since Bild.T-Online started Ein Pixel fuer Kinder, the rip-off of The Million Dollar Homepage I wrote about. I said then that, apart from it being a stolen idea, it won’t work in Germany, especially without strong corporate involvement. And despite placing the fund-drive prominently on Bild.T-Online.de, first as a content box, then as an encompassing mega-banner, only 25000 Euros have been collected. Any donation is welcome of course, but it goes to show. Wrong idea and wrong context.
By the way, the orignial is closing in on 3/4 s of a million!
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2 Comments
Jon Wu
The thousands of copy-cats that appeared after milliondollarhomepage
made it big won’t get too far since the idea of selling pixels is no
longer novel! But now this site has popped up:
Claiming to “change the way advertising works”, OnlyOneAd.com is
selling only one ad. That’s right, there is only space for ONE ad
on the page. The first ad costs $1. To replace the ad, the next
advertiser must pay $2. After that, it costs $4, and so on. Each
new ad costs twice the amount of the previous ad. That means the
21st ad costs over one million dollars. The creator seems convinced
he can reach his goal, which actually seems possible if he can
generate enough buzz. He’s keeping a detailed blog, and so far only
the 1st ad has sold for $1! How is this going to turn out?
http://www.onlyonead.com/
Sebastian
Good luck with that.