Alex Tew who shot to fame five years ago by netting $1m with his Million Dollar Homepage website is back with a $3m idea that he describes as a ‘real’ face book. His first serious attempt- Million Dollar Homepage is a website where advertisers can buy ad spot which costs 1$/pixel. Continuing with the tradition, One Million People aims to replace ads with faces of real people. Users can select a spot in the virtual book and upload their pictures. Once the book is filled, Alex plans to print it and sell it. Users can select any spot out of the million slots that are available. Obviously, the first page has seen lot of bookings.
“The goal is to take a snapshot of the Facebook generation, and immortalize one million faces in a stunning printed book”, Alex explained, “It will be a timeless physical symbol of the social web revolution and how more than ever, we are all part of one global community.”
The Million Dollar Homepage took 4 months to earn him a million dollars and this time he hopes to reach his goal sooner. Over 1000 people have signed up since the site went live earlier in the week. He has planned to reserve first space in the book for Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
Here are some facts you should know before you book a slot,
- The book will be 36cm x 30cm (portrait), 1250 pages, each page with 800 faces, for a total of 1 million.
- it will take 6-8 months to prepare, print and distribute the book after all the spaces in on the website are filled.
- According to his estimates the book will retail in the region of $100 US.
- Yes, you can change your picture as many times as you like until every space is filled.
You may call him a whiz kid or just an opportunist, Alex Tew does know how to make money online. As he had said earlier after the success of Million Dollar Homepage that a person just needs to be innovative to make money on the Internet. With 1250 pages to be filled, Tew will surely have to wait for a long time before he could even think of printing it. But then, if he succeeds, he will end up making more money than what he could with Million Dollar HomePage. Internet is a place where things go viral and if the initial response is to be believed, Tew will be laughing all the way to his banks soon.
So, will you book a place on his site?
