# Smart and simple way to make $1 mil **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 29, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227 "2005-12-29T21:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/1 "2005-12-29T21:08:56Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643007/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643007/) LONDON - If you have an envious streak, you probably shouldn’t read this. Because chances are, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in England, is cleverer than you. And he is proving it by earning a cool million dollars in four months on the Internet. Selling porn? Dealing prescription drugs? Nope. All he sells are pixels, the tiny dots on the screen that appear when you call up his home page. He had the brainstorm for his million dollar home page, called, logically enough, [www.milliondollarhomepage.com](http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/), while lying in bed thinking out how he would pay for university. The idea: turn his home page into a billboard made up of a million dots, and sell them for a dollar a dot to anyone who wants to put up their logo. A 10 by 10 dot square, roughly the size of a letter of type, costs $100. He sold a few to his brothers and some friends, and when he had made $1,000, he issued a press release. That was picked up by the news media, spread around the Internet, and soon advertisers for everything from dating sites to casinos to real estate agents to The Times of London were putting up real cash for pixels, with links to their own sites. So far they have bought up 911,800 pixels. Tew’s home page now looks like an online Times Square, festooned with a multi-coloured confetti of ads. “All the money’s kind of sitting in a bank account,” Tew told Reuters from his home in Wiltshire, southwest England. “I’ve treated myself to a car. I’ve only just passed my driving test so I’ve bought myself a little black mini.” The site features testimonials from advertisers, some of whom bought spots as a lark, only to discover that they were receiving actual valuable Web hits for a fraction of the cost of traditional Internet advertising. Meanwhile Tew has had to juggle running the site with his first term at university, where he is studying business. “It’s been quite a difficulty trying to balance going to lectures and doing the site,” he said. But he may not have to study for long. Job offers have been coming in from Internet companies impressed by a young man who managed to figure out an original way to make money online. “I didn’t expect it to happen like that,” Tew said. “To have the job offers and approaches from investors — the whole thing is kind of surreal. I’m still in a state of disbelief.” ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/2 "2005-12-29T21:30:44Z")
Its interesting how weird shit sells. Maybe we really need to think way outside of the box. ---
**Author:** ![MiniSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minisrt4/32/7225_2.png) [@MiniSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MiniSRT4)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/3 "2005-12-29T23:19:59Z")
thats crazy ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/4 "2005-12-30T05:19:11Z")
old news do none of you watch G4, or at least AOTS? ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/5 "2005-12-30T05:50:50Z")
^no and no 😕 I’ve seen this before though… elsewhere :snky: But, yah, the strangest cult phenoms sell. Yet here we all are, posting from our dayjobs. ☹ :run: ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/6 "2005-12-30T07:01:08Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > old news > > do none of you watch G4, or at least AOTS? No and no. What are those? And if they reported on what the kid is doing, it only helps him. I wish I had an idea that would net me $1 mil. ---
**Author:** ![Deuce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deuce/32/7614_2.png) [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/7 "2005-12-30T07:33:47Z")
i wish i invented the pet rock ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/8 "2005-12-30T07:34:46Z")
do you people even know what cable is? its this cool thing, they plug it in to the back of your television (if you dont know what that is stop reading now) and by some act of god you can watch 600 channels. you guys should check that shit out. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/9 "2005-12-30T08:05:11Z")
TV rots your brain. Better way to make a million…lick 10,000 vaginas @ $100 each. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/10 "2005-12-30T08:21:07Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > do you people even know what cable is? > > its this cool thing, they plug it in to the back of your television (if you dont know what that is stop reading now) and by some act of god you can watch 600 channels. you guys should check that shit out. what you’re saying is… i don’t have to watch the scrambled channels anymore? > [@Jon](#): > > TV rots your brain. > > Better way to make a million…lick 10,000 vaginas @ $100 each. :word: well, except for the 10k vaginas plan. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/11 "2005-12-30T08:24:49Z")
Not too long ago it was pretty empty. Fairly impressive I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/12 "2005-12-30T09:34:34Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > what you’re saying is… i don’t have to watch the scrambled channels anymore? > :word: lol ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/13 "2005-12-30T10:00:27Z")
> [@Deuce](#): > > i wish i invented the pet rock ☹ “the guy made a million dollars” ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/14 "2005-12-30T10:29:27Z")
It’s a jump to conclusions matt, get it? ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/15 "2005-12-30T10:46:43Z")
> [@walter](#): > > It’s a jump to conclusions matt, get it? hey spelling nazi, It’s mat not matt ❤ ---
**Author:** ![wickedcivy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wickedcivy/32/7295_2.png) [@wickedcivy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wickedcivy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/16 "2005-12-30T11:41:56Z")
> [@tpgsr](#): > > hey spelling nazi, It’s mat not matt ❤ hahah ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/17 "2005-12-30T11:45:20Z")
> [@Deuce](#): > > i wish i invented the pet rock ☹ bwahahahahahah office space ownz ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/18 "2005-12-30T13:21:04Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > do you people even know what cable is? > > its this cool thing, they plug it in to the back of your television (if you dont know what that is stop reading now) and by some act of god you can watch 600 channels. you guys should check that shit out. so I can get a bunch of channels from just a wire? /Mike Brady ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smart-and-simple-way-to-make-1-mil/6227/19 "2005-12-30T13:26:10Z")
[http://www.onecentads.com/](http://www.onecentads.com/) how gay they are scamming off this kids idea.