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Question by Webmaster:
Making a Pixel Website with a difference?
Hi

I’m thinking of setting up a pixel site thats different (quirky) for people to put their links on.

I was perhaps going to make it theme based like (http://www.bigbenpixels.co.uk/) and in the shape of a automobile for automobile advertisers or

the shape of a home for landlords and letting agencies. (this is just an idea)… or just make it similar to the million dollar page ,
I was also going to try to gain advertisers by saying a cash prize of state 50 to a 100 pounds will be won by one of them at the end of a year period.etc

I just wondered if you think this is an ok idea or will people just give it a widebirth and think “hmmm we have seen this before etc”

I was looking through these kinda site the other day and must admit I was almost tempted to purchase some pixels in hope of more exposure to my blogs and websites as they lack in traffic, the pixels were 5 to 10 dollars each witch I thought was a bit costly.

Im trying to think of something new and quirky and other reasons for a site like this is getting linkbacks from people when they advertise and thus making it viral.

just wondered from peoples experience in marketing and the world wide web if this is a kinda good idea and how to work on it and if it could bring me in any money, if not from the pixel site maybe even from click throughs to my other adsense / affiliate sites.

I am just about to begin a classified website and I will have a banner on there for my pixel site too, im thinking if I add banners on my pixel site to blogs and websites with content that has high paying keywords maybe I could get some revenue this way.

Im sure you know lots more clever ideas as a marketer, I am a web builder but new to adsense and affiliate marketing.

I have just recently made sales through my affiliate blog for the first time which made me smile.

the script I am thinking of buying for this site is fairly cheap at 20 dollars and I can upload and maintain it myself thats no problem,
its just the marketing that im not great at, I also have adsense accounts and was thinking of having a couple of massive banners myself on their with links to my affiliate sites

please could you give me any advice that you think might be helpful with this project or do you just think that it is not a great idea.

I was even thinkin of calling it 50pads or adpix50p and charching 50p a pixel at the top and maybe have that running for a year then the webmasters re advertise so as to generate more revenue for me, then having pixels at the bottom where people can advertise for free but they link back to my site

oh well, its an idea ive had for a while

I look forward to hearing from you soon hopefully

thanks a lot for your time


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Answer by memetrader
bigbenpixels.co.uk was put up in October 2005 and up until now has sold less than 0.001% of the available pixels, so anything similar looks doomed to failure imo.

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