A Review of Homestead.com: How I Set Up My Homestead

As many of you already know, I am an actress. I have been acting since the tender age of 8, and really don't consider myself an "expert" on much else. (Well, anything that doesn't have to do with the entertainment field.) I've acted,, directed, even produced... And, of course, you all know that I write.

So, why the heck did I decide to open my own online beauty boutique?

I want stability, I suppose. I want to create my own life, especially with all of the major changes I've been going through and dealing with. I wanted to start something of my own from the ground up... nurture it, watch it grow, expand, whatever. I took a major leap of faith, and I am terrified that I am going to land face-flat on the concrete.

With all of the stress of creating, operating and maintaining a store, I don't want to deal with the stress of having to design my own website. Fortunately, Homestead alleviates most of that stress.

Located at www.homestead.com, Homestead is a website company that makes it relatively easy to create, build, operate and maintain your own website at a low cost. It can be any type of website... Homestead has three different types of packages that handles all sorts of websites, from hobby pages to mega-stores.

The first package is the Silver Package, designed to accommodate people who just want a basic website. This package includes 1 site, 10 pages, a Homestead web address, 25 MB of Disk Space, 5 GB of Bandwidth and standard customer support. The prices are pretty reasonable, and you get a discount for signing up for blocks of time. There are 4 options: $9.99 per month, $54.99 for 6 months, $99.99 for one year, or $143.99 for 2 years.