MillionDollarHomePage Copycats - Are they Making Any Money?
September 29, 2005
A lot of people are speculating whether these copycats are actually making any money. Or, are they getting any traffic at all to their sites? After running the list for a short week, the results are stunning:
- The first copycat Million penny guy James has sold more than 600,000 pixels. He is probably kicking himself right now for charging only 1 penny per pixel.
- Pixel Anyone has sold $18,000. According to Alexa traffic, the site’s traffic shot up to 245/million users reach today
- More than half are making real money
- Only a small list of pixel sellers are doing this for charity purpose
- Majority of the pixel sites are gaining significant traffic in a week or less.
I was trying to keep up with the demand to update this page. However, I am getting too many comments and emails. So please visit the comment section for new sites.
The sites focused on donation and environment
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www.millionpixelrelief.com
This site is dedicated to raise funds for redcross’s relief effort
Price: $1 per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.millionpixels4kids.com
This site is devoted to help the poor children in Bulgaria
Price: $0.2 per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
Nickels For Katrina
This site is devoted to help the katrina victims
Price: 5 cents per pixel
Money raised: $2250
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 72/million users -
www.hundredgrandhomepage.com
This is the only site that is 100% devoted to charity fund raise. Every dollar will be donated to Katrina victims.
Price: $1 per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 4.5/million users -
www.forestplanet.org
Price: $10 per 100 pixels and they will use the money to plant a tree. Not a bad idea!
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 5 / million users
Here are some copycats that at least add a few twists to the original idea:
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www.nimisis.com/nimutes
Price: $10 per block
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new
This site sells time instead of pixel -
www.zerodollarshomepage.com/
Price: This is a free site. Advertisement for everybody.
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 15.15/million users
There are some surprises behind some pictures. -
www.bushnomore.com
Price: $10 per 10×10 block
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 1/million users
If the site is covered by the ads, then Bush’s face would be covered.. thus BushNoMore -
http://www.shardex.com
Price: Try using the ’select squares to purchase’ button for a fully interactive pixel square selection and purchase application
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new
This is a pretty cool site. If you click on an Ad icon, it zooms in to give you a better view. Not bad for the pixel biz -
the-power-couple.blogspot.com/
Price: Any
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new
I don’t know exactly how to qualify this one since it is not selling pixels. But the idea is from MDHP. -
www.zerodollarhomepage.com
Price: free
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 30/million users
This site is free. -
www.milliondollarsweethearts.com
Price: #0.10 per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
It’s a very sweet heart board with full of pink pixels. -
www.pixelkeyboard.com
Price: $5 per 20×20 block
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
This site sells a giant keyboard -
www.sponsortheracecar.com
Price: $1 per 10×12 block.
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
Buy pixels on a pretty cool looking race car. -
www.millionpixelpage.com
Price: Free portion is filled up but now you are paying for the traffic they have. One of the biggest pixel site it is.
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 100 / million users -
www.bigbannerlottery.com
Price: Win some lottery pixels here
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
This site gives the advertisers the chance to win the prime 160,000 pixels on the homepage each time someone visits the site. - www.globalnetworld.com/puzzle/
Price: $1 per day per spot (each spot is 25×25 pixels)
Sold: $3
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 0.05/million users
It’s a pretty cool crosswords puzzle - www.millionmovingpixels.com
Price: $0.05 per pixel
Sold: $75
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 8.5/million users
You can load animated GIF -
pickabrick.50webs.com
Price: $100 a brick (looks quite large)
Sold: 2 blocks = $400
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 255/million users
Much bigger bricks are for sale on this site -
millionpixelbooty.com
Price: The site is selling premier booty spots. So if the pixel is on the girl, you pay a buck, otherwise, the site charges 10 cents
Sold: $40
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
Sells booty pixels -
fnhomepage.com
Price: $297 for a 30×30 house spot
Sold: 2 houses = $58
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
Homes are sold on this site so the owner can buy his own home
Update on Oct 3, 2005: Owner Jim didn’t feel like competing with the rest of the sharks in the water so he took the site off. Instead, he put my copycat list on another site and redirected to it. -
www.mostexpensivepixelontheinternet.com
Price: Talking about adding twists, you have to go to eBay to bid for the pixel.
Sold: $31
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
You have to bid for pixels on eBay
The lucky copycats:
- www.onedollarpixelad.com/
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: $10,500
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New - www.millionpixel.biz
Price:1 penny per pixel
Sold: 46700 = $467
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 32/million users - http://www.pixelads4all.com
Price:$1 per pixel but you always get 50% off
Sold: 8700= $4350
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 9/million users - www.pixelsanyone.com/
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: $18,700 - one of the highest sales among the clones so far
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 36.5/million and shooting to 245 /million users already. You can see the owner’s comment that they have some strategies to draw massive traffic in a few days. - www.millionpennyhomepage.com
Price: a penny per pixel
Sold: $3783 (this is one of the very first copycats appeared days after the original was created)
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 95/million users
(Note: this is the guy who shamelessly claimed that he came up with this idea while eating the Chinese takeout. He finally changed his FAQ recently to give Alex Tew the credit) - www.onebuckpixels.com
Price: $100 per 10×10 block. 75% off special is going on now.
Sold: around 80 blocks. so.. that’s $2000?
