ActionNet FREE WEBSITES

Free websites are the backbone of creating your profitable business at no cost. Combined with the many good business opportunities available... you can operate several money making ventures on the net at the same time!

For your business purposes... a free website host must allow commercial content on your site. Some do... many don't. All of the hosts listed below will allow you to operate a business on your site.

Freebie hosts offer different features for the free websites. This is important... because you may require a particular feature for the way you want to do business... for example... if you want to have visitors (prospects) to your site to fill out a form to be returned to you... the host must have CGI capabilities or you have to have access to CGI with an outside source.   Also... depending on your knowledge of website design and HTML ... you may need a host that has its own easy to use web editor, tools and resources.

Look over the list of free website hosts below... you can check them out by clicking on the Host name... the site will come up on a new browser page... just close it when you are finished and you will be back here.  If you can't find what you need with a freebie host... there is a list of good very low cost commercial hosts at the bottom of this page.

Host	Description	Size	FTP	Email
Angelfire	A pop up or banner is on first page.	5 megs	Yes	Yes
B-City	Their banner on every page... no advertising banners allowed. No CGI	5 megs	No	No
BigStep	This an outstanding new host with great features and tools... database... ecommerce capability... fabulous site building editors that require no HTML knowledge... and much more.  No ad  banners are required on your pages.	12 megs	No	No
Crosswinds	Mail Forwarding and POP E-mail are provided. A banner is required on first page.	25 megs	No	Yes
Easy Space	You must have their banner on your site	25 megs	Yes	Yes
Express Page	Templates are provided for building the web page	UNLIMITED	No	No
Fiberia	CGI and SSl secure pages	11 megs	Yes	Yes
Fortune City	A Banner is required at the top of each page.	20 Megs	Yes	Yes
Free Yellow	A Banner is attached at the bottom of each page	12 megs	No	Yes
FreeServers	Site name has your name first... yourbiz freeservers com Their banner is on every page... offers no banner option for $5.95 per month. Good tools. No CGI but they have their own counter, forms, etc..	20 megs	Yes	Yes
FreNet	Your site is paid for by a percent of your sales on the site. The site is done for you.	Unlimited	Yes	Yes
GeoCities	Pop up windows on every page.	11 megs	NO	Yes
Homestead	WYSWYG page editor with clip-art, animation & sound library. Requires 32 megs memory & Pentium 90. Uses frames with ad-bar at bottom of page.	12 megs	No	No
Hypermart	Full CGI access. This site requires a large banner or pop up screen for each page. Excellent service if you want full CGI access.	10 megs	Yes-you will need FTP software	Yes
MyFree Domain	Requires your own registered domain. Full CGI & pre-installed scripts. Secure server. Pop email. Banner on every page.	20 megs	Yes	No
NetColony	No CGI but they furnish guestbook, message board and more.	100 megs	Yes	Yes
NetFirms	New service with good features including full MS Frontpage Extensions starting 1/1/2000. Requires banner at the top of each page... but has option for $60 per year for no banner ads.	25 megs	Yes	Yes
Online Express	Subdomain with CGI	10 megs	Yes	Yes
Tripod	Pop up or banner on every page. Good page design tools.	11 megs	NO	Yes
Virtual Avenue	Your name first in address... requires a banner at top of each page... say they will have full Frontpage support soon.	20 megs	Yes	Yes
WBS	Very easy tools to use... email forwarding... no CGI	7 megs	No	Yes
Web Jump	Your name first in address... requires a banner at top of each page... full CGI with your own bin directory.	25 megs	Yes	No
WebSpawner	Page is designed for you... although limit is 1 page you can have multiple pages under different addresses.	1 page	No	No
WorldZone	This new service requires no banners ads on your pages. Has its own FTP type upload that allows 10 files at a time. Website is a little confusing... but the features are great.	10 megs	No	Yes

Commercial Hosts

If you find that none of the freebie hosts listed above offer enough features and size to handle your website (or intended website)... I have researched the following commercial hosts. In order to be included in this list... they must offer the following as part of the basic hosting package:

No set-up fee
Total cost of no more than $15 per month
Full CGI capabilities with a bin directory
Server side include (SSI) capability
Shell account with FTP
Server log access
Mailing list
Database

Each of the hosts listed below give outstanding size and features for the money. Additional features included are shown with each hosting service... as well as connection speed rating.

WEBSITE FACTORY

30MB 2500 MB traffic/month 10 email addresses and forwarding 5 free POP3 and Imap mailboxes Full CGI capabilities Microsoft FrontPage 2000 extensions Price $9.95 mo.
Rated fast

http://www.websitefactory.net/plans/silver.html

ADDR.COM

20MB 1 Gigabyte traffic/month 1 Autoresponder Comprehensive website statistics plus access log Unlimited email forwarding Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 extensions Price: $7.95 mo. Rated fast

http://www.addr.com

SUPERUSER

100 Mb No Access/Hit Charges Database Available Secure Server (with certificate) Audio Streaming Video Streaming MS FrontPage (tm) Extensions Price: $9.95 mo.
Rated very fast

http://www.superuser.net

JUMPLINE

50 Mb No Access/Hit Charges Database Available Secure Server (with certificate) Audio Streaming Video Streaming MS FrontPage (tm) Extensions Telephone Support Available 800/888 Number Price: $14.95 mo. Rated fast

http://www.jumpline.net

50 Mb No Access/Hit Charges Custom CGI Scripting Pre-Installed Secure Server (with certificate) Audio Streaming Video Streaming FrontPage Extensions Price: $9.95 mo.
Rated fast

http://www.softcomca.com/

SERVENET

20 Mb No Access/Hit Charges Custom CGI Scripting Secure Server (with certificate) Audio Streaming Telephone Support Available 800/888 Number Price: $9.99 mo.
Rated very fast

http://ServeNet.Net

HOST-ALL

20 Mb No Access/Hit Charges Pre-Installed CGI Scripts Secure Server (with certificate) Audio Streaming Video Streaming FrontPage Extensions Telephone Support Available 800/888 Number Price: $12.95 mo. Rated very fast

http://www.host-all.com

ESPAWEB

25 MB No Access/Hit Charges Pre-Installed CGI Scripts Shell Account Secure Server (with certificate) Audio Streaming Video Streaming FrontPage Extensions Telephone Support Available Price: $6.60 mo. Rated fast

http://www.espaweb.com/

Note: theBusinessNet does not represent nor is in any way connected with any of the commercial website hosts listed above.