Selling pixels in 2010

**weltonhau** · 11-03-2010 10:37 PM

Hi all,

My name is Welton and I'm from Sydney, Australia.

Following the success of The Million Dollar Homepage in 2005, I've been pondering the possibility of selling online advertising space and have always wondered how the market would react 5 years after it has been done. The novelty has surely worn off, but my curiosity is still there. Is it still possible to create a novel advertising idea in 2010, given all these online advertising giants (such as Google Ads)?

I'm a little nervous in promoting my site as I may cop a lot of criticism for copying etc so I thought I might like to share my take on it with you guys first. In my opinion, yes the concept is similar, but the execution is very different. Feel free to leave any comments or criticisms. Purchase a Virtual Office (while it's cheap) for those daring.

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**akula** · 11-03-2010 10:43 PM

nah mate, you're pretty late to this party

**weltonhau** · 11-03-2010 10:45 PM

Damn! Might be worthwhile giving it a go anyway. Thanks for your input

**akula** · 11-04-2010 02:11 AM

yea...what you wanna do is social/mobile solutions
check out what's getting funded at the moment

**pcbres16** · 11-04-2010 09:42 AM

Nah way man...you are way too late to this party. I tried something like that is 2008 and I made a few bucks from it and gained some valuable web design knowledge, but other than that it was a dud. Think of something Social Media or Mobile wise.

**generationy** · 11-04-2010 10:45 AM

Yeah I would suggest that you focus on a specific niche to be able to have a viable business. The Million Dollar Page was interesting but since then there have been hundreds of copy cats. What you need to do is define a niche (such as only tech, only health etc.) that way the advertisers will also feel like their ads mean something more than just pixels. Always think out side the box especially when you are trying to do something similar to what someone else has done already. Good luck!

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Hope that helps!