Free Web Hosts

Assuming you do not want that route I will continue and go over paying for a web hosting service that is right for you.  There are a lot of them out there, too many to list them all, so a good way to find the one right for you is to do a lot of research.  Before choosing a web hosting service decide what type of website you are making and by that I mean determine ahead of time what features you will be needing and how much of it, no need paying for 2,000 email accounts when you only need 10.

Its important to understand how much you need for your website in order to pay for only what you need, for instance if you know you will be getting a lot of visitors or will be doing a lot of downloading/transferring of data then you will want a lot of monthly bandwidth.  If you are going to need a place to store data, you will need a database like MySQL.

Once you spend enough time contemplating what you will need, then choose the web hosting service that is right for you.  Many times they will have more than one package to offer, as the features grow so does the price which is why determining what is right for you can be crucial in not wasting your hard earned money.  Lastly, before finally choosing, it may be a good idea to find out how good their performance is, making sure that they aren’t known for having their servers down a lot which means no one will be able to access your website, last thing you want is to get scammed. Here are some places you can start in your web hosting search, realize however there are many more:

bluehost
1&1
Go Daddy
Network Solutions