I need web hosting help!?

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I am looking for a web hosting service for my business, but I do not know enough about all of that stuff to trust myself to pick a good one.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

First of all, I need help deciding what I would require, such as disk space, data transfer, e-mail addresses needed, Databases(MySQL), SSL, FTP, what kind of server i need, etc

Just to give an idea of what I would be requiring, I will have between 700-1000 pages, I expect anywhere between 5,000-15,000 visitors a month, and I will probably have online stores on the site in the future.  Also, I may be soliciting advertisements on my site(which apparently Yahoo! Web hosting does not allow).   And I do not want to spend more than $20-40 a month.

truextremeicon · Accepted Answer

One of the most reputable web hosts (especially for businesses) is 1And1, http://www.1and1.com

They have many different packages for many different budgets and usage needs. They would be my personal recommendation simply based on the fact that I have used them a couple times for several different projects, and they also happen to be the webhost of my current employer and I have had no issues with them to this date.

knitting guy · Answer

I found https://www.securepaynet.net/gdshop/rhp/default.asp?prog_id=SanctStore to have the lowest prices.  I have several sites hosted by them and they seem to be really realiable.  They have 24x7 support line.  

I would suggest that you get a virtual hosting plan from them.  Their economy plan only costs $29.99 per month and that includes 10GB of disk space, 500 GB data transfer.  Email addresses and all the other stuff all come with the plan.  They even give me an one-time $25 Google AdWords credit and an one-time $50 Microsoft AdCenter credit for free.

In the future, when you are ready, you can purchase a security certificate with them.  They also sell merchant account services too, which will allow you to charge credit card order online.

redworm2k2 · Answer

10 Gigs Transfer
400MB disk Space
cPanel - Included! 
Allows for 10 domains hosted. 1 IP included.
$24.95 per month
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VIRTUAL STANDARD FEATURES 

Intel P4 2Ghz or better servers 
CPanel Control Panel 
IIS on NT 2000 available (please note some features such as roll over gigs N/A) 
Full Technical script support - SSI, MySQL, SQL, ASP, PHP 3-4, CGI, Front Page Extensions 
ASP.NET, CDONTS, ASPMail and ASPEmail Support (NT Only) 
Authentix: We offer Flicks Authentix software on all Windows 2000 Hosting accounts for a one-time $125 setup fee.(NT Only) 
WebQuota: We offer Flicks WebQuota software on all Windows 2000 Hosting accounts for a one-time $250 setup fee.(NT Only) 
SSL Certs from Instantssl.com for $49 a year installed and supported. 
SQL 2000 or 7.0 DB's (unlimited) (NT only) 
Urchin Stats Available for a one time $15 per domain fee 
24 Hour 7 days a week Phone/Skype/LiveAgent/Helpdesk Tech Support 
Full DAILY backups 
All major perl modules installed, click here for a example list from a server 
All streaming mime types supported. Real, Vivo, ASF, WMV, .MOV and more 
No term contract 
7 Day Money Back Guarantee 
Upgrade or Downgrade your site at anytime with no penalty 
Free site transfer and script setup from old hosts 
Setup of virtual plans within hours, dedicated's can be had on emergency hour basis as well. 
No down time warranty 
No Setup Fee 

This is the Starter Plan


I personally use Plan A.. Have been using them since 2002.. So my 2¢.. very Reliable!

chaseunchase · Answer

I use ICDhost. They are really cheap and have the best support ever.  They have really anything you'd need. Oh, if this website is for a business where you provide services or sell products then you do not want to sell ads. It screams "here I'm too cheap to pay the website myself, here are some ads to my competitors!" You won't make money from the ads with your small traffic load. The resources you need really depend on how big your pages are, what kind of photos you have, etc.

soekind · Answer

I would like to suggest following webhosting which I use, they are excellent.

Hostmonster http://www.hostmonster.com/track/ryukenden/ 

They offer hosting of "unlimited domains" and you will get massive webspace of 300000 MB (300 GB ). They only charge $5.95/month and they offer "a free Domain Name" and installing service called "Fantastico". By using Fantastico, you could create own forum, photo gallery, shopping cart (e-commerce),your own auction site and your own blogs within few seconds. They also offer "Free Website Builder" as well.
Visit the site to check details.

Hostmonster http://www.hostmonster.com/track/ryukenden/ 

Domains
Following site is quite good to register domains as price is reasonable with free privacy. Some charge about $5/ year just for free privacy.

IPOWER http://www.anurl.com/?TXIBE

Truly W · Answer

I've found http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ to be a very good source of information.  You'll find information provided by both hosting companies as well as their customers, questions by complete beginners and experts alike.

There are people asking questions like yours as well as those answering from various perspectives.

Brent Y · Answer

What do you mean by "soliciting" advertisements? Most hosting companies won't deal with any kind of solicitations. Please clarify more on this. I might be able to assist you. My company deals with Dedicated Servers, Web Hosting, Web Designing among other web services. If you're interested please contact me at brent@uaservers.com. Thank you.

Anonymous · Answer

There are many available 
check this link, it has create website tab where u can find the different ways to host

www.ebindiaonline.bravehost.com

acklan · Answer

This may fit the bill...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officelive/FX101465131033.aspx

Anonymous · Answer

"Godaddy.com Or Whiz.in" 

Try Googlin.........!

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