Million Euro Wiki - John Copy Cow Strikes Again
John Cow rocketed to fame by being the best of the John Chow dot Com copycats. While his blog was basically a parody of mine, it did offer good humor and its own unique brand of content. However, the cow’s newest venture, the Million Euro Wiki, isn’t a parody at all. It’s pretty much a carbon copy of the Million Dollar Wiki. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The Million Dollar Wiki has made almost $100,000 since it started. If you’re going to copy something, then it’s best to copy something that is making good money.
The Million Euro Wiki is basically the Million Dollar Home page meets Wikiipedia. There will be a page for literally everything. However, instead of being open for anyone to edit, one person owns each page and can monetize it anyway they see fit. I have already made a profit on my Million Dollar Wiki page and expect to do the same for my page on the Million Euro Wiki. Each page cost €75 or $100US. If you missed the keyword you wanted on the Million Dollar Wiki, you have a chance to get it on the Euro page.
Use Coupon Code JohnChow for 10% Discount
Like the Million Dollar Wiki, I have set up a 10% coupon code for the Million Euro Wiki. Enter JohnChow when you buy a page and you’ll save $10.
Win 1 of 20 16GB iPod Touch
To create a big bang, the Million Euro Wiki is giving away twenty 16GB iPod Touch to some lucky page owners. For every 25 pages sold, the cow will randomly select one of the page-owners and give them a brand new 16GB iPod touch worth $400.
Twenty pages have been sold on its first day (today). Five more and the first iPod will be given away. If you don’t win the first giveaway, you’ll have another chance when the next 25 pages are sold, and then the next 25, and so on. Therefore, the earlier you buy your page, the more chances you have of winning. If I win the iPod, I’ll give it away to a reader.
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copycatting at its finest. i dont think this one will do so well though.
the ipod givwaway is a novel idea, but it means he gets $2100 out $2500 (25 pages at $100). Eh, he is shelling much out of his pocket.
Reply to this commentNo, it’s one iPod per 25 pages. So it’ll be 500 pages sold and he’ll gives out 20 iPod. $50,000 in page sales at a cost of $8,000 in iPods.
Reply to this commentI really don’t understand the attraction of this whole million dollar wiki phenomenon. Am I the only one?
Reply to this commentJohn I am shocked you didn’t come up with this idea sooner than that Cow. Are you slippen’?
Reply to this commentWell I think the idea is if you buy a page you will get more than your $100 in advertising. The ipod thing is just an added bonus. I bought a million dollar wiki page but I think i’ll hold off on the million euro wiki page.
Reply to this commentI’m confused. In order to make this a million euro wiki he’s going to have to sell 13333 and a third pages at 75 euros a page? How’s he going to sell that third of a web page?
Reply to this commentHe doesnt have to make exactly 1m… it can be more
Reply to this commentBut if he’s copying the Million Dollar Wiki then that’s the whole gimick, 10,000 pages for $100 dollars each? Why even mention euro’s if you’re charging in dollars? JohnCow.com was very well executed, this just seems a bit naff.
Reply to this commentI’m thinking that the Million Dollars might be just a title? I mean, they could make less or maybe even more than a Million in the long run - I don’t think he’ll stop at a million just because, nor be unhappy at $250,000.
Reply to this commentWould you stop at 1m, after reaching that target, I think not.
It’s a total copy of the million Dollar wiki, but there’s nothing wrong with copying someone that’s making a success of someone else’s idea is there?
Reply to this commentCalculation is wrong
I am very impress with all the thing he is doing to make money - clever 
Reply to this commentYeah he is pretty clever, at copying. But lets see how all this will go.
Reply to this commentHey John … I think this cow guy could have a “one up” on you on the evil aspect.
this guy is seriously a genious. In hindsight, the wiki, euro version thing seems like such a simple idea, but yeah, it will for sure make that guy some major cash.
John, your gonna have to do something to out-do this guy. These young cats (cows…) are right on your tail!
get that marker to blackboard, buddy! web 2.0 brings out the competition, literally, overnight!
Reply to this commentIt would be interesting to see if it works. Hundreds of million dollars hompages hihn’t work
Reply to this commentIt would be interesting to see if it works. Hundreds of million dollars hompages didn’t work
Reply to this commentnot really that much if you look it in a bigger perspective just like what John already made obvious.
Reply to this commentHaha, I love it. John Cow is a blast. I wonder who it really is.
Reply to this commentEr….. it’s Bob from Bobmeetsworld.com
It will probably be successful.
Reply to this commentI kept reading the first sentence wondering what’s wrong about it.
