What is the best web hosting for small businesses?

[zax]

Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL, VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
that sells less than ten products / services):

# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
# Hosting of the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons



Thank you !!!!

 

[Chris_Wilson]

Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL, VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
that sells less than ten products / services):

# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
# Hosting of the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons



Thank you !!!!

<SNIP>

You could try www.godaddy.com (currently the largest ICANN-accredited
registrar in the world) and install joomla! (a free CMS) this would be
scalable to accomodate your needs.
If your "Savvy" enough then it should be a breeze, and you can add further
technologies as and when you need them.
If not then enter search terms such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godaddy,

Always do what you can YOURSELF before employing the skills of others.
Good luck.

 

[Travis Newbury]

Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business...

Hello? This is the third or forth time I have seen your spamming.
Looking for a host that provides a list of features, then lo-and-
behold, there at the bottom of your post is such a host....

Duh?