How To Find the Cheapest Web Hosting that Works for You

Knowing for sure what you need in a web host can difficult.  And knowing how much you should pay for the features you do need can be even harder sometimes.  This instructable will walk you through some steps to determine what you need in a host, which web hosts will fit your needs, and how you can find the cheapest web host that does everything you need it to.

Step 1 What You Need To Get Started

Before you can really get started on this, you need at least one thing:

1) A solid idea of what you want to do with your website

This is, of course, easier said than done.  It could probably be its own instructable.  I don't want to go too deep into it, but here's a couple of points you might want to consider:

1) Do you want dynamically generated content?  Or do you just want to create a static site, perhaps an "about you" site or a portfolio site?
2) Do you want user submitted content and/or voting?  Or do you want to be in control of every last detail of the content?
3) Do you want a bunch of modern features such as suggestions in the search box or a shopping cart?
4) Do you want to be an online store?

Those questions should help get you started.  Once you really know what you want in a website, you can move on to the next step.