Million Dollar Homepage Auctioning Off Last Pixels
Not really search related (although there is some controversy over whether or not the linked images will help with some search engine rankings), but the Million Dollar Homepage is almost full and auctioning off its final images on eBay. Caught the university student who thought this up on CNN over the holiday weekend and the whole pixel buying concept is brilliant, but even more brilliant is the final pixel auction on eBay.
With only 8 days left in auction bidding, the final 1,000 pixels are currently receiving a high bid of $21,600. With all of the media hoopla surrounding the auctioning of the final pixels, I’d expect these to reach almost $100,000 after the final eight days. The final bidder will more than likely get their share of media coverage for purchasing the placement and my thinking is Golden Palace Casino or one of the Party Poker sites has their fingers ready for the final bidding.
Alex Tew, creator of the Million Dollar Homepage writes on the eBay auction (which launced on New Years Day):
At the time of writing, MillionDollarHomepage.com has received over 1.5 million unique visitors and over 2.7 million page impressions in the last 7 days alone, leading to huge exposure and click-throughs for the advertisers on the homepage. Considering the site will be online for the next 5 years guaranteed, the long-term value of advertising on my site is immense (but remember my aim is to keep it online for decades to come - like an internet time capsule). At the time of writing, Alexa.com ranks my site 127th out of ALL websites on the internet. This is your last chance to literally own a piece of ‘internet history’!
The winning bidder will not only win last 1,000 pixels on the homepage, they will also receive a huge amount of publicity associated with winning this eBay auction and my site finally reaching the million dollar mark. I will also mention the winning bidder on my blog, which is read by tens of thousands of people every day. This truely is a unique, one-off, hugely valuable marketing opportunity. Happy bidding!
Alex Tew
1st January 2006PS. The last 1,000 pixels are a 50×20 pixel block located at co-ordinates 55,27 on the homepage, which is a prime location in the top-half of the page. You can see the space highlighted in the second image attached to this auction.
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tony on Jan 3, 2006 at 1:28 pm
very impressive
Paul Story on Jan 3, 2006 at 1:38 pm
Agreed. This move demonstrates that he is more than a one hit wonder. As the author of Tom Corven, I’m pretty pleased at this development. For the record, advertisers pick from one of two ways to link images to their sites. One is to do so through the MDHP (often confused as an affiliate to the MDHP but really done as a means of counting clicks) and the other is as a direct link. A direct link coupled with the list of advertisers on a separate page, should provide some small benefit to ranking from the association with such a (temporarily) popular site. Or am I missing something?
JDE on Jan 3, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Can anybody bid on it? It suposse to have some kind of restrictions on bidding. What idf I create a new ebay account and bid on it without funds? what next?
nick on Jan 3, 2006 at 3:45 pm
The plazan people are serious about winning the final pixels.
and thats direct from the top.
www.plazanskincare.com
Corey Koberg on Jan 4, 2006 at 12:28 pm
I find this whole industry fascinating enough to start a blog. Whether it’s a flash in the pan or the birth of a new industry, we’ll be watching closely. We just did a series of articles on how to post an intelligent ads, as well as a spotlight on www.DollarPerDot.com. Check it out at:
www.DotAds.net
Al Lindon on Jan 6, 2006 at 8:13 am
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 site www.millionfans.com wants to get million fans in addition to million dollars by using digital photo ads. Should be interesting.
member1000 on Jan 6, 2006 at 11:28 am
Established Website Sells Pixel Ads on Ebay
ItsTeens.com is taking pixel advertising to the next level by integrating it on a content based popular website.
Toronto — Canada - ItsTeens.com, a site developed six years ago by a 17 year old young entrepreneur is now auctioning a limited quantity of pixel ad space on ebay. Graphic banner advertising is nothing new to the internet but pixel advertising is new. Company logos/images will be advertised in the pixel ad space purchased on the homepage of the established teen portal, ItsTeens.com.
The term “pixel advertising†may never have been heard before Alex Tew, a young entrepreneur from UK came up with the milliondollarhomepage.com.
ItsTeens.com is taking pixel advertising to the next level by integrating it on an established content based teen portal. These pixel ads will be displayed on the homepage for the next two years. Unlike newly launched pixel ad sites, ItsTeens.com has taken this slightly different angle to attract businesses looking to advertise on popular websites that offer targeted traffic. Content based popular websites will continue to have visitors even after the media stops coverage about this new form of advertisement.
This young entrepreneur who maintained the website for the past six years is about to enter into higher education. The money generated through this pixel ad sale will go toward maintaining this website to help many other teens that will follow her foot steps.
Visit http://www.itsteens.com for auction details.
C Bailey on Jan 6, 2006 at 11:38 pm
Yes, it’s been a good run for pixel ad sites. But once you’ve seen one - youve seen them all. The guys over at
Mattias on Jan 7, 2006 at 9:07 am
What’s next? I hope it’s my site! Real big fat ads, no small pixels. Check out bigfatad.com
Alan Wheeler on Jan 8, 2006 at 11:38 am
Press release - www.millionairepixels.co.uk
My name is Alan Wheeler I have just launched a new webite called www.millionairepixels.co.uk
which gives advertisers the chance to own a piece of internet realestate at $1 per pixel
I have based my site on a concept originated by Alex Tew from Wiltshire who with his site
“Themilliondollarhomepage” has gained worldwide media coverage.
