With ever-increasing popularity of sharing home-videos, mp3 audios, and other large files online, actually transferring those files to your customers, friends, and family presents a problem.

Most email systems limit size of files you can send, and often completely restrict some file types, such as .exe, from passing through their email servers.

Most computer geeks say, "Just ftp it to your server and I'll download it from Web."

Unfortunately, that solution often proves too much of a hassle, and actually rates impossible for those without ftp access to a website and knowledge to use it.

To solve this problem, a new breed of website file transfer service has emerged to help technically or time- challenged masses share their huge files online.

** http://www.YouSendIt.com **

I discovered this website as most people discover new sites, I saw someone else using it.

A friend wanted to send me a 10MB "zip" file while he traveled from San Francisco to Boise.

He couldn't use his ftp program to upload it to Web, and his ISP wouldn't let him send such a huge file.

So, he logged on to www.yousendit.com and completed a 4-step process.

(1) He entered my email address, (2) chose file he wanted to send by browsing his hard drive, (3) entered his email and typed in a brief message, and (4) clicked "send" button.

The service uploaded file to web and sent me an email message with a link to download file from their website.

After I downloaded file, I clicked a link to delete file from their server.

If I didn't bother to click that link, server would automatically delete file after 7 days.

A few things make this service unique.

First, it allows you to send files without forcing you to register as a user; it's totally anonymous.

Second, it allows you to send up to a 1 gigabyte file.

How so?

By taking advantage of what's known as an affiliate program or in more common lingo - partnering.

How would you like to partner your school with bohemoth Amazon.com? Blockbuster? Disney? or even giant Wal-mart? Your school would receive a commission or fee for every paying customer you sent their way. No products to deliver, cakes to bake or cars to wash. In short none of headaches of traditional school fundraisers.

It's easy to do, it's free, and is earning a lot of private individuals in know a mountain of money.

Here's how it might work for your school: You partner with Amazon.com by filling out a simple form and setting up an account where your checks will be sent. And then let's put a link up on your school website to Amazon.com that is linked to your affiliate account.

Now what if you told your donors, church members or other friends of your cause that they could get great books, gifts, cd's and videos through your site and help your school with its funding needs at same time? Do you think you'd have any takers? I think you might have a lot!

Now Amazon.com may or may not be a match for you. But...the good news is there are literally thousands of affiliate programs, many of which are bound to fit your school like a glove and make a smashingly successful school fundraiser.