What was once reserved for your basic computer nerd is now easy enough for anyone with rudimentary knowledge of a computer and the Internet. E-commerce web design is no longer scary and if nothing else, it is simple as long as you are willing to do a little research and take your time.

Many hosting providers may try to sway you with talk of the very high bandwidth levels they allow you and the massive amount of disk space but don't base your decision solely on this factor. The truth is over 90% of sites on Shared Web Hosting U never get anywhere near there bandwidth levels, with a large number using less than a tenth their limit.
 

Another thing you need to consider is the facilities and the features of the cheap web hosting plan you want to buy. For example consider the following; will my site be available for my visitors to see and access at any time and any day of the week? Will I get up to 99% up time as a minimum requirement for hosting my site? Do not just jump at any web hosting service just because it is very cheap without considering the facilities on ground. Search carefully for what you want.

This is an important factor. If you already have done a domain name registration, you should find out if you can move it from your old Affordable Web Hosting company, if you are already hosted. If you are registering a new domain name, you should know that some web hosts offer free domain name registration. One of them can be found in the footer of this article.

So, you have a name, a plan and a place for your site to live. Finally, it is time to start designing! The choice here is to try to build yourself, "self-build", or find a professional to do the job for you. A half way house some use is to find a family member or friend who dabbles in web design and will do the job for as little as a case of beer. I would strongly advise against this route as the design process can be quite intense and is apt to place some strain on any personal relationship if significant redrafting is needed or the design is not all you had hoped for. If your first designer is not up to the project you can fire them and move on. Letting go of a family friend can present far more issues.

Ok, you type web host into Google and it came up with a billion results. How do you really get to know who is the best? Well, you can start with know the amount of web space that will be given to you. Web hosting companies do provide limited web space (Shared Web Hosting UK web hosting) for their clients, but what you should know is how much will be yours. If you have very small pages, you basically don't need a business web host with more than 5MB space. This should ensure their will be enough to run your video clips, podcasts, and other media files without any problem. Most will have this. Don't worry.

Windows or Linux: Do you know if your site needs to run on a MS Windows server with FrontPage extensions or does it need PERL, PHP or MySQL? These things you will need to find out if you intent to run a successful small business web site.

To help you decide on the type of package to avail yourself of, visit some review sites that feature the best affordable web hosting service providers out there. These kinds of sites point out the differences among the web hosting companies so you can make a smart decision. You can also check out some technological forums and participate in the discussions because this is where you are likely to get professional advice from the experts themselves.