mine cost me nothing.

it was back in the days as mentioned - $25 dollar hosting etc.

not sure i was sure what i was actually doing, but i had a homepage on the net and made it into a pay site within a week of putting it up - made $500 the first week, then on and on.

by the time my credit card company billed me for my $25 i had made $2000 (i loved the good old days)