col_forbin Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Link to article Alex Tew was like a lot of young people looking for a way to pay for college. "I looked at my financial situation, and it wasn't healthy," Tew said. "And I thought, I've got to do something about this." So he sat down one night and began to brainstorm. "I wrote down on a notepad the question, how do I become a millionaire?" he said. Tew was already pretty good with computers, so he turned to the Internet. "I could sell 1 million pixels for $1 each on the Internet," he said. "A grid on a one-page Web site." And the one million dollar homepage was born. It's a Web page crammed with advertisers jostling for space on what's become one of the hottest addresses in the dot-com world. All the ads for things like mortgage and music have brought Tew more than $600,000 in just over two months. He earned enough for college in 2½ weeks. "I'm completely blown away by the whole thing," Tew said. "I'm as surprised as everybody else at the level the site's got to." And while Tew admits he's not too keen on copycat web sites, he is happy to be linked with the dot-com entrepreneurs who came before him. "They're like inspirations to me, my idols, because they've done exactly what I've dreamed of doing with my life." Alex said more pixels are being bought every week. Million dollar Homepage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 "They're like inspirations to me, my idols, because they've done exactly what I've dreamed of doing with my life." What, sitting back and raking in the cash? Nice job Alex! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Nice idea, but how did he promote it? PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 it was one of those magic things that just sort of took off - he could have done it 1,000 other times and it wouldn't have worked.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunBillsBacker Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 You can always copycat and see if it works..... Here is one that has sold a couple blocks... http://www.20centpixels.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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