Customers who purchase specific Hostway and ValueWeb products before December 14 will be automatically entered in a drawing for $5,000 worth of Hostway services, says the company. Eligible products include shared Web hosting, e-commerce hosting, Web design services, pay-per-click or search engine advertising and domain names. All customers receive one entry for each new product they buy from the eligible product assortment, increasing their chances of winning with each additional purchase.

A random drawing will be held on December 21 and the winner will receive any combination of specific Web design services like search engine optimization, professional online advertising, local business profile, domain name registration and Web hosting plans for a total prize value of $5,000.

"We wanted to create a promotion tailored to the unique interests of the small to medium-sized business customer," says Peter Liao, senior manager of products for Hostway. "This is a great package that will allow any SMB to really take their online presence to the next level, whether they need a completely new website design, or to improve their search rankings through SEO, or just drive qualified traffic to their site using pay per click advertising."

Earlier this week, Hostway launched Fax over Email, a solution that enables customers to send, receive and store faxes using an email account rather than a fax machine.