What exactly are we looking for when we are choosing a hosting plan for a new website? Whether you are looking for cheap shared hosting or reseller hosting , you’ll need to know the basics to at least never get ripped off.

You know first of all that you will be paying a monthly fee for whatever hosting company or plan you choose. However, if you have enough money to pay up front for the whole year or longer you will get a nice discount at most places, which will inevitably help the bottom line of your company.

Shared hosting is going to be for the very smallest of websites, those just starting out, those with less than 200 unique visitors a day, and generally websites that just aren’t going to see a huge strain on their sites.

As your traffic grows, you will be interested to go to things like dedicated server hosting, VPS hosting, co-location and others because a very busy and profitable website will not be able to run properly on shared hosting. The strain on the server will just be too high.

If you are trying to decide which hosting you want and you really can’t decide, take notes off very successful webmasters in forums and blogs and do what they do. Hosting is easy once you learn the basics, you’ll never have to master it and you can still make a killing online. Remember to stick with companies that are mainstreamed or reviewed/recommended by credible people.