Reply to this commentHaven’t visited John Cow yet, but good luck to those planning to join the fun!
I prefer buying the iPod instead…
Call me old-fashioned.
Reply to this commentI knew you were going to write about the Million Euro Wiki at some point today. I guess being a copy cat does pay off.
Reply to this commenthe said he would in his newsletter.
Reply to this commentNothing wrong with a look-alike site. I mean, the DealDotCom page is remarkably similar to Woot.com. Even the concept is.
Reply to this commentDealDotCom focuses on internet marketing/affiliate sales niche though.
Reply to this commentI got approached early to buy a page in this. I think that it will be a success, I just don’t have the advertising budget for this yet (my plan was to use blog profits to promote the blog, not out of pocket cash)
Reply to this commentAfter seeing almost no traffic from my 3 - million dollar wiki pages, I think I’ll sit this one out.
Reply to this commentany chance you would post your stats? I and I’m sure many others would love to see them.
Reply to this commentWhat keywords do you own, some ppl are getting hard traffic from MDW
Reply to this commentCan the Million Ruble Wiki be far behind?
Reply to this commentI wouldnt joke about that, I had actually posted whats next the million euro wiki when John first posted about the million dollarwiki
Reply to this commentI can’t believe you posted on this, well I can really and was expecting it but…
John, I am sorry to say that I have lost some respect in your blog aswell tonight.
I know your blog is about making money and this is what you do well, but promoting a copycat site based on an unproven concept is just odd to me. I know you will make money off this post, but will it do your readers any good? these are the people who make you money.
You obviously gain through your discount code as well as cashquests does & the johncow discount code (although that was published to make you think it was not his site) but do you really think this will offer benifit to your readers?
Yes, you have made a good return on your milliondollarwiki investment, but since you are now promoting this copycat program, can you provide real stats on how those that bought pages through your recommendations on milliondollarwiki have done?
to me, this just stinks like the top bloggers will do well off those gullible enough to buy pages.
I’d love to be proven wrong, so please do so…
Also, I’d love to hear your opinion on why this is the millonEUROwiki since most mentions are in dollars & pricing is done in dollars, do you think we should set up a millionCADwiki, millionANYCURRENCYwiki, but still charge in dollars? and will you promote it if you get your cut?
Also, do you really recommend buyng links on PR0 sites and pages which many are filled with spam type content for 100 dollars?
Reply to this commentNobody expects every single page-buyer to make a fortune. But those who purchase and utilize the page wisely will make money.
It’s simple..
If you’re not wise - don’t buy one. If you’re smart - grab one.
Reply to this commentLOL someone just bought millioncadwiki.com after you posted it.
Reply to this commentwe can expect a ton of those sites now
It will soon become an over-saturated market like any market out here.
Reply to this commentBut this is how everybody makes money. I don’t think my financial adviser has my best interest in his mind.
Reply to this commentThis is utter waste of money.
John Chow writes bad reviews about other people’s money making opportunities, but this euro dollar wiki got to be the WORST SO FAR!
and yet, he’s giving it a thumbs up!
Be careful people… GREED is coming into the picture soon….
UN
Reply to this commentwhats with the hate!??
You are the UN, afterall!
Reply to this commentWorst so far, I doubt that as it does have the possibility to make just as much or more if marketed to an international crowd. Also GREED has been in the picture its a make MONEY online blog.
Reply to this commentWell, I have grabbed my page.
Reply to this commenthttp://millioneurowiki.com/micro_investment
Got mine too:
http://millioneurowiki.com/money
Reply to this commentI think I was the second purchase. Even before Mr Chow!
When I view your site (not through the meurowiki), it says Bad Request (Invalid Hostname) ?
Reply to this commentcrap really? does it still say that?
Reply to this commentYeah.
Reply to this commenthttp://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2338/untitled2gq1.jpg
It works well for me
Reply to this commentI would definitely want to see how other users that have purchased pages are doing before I spend $100 on an unproven concept. That’s a bit much for me to spend on something that may not pan out at all.
Reply to this commentIt’s hardly an unproven concept. The Million Dollar Homepage and The Million Dollar Wiki have both proved that you can get a fantastic ROI from your investment if you use them wisely.
Reply to this commentSo, everyone or even the majority of those that purchased pages on The Million Dollar Wiki have had an excellent ROI? Perhaps a few definitely can, like John, who posts a blog and sends thousands of people towards a link. This doesn’t guarantee that everyone that buys in will be able to instantly cash in on a the same sort of traffic. And eventually if you get enough copy-cats, those copy-cats begin to fizzle.
