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Same as http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ but then just in another shape?

It worked once for the owner of http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ , but will it work again? I don't think so.

Sorry for the weird links, apperently CH liked to change them in some sort of weird not working HTML code....

Here is my comment without the weird HTML:

Same as milliondollarhomepage.com but then just in another shape?

It worked once for the owner of milliondollarhomepage, but will it work again? I don't think so.

cheers for the comment! I of course disagree with what your said as its a much more long term project with people out-bidding each other for their country of their choosing so it gives an aspect of competition. Company's will want to take control of their country to show their success and of course their business.

thanks again for the comment I'm very new to all this!

I am having difficulty understanding this concept.

Am I correct in assuming that this proposal is similar to Yahoo or Google Pay per Clic ?.
Except, that rather than search a product you click on a country ?

and find whatever the highest bidder is offering in that country?

even though it may have no relationship to what you are seeking ?

Please clarify,

Thank you

OK i'm sorry if it isn't totally clear,

so what the idea is, is theres a giant picture of the world on the front page of the website and this picture of the world. Its the individual countries of the world that are for sale for advertisement space. When a country has been bought, the company that bought it sends a logo in that is placed over the country and they're website is hyperlinked so if anybody clicks on the country it directs them to their website. However after 3 days other companies are able to out-bid the original buyer, then the whole process starts again with them sending in their logo and web-link.

It does not have anything to do with seeking items you need, neither is it like yahoo, google pay per clic.

Its just basically a map that has the countries in it for sale.

I hope this has cleared up some information for you,

please if you have any more questions just ask.

Mullac,
Why would anybody want to buy this add space?
Who is looking at it?
Tomyy

People would buy this ad-space in the same way people buy 1 mile stretches of the motorway! Its the fact that you "own" a country which is quite a unique experience/chance.

People would look at it for the novelty of the idea, it would cause intrigue into who owns what country. And with the bidder system the atlas would be constantly changing hands meaning that it would be a worth-while website to keep coming back to.

Hope that helps :)

This is no much difference than the previous idea about buying a Date/Time.

You are selling virtual stuffs again, everyone can do what you are doing!

If you want to sell real "countries", learn from Dubai....http://www.boingboin...rivate-islands-.html

everybody can do what i'm doing but nobody IS doing what i'm doing.

this whole advert atlas will work if its the first of its kind out there. Thats why i need peoples help to get it started as soon as possible.

i would love to do it with real islands but i believe the start-up of it is a wee bit expensive, maybe is a few years time :)

We have a somewhat similar site, MillionDollarWebTV.com. (See in the Bazaar.) It works but it's slow going and sales so far have been through word-of-mouth, not from traffic.

http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
...as JelmerBC pointed out, was the first thing that popped into my head.

I think MDHP illustrates that this sort of thing can work, but honestly I have no idea how MHDP was successful other than a young kid built it so maybe that got him some extra coverage.

The only reason people will bid on your countries is if the site has heavy traffic and I don't know how I'd start that.

Google have made millions with small, simple ads for one reason - they put them on sites that people visit! Who is going to visit your content-less site, and why?

uh no thanks

do you know if the countrys of the world have there shape registered as trade marks or logos that cannot be copied.
ie like canadian tire the canadian hardware store is known by a red triangle.

register all the shapes of the world countries or even states and then let business bid for them to keep.

could i register the shape of nova scotia i wonder ?
if i did who would like to buy it now that it is of value ?
i think an aution that was well advertised in the business section would create a bit of interest and the highest bidder would get the usual PR.

I think the am,in pull factor of the site will be in the interest of who owns a particular persons country. We could gain more interests by publishing a blog and keep news and stats up to date.

Like propertygeek stated good PR will be either the success or failure of this project.

MDHP was a big influence on the idea (alex tew studied in the place where i live!) however i believe the shape of the adverts is enough to gain attention by word of mouth alone.

I personally don't think registering the shapes of country's is a good idea, some company's already have the logos of their country's as part of their logo , and i don't really won't to part of some legal brawl across the globe. Its a good way to look at the idea though.

thanks for your questions keep sending them my way!

Hey Callum,
good luck. I shall email this around, yes? I dont no how often people look on the Facebook.
Jamie

people actually posting some pretty useful comments, anything you can use?

Hey guys nice to see you one CH

(for people who don't know gollings90 and UnionJackson are a few members of a team of people who i discussed the idea with all those months ago, the final idea was kind of a team effort between us all.)

Anyway yeah i'm trying my hardest to find a suitable script to'use for the AdAt. Nothing out there yet :(

I know I am late to this party and this is an old thread, but I just wanted to ask everybody what they think of this idea as a business model for an open encyclopedia or almanac where people sponsor articles rather than countries.

What do you think?