techcrunch.com— The creator is reportedly on the verge of launching a second site called Pixelotto. Instead of selling each pixel for $1, he plans to sell each pixel for $2, plus hold some kind of lottery where the winner who clicks the right advertisement will win $1,000.
Dec 2, 2006View in Crawl 4
I'm not sure what the laws are in the UK, but my guess is the way he gets away with this is that the advertisers can't win the $1,000,000 prize - only people who register for free can win (open dec 5th)... I have a funny feeling that someone might try to shut him down for trying to run his own lotto...but perhaps he's already figured out the legal loopholes. Anyone have some thoughts on this?
"News flash, he did it for the money, he came up with an idea to make money, and made it. That's not greed, that's intelligence "Umm you just contradicted yourself, "He did it for the money" + "Thats not greed" = illogical, Oh and instead of calling it intelligence I like calling it conning. Organized religion called they are looking for a like minded person like you.
Not original alright, I thought of this idea when I was in the pub trying to raise a bit of money to pay off my student debt, www.hundreddollarclick.com is what I registered when I was drunk but then thought about it and decided not to create the site. The basic idea was that you click on an advert, if that advert is the chosen advert then you get $100, no bulls**t, no con. Obviously we would need to generate $100 from the clicks first and only pay out when we are on a profit but its essentially bulls**t because people just click the adds and the chances of winning are very slim. Also lawsuits, damn lawsuits!I've made $2 so far from <a class="user" href="http://www.hundreddollarclick.com/,">http://www.hundreddollarclick.com/,</a> and some charity has made $2,, woooo I'm in the money :Dmoobler
I don't think we should support this guy twice - once is enough for all of this - he said the proceeds from his site would go towards his education which:a) Is not actually all that expensive in the UK - his tuition fees for a 4 year honours degree would run to about $10,000 maximum.b) He still hasn't continuedAfter he made his $1m he'd be liable for the higher income tax bracket for the UK, which I understand currently is 42%. So, he'd be left with $580,000. Subtract whatever the site costs from that and the PR person and there isn't anywhere close to $1m left. I'm also a bit weary of the whole "you win $1m if you click the correct one" thing - it will take a great deal of technology behind the scenes to:a) Identify the user who clickedb) Make sure the message appears only onceAlso, there are laws surrounding this sort of thing in the UK. If it comes to the point where it could be deemed a true "lottery" then he has to give 20% of his proceeds to charity by law.
Some people don't realise this. Pixelotto is a multi-round idea. One month after the first round of advertisements are sold, the second round of advertisements start selling. He is hoping to get such a large volume of people clicking to win that advertisers fill up the next round immediately after the previous round has finished.If he pulls this off, Pixelotto.com could end up with 12 rounds a year for the competition. With 45% of the revenue going towards the running of Pixelotto.com (+profits), the pixelotto competition could end up generating his company ~$10million per year.He probably needs a few hundred thousand people loyally clicking for the chance to win every day to pull it off.
good luck getting the $1000 per pixel ... this guy who created these pixel pages ... does he earn from "every" copy cat clone ? afterall, the highly valuable (and helpful /useful) intellectual property (idea) of a pixel page "IS" his creation! i wonder if he's using " idotone " concepts ? anyone know ?
vbsurferDec 2, 2006
This is him beatboxing (The one on the left)<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W26DYxn-_6c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W26DYxn-_6c</a>Pretty incredible
manateeDec 2, 2006
I'm not sure what the laws are in the UK, but my guess is the way he gets away with this is that the advertisers can't win the $1,000,000 prize - only people who register for free can win (open dec 5th)... I have a funny feeling that someone might try to shut him down for trying to run his own lotto...but perhaps he's already figured out the legal loopholes. Anyone have some thoughts on this?
Closed AccountDec 2, 2006
"News flash, he did it for the money, he came up with an idea to make money, and made it. That's not greed, that's intelligence "Umm you just contradicted yourself, "He did it for the money" + "Thats not greed" = illogical, Oh and instead of calling it intelligence I like calling it conning. Organized religion called they are looking for a like minded person like you.
terminalityDec 2, 2006
Or, in my case, both.
mooblerDec 3, 2006
Not original alright, I thought of this idea when I was in the pub trying to raise a bit of money to pay off my student debt, www.hundreddollarclick.com is what I registered when I was drunk but then thought about it and decided not to create the site. The basic idea was that you click on an advert, if that advert is the chosen advert then you get $100, no bulls**t, no con. Obviously we would need to generate $100 from the clicks first and only pay out when we are on a profit but its essentially bulls**t because people just click the adds and the chances of winning are very slim. Also lawsuits, damn lawsuits!I've made $2 so far from <a class="user" href="http://www.hundreddollarclick.com/,">http://www.hundreddollarclick.com/,</a> and some charity has made $2,, woooo I'm in the money :Dmoobler
Closed AccountDec 3, 2006
I don't think we should support this guy twice - once is enough for all of this - he said the proceeds from his site would go towards his education which:a) Is not actually all that expensive in the UK - his tuition fees for a 4 year honours degree would run to about $10,000 maximum.b) He still hasn't continuedAfter he made his $1m he'd be liable for the higher income tax bracket for the UK, which I understand currently is 42%. So, he'd be left with $580,000. Subtract whatever the site costs from that and the PR person and there isn't anywhere close to $1m left. I'm also a bit weary of the whole "you win $1m if you click the correct one" thing - it will take a great deal of technology behind the scenes to:a) Identify the user who clickedb) Make sure the message appears only onceAlso, there are laws surrounding this sort of thing in the UK. If it comes to the point where it could be deemed a true "lottery" then he has to give 20% of his proceeds to charity by law.
manateeDec 3, 2006
He's up to $92,000 already...<a class="user" href="http://www.pixlelotto.com/blog/pixelotto-news/pixelotto-rakes-in-over-92000-in-first-48-hours/">http://www.pixlelotto.com/blog/pixelotto-news/pixelotto-rakes-in-over-92000-in-first-48-hours/</a>
vurgDec 4, 2006
Some people don't realise this. Pixelotto is a multi-round idea. One month after the first round of advertisements are sold, the second round of advertisements start selling. He is hoping to get such a large volume of people clicking to win that advertisers fill up the next round immediately after the previous round has finished.If he pulls this off, Pixelotto.com could end up with 12 rounds a year for the competition. With 45% of the revenue going towards the running of Pixelotto.com (+profits), the pixelotto competition could end up generating his company ~$10million per year.He probably needs a few hundred thousand people loyally clicking for the chance to win every day to pull it off.
jdonnerDec 5, 2006
Lucky the first time and stupid the second time.
juniortpDec 7, 2006
for 2006 the year of youtube, <a class="user" href="http://www.itsyourstage.com">http://www.itsyourstage.com</a> fits better as the pixel page.
tntgalJun 16, 2007
good luck getting the $1000 per pixel ... this guy who created these pixel pages ... does he earn from "every" copy cat clone ? afterall, the highly valuable (and helpful /useful) intellectual property (idea) of a pixel page "IS" his creation! i wonder if he's using " idotone " concepts ? anyone know ?