Reply to this commentThis is the second copycat and it doesn’t sounds like their would be another copycat coming out with the similar domain name. Cow does have the relationship with few famous bloggers so he has an advantage over many other starter.
Reply to this commentThe traffic that John Chow brings to the site will literally help all the unpopular pages. That’s the whole concept behind it all.
John could have made that same money he made through MDW from just this site, but the others who are unknown and are benefiting from the traffic John is brining to MDW from all his links, would not be able to make any.
Reply to this comment@ Zybron / Cashquests:
I would side with Zybron on this one. John could set up a page on http://www.adsfasdfadsfasdf.com (just demonstrating that the domain doesn’t matter) and direct enough people to it to make money.
Reply to this commentI would be on the side that pushing those with little or no reach on the Internet to participate is leaning towards poor advice.
Most of the pages on MDW are dead in the water. And I thought part of Cow’s ad copy said that the MDHP DIDN”T get anyone a fantastic ROI. This is all just spin.
Reply to this commentJapanese stood up immediately after WWII. They copycated western science & technology and modified to become a new brand.
Reply to this commentJohnCow has made the same stories!
Sometimes innovation is just the modification of the existing brand and make it!
Great try!
It seems like someone is being even more evil than you.
Reply to this commentI think the ipods are a great idea because without it I doubt they would even have a chance. Another site like this has popped up too, called wordhugger.
Reply to this commentThat it has… that it has. =)
Reply to this commentmore copycats
miaw!! 
Goodluck Anyway.
Reply to this commentThe MAN is doin it. Not talkin about it. I call that Cool and Sexy!
Reply to this commentI read somewhere that the first gen iPod Touch screen sucks…
Reply to this commentYou could always sell it and use that money for other promotions!
Reply to this commentHi All,
I bought a page on Million Dollar Wiki. My return on it so far is $0.
I got the keyword Law of Attraction as my blog is about it.
http://www.milliondollarwiki.com/Law_of_Attraction
I do not blame John Chow that I did not make money. John’s job is to promote and bring forth new ideas and products which can potentially make money. I made my own decision. My reasoning that over time as 10,000 pages will be sold it will be a linked and have a good PR thus ranked higher in Search Engines. Its a risk i took which clearly has not paid off yet. But wait and watch ! I have got 205 page views on my wiki page which is less than the number of pageviews i get on my blog everyday. So clearly it was a horrible investment so far. But I will report back to you guys in 6 months as to how I am doing with it. Maybe it will payback itself. Wait and Watch I guess ! But ya promoting million euro wiki…hmm i smell greed or maybe a friendly obligation towards Cow:)
I am not sure how john has attracted traffic to his wiki page…I am sure a lot of his traffic comes from the main page where it shows who has made money from million dollar wiki as he is ranked 3 over there.
Biggs
Reply to this commentI am interested in seeing the results. Hopefully you get something out of it.
Reply to this commentYO BIGGS!
big up on the 335! I love that ride! But I decided to splurge on a Benz E500, just cuz i wanted 4matic!
As a fellow 25 year old, I appreciate seeing others who are self-motivated in being an entrepreneur (my specialty is the stock market…)
Ill check ya website, buddy!
Stockshaker
Reply to this commentOne Luv StockShaker !! I have lost quite some money in stocks…props to you that you are doing well…i find its hard work :)..meticulous is the right word !
E500 are sweet !! Good to know you are doing well !
Biggs
Reply to this commentHeh John, love this blog. Really impressive and lots of fun.
Have been checking it out twice daily for a few weeks now and have seriously learnt a lot of new things. Keep up the excellent work.
As for John Cow… the guy is a great copycat. Its all good. Will have a look at the million euro wiki right away. thanks.
Reply to this commentJohn Chow, you have plenty of customers, I think you should run youself a million wiki or something. You definitely can make bigger than they are. At least $10,000 per month I think!
Reply to this commentYep, I agree. John can make over $10,000 per month just with creating something like the million dollar wiki. Add that to his regular income - This add up to about $25,000 per month!
Reply to this commentYou can never know with these things. It might not work
Reply to this commentJohn will make it work lol
Reply to this commentyes.. the copycats now established himself..
Reply to this commentI am one of his blog readers..
This one will die. He’ll still make a lot of money though.
Reply to this commentI like the million euro Wiki, its a great idea to have. I have listed also another 2 more less expensive wiki which could well be a good try for those who do not want to spend too much?..
Reply to this commentcow has alreadymade more than what he spent, so in his eyes (and pockets) its a success. I am looking forward to seeing one of these big name bloggers do something cool and big. like come up with someone brand new and cool.
