Posted by Lorraine on March 17, 2001, at 21:10:01
In reply to Re: advertising, posted by Lorraine on March 17, 2001, at 16:03:09
Bob:
I think you should try to solve this problem the simplest way possible. I don't think that charitable corporation grant/funding or mall listing approaches are easy because you would need to incorporate as a non-profit, file with the IRS for 503b status, and file tax returns as well as annual filings to update all of this. Lots of administrative hassel and some costs (probably around $1,000 to $2,000) to get it all going. Why bother?
All of your costs come from web hosting charges. Let's cut those. Go to budgetweb.com and input your needs. It will search it's database for virtual web hosting sites that meet your needs. When I did an open ended search I found 4 web hosters that provided unlimited space with monthly charges ranging between approximately $15-30. The set up charges ranges from $10 to $60. Other sites provide space between 1000 MG and 99999 MG for comparable rates. Lots more would need to be known. For instance, is there an access or hit charge. This can be specified as no in your selection process for the search. The site provides tons of info on the web hosters in the footnotes. The quality of the service is not provided and we would need to research this separately. Please let me know if this is a viable option. It clearly is the cleanest approach to reducing the over-head for the site. It should be augment with other approaches which I will set forth in another message. (I've lost 3 postings so I'm doing this dribble by drabble, if you don't mind)
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