Name Alex Tew

Website: MillionDollarHomepage.Com

Age at the time: 21 years

Time taken: 5 months


The innovative idea of creating The Million Dollar Homepage crossed Alex Tew’s mind while he was still a student at the University of Nottingham; and needed money to fund his further education. Originally from Wiltshire, England, Alex was looking for something that could get him quick money and prevent him from applying for an educational loan.

The Million Dollar Homepage is a web page which consists of a million pixels fixed in a 1000 × 1000 pixel gird. Alex sold the image-based links for $1 per pixel in 10 × 10 blocks. He offered people a minimum of 100 pixel block for $100; and these pixel blocks, while hovering the cursor, displayed tiny images that contained the title/slogan as well as the URL of the respective websites.

Alex launched his website on 26th of August and tried selling the pixels through the word of mouth. Three days later, one of the TV journalists of BBC noticed it and it instantly became an Internet Phenomenon. On 1 January 2006, Alex put up its final 1,000 pixels on eBay for auction; the bid closed on 11th of January paying him $38,100 that brought his total income to a staggering $1,037,100 in gross income.
It took Alex less than 5 months to become a millionaire and according to The Wall Street Journal his achievement initiated the new era of display advertising.

Source: World's 10 Fastest Internet Millionaires

http://www.successstories.co.in/fastest-internet-millionaires/

Have I posted in the wrong section of the forum
I thought MillionDollarPage was coded brilliantly and hence it fit in this section of the forum.

Incredible!!
What surprises me the most is the fact that even after 7 years, this website still generates over 6000 unique visitors per day. And all it has is just one page

I was going through the pixels and found some of the biggest companies' ads that include Yahoo, ebay, CNN and the Time

Amazing!

so wat do u want me 2 do wit him ?

Very Creative!

Justicemy: so wat do u want me 2 do wit him ?

Nothing to do with him but we can learn a lot from him.

I'm sure our fellow friends will come up with some more interesting web ideas that could be converted into millions

Wow he was very lucky

Justicemy: so wat do u want me 2 do wit him ?

Justicemy: so wat do u want me 2 do wit him ?

Nothing to do with him but we can learn a lot from him.

I'm sure our fellow friends will come up with some more interesting web ideas that could be converted into millions

Justicemy: so wat do u want me 2 do wit him ?

Nothing to do with him but we can learn a lot from him.

I'm sure our fellow friends will come up with some more interesting web ideas that could be converted into millions

No $hit. This year i will open the first Nigerian Porno9raphic website. And i hope to sell more than him.

emmasmiles: Wow he was very lucky

Calling him lucky wouldn't be appropriate...This kid wanted to pay off his college loan and had good understanding of Internet Marketing especially 'display advertising'

He knew he was the first person to do so

warrior101: No $hit. This year i will open the first Nigerian Porno9raphic website. And i hope to sell more than him.

Hahaha....that field is also too crowded, mate

meamanda:

Calling him lucky wouldn't be appropriate...This kid wanted to pay off his college loan and had good understanding of Internet Marketing especially 'display advertising'

He knew he was the first person to do so

you have to put some amount of luck into it too.. There are so many webpages that have brilliant ideas by their innovators. But they are still just there.

Interesting, that is positive story.

he is truely smart

this is exactly what happens when young sharp brains get to work.there are innovations,they enhance what has been. if only the young ones in this country have the liberty, I'm sure Nigeria would have more than one of Alex

If only I understand what you people are talking about .

Why must it be a white guy ? Seriously , are we blacks on the same intellectual pedestal with these white guys?

Very interesting.

nice one, but am sure 9ja can make this in less time with the proper incentives!

emmasmiles: Wow he was very lucky

Nah,he wasn't lucky,he deserved it.. Come to think of it,if only one person was lucky out of 50 or 100 people who equally deserved it,wont that be cheating..
I thought of this same luck thing and concluded that there is nothing in this life like luck.. We call it luck because we do not know that it was an action/or something we did without even noticing it that made us qualified/worthy to get that particular stuff we call luck..

Kslib:
Nah,he wasn't lucky,he deserved it.. Come to think of it,if only one person was lucky out of 50 or 100 people who equally deserved it,wont that be cheating..
I thought of this same luck thing and concluded that there is nothing in this life like luck.. We call it luck because we do not know that it was an action/or something we did without even noticing it that made us qualified/worthy to get that particular stuff we call luck..

Are you saying there is nothing like luck? Regardless, of this chap idea.

Nice one there. I have noticed a Nigerian site that's similar to this..

kawazaki: Why must it be a white guy ? Seriously , are we blacks on the same intellectual pedestal with these white guys?

What do you mean?? Pls,speak for yourself abeg.. Maybe you aint on the same intellectual pedestal with the whites,but certainly not for some of us.. Inferiority complex at its best.. So na crime for white to become millionaire again for where black dey..

I will achieve greater than that when i grow up, am just 30 now. Chei, if not 4 bad internet network, i 4 don hammer since....

meamanda:

Hahaha....that field is also too crowded, mate

All i need is to give it a new look. Remember, you have to be creative. Try new stuffs. I'm looking for a reliable crew to start this bizz with. I have some bad ideas and I believe me and my crew will win Nigeria and the whole of African Pornn market.