“Million Dollar Homepage” Hits the Mark

Alex Tew, the money-minded student we first featured in Novemeber '05, has hit his goal of raising one million dollars for his college education.

His Million Dollar Homepage features a page of one million pixels, which he sold off for a dollar a piece in blocks of ten. The UK Register has the story today:

Tew decided to flog the last remaining 1,000 pixels on eBay. And, when the auction closed yesterday evening, the bidding for the last available space on this giant pixel billboard stood at $38,100 - around #21,600.
It means Tew's site has succeeded in generating just over a million dollars - or almost #600,000 - since its launch in September.

If you've got that sinking feeling like you missed out on something spectacular, don't worry. Pixel blocks are still available at other "flog sites" like Pink Million Dollars and The Million Pixel Page. Then, of course, there is the Zero Dollar Homepage for all of us cheap types.

Heck, why not just create your own?