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Getting Free Web Space

• What do I get for Free?
• How Do I Get It?
• I already Have a Web Site!
• Why Should I Get One?

What do I get for Free?

In addition to a listing in the online Directory of Middletown Merchants, Free Web Space is provided on this site for Association members.  You may put up a web page of 200 Kilobytes or less, or roughly the equivalent of 3 to 5 advertising flyers with full-color images, online order form, product catalog, etc.  You can have "Shopping Cart", "Guest Book", "Bulletin Board", and "E-Mail Forms" on your site using CGI Scripting.

Design, Creation, and Promotion of your site is not included.  You may design a web page yourself and upload it to the site using the Online Merchant Services Page after getting a username and password or contract with someone to do it for you.

How Do I Get It?

Please contact the webmaster to get more info on web site design, creation and promotion on "Shop Middletown" at:

Peter Conrad Cumminsky, consultant
"Computer Taming"
P.O. Box 1415
Middletown, CA 95461
707-987-9484
mailto:peterconrad@hotmail.com
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/taming/

I already Have a Web Site!

If you already have your own web site please consider placing a "splash" page on the "Shop Middletown" site pointing to your site.  This will allow the on-line search to find your site when a visitor requests information pertaining to your business.  A reciprocal link to the "Shop Middletown" site would also be appreciated as well as joining the "Shop Middletown" Web Ring, a "round-robin" which simulates walking past the stores of a shopping mall, allowing visitors to "browse" your site.

Why Should I Get One?

The "Shop Middletown" web site will provide 24-hr, 7-day advertising for your business on the World-Wide-Web at a cost to the Association of approximately $5 per member per year - the cheapest advertising to the largest audience you will ever do.

"Thematic" Shopping Malls on the Web, such as the "Shop Middletown" site with a local, small-town focus, have the advantage of focusing attention on a specific region or product area.  We are still tribal in our sub-conscious and like to congregate with our peers.  Thematic sites offer this experience and the "bells and whistles" that make us feel more connected to our community.

Visit my on-line presentation, "Why the Web", for more information and statistics on why you should be on the web NOW.