How to choose the hosting package which best fits your site

After you have gone through all the other steps I've previously mentioned, from choosing OS for your server until choosing your hosting company, now you should one of the hosting packages listed there.

Usually, if you site is a basic one, having no more than 50 MB to 100 MB, there is no point to buy a package with high disk storage. So a small (or basic) hosting package of 500 MB or 1 GB, depending on company offer, is enough.

Also take into account that if your site uses PHP, MySQL or Perl, make sure that in your hosting package includes that.

Number of email addresses is also important. So revise exactly how many email address you can use for that specific service. Also, if you would like to only host your site and keep the email on google (read about Google Apps), would that be possible using that hosting package? Do they configure this for you, for free or for a charge?

If you need to host multiple domains and/or subdomains, you should also find out if that package includes this feature.

In case you have a shop, you would need a dedicated IP and SSL. So be aware they can offer you a dedicated IP and SSLl.

There is no need to say that you must have a cpanel (adminstration panel) and FTP account to manage your email addresses, databases and files for your specific domain(s) hosted on that server.