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Student's cash-raising net scheme

A college student who hopes to graduate without debt by selling $1m dollars worth of internet advertising space has already made $74,000 (£43,500).

Alex Tew, 21, of Cricklade, Wiltshire, who will go to Nottingham University in October to study business management, launched http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com

Companies choose from the one million pixels on the site and buy their own for one dollar (60p) each.

"I have lots of investment ideas but want to be sensible," he said.

'Minimum investment'

One of Alex's three elder brothers left university owing £30,000, prompting him to a firm decision not to slide into the red.

"I was up late with my notepad when it came to me," said Alex.

The website has a grid of 10,000 boxes, each 100 pixels (10 by 10) in size.

Customers can place advertising logos on the purchased space, linking web users to their own websites.

If his site succeeds, he should leave university with $1m (£543,615).

"I don't believe it," he told BBC News Interactive. "It doesn't really sink in, doesn't make sense.

"They are sold in blocks of 10 with a minimum investment of $100."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/4271694.stm

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Student's cash-raising net scheme

A college student who hopes to graduate without debt by selling $1m dollars worth of internet advertising space has already made $74,000 (£43,500).

Alex Tew, 21, of Cricklade, Wiltshire, who will go to Nottingham University in October to study business management, launched http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com

Companies choose from the one million pixels on the site and buy their own for one dollar (60p) each.

"I have lots of investment ideas but want to be sensible," he said.

'Minimum investment'

One of Alex's three elder brothers left university owing £30,000, prompting him to a firm decision not to slide into the red.

"I was up late with my notepad when it came to me," said Alex.

The website has a grid of 10,000 boxes, each 100 pixels (10 by 10) in size.

Customers can place advertising logos on the purchased space, linking web users to their own websites.

If his site succeeds, he should leave university with $1m (£543,615).

"I don't believe it," he told BBC News Interactive. "It doesn't really sink in, doesn't make sense.

"They are sold in blocks of 10 with a minimum investment of $100."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/4271694.stm

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Can anyone explain to me why on Earth anyone would want to invest in this?

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon
 
The majority of the links are complete rubbish. Good luck to him tho.
 
dwrixon said:
Can anyone explain to me why on Earth anyone would want to invest in this?

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon
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Because it's in the news and some people don't know any better ;) - Or have really high hopes for this kid. I personally, don't think it's any kind of breakthrough, but then again 90% of the good ideas are lost to poor marketing, so he really is ahead of the game.
 
If your just buying one little block, you won't get noticed :-D It would only be worth it if you bought around 6-12 blocks, but it's still a good idea and alot of companies have taken an initiative and invested in this scheme.
 
Clever idea, amazing how the simplest of ideas can become big hits.
Matt
 
dwrixon said:
Your right its a big hit for him, but for his Clients its likely to be money down the drain!

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon
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Actually, I think this is a really good idea, for $1.00 you get an ad on a website that has some pretty decent traffic, and as word spreads it will likley only get more traffic. You certainly can't get that kind of exposure for that low price anyplace else... I think the key is the low $ cost of the ads...
 
Check out my spin on the concept. BuyBrianABeer.com... the funny thing is that in already one day its pretty popular. Wait until you see some of the other content we are adding...We should get about 600-1000 uniques today.
 
MyKel, nice! Hope you make some money, which I see you have Casino ones there!
 
dwrixon said:
Your right its a big hit for him, but for his Clients its likely to be money down the drain!
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Not so sure about that. I bet they are doing well. Fact of the matter is, his site is strangely addictive. The idea of mousing over the cryptic images to find out what kind of nut would advertise on a page like this... time consuming too. But I clicked a good dozen or so links just out of curiosity. I'm sure this is the draw for others as well. People will hear the buzz, visit the site, then spend 15 minutes or so just checking out links. Win-win all around!
 
Looks like a dnf member has an ad on there :ok: The big R in a red box near the top right... Radistar!
 
Now you can find my ad on the Million Dollar Home Page :-D
 
OMG radistar your site is completely blank though for the most part.. How will that help you?
 
Yeah, I was not expecting them to put it up in less than 24 hours - they actually did it in less than 8 :-D So my pages are not done yet.

See it this way: over the course of 5 years the investment is minimal and it's also tax deductible as a business expense :-D
 
RADiSTAR said:
Yeah, I was not expecting them to put it up in less than 24 hours - they actually did it in less than 8 :-D So my pages are not done yet.

See it this way: over the course of 5 years the investment is minimal and it's also tax deductible as a business expense :-D
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:-)

I bought 10 squares on that site and space on www.pixelsbuythedozen.com and I have monitored and both are great! I have seen traffic more than qualdruple on one of my pages that I linked to!
 
LOL that's a funny parody. I've been getting up to 4 clicks a minute for the past 12 hours.
 
4 clicks a minute ?
................Is it cheat by using autoclick tool??
 
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