Almost cracked it

[WelshPixels]

http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

You can have the last 1,000 pixels if you have enough money

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5652179487&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:UK:31

Well done that man

[easyasit]

For those of you who have not looked.
This man is now up to damm near £100,000 for the 1000 pixels

Al

[Coding Monkey]

I wonder if that's serious, though. I recall a glass of air from the Mr and Mrs Smith premiere that was being sold for tens of millions, as people just attempted to destroy the bid.

[mattk]

Fair play to the guy, he came up with a truely original idea, publicised it very well indeed and has now managed to sell his entire million pixels.

I wonder how much he had to pay in PayPal fees though?

[Rob Holmes]

Yep - and there are also some reserved spaces - they will be worth quite a bit too.

I wonder if there will be a market in used pixels?

Rob

[mattk]

If I owned an ad on that site I'd definitely be looking to sell it on for a profit. The original site will continue to get traffic for several months to come before the phenomenon dies out.

[easyasit]

well the bid on ebay cannot be hijacked as only specific bidders are allowed.

It is crazy the amount of money ppl have to throw away though isn;t it?

A £15 leaky tent someone bought for £350 quid on ebay as well. nuts

Al

[Rob Holmes]

For all those on here with millionpixel rip-off sites ..

now is probably the time to put a posting up similar to the above one on ebay - will get alot of traffic ;)

Rob

[Top Hat]

The winners of the last few pixels will also get a lot of publicity, so it will be worth a bit (maybe not 100K).

Probably be a gambling site who win it

[easyasit]

The winners of the last few pixels will also get a lot of publicity, so it will be worth a bit (maybe not 100K).

Probably be a gambling site who win it

The publicity to be honest will last about five minutes i think. A slot on the news, brief interview with the winner, then forgotton about.
I do see your point though, i would consider a few grand for it myself, but no way £100,000 :-)

Al

[crus]

This whole thing has me wondering if the boffins at google are thinking they have gone the wrong way with performance based adevrtising.

I don't think so.

Well done to this kiddy, demonstrated basic technical skills, excellent business and pr skills; as well as the fact that fools and their money are soon parted.

D

[cjd]

It's interesting as an example of something objectively utterly worthless (it's advertising value approximates to zero) generating a worth because of its celebrity.

It's a one-off, nice job for the owner but really, let's get back to business.

[openmind]

If I owned an ad on that site I'd definitely be looking to sell it on for a profit. The original site will continue to get traffic for several months to come before the phenomenon dies out.

They can't resell their space under Alex's terms...

It's a one-off, nice job for the owner but really, let's get back to business.

Not sure what to make of this comment. It sounds like a brush off of one of the most original ideas to hit the web in years and I seriously doubt it will be repeated.

Alex has created a monster in the MDHP and there are millions of people out there who wish they had though of it first.

Business is about making money, if the MDHP is not a business, and Alex is going to be paying the VAT and tax man, then please explain how?

[cjd]

It sounds like a brush off of one of the most original ideas to hit the web in years and I seriously doubt it will be repeated.


Spot on, that's how I meant it.

I consider it to be a great work of modern art - possibly a new genre - hopefully it will be in Tate Modern some day alongside Andy Warhol's Campbels Soup Tins. I think it will make a lot more money yet.

But it has nothing to do with ordinary business except as a reminder that anything is possible with enough ingenuity and imagination.