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 25 / million users - www.milliondollarwebpage.com
Price: same as the original. $1 per pixel
Sold: 57 blocks = $5700
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 57.5/million users - www.250000.org
Price: 5 cents per pixel
Sold: 55000 pixels = $2750
Alexa traffic ( 1 week average): 25/million users. - www.milliondollarhomesite.net/
Price: 1 dollar per pixel
Sold: 1400pixels = $1400
Alexa traffic ( 1 week average): 15/million users. - www.millioneurohomepage.com
Price: 1 euro per pixel
Sold: 3 blocks = 300 euros
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 13.5/million users -
www.AMillionQuid.com
Price: 25 pound per 10×10 block.
Sold: 10 blocks = 250 pound
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 9 / million users -
http://kingofthehill.newbuz.com
Price: $50 a large block. The owner ditched the pixel idea.
Sold: 1 block= $50
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.milliondollarmosaic.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: 2 blocks = $200
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 2.5/million users -
millionquarterwebpage.com
Price: $0.25 per pixel
Sold: 154 blocks
Alexa traffic ( 1 week average): 21.5/million users. -
www.milliondollarimage.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: $1400
Alexa traffic ( 1 week average): 21.5/million users. -
www.zerodebthomepage.com
Price: 10 cents per pixel
Sold: $160
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 1.5/million users -
www.dimespace.com
Price: Price varies from 10 cents to 50 cents for each pixel.
Sold: $800
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New - www.squares.ws
price: 5 dollars a square for 20×20 pixels
Sold: 8 sqaure = $40
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 3.5/million users - www.uweuro.nl
Price: it’s not an English site but I managed to figure out that the price is 5 euro per 10×10 block
Sold: 36 blocks = 180 eruos
Alexa traffic (1 week average): N/A. Maybe not at all - www.pixelget.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: 14 blocks = $1400
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 1.5/million users - www.milliondollardungeon.com
Price: $0.10 per pixel
Sold: 2800 pixels = $280
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 1.5/million users -
www.newmilliondollarhomepage.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: $100
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
The new ones that are just starting out:
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www.monpremiermillion.com
Price: 1 Euro per pixel??
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 4 / million users -
www.milliondollarcowpage.com
Price: 50 cents per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 2.5 / million users -
www.3xarchive.com
Price: $0.50per pixel. Special offers are going on right now.
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 1.5 / million users -
www.ichiokunoyume.com
Price: It’s a Japanese site. I can’t read Japanese.
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.millionpixelsofpoker.com/
Price: $1 per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.milliondollarspots.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.ShowPixels.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 5 / million users -
http://www.scotlandsmillionpoundwebpage.com
Price: 1 pound per pixel from Scotland
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 1 /million users -
www.10000stars.com
Price: Different prices for different stars
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 5 /million users -
http://www.millionshekel.com
Price: 1 shekel per pixel from Isarael ($1 = 4.5 shekels)
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 6 /million users -
www.MillionDollarSALEPage.com
Price: $1 per pixel. Special offers are going on right now.
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.million-pound-homepage.co.uk
Price: 1 pound per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.barapixels.com
Price: CAN$0.10 per pixel. Free two week listing is offered right now
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.adsquares.co.uk
Another UK side that accepts English Pound
Price: price range from 4 to 5 pound per 20×20 square depending on the purchase size
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.celbloc.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: $200
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.milliondollarhero.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: 0
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.thepixelpicture.com
Price: $0.25 per pixel
Sold: 0
Alexa traffic (1 week average): new -
www.thepeoplesvehicle.com
Price: $1 per pixel
Sold: 0
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 2.5/million users - www.halfabuckpixels.com
Price: $0.5 per pixel
Sold: no idea. The page has no grids and the only banner looks like a scam.
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 3.5/million users - www.like5.com
Price: $1 for 15×15 pixel circle
Sold: $0
Alexa traffic (1 week average): 5/million users -
www.millionyuanhomepage.com
Price: 1 yuan per pixel. 8 yuan = $1
Sold: 0
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New -
www.milliondollarwebsite.org
Price: $1 each pixel
Sold: 0
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New -
www.topdollarhomepage.com
Price: $5 for 400×20 pixels
Sold: 0
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New -
www.milliondollaroreuropage.com
Price: $1 or 1 euro per pixel
Sold: 0
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
The porn pixels
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http://www.sexymilliondollarhomepage.com
Price: $0.5 per pixel
Sold: $3500
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New -
www.internetpornbillboard.com
Price: This is the first page that has different prices for different slots ranging from $2.5 to $10 per 10×10 block per month! Ouch! After all, this is the “Porn Price”
Sold: Only the site owner knows how much he/she has cashed in since each block is for rent only.
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New -
www.millionPIXELSofPORN.com
Price: $0.01 per pixel
Alexa traffic (1 week average): New
Final thoughts
If you consider buying pixels on any sites, make sure you check their FAQ and About page that the owners acknowledge the original source of the idea is from Alex Tew at www.milliondollarhomepage.com. Also, check out a few sold blocks to make sure they make sense. If you see some well established sites are showing up on the site, or there are multiple blocks that share the same domain name, then ask more questions before you buy since these signs normally raise the red flag. Also, don’t forget to use the Alexa Traffic on my post to check the traffic. Alexa isn’t exactly accurate, but it gives you a pretty good idea as how popular the site is.
Related stories:
How I made a bet with Alex Tew in the earlier days when he was just starting out the Million dollar homepage.
There are also some sites that did a great job listing the copycats:
last updated on Nov 1, 2005
