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March 07, 2007 - What will those crazy college kids think of next? First, a student in England hit on the idea of selling advertising on his Million Dollar Home Page by the pixel (a very tiny unit of computer monitor resolution) to raise money for college (he got his million dollars). Now 19 year-old Korean-American college kid Sonny Lim has developed a unique advertising idea with Scavengerhunterz.com. This website lets visitors go on virtual scavenger hunts and win cash prizes—but it doesn’t cost them a penny. The key is that the players have to visit sponsors’ websites to find the answers to submit in order to win the cash.
Sonny said she got the inspiration while watching advertising flyers tumbling down the street in the wind—unread. She believed the advertisers’ money had not been well spent, and there had to be a better way. Even when she looked at the internet, she knew that not all of the website banners and ads were read. So, with that still unexplained leap of insight, Sonny thought of scavenger games.
The idea behind Scavengerhunterz.com is elegantly simple: each week there are featured websites, participants (who pay nothing) go to the websites to find answers, and they submit all the answers to win cash prizes. Unlike some games, the more entries there are the higher the cash prizes will be, not lower.
For the advertisers, this will generate terrific traffic. The price for a one-week run as a featured website is only $390. Unlike regular web advertising, the scavenger hunters must go to the business’s website to get an answer to help them win the cash. The lure of winning cash without having to pay a membership fee or give a credit card number will draw participants in huge numbers from around the world. It’s not limited to just American companies either; any company who has a website in English can participate. If you wat to break down the numbers, it’s only $2.32 per hour for 24/7 exposure worldwide. For any decent website, this is a cheap and easy way to get incredible exposure.
This is one situation where both sides win: if you’re an advertiser, people have to go to your website in order to win cash prizes; if you’re a player, you can win cash from Scavengerhunterz.com without spending a dime.
Advertisers can go to www.scavengerhunterz.com for more details.
