The information contained here will give you an inside look at creating web sites that actually make or lose money from someone who is selling real everyday products and services every day of the year over the web. Unlike most web publishers, I don't get paid for creating web sites. I only get paid when my web sites sell products.

This web site is as much of an Internet resource for myself as it is for you. I created this web site to bookmark my current projects and the tools and resouces I am using to work on them each day.

I have chosen to share this information with you in the hope that through my successes and experience you will be able build for yourself or for a client, a more successful and profitable web site.

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Who you can trust to host your web site:
A lesson learned the hard expensive way.
Even though I own my own Linux server in a powerful colocation facility, I still purchase hosting accounts around the United States. With Google's weighting of links coming from different Class C locations, and a fear of having all of my business come to a screeching halt by an assault on my server location, this seems to be a cost effective solution.

• The Web Hosting companies that are currently hosting my web sites that you can trust.

17 "Best of Class" programs that I use to run my web business.
To effectively market a web site and automate an Internet business, it takes a carefully selected suite of programs that integrate well together so that a single person can manage an emmence and sometimes daunting workload. Here are 16 programs that I have found to combat these challenges.

My Pick of the 5 best shopping carts that will bolt onto any web site.
When I went searching for a shopping cart, I wanted something that could bolt onto any website, run an affiliate program, handle all kinds of shipping situations and promotions, and give me powerful conversion analysis reports. Here are 5 shopping carts that meet these needs.