Hi,
My name is Marc Mayr, I'm 18 years old and I live in a small town near Constance, Germany.
Currently I am at the first degree on a commercial high school which will lead me to the A-Level.
I'm looking forward to study economics on the university of Constance and reach my Bachelor of Economic Science.
It's a long way to go but that's how I planned my life so far :-)

And who is that guy who will be a Bachelor of Economic Science?
There you go:

I know the glasses are strange but usually I don't run around like that, believe me ;)

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The idea is to offer a cheap and efficient advertising platform for customers which can't spend that much money in advertising their site.

So, everyone is welcome to buy my pixels, which are available in 100-pixel 'blocks' (each measuring 10x10 pixels). You will see the homepage 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 anything without permission of the customer. Using some of the money I make from the site, I guarantee to keep it online for at least 5 years, but hopefully as long as I live. I want it to become a kind of internet time capsule. So, in the long run, I believe the pixels will offer good value.

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Well, may you should ask yourself why not? With these pixels, your image on my site which links to your domain could be clicked and viewed by millions of people in the coming future. The website will stay online for at least 5 years , that's guaranteed, but the aim is to keep it online forever.

The answer is simple, every pixel costs the same. Therefore, you should ask yourself two questions.

1. Do you want to position your pixels to your desire?
2. Wait and risk the chance that another customer will take away the position?

I decided that although it would probably be cool if individuals could buy a single pixel each, in practise, it wouldn't 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.

The site will be online for 5 years guaranteed (at least until 1st January 2014), however the aim is to keep the site online forever (or as long as humanly possible).

Be part of this long lasting project !

The goal is to sell all the pixels. When every pixel is taken this site will be a completely unique artwork, created by thousands of people, that will hopefully never disappear.