Million Dollar Homepage

The Million Dollar Homepage is a website conceived by a student in Wiltshire, England, named Alex Tew. Tew created the page to raise money to pay for his college education. The site was posted in 2005 and its homepage consists of 1 million pixels, which were sold to advertisers for US$1 apiece. The ads included a tiny image for each advertiser, which linked to the advertiser's product or website. Pixels were sold in 100 pixel blocks measuring 10x10 pixels so that advertisers would have enough space to display a meaningful ad. According to Entrepreneur Magazine, Tew's idea quickly spread online, and he sold $40,000 worth of pixels within the site's first two weeks; he reached his $1 million goal in just five months.