Filed under: Trends, Sports/GTs
Ferrari Billboard - at least he's not smashing it
We were amazed how many of you tore
into us for posting on SmashMyViper.com, a website at
which two guys are selling the right to vandalize their own Viper. It seems that using your expensive exotic as a
second income is the hot thing to do right now, as Phil McNally recently sent us a link to his website called Ferrari Billboard at which he’s selling advertising space
on his not-yet-purchased Ferrari F430. The going rate for one square inch is $25. McNally was inspired by the milliondollarhomepage, which actually is a pretty ingenious way to make money without doing any actual work. There are 20,000 squares available to sell and McNally has varied plans depending on how many are sold. For example, if less than 200 are sold he’ll wrap his current whip, a Ford Escort Wagon.
The project will culminate with a cross-country trip after the F430 has been completely plastered with ads in order to drum up exposure for the car’s sponsors. McNally also pledges to use the car on his 100-mile daily commute in northern California.
If you need that totally last-second Christmas gift, you can buy a Ferrari Billboard square here.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Slo-Mo-Shun 9:24PM (12/23/2005)
Chances are that if an F430 blasts past you, you won't be looking at the ads.
Be smart kids, advertise in newspapers.
Reply
DaveSt 10:12PM (12/23/2005)
Interesting, but this fad is already old news and 2006 is only about a week away. But, at least it's not a total ripoff at $25/hit.
PS, told you guys the Viper website was a dumb idea. It does not seem to be doing well with a whopping 14 ads sold. Wow, only 986 spots left? That's like selling one 30 second tv ad for a Superbowl that nobody wants to see. Sorry if I was nasty in the email I sent in.
That dude should've just sold his damn car and bought the bar.
Reply
Jon Wu 1:15AM (1/03/2006)
The thousands of copy-cats that appeared after milliondollarhomepage
made it big won't get too far since the idea of selling pixels is no
longer novel! But now this site has popped up:
Claiming to "change the way advertising works", OnlyOneAd.com is
selling only one ad. That's right, there is only space for ONE ad
on the page. The first ad costs $1. To replace the ad, the next
advertiser must pay $2. After that, it costs $4, and so on. Each
new ad costs twice the amount of the previous ad. That means the
21st ad costs over one million dollars. The creator seems convinced
he can reach his goal, which actually seems possible if he can
generate enough buzz. He's keeping a detailed blog, and so far only
the 1st ad has sold for $1! How is this going to turn out?
http://www.onlyonead.com/
The thousands of copy-cats that appeared after milliondollarhomepage
made it big won't get too far since the idea of selling pixels is no
longer novel! But now this site has popped up:
Claiming to "change the way advertising works", OnlyOneAd.com is
selling only one ad. That's right, there is only space for ONE ad
on the page. The first ad costs $1. To replace the ad, the next
advertiser must pay $2. After that, it costs $4, and so on. Each
new ad costs twice the amount of the previous ad. That means the
21st ad costs over one million dollars. The creator seems convinced
he can reach his goal, which actually seems possible if he can
generate enough buzz. He's keeping a detailed blog, and so far only
the 1st ad has sold for $1! How is this going to turn out?
http://www.onlyonead.com/
Reply