All web sites need a "host"... or "server" where they reside and people from around the world can access your pages via numerous high-speed modems. Generally a business will have three choices as to where to place its web site. -- Your ISP may provide you with a storage area where your web site can be housed free of charge. This sounds great, but there is a downside. Your web site address will be tied into your ISP. If at some future date you decide you want to change ISPs, your web site will also have to move, and your web address change. All the work you did in promoting that address is now down the drain. In addition, free web site addresses are usually somewhat cryptic... such as: "www.some-isp.com/~your-login-name" The ~ (tilde) character is particularly annoying, but is often required with free web site hosting. EAGLE ISLAND is not an ISP and does not offer free web hosting. -- We offer non-domain hosting at any of our domain sites, where your business site can be housed for a low monthly charge, and yet still have a relatively non-cryptic web address. All addresses come with a dedicated directory and the extension of your choice (no tilde). We maintain the following domains: petstation.com gigharbor.com allcitynet.com conures.com circle-of-life.com paddle.net For instance, petstation.com is available to pet-related businesses. So Joe's Dog Grooming could have the web site address: www.petstation.com/doggrooming. gigharbor.com is the best place for Gig Harbor area businesses to house their non-domain web sites. Your web site address would be: www.gigharbor.com/yourbiz. Non-domain hosting is as low as $19 per month, and includes: No setup fee 5 MB storage No traffic charge E-mail forwarding (in the above example, your e-mail address will be: you@gigharbor.com) Non-domain hosting PLUS MAINTENANCE (updates/changes): Less Than Once Per Month -- Hourly Rate ($65) Monthly Updates -- $69/month Weekly Updates -- $119/month -- Having your very own web site address (domain name) is, of course, the best way to go for several reasons. More professional -- Serious businesses really need their own web domain. Easier to promote -- Your customers will be able to remember "www.yourcompany.com" Transportable -- If you move around the world, or just decide you want to change servers, your domain name goes with you. EAGLE ISLAND can set up your business web domain quickly and efficiently, and we offer the lowest domain hosting rates in the Puget Sound area. Domain hosting is as low as $39 per month, and includes: $100 setup fee Site registration with INTERNIC* File upload. 10 MB storage No traffic charge Unlimited e-mail aliases Complete FTP access Complete Telnet access Statistics (* INTERNIC will bill you $75 for the first two years of worldwide registration) Domain hosting PLUS MAINTENANCE (updates/changes): Less Than Once Per Month -- Hourly Rate ($65) Monthly Updates -- $79/month Weekly Updates -- $129/month