Reply to this commentHow about you come up with something brand new and cool? Complaining is so 1984.
Reply to this commentHeHe it’s like you’re fishing out for another 75 euros
Reply to this commenttoo many of these type of sites keep popping up
Reply to this commentJust added http://millioneurowiki.com/Search_engine_optimization, lets see what it does in to course of time
Reply to this commenti see no one talks about the paidwiki.org , visit through my link and i’ll make $23
Reply to this commenthttp://paidwiki.net
Reply to this commentlol
Off topic, but are you hosting Shoe’s radio show again?
Reply to this commentIf it was a IPhone, I be more tempted.
Reply to this commentHey lets make millionczkwiki.com than membership would be 20 times less than dollar
Reply to this comment959 pages have been sold on the milliondollarwiki so far, it was the same yesterday and roughly the same last week, don’t you think this is dying out?
Reply to this comment90% of pages have not sold yet, so what makes anyone think a new site offering the exact same thing will do any better & it has to do better to meet its target - 1 million euros rather than 1 million dollars?
Promoting copycats and plagiarism ?What’s next?
Reply to this commentI can not help get the feeling that perhaps John Chow is somehow taking all of us for a ride. What is this copy cat business? I really wonder if both Chow and Cow are the same and the original is having a good laugh at all of us!
Reply to this commentIt crossed my mind already. hehe
Reply to this commentAbout time someone put 2 and 2 together i say … brilliant though in my opinion.
Reply to this commentLoL I don’t know but I don’t think so.
But hey John’s
Reply to this commentI dont like copycats, if everybody would do that there wont be any inovations in this world. The johncow.com is nice, but this millioneurowiki I dont like it.
Reply to this commentThis post do not has any link to Million Euro homepage
Reply to this commentThese million dollar wiki’s need to be posting stats of sign ups every day for me to join. I want to see the upward trend when its not getting PR from john chow.
Two of these kind of sites is over doing it. Smart though, I’m sure he’ll walk away with a few thousand which is probably worth the effort.
Reply to this commentPrecisely.. a bit of a jip TBH
Reply to this commentwell, as john said in the post it’s better to copy a top spot idea than copying something that’s doomed to fail before it had even started.
Reply to this commentIf any one buying 5 pages here is what i think:
choice 1: Buy 5 pages for $500 or start hard work of developing and promoting pages to get money.
Choice2: Start another wiki site, give a developer 100 bucks to setup and design if needed. Wiki software is free with most of hosting providers (i now godaddy gives it). Get a review from Mr.Chow for $400. If you can sell 5 pages or he can sell 5 for you, you are already made your money. Throw in some prizes for first 50 people and u can make good money. more over you have tons of pages for your self.
Even more, make a partnership with someone like me, we chip in the expenses and share the profit
Free pages at least…..
What do you guys say?
Reply to this commenthave you seen the Two Million Dollar Blog?
http://www.twomilliondollarblog.com
Reply to this commentAww all these millionaires popping up everywhere It’s like money grows on trees!
Reply to this commentHmmm…..curious to know his reserve price… he selling $2M opportunity
Wouldn’t it be hard to sell a blog user account for $200 ?
wait n see I guess…
Reply to this commentWhy are the majority of you worried about getting ripped off for a measley hundred bucks?
Reply to this commentALL I can think about is what kind of Million Dollar Wiki can I COPY and put up?????????????????????? Jeeze! I thought you guys wanted to make MONEY!
May I ask, what will happen if the sales drop, and the admin has no intention of keeping the site up.
Remember you have to pay the hosting fees every month, and if the site is not getting any money in will it go down with everyone’s investment down with it?
Just my thought.
Reply to this commentA very good point. In my case, I choose to market my site (slowly, but exponentially), and I have to pay for hosting for my other sites, so it is not like I am ever going to need to pay hosting fees, as my other sites pay back the costs on that 10x.
For the MDW, it is 100% on hype, thus why you see it having sold 400 in 2-3 days, but it has sold under 100 in over a week.
In my opinion, earning money is a great intention to keep a site running? =p
Reply to this commentGood question. The Million Dollar Wiki paid hosting fees up front, if my memory serves me correctly.
Reply to this commentJ. Cow didn’t mention that he had done the same.
Would a wiki that dealt with one topic, say cars for example, that had many sub-topics, like all the different models of cars, make money? You would also ad all the car related paraphanalia (parts, tires, hubcaps, car steros, supplies, oil, antifreeze, sparkplugs as pages…whatever)?
Money… 
Reply to this commentExponentially….