Alex Tew Earns a Million Selling Pixels

Posted on January 1, 2006

Alex Tew, the innovative kid who launched the Million Dollar Homepage as a bid to raise money for college has definitely succeeded. Tew sells one million pixels on the site at a $1 per pixel or $100 for a 10x10 pixel square. He is rapidly closing in on his $1 million dollar goal. He has sold 999,000 pixels and has placed the last 1,000 pixels for bid on eBay.

There are many sites trying to duplicate Tew's success but they probably lack the large amount of press Tew has been able to generate by first coming up with the idea of selling pixels. This may be one of those ideas where only the first person to come up with its benefits.

Tew is a student in the UK. So far he has purchased a car with the money. Tew tells Computer World, "All the money's kind of sitting in a bank account. I've treated myself to a car. I've only just passed my driving test, so I've bought myself a little black Mini."

Computer World says Tew sold his first pixels to family and friends. He then issued a press release and the site took off like wildfire after that.