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yo pusha
post Jan 7 2006, 05:36 PM
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your lookin at a genius, and no hes not related to clay aiken






made millions selling 10 by 10 pixels of advertising space on his website for 1000 dollars each. similar to a yearbook which at the end you can buy your own page for a set amount of money. ya dig

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...DME:L:LCA:UK:31
http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

wish i thought of that
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:41 PM
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QUOTE(brownsugar08 @ Jan 7 2006, 2:40 PM)
I don't see why anyone would want to pay 1,000 dollars for that. :\
Well, more power to him.
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cause 2.7 million unique visitors visit his page every week so its a good place to advertise. genius!
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:41 PM
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What the. DAAAAMN. Why would someone pay 1000 dollars.

Edit - Oh Lol.

Still. ITS A LOT OF MONEY !
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:44 PM
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How interesting...

That rich bastard.

Oh, and uh. Advertising on the internet runs up way higher than 1000 dollars in many many cases, and since he had such a creative idea that made his site famous, the 1000 dollars seems reasonable. So that's probably why companies would pay.
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:47 PM
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its not 1000 dollars anymore, look at the ebay auction. 152,000 for 1000 pixels
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:47 PM
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1,000 dollars for a 10 by 10 pixel space?

Jeez. Still. I suppose that if you were a company, 1,000 dollars really isn't that much. It probably just sounds like a lot because we're all broke =)
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:48 PM
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oh wow. i wouldn't pay that much for ANYTHING. besides a car or something which would probably cost a lot mnore but still.... :P
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:53 PM
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Oh. and about a 10 by 10 square costing 1,000 bucks? Wouldn't it be 100? Because I checked the site and it said $1 per pixel.
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:54 PM
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yeah i've seen that before. i find it amazing how well that ended up working for him.
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 07:14 PM
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QUOTE(Smoogrish @ Jan 7 2006, 4:53 PM)
Oh. and about a 10 by 10 square costing 1,000 bucks? Wouldn't it be 100? Because I checked the site and it said $1 per pixel.
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some people can't multiply, methinks.
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(Smoogrish @ Jan 7 2006, 2:53 PM)
Oh. and about a 10 by 10 square costing 1,000 bucks? Wouldn't it be 100? Because I checked the site and it said $1 per pixel.
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lol i didnt write that got it off nt
dunno about the accuracy
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 07:41 PM
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Holy moly. He gets the money by ads.
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 07:57 PM
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LOL Clay.
The next Tom.. mellow.gif.
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 09:43 PM
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smart.....but iono. sounds lame. i mean, who would actually want to buy pixels?
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 09:48 PM
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that is very intersting. funny how he does look like clay aiken. haha...
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE(robb0 @ Jan 7 2006, 6:32 PM)
well... he didnt make MILLIONS. when his site is all filled up, he will have one million dollars.
yeah, the guy is a genius though.
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he will have more than one million
his ebay auction is at 150K +
plus all of the publicity he has been on all the major magazines and tv stations
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 11:07 PM
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Current bid: US $152,300.00
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 11:22 PM
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LOL The most success I've ever had with an Ebay auction.. Well, I think I'm having it right now. I'm selling the complete set of Sailor Moon manga, and so far it's doing a lot better than I thought it would.

If I had the money I'd have bought a space just for bragging rights.
 
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post Jan 7 2006, 11:28 PM
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Ughh!!! I hate this kid... I'm freakin jealous!! >___<

But I admire his idea.

But how did he get his site popular for companies to want to advertise there?
 
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post Jan 8 2006, 12:28 AM
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mellow.gif
smart guy.
jealous jealous mad.gif
 
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post Jan 8 2006, 12:39 AM
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I'm not jelous. If I put my mind up to it I could invent something practical and make millions of that, too. Something like the bottlecap...
 
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post Jan 8 2006, 12:41 AM
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QUOTE(yo pusha @ Jan 7 2006, 2:47 PM)
its not 1000 dollars anymore, look at the ebay auction. 152,000 for 1000 pixels
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Well, yeah, I meant before the last 1000 pixels. He still had publicity before then.
 
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post Jan 8 2006, 12:54 AM
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wtf. That's so ... wow.
 
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post Jan 8 2006, 01:02 AM
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I'm not jelous. If I put my mind up to it I could invent something practical and make millions of that, too. Something like the bottlecap...
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No, you can't.
 
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post Jan 8 2006, 10:05 AM
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QUOTE(pastellove_ @ Jan 8 2006, 1:28 AM)
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smart guy.
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post Jan 8 2006, 10:19 AM
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old news. this idea would never have worked though if people didn't talk about it. he's successful because of free publicity.
 
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post Jan 8 2006, 10:25 AM
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still... success is success. im with suzzette. more power to him
 
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post Jan 8 2006, 02:44 PM
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I keep looking at the title of this thread and thinking it says "Alex Tew and his mom"

Anyways, that's weirddddddd. Good idea though.
 
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post Jan 12 2006, 11:35 PM
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i love how he has copy-cat sites now too. and some of them even advertise on his site!
 
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post Jan 13 2006, 01:21 AM
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Holy sh*t...that page is kinda scary...
 
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post Jan 13 2006, 02:09 AM
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QUOTE(cLinT_wEStw0oD @ Jan 8 2006, 12:39 AM)
I'm not jelous. If I put my mind up to it I could invent something practical and make millions of that, too. Something like the bottlecap...
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if it was that easy.. there would be no homeless beggars
 
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post Jan 13 2006, 05:38 PM
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Wow....the page looks really cool too. All those adds grouped together.
lol and he does look like Clay Aiken, lol. Good idea though, this kid is smart.
 
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post Jan 13 2006, 05:54 PM
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its funny some of you say that why would you pay that much money. right now we are viewing those ads because we dont see the big deal while he is actually advertising right at this moment.
 
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post Jan 13 2006, 06:02 PM
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Look closer, it's digg who is behind all his fame...

http://www.kvvu.com/Global/story.asp?S=4358278
 
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post Jan 13 2006, 07:49 PM
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interesting, indeed! *noD*

how interesting.
 
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post Jan 13 2006, 09:24 PM
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that's pretty insane.
 
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post Jan 14 2006, 06:11 AM
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wow. that's a pretty brilliant idea.
 
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post Jan 14 2006, 08:38 AM
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rich bitch
 
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post Jan 14 2006, 11:16 AM
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Apparently you can copyright the idea of selling pixels, as it could be caterorised under inventive commercial techniques under New Business and Retail Theories, and therefore by doing this he will have to stop selling the pixels and stop advertising stuff on his website, by stopping what he's already doing, he will be breaching an industrial contract and get sued and will have to pay millions for the company's losses. The idea is ingenius, but right now every one of us has the freedom to do what he is doing unless he copyrights the idea.
 
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post Jan 14 2006, 12:59 PM
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i never even heard of this site.. weird stuff.. but n e wayz.. whatever makes other ppl rich....
 
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post Jan 15 2006, 12:19 AM
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muchos casinos!
and dont be jealous
be happy for your fellow human

[edit]
-reads other article about him being copying someone else-
nevermind -hiss-
 
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post Feb 3 2006, 11:02 PM
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Go him! I wish I had thought of it though... think of the shoes I could buy!
 
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post Feb 4 2006, 01:34 AM
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A millionaire and he couldn't afford a better photographer?
 
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