Important Features when Selecting a Web Host:

When selecting a web hosting service, you should look for several important features. 

• If you plan on using FrontPage to design your website, you need to make sure your hosting service supports FrontPage.  It's not compatible with every hosting plan.

• The amount of SQL accounts allowed per hosting account is important if you plan on having a forum on your site. Photo galleries, Word press sites and certain other plug-ins require SQL accounts. 

• For professional appearance purpose, you will want to have an email account or two for each of your domains.  Some hosting services do not allow multiple email accounts.  You should have 3 email accounts available for each domain on a hosting account.  One for the webmaster, one for contact inquiries, and one for link exchanges.  This is a minimum. 

• It's best if your hosting service offers a CPanel account.  This is a Control Panel that allows you to manage your domains, email accounts, files and more from the internet. 

• Cheap website hosting can be better that more expensive companies.  So don't assume that because they are the cheapest, that you will be missing out on features. 

• Hosting packages that allow multiple domain hosting is a great way to save money.  You can host more than one website on your hosting account.  They each have their OWN address, email accounts, etc.  However you pay only one low price.  This is the most important feature for anybody interested in flipping websites. 

• Frontpage Hosting is also known as SharePoint Hosting as of 2009.  Microsoft is no longer marketing the Frontpage product. 

• For the cheapest hosting deal, don't purchase a month to month package.  The more you buy in bulk the more you will save.  Sometimes this can save you hundreds of dollars!