Directories are another opportunity to own your own business without the hassle of designing or hosting the product. Generally such sites make money through paid listing or advertising.  The websites all look alike but are formatted for a subject matter or a location.

So for example if you took a site with a city directory format, you would make money by selling advertising on your location.

Here are the best opportuinities for paid directory type sites

They state that there are several avenues for money for thier clients through advertising options. Basically thier primary thrust is that you will make money, especially on those businesses who do not have a website in your city to give them internet presence. Also can do Real Estate listings, business descriptions, classifieds, ads and a lot more.  Home page ads could earn you a lot more. You can own up to 3 directories at a time, initially.They do have promotional and marketing material.You will get 300 megs of disc space and 8000megs of data transfer., e-mail forwarding, Cpanel and visitor stats. Can purchase additional space.
Cost: $79/month  $50/set up fee
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