There are over 100 million Internet users in the United States and Canada alone. This is expected to grow by an additional six million U.S. adults over the next six months. Furthermore, according to the Internet Index, everyone in the world will be hooked up to the Internet by 2006, if current growth rates continue.

The Web is exploding with commercial activity, with both, people looking to buy and people looking to sell. Web commerce combined for a total of $436 MILLION in sales in 1995 and by 2000 sales hit $100 BILLION! However, services and products sold through the internet are by far, less expensive than if bought through regular means. You must note, that even though, the internet is less expensive, there is a wide range of prices and rates out there. There are hundreds of businesses offering services that are essential to any entrepreneur looking into building a successful Web site. As we set up our own business, we went through a very extensive research to find the best prices without overlooking quality. Here is what we found. If you find a better package than any of these, please contact us. We would love to keep our readers informed on the latest breaking news. As we set up our own internet business, we incorporated the best services we found to be part of ours:

HOSTING WEB SITES: After extensive research, we found Your-Website.net to be an Outstanding option. Before deciding on any site to host your pages, check this out. You can get a virtual web site for $7.22 per month (50megs). Autoresponders along with POP accounts & email address forwarding makes this one stand apart from the rest. In additon Your-Website.net offers an AWESOME Web Site Manager to make your maintenance a breeze by allowing you to do it all while using your browser. A great choice.

WEB DESIGNING/CREATING: If you are not into building pages for people and will not spend time learning and building them (most business owners will not, it's just not worth it for them), we came up with a team of designers and builders that will do it for you. Nobody will be able to beat their rates. They build professional looking pages for your business.

PROMOTING/ADVERTISING: Nobody will ever know to visit your site, unless you "Announce it to the World". Visit our FREE information to help you in promoting your Site worldwide at No Cost or Low cost to you!

ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS & CHECKS for HOME-BASED BUSINESSES: We searched the entire Web for the best package and found it. They got rid of all the middle men, and offer a package at discount prices. If you have done some research in this area, you will know this is IT!

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS - NATIONAL: We are currently testing and trying several different Internet providers that offer $21.95 or less per month, unlimited time. The one that we personally use is:

EARTHLINK...offers a national ISP account for $21.95/month unlimited access (800) 395-8425 OR http://www.earthlink.net (Please tell them Bryce Jackson, userid EZCALL referred you) The most important feature offered is the SPAMINATOR which eliminates over 50% or our spam before we even see it. (The emails determined to be spam are held for 10 days and we can examine them at anytime.)

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INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS - LOCAL: We have used many local providers in our travels. The rates are usually competitive with the National Providers, however you can sometimes make special arrangements for as low as $10/month.