'A million dollars' has been used since the 1930s as a simile for feeling great, health, wealth and success.
In October 2005, Alex Tew a British University student came up with a novel concept to pay for his University costs. The www.milliondollarhomepage.com was born and became an overnight success, giving rise to a flurry of copy cat sites worldwide including www.millionpoundgallery.co.uk.
Million Dollar Women arose through my involvement as a user with the web, as a developer with design agencies and as a supporter of women in business through www.theenterpriseagency.co.uk I recognised that the million dollar concept could be taken in an altogether new and improved direction for the benefit both of UK women's companies and for a UK female audience.
M$W is a unique collection of quirky, independent, online British boutiques run by and for women.
We find and promote the UK's 'hidden gems': Boutiques, cottage industries, market town traders, high street specialists, exporters and importers, all the small British companies that if you don't know about you might never find as their products have previously been passed on through word of mouth and personal recommendation.
The website has been designed for discerning women who:
For these women, M$W is a much coveted 'little black book' of special places to shop that has been designed to be enjoyable to use.
Built on networks of people, word of mouth, personal knowledge and opinion, M$W grows organically by recommendation and referral.
