Dallas man markets website in a box

Filed in archive Bootstrapper News on July 2, 2006

A Dallas man who says he started out working at a sandwich shop and wound up with $10,000 in credit card bills trying to learn e-commerce at night after work, is selling domain names and hosting services for websites built from a box.

Stone Evans' own site is crammed with testimonials and asks for a $30 domain registration fee and a $24.95 per month hosting fee for which he says he will build a client their own e-commerce site.

He also charges $24.95 for an affiliate program with Empowerism.com and promises other free affiliate programs, books, videos and even telepathy (YIKES!) with his program.

From one of his books, Evans claims readers (and subscribers to his service) will learn the following:

In addition to all these, you'll discover 11 wealth affirmations that will transform your sub-conscious mind into a powerful money-pulling magnet that works to attract all your financial desires

Concerns about Evans and his possible connection to aJeffrey Stone Evans a.k.a. Mark Wise, also of Dallas, TX, who ran afoul of the Federal Trade Commission in 2003 continue to reverberate through Internet chat rooms.

However, suffice it to say that domain names can often be purchased for less than $10 a year from services like Go Daddy.com, modest e-commerce sites can be hosted for as little as $7.95 per month at doteasy or with some diligent shopping and some blog publishing services offer hosting absolutely free.

A website called Referral Sense gives an overview of affiliate programs and a guide for how to choose the reputable ones.