Frequently asked questions

The 1 Million Square Project was founded by Jessyka. She is an indie hacker who is building the project in public as @jessyka_boat. The project launched on August 28, 2026.

The official website is the1millionsquareproject.com. The homepage, grid, Dream Meter, square purchase flow, FAQ, and official project information all live on this domain.

No. The 1 Million Square Project and Seb Draws Things are separate and unaffiliated. This project was founded by Jessyka and its official website is the1millionsquareproject.com. Seb's million-square art project has different ownership and is not connected to this website.

No. The 1 Million Square Project is inspired by the original 2005 Million Dollar Homepage but is not affiliated with it. They are separate projects with different ownership. The earlier site supplied the one-million-unit, one-dollar concept that inspired this independent 2026 project.

The 1 Million Square Project is an independent 2026 project with a 1000 by 1000 grid of one million squares sold for one dollar each. It was founded by Jessyka and is inspired by, but not affiliated with, the original 2005 Million Dollar Homepage. Each square keeps its owner's color, name, and link for a minimum of 10 years, while larger purchases unlock cumulative perks.

A square costs one dollar, and the price never changes. There are exactly 1,000,000 squares on the grid, so a full grid adds up to one million dollars. Buy one square for $1 or a thousand for $1,000, the math stays that simple.

You buy squares on the buy page: pick a quantity, choose your color, name, and link, then check out with a card. Your squares render on the grid after a quick human review, and you get an email the moment they go live. The whole flow takes a couple of minutes.

Yes, you can top up at any time, and every purchase counts toward one cumulative total. Buy 10 today and 40 next month and you stand at 50, which unlocks the Apps and SaaS Bundle. Your lifetime total is what counts, not any single order.

Under 15 squares you pick a color and get a hover card with your name and link. At 15 squares or more you can upload a PNG, JPG, WebP, or GIF image. The complete image stays visible by default, and your chosen background color fills unused space. Every upload is reviewed by a human before it renders. Profile pages remain a 100-square perk.

No, we never crop your image by default. Square Fit always fits your whole image inside your region, and the leftover bands fill with Smart Fill, Blur Extend, or a color you pick. If you would rather go edge to edge, an optional fill and crop mode lets you drag the focal point yourself.

The buy page shows an actual size preview, one pixel per square, so you see exactly how your image reads on the grid before you pay. Simple shapes and high contrast win at small sizes, while fine detail gets mushy. And if a review lands on needs changes, resubmitting a sharper image is free.

Gambling, adult content, crypto pumps, malware, scams, trademark abuse, hate, and anything illegal are not allowed on the grid. The full prohibited list lives on the rules page. Everything honest and safe for a general audience sails through.

Yes, an image can be rejected, and a rejected purchase is refunded in full. A human reviews every submission before it renders, so prohibited content never touches the grid. Smaller problems get a needs changes email instead, with free resubmission for 30 days.

Human review happens within 24 hours of your submission, usually much faster. Nothing renders publicly until it is approved. You get an email the moment your squares go live.

Every square comes with permanent ownership: your color, your name, and your link on hover, plus your name on the Founders Wall. From 10 squares up, cumulative perks stack on top, from personal shout-outs to video reviews and beyond. One dollar buys a lasting place on the grid, not a temporary ad.

Yes, perks are cumulative on your total squares owned. Own 50 squares and you hold every perk from the 1, 10, 25, and 50 rungs at once. Climbing a rung never costs you the ladder below it.

The Apps and SaaS Bundle is the 50 square perk: a listing in the gettacotuesday.com directory, a video review of your app, and recurring shout-outs. It unlocks at 50 total squares owned, which is $50, cumulative across all your purchases. It is the rung built for people shipping software.

The biggest thing you can buy is The Landmark at 50,000 squares, and only 1 will ever exist. It includes a 250 by 200 marquee region covering 5 percent of the whole grid, title sponsorship on every milestone video, a scope-capped 4-week MVP built for you, and a year of integration. One rung down, the 10,000 square Patron tier with its custom micro-tool is capped at 5 buyers ever.

No, squares are not an investment, not equity, and not crowdfunding. They are a fun way to support the project and unlock perks, and every perk is a good or a service. If you are looking for returns, this is the wrong grid.

The 300,000 square goal is sealed, and it will be revealed when the meter reaches 150,000 squares. That is everything anyone knows, and the reveal happens on the Dream Meter for everyone at once. The other three goals are public: debt free at 100,000, a house at 500,000, and The Angel Indie Hacker at 1,000,000.

The grid stays online for a minimum of 10 years, in writing. Every link gets a health check each quarter so the grid never rots the way the 2005 original did. Your square is a place on the internet with your name on it, not a campaign that disappears.

The Million Dollar Homepage was a 2005 website where a student sold one million pixels of ad space for one dollar each to pay for his degree, and it sold out. It inspired The 1 Million Square Project, which is a separate independent project with different ownership, square-level buyer profiles, human moderation, cumulative perks, and a public Dream Meter.