CoolHandle ticks all of the boxes when it comes to entry-level virtual hosting packages. The company, which incidentally is 125% powered by renewable energy sources, offers shared hosting from $3.95/month under the current special offer, with specialised Wordpress hosting available from $5.95/month. Tech support is available 24/7, and there are no firm limits on storage and data transfer usage. Definitely worth a looke.

Interserver Web Hosting and VPS Plans is currently offering an incredible 90% discount off their most popular shared hosting account, bringing the price down to just $1/month for the first three months! Even at this highly accessible price, the service offers unlimited storage, unlimited email accounts, a 30-day money back guarantee and access to a SitePad Website Builder for those looking to get started online, without hiring a professional web development agency.

Liquid Web supports one main account, but it is a doozy. For just $24.95/month, you may gain a 500MB unix domain account, complete with a massive 30GB transfer allowance, unlimited FtP, unlimited email and unlimited subdomains - all managed through a web-based control panel. What's more, Liquid Web will pay for your domain name registration. Though I haven't used LW personally, there feature list is without comparison, and makes this service worthy of exploration.

Perfect Presence offer both webhosting and e-commerce solutions for online merchants. Perfect Presence's hosting packages are appealing for their rich selection of features, and high bandwidth allowance on their Unix accounts. Prices range from $8.95/month (50MB space/2GB traffic), through to $39.95/month (800MB/25GB). Perfect Presence also offer discount domain registration at $15/year.

Still confused? The following links will direct you to sites whose sole purpose is to inform Web users about the benefits and hassles presented by various hosting companies:

• HOSTconnections - A dynamic directory of the best web hosting packages available.

 

• Geek/Talk Webmaster Discussion - Discuss web hosting products and services with other web developers, and with representatives from several major hosting companies.