FAQ
On this page you will find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions. Got a question not answered here? Please get in touch.

1. How can you afford a prize of up to $250,000.00?
The prize of 10% of the site's profits for visitors or 25% for advertisers is an incentive to attract visitors and advertisers. The more adverts that are sold the bigger the profits and therefore the bigger the prize...so get clicking !!!
As the site makes profit, I make money and the prize money increases. If all 1,000,000 pixels are sold at $1, thats $1,000,000. If an advertiser wins the prize draw thats 25% of the profits which could be $250,000.00 (less running costs)

see Terms & conditions for full details.

2. What is the idea?
I saw the "Million Dollar Homepage" by Alex Tew for the first time the other day. I was so impressed I had to try myself - with a slight difference; aimed at London and its visitors.

Like Alex, I too am in need of making some quick cash (who isn't). Unlike Alex I have managed to get myself into large amounts of debt living in London. Being an NHS nurse in London doesn't come cheap. And on a nurses wage I have no way of paying off the debt until I'm about 200! So I'd thought enlist the help of London's businesses (on which I have spent most of my debt) to help pay back my debts, and so "Million Dollar London" is born...

The idea is to create a site for Londoners and its visitors. A site with a difference, and what is more London than the tubes, taxis and the famous red routemaster buses...

Anyone is welcome to buy my pixels, which are available in 100-pixel 'blocks' (each measuring 10x10 pixels). You will see the front page is divided into 10,000 of these 100-pixel blocks (hence there are 1,000,000 pixels in total). The reason for selling them in 100-pixel blocks is because anything smaller would be too small to display anything meaningful.

You can buy as many pixels as you like, as long as there are some available (see the live stats in the top right corner of the page). When you buy some pixels, you can then display an image/ad/logo of your choice in the space you have purchased. You can also have the image click through to your own website. However, no obscene or offensive images are allowed.

The pixels you buy will be displayed on the homepage permanently. The homepage will not change. Using some of the money I make from the site, I guarantee to keep it online for at least 5 years, but hopefully much longer. So, in the long run, I believe the pixels will offer good value. You will have a piece of London Internet history!

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3. Why should I buy pixels?
UPDATE: We have had over 20,000 visitors in the one month since the site launch, putting it around the 100,000th position of all websites in the world (according to Alexa - weekley average)

Because you will have an image and a link to your site on the homepage of a site that could be seen by millions of people over the coming years. It has been a huge success for Alex Tew's customers and other sites like it. Just read the testimonials on these sites. This site has one major difference. It is targeted to London area only so ideal for London based busness as well as international companies looking for Londoner's business - holiday, casinos etc. The site will be online for at least 5 years, that's guaranteed, but the idea is to keep it online forever. So you really could own a piece of 'London Internet history'!

WIN up to $250,000.000
You now also have the chance to win 25% of the profits from this site. If all pixels are sold at the time of the draw, that coule be up to $250,000.00 in your pocket...

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4. Why should I buy your pixels?
This site has one major difference. It is targeted to London area only. This makes ideal for local London based businesses as well as international companies looking for Londoner's business - holidays, services etc.

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5. Why can't I buy one single pixel?
It has been proved by other sites that this is the most effective way to sell space. Although it would probably be cool if individuals could buy a single pixel each, in practice, it wouldn't be so effective. The reason I believe this is because you can't display anything meaningful in one pixel - nor click it easily - so visually, it would be pointless. With thousands of random tiny coloured dots all over the place, the homepage would look gastly.
I also thought that the site would appeal more to people with businesses/websites to advertise than it would to individuals, or to put it more accurately, businesses would pay more to have a meaningful graphic on the homepage. Hence the minimum purchase is $100 - a 10x10 block.

However! If you really want to own a single pixel, there is always the option of clubbing together with your friends/family/colleauges and buying a 10x10 block.

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6. How long will the site be online?
The site will be online for 5 years guaranteed (at least until 19th January 2011), however the aim is to keep the site online forever (or as long as humanly possible).
The idea is to create something of an internet time capsule for London: a homepage that is unique and permanent. Everything on the Internet keeps changing so fast, it will be nice to have something that stays solid and permanent for many years. You can be a part of that!

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7. If the site is aimed at Londoners, why is in Dollars and not Pounds.
Although it is aimed at Londoners, the businesses advertising on Million Dollar London could be selling services from anywhere in the world. US Dollars are more universal than the British Pound plus "Million Pound London" doesn't sound as good!!!