Hey Mark,

I'm no expert here but depending on what you want in your web page it shouldn't cost more than about $150-$200. This is if you decide to outsource your page of course. Go to namecheap.com and you can get a domain for 9.95 for the year. You can then go to hostgator.com and get a basic host package for around 7.95 a month. You will also need an ftp which you can find for free, just google filezilla. All of the above should have some getting started videos if you dont know what to do. Also if you want an autoresponder such as aweber or getresponse just visit the page for pricing I believe they start around $17-$19 a month for a certain number of subscribers.

Now in order to build your webpage you will need some html skills or you can outsource. I believe many people on rentacoder.com or elance,com or similar freelance sites will get you a basic opt in page for $50-$100 depending on your needs and it shouldnt take more than a few hours or a day after the bid is accepted.

You can build your own pages using MS frontpage, sitebuilder or homestead (to name a few) without html knowledge, but if you dont know what your doing its easy to make a less than attractive site.

Well I hope this all helps.

Daniel