Walden Lake owns the domain waldenlake.org and has engaged the services of OpenHOA to host its website. OpenHOA provides the software and hosting services to Walden Lake free of charge ($2,000 annual value) in exchange for OpenHOA representing the site as its advertising agent. Walden Lake receives a share of all advertising revenue the site generates. Furthermore, OpenHOA provides the following additional services, free of charge, to the Association:

• Free hosting and administration of up to 50 IMAP email addresses with over 7 gigs of storage for each account ($2.500 annual value)
• Free email newsletter service for all website user accounts ($400+ annual value)
• Free webmaster services providing user support and site administration ($1,000 annual value)
• Free publishing service for posting and editing articles ($1,000 annual value)
• Free on-site training sessions for residents ($1,500 annual value)

Not including the risk-free revenue that waldenlake.org generates for the association, OpenHOA's solution provides over $8,000 of services to the community for free.

How Can OpenHOA Afford to Do This?

OpenHOA has leveraged the hard work of thousands of other developers and millions of man hours of code from mature, open source software to provided solutions customized specifically for residential communities. The unique business model allows OpenHOA to offer robust, complete solutions with features and technology superior to traditional software providers at a fraction of the cost. As a result, OpenHOA's software development costs are substantially lower than its competitors, allowing it to focus on services and pass the savings along to communities.