MillionPixelTwitterPage.com: It Was a Matter of Time

by Daniel Scocco

Have you ever had an idea, and then a couple of weeks later you stumbled into a website of someone who had the same idea, only that he actually implemented it? This happens to me quite often, as I have many ideas and very little time to pursue them.

Anyway a couple of weeks ago I thought that maybe it would be possible to replicate the “Million Dollar Homepage” idea with Twitter. That page basically sold pixels to people who wanted to promote their websites. Each pixel had the cost of $1. Long story short the thing went viral and everyone wanted to get a piece of the pie. In the end Alex Tew, the Englishman who created it, made over $1 million if I remember well.

Well, guess what. That idea is back, and it is called MillionPixelTwitterPage. Again you can buy pixels, but this time you will promote your Twitter profile.

The guy decided to lighten the price too. Each pixel costs $0.1, so if he sells all of them he will make $100,000 instead of $1 million.

Is it worth the investment? It depends on whether or not the site will go viral. If it does, those pixels could send you Twitter followers and help your Twitter profile rank well in search engines too.

Regardless, it is interesting to see how old concepts can be given a new spin when applied to new services. I suspect we will see many old ideas re-applied to Twitter in the coming months. Got any?

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19 Responses to “MillionPixelTwitterPage.com: It Was a Matter of Time”

Kurt Avish on June 19th, 2009 3:04 pm

Ohh! I got so many tweeidea too during the past few months but I have been lazy and never implement them. Finally some weeks later I see someone else did it and woa he is famous.
Daniel Richard on June 19th, 2009 3:59 pm

4,200 sold = $4,200 up for that guy there!

Hmm. I suppose there are millions of us out there who’s like going nuts for missing out on such action.
Crazy Oldie on June 19th, 2009 4:11 pm

I am in for a few blocks…best pennies spent!
Daniel Scocco on June 19th, 2009 5:31 pm

@Daniel Richard, each pixel costs $0.1, so he made $420 so far.
Richard on June 19th, 2009 6:59 pm

Interesting how all these old ideas are still working. I personally don’t think this project is going to be as popular as the original tho. But because of the low price quite a few people might buy some space.
Daily Good Tips on June 19th, 2009 7:36 pm

To buy 1 Milion pixels is impossible for poor bloggers or twitterers like me. I just apply traditional ways to increase my followers. And I try your tip about twitter tools such as friendorfollow.com etc. I hope this is enough to increase my followers and my rank in twitter. Thanks Daniel
chrissulli on June 19th, 2009 8:15 pm

Am I missing something? Looks like it costs $10
Daniel Richard on June 20th, 2009 2:36 am

@Daniel Scocco – Oh yeah. I realized my error. But still worth the idea on its own.

I see he’s up to $520 as of now.
Vikas on June 20th, 2009 5:53 am

nice idea….

Thnx for bring it up.
Glen Allsopp on June 20th, 2009 7:31 am

Haha

I see either dailymicroblogtips.com or dailytwittertips.com on the horizon Daniel
Daniel Scocco on June 20th, 2009 8:32 am

@Glen, haha I had not thought about that .
Beads N Crafts on June 20th, 2009 9:25 am

It was pretty much inevitable that we’d see something like this linked to twitter!

The never ending spread of ‘million pixel’ pages doth continue..
Sharon on June 21st, 2009 12:57 am

Thanks for letting us know. I’m in for sure. What fun. Sharon
GoBusiness101 on June 22nd, 2009 3:51 am

That idea was my idea also. I’m now planning on a different nich already. nice post!
mark harrison on June 22nd, 2009 2:47 pm

There are days when I really do wonder why I spend the time doing the things I do such as SEO and web design…I think I need to get a proper job because when you look at this pixel effort, it really is very poor indeed!
Carey on June 23rd, 2009 12:19 pm

I am not really understanding the benefit of all these twitter applications. It seems like a mini-mini-bubble that will pop when everyone runs out of enthusiasm.

Anyway good luck to the MillionPixelTwitterPage, looks like it is taking off already.
Medyum on June 26th, 2009 5:28 pm

To buy 1 Milion pixels is impossible for poor bloggers or twitterers like me. I just apply traditional ways to increase my followers. And I try your tip about twitter tools such as friendorfollow.com etc. I hope this is enough to increase my followers and my rank in twitter.
Jens P. Berget on June 29th, 2009 7:53 pm

I just don’t understand how this “old” concept can be worth much for the advertisers. The guy behind it will probably be earning his share, but I personally don’t think that you’d get that many new followers by buying some pixels.

But, I might be wrong. If this thing goes viral like it did for Alex Tew, who knows what will happen

When it comes to ideas and little time to pursue them, I understand exactly what you are talking about. It happens to me all the time as well, but I didn’t think of this though
George Serradinho on July 22nd, 2009 1:39 pm

I understand your frustration, but the Twitter bubble will eventually burst one day.

I have my own pixel site that anyone can place their link on, you can visit it at Free Pixels. go have a look and let me know what you think.