to Comment8. Seth on May 6, 2006 1:01 AM writes...
Here's my twist on the subject: http://MillionDollarAffiliateProgram.com
Permalink to Comment9. Adam Viener on May 6, 2006 5:43 AM writes...
Seth,
Actually your site looks like the Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme...
Adam
Permalink to Comment10. dirka dirka on May 29, 2006 9:21 PM writes...
take a look at this one, http://www.thethreemiliondollarpage.com/
Permalink to Comment11. Please Save Dave on October 8, 2006 6:48 PM writes...
Not a pixel hustler copy-cat, but another student from Melbourne who shares a similar dream.
www.pleasesavedave.com
Permalink to Comment12. Leonard Wass on May 11, 2007 12:40 AM writes...
I have just launched my own Million Dollar Homepage. It's not an exact copy of the pixel page, but it's a similar concept. At the time I'm writing this, I've made $30.00 -- The site was launched yesterday.
http://www.mrlen.com
Leonard Wass
Permalink to Comment13. Nice Life Fund on July 16, 2007 9:10 PM writes...
The Delusion: A Million Generous People Might Each Give Me A Dollar, If I Asked Them Nicely.
Permalink to Commenthttp://www.nicelifefund.com
14. mario on December 27, 2007 5:56 AM writes...
how about somethin completely new? take a look at the homepage movie:
http://www.the-homepage-movie.com/?rx=1000002
there you can advert your page FOR FREE :)
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