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Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by meamanda(f): 10:52am On Jan 29, 2013 |
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/ |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by meamanda(f): 11:23am On Jan 29, 2013 |
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. |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by alexwrld(m): 1:20pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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 |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by Slyr0x: 1:25pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Amazing! 2 Likes |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by Nobody: 1:35pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Interesting. But, it is a common sense people are ready to accept. |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by Justicemy: 1:36pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
so wat do u want me 2 do wit him ? |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by OgidiOlu3(m): 1:41pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Very Creative! |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by meamanda(f): 1:44pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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 3 Likes |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by emmasmiles(m): 1:44pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Wow he was very lucky |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by meamanda(f): 1:44pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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 |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by meamanda(f): 1:45pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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 |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by warrior101: 1:47pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
No $hit. This year i will open the first Nigerian Porno9raphic website. And i hope to sell more than him. |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by meamanda(f): 1:48pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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 |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by meamanda(f): 1:49pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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 |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by redcliff: 1:52pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
meamanda: 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. |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by mrperfect(m): 1:53pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Interesting, that is positive story. |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by 5much(m): 1:55pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
he is truely smart |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by tmd01: 1:56pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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 2 Likes |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by freecocoa(f): 1:58pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
If only I understand what you people are talking about . 1 Like |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by kawazaki(m): 1:58pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Why must it be a white guy ? Seriously , are we blacks on the same intellectual pedestal with these white guys? 1 Like |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by vislabraye(m): 2:00pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Very interesting. |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by skiyobo(m): 2:07pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
nice one, but am sure 9ja can make this in less time with the proper incentives! |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by Kslib(m): 2:08pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
emmasmiles: Wow he was very luckyNah,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.. 1 Like |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by Nobody: 2:11pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Kslib:Are you saying there is nothing like luck? Regardless, of this chap idea. |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by JideTheBlogger(m): 2:11pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
Nice one there. I have noticed a Nigerian site that's similar to this.. 1 Like |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by Mr1234(m): 2:13pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
What about Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2013 Oluwaseun Osewa.?? Na joke?... Seriously this guy nko? We've reached 1million members already na. He shoulda been talked about already worldwide abi? |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by Kslib(m): 2:13pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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.. |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by Dfrenzy(m): 2:13pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
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.... 1 Like |
Re: Meet The World's Fastest Internet Millionaire (it Took Him Just 5 Months) by warrior101: 2:14pm On Jan 29, 2013 |
meamanda: 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. |
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