OPTION #1. FREE Tripod Hosting
Along with your AroundMyTown.com website you receive FREE hosting on Tripod, which is a FREE hosting service available to everyone
as long as you have a current email address.
This will be difficult for your customers to remember. In most cases it will be easier for them to go through the www.AroundMyTown.com site and follow the state link.
A simple and inexpensive upgrade to your AroundMyTown.com website will take care of all three of these disadvantages. For just $5/month you can have your name hosted as a subDomain name on the AroundMyTown.com site.
With this option your site is now hosted on a powerful high speed server running on T-3 and there are no annoying pop-ups or advertising of any kind added to the site.
With this upgraded option your URL address would be:
This will be easy for your customers to remember as well as being a very catchy sounding name. It will also look GREAT on your business cards and other advertising. It's like having your own domain but without the expense!!
This is the Cadillac of web hosting, but for a fraction of the cost!! With this Service you get the top quality service of the AroundMyTown.com hosting, but you get much, much more!! Check out this link to see all of the goodies you'll get:
3. Hosting Benefits: OC-3 Internet Connection, Email POP accounts, Email Forwarding, Email Aliases, FTP accounts, Email Autoresponders, CGI-Bin, System CGI, Live Statistics, Front Page '98, Custom 404, ODBC System DSN, Anonymous FTP, Real Audio/Video, Shopping Cart, Secure Server, WebMail Web Based E-mail, Search Engine Submission.
Well, there just really aren't any disadvantages. If you are ready to really promote your business.... this is the best option for you. If you aren't quite ready but want to just get your feet wet you will want to consider options 1 or 2.