Since 1998, I have known how to create webpages and to this day I still play around with them. I have never gotten bored with it either. I've had all different kinds of webhosting over the years with many different domain names behind me.  I have had everything from free all the way up to a reseller account.  I currently have a reseller account where I can host other people on my own account with their own control panel.

You really have to look into a lot of things before you choose your host.   You do not always know how the service is before you even try it.  If you can find one that is month to month, that is the best for when you are starting out.  Some of them even have a money back guaranty so those are the best to try.

Some things you really need to know outside of price is this:

• What is their uptime?  You want something at around 90 percent.  Most offer 99.9%
• How much space are they giving you when it comes to hard drive and bandwidth?
• What are their terms of service?  You would hate to go with someone to find out what you are trying to do is against their rules.
  

• shared
• reseller - This is usually on a shared host, but also can be on a dedicated server too.
• Virtual Private Server - You have your own section of a server and have root access to your section.
• Dedicated server - The server is all yours with root access.

Most people usually go with a shared server when starting out and not all hosting companies have everything.  The one I currently have does not have a vps which is the virtual private server.