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Way back in 1973, a telephone was an item that was connected to the wall with a cord, and when it rang you went to it and said hello. You didn't carry it around in your pocket.....that was crazy talk.

But on April 3, 1973, the first cell phone call was made. Now look at them and all they can do.

At first, the Internet was a way for governments to share files in a secure manner. Then students and teachers began using it to share documents, and eventually pictures. In December of 1990, Shutterfly started operating as a picture sharing website, and in February of 2004 Flikr started up as a picture sharing web service.

The first video shared on the Internet was by Jawed Karim, the founder of YouTube, in December of 2005. As the popularity of video on the Internet, became known, people who wanted to sell things to other people, sometimes called merchants, soon realized that by showing their merchandise or products in a video description, they could increase sales.

As more merchants took to videos and the Internet to sell things, the competition made for more choice, better products, and lower prices for the customers. During Covid-19, many people, who had never bought anything on the Internet before, became very satisfied customers, because their purchases were delivered right to their door.

With over 20 years combined experience in computer programming and computer merchandising, Our Link-em.com Team began to look for ways to help this trend along. One of the challenges in creating an effective video, is that you may have to make several videos to find out which one will resonate with potential customers.

As time changes and people change, a merchant will have to change their video or its content, to adapt to a changing marketplace. Every change involves an upfront cost. The cost of video creation by Web Video Programmers can be reduced a little by looking for 'freelance' programmers. The cost can also be free by using the free 'presentation' making service at Canva.com.

After they have a video, then Merchants that use Internet videos to reach new or existing customers, must find a web service that will host the video and link it to a shopping cart to handle the payment and shipping details. Lin-em.com will do all that for the low price of $4.95 per link and $4.95 for 1 year's hosting ($3.68 US).