My site is differnet in that instead of the advertiser uplaoding an image for their link, I
randomly allocate the purchased pixels with colours of my choice which results in a
page made of bricks of different colours and sizes. This create the curiosty factor
for the site visitor. They will want to know what lies beneath the bricks.
But the concept doesn’t stop there. Once you purchase the pixel property you can then
either resell or sub-let. This is achieved by making sure that the original url supplied links
to a page with a re-direction script installed. These pixel blocks one day may be traded
just like stocks and shares.
I have also added the slight twist of auctioning the last 1,000 pixels on ebay just
like Alex, but with the proceeds going to a charity of my choice (See below).
I hope this auction will take place mid-summer if things go well.
If you check out Alex’s ebay ayction listing you will see that the donation I may
end up making may be quite sizeable. The bids presently stand at over $150,000.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5652179487&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:UK:31
In finshing any help from the press and media would be well received. Please pass this onto
as many people in the industry as you can
Regards
Alan wheeler
6th January 2006
Arize Nwosu on Jan 9, 2006 at 2:12 am
‘StickerMyHummer.Com™’ allows advertisers to place a bumper sticker advertising their product or website on a new H2 HUMMER for a small fee.
HOLLYWOOD, CA (PRWEB) January 4, 2006 — A California entrepreneur has come up with a very ingenious way to pay for a new Hummer H2. Selling advertising space by the square inch, Arize Nwosu is allowing advertisers and individuals alike the opportunity to be part of advertising history by placing a bumper sticker advertising their product or website on the body of his Hummer H2 virtually.
Advertisers can purchase this advertising real estate by visiting www.StickerMyHummer.com. Bumper stickers on the site are available in 100 pixel ‘blocks’, with each block measuring 2.23 square inches on the body of the Hummer H2. Each viewable side of my Hummer H2 is divided by these blocks. The reason for selling them in these blocks is because anything smaller than 2.23 square inches would be too small to display anything meaningful both on the homepage and on my Hummer H2.
Each 2.23 square inch block costs US$50, equating to a cost of $25 per square inch of ad space on the Hummer H2. With the money made from this venture, Arize promises to purchase a new Hummer H2 and maintain the ads on the vehicle for at least a year. Since he resides and drives about 60-100 miles a week in the LA area, the vehicle is sure to become a fixture around Los Angeles. He will also keep the site up for 5 years.
For additional information contact: Arize Nwosu
Website: www.StickerMyHummer.com
pixels suck on Jan 9, 2006 at 7:22 am
and what about 6000 pixels on the milliondollarhomepage OPPOSITE?
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZpixelQ2dinQ2dauction
smart idea for smart people
hurry up!!
Viktor Sinain on Jan 10, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Isn’t it crushing to realize that so much energy, money and time can be spent on an idea as meaningless and self-serving as the milliondollarhomepage?
Once the hoopla is over, the milliondollarhomepage will be one of billions of other pages on the internet with less to offer than most. Whatever the advertisers are getting from it now, that will be it. Once the mass media has found the next idiotic story to spin, it will all go into oblivion, sucked in by a temporary surge of million dollar copy-the-origina-idea scams. The claims by Mr. Tew of the long-term value of the advertising investment are at best misleading and at worst at the heart of a well-polished scam pitch.
I beg to ask: Which school is Alex going to so he needs as much as a million bucks for his education? Maybe the concept will be to get properly educated surrounded by beautiful strippers while his poorer classmates write up his assignment papers, courtesy of bucks from the million dollar homepage? That surely is a source of motivation tool to keep one’s grades up!
And another thing… why does Alex, in particular, deserve $1,000,000 for his education? Because he can come up with a good scam? Why, we should then have a nation-wide competition for thieves - the one who gets inside any bank first gets all cash and securities the bank gets. Now we are talking seeing how far human ingenuity can go! This is where enterpreneurship can show its true colour!
Far more troubling from all of that, however, is the fact that the media found this worthwhile to report to begin with. Maybe the failing crops in South Africa and the starvation of hundreds of thousands of people, the ongoing wars and slaughter of innocent people are not a good topic for the news. You are right, they are not! It would surely upset one’s stomach after a hearty meal. Selling little coloured dots in a space that hardly exists - now, that is delicious after-dinner treat, isn’t it?
Alan Wheeler on Jan 11, 2006 at 9:07 am
I feel a reply is in order to the last comment by Viktor Sinain.
I will keep it short. Why have certain members of the human race purchased plots of land on the moon, or why have others paid money to have a star named after them?
Need I say anymore!
www.millionairepixels.co.uk
Tom on Jan 11, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Not another pixel-site?
This is not a pixel site. It’s got a pretty interesting idea. Check it out.
http://www.yourloveispriceless.com
jason on Jan 12, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Another Pixel Site http://www.bloggerpixels.com
Louis on Jan 15, 2006 at 6:14 pm
Another idea : no pixel to sell and in fact nothing to sell, just a site dedicated to personal donation
praveen kumar on Jan 16, 2006 at 2:59 am
it is really amazing job that inspires most of the youths today.
itaca on Jan 16, 2006 at 6:54 pm
If you want just to rent a block of pixels for a month/year.
then go to
MoneyOrBox on Mar 12, 2006 at 9:41 am
Jobless 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
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