Open a Web Hosting Account

1. Shares Hosting - This is the most common type of web hosting account.  The web hosting account is SHARED on a server with many other web hosting accounts.  Don't worry, these plans have load balancing techniques that make the sharing invisible.

2.  Dedicated Hosting - This is more expensive than shared hosting.  The user of a dedicated server does not share the server with others.  This can cost 50% more than shared hosting.  There is a huge advantage of using a dedicated server. 

3.  Multi-Domain Hosting - This form of shared hosting is popular with users who want to manage several web sites on one hosting account.  Multi-domain hosting account lets the user host a main domain name and create more domains under the main website.  The server is able to host sub-websites without additional cost to the user.

4.  Reseller Hosting - This is designed for professional.  Web designers who want to provide hosting the their customers may use this option.

Things to know before buying Hosting

1. Find out how many domains are allow with one hosting account
2. Check how many databases you have.
3. The developer tools should support: CGI, .htaccess, cron tools, PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Ralils, and Python.
4. Make sure they have a 99.9% guaranteed uptime.

Now, go get a web hosting account set up.

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