Technology is advancing at an exponential rate and along with it, cheaper and better solutions are being made available to the masses. Everything is moving online now, people are ordering Food, Movies, Tickets, Clothing and much more online from the comfort of their own home.

Since the internet knows no boundaries, business opportunities over the internet are also limitless. If you have an idea, you can easily translate it into an online service and start generating revenue. But in order for you to achieve the desired results, you need to keep your operating cost low till you start generating enough revenue to sustain the business. Below I have a list of 5 Top Shared and VPS Hosting sites which are easy to setup, have excellent support and are extremely cost effective.

DreamHost is one of the best hosts I have used. It hosts over 900,000 domains and offers services and support like none other.

• Unlimited Web Hosting Space & Web Traffic
• Unlimited Domains on 1 Account
• Unlimited POP3/IMAP, MySQL, FTP
• Professional 24/7 Support
• 97 Day Money Back & 100% Uptime Guaranteed

HostGator is one of the world’s top 10 largest web hosting companies with more than 1,300,000 hosted domains. We have over 175 employees to provide you around-the-clock superior support.

• Unlimited Web Hosting Space & Web Traffic
• Unlimited Domains on 1 Account
• Unlimited POP3/IMAP, MySQL, FTP
• Professional 24/7 Phone & E-Mail Support
• 45 Day Money Back & 99.9% Uptime Guaranteed

All of HostGator’s shared and reseller servers are powered and cooled by wind power generated in our home state of Texas.

FatCow has focused the entire company on delivering the best value and customer service experience in Web hosting to the small business user.

• Unlimited Disk Space & Traffic
• Free Domain and Instant Setup
• 30 day money back guarantee
• 99.9% Uptime
• cPanel and Fantastico Script Library
• 24/7 security monitoring

FATCOW OATH – “When you have a question or technical issue, you want someone to be there for you, with an enthusiastic can-do attitude. That’s just what you’ll find when you contact our friendly Moo Crew! In fact, if we don’t deliver a positive support experience, we will give you a free month of hosting. It’s that simple”.

Webhostingpad continues to push forward the standard for excellence in Web Hosting. As a worldwide leader in hosting industry, WHP have been accredited with a number of awards and recognition for the continued efforts to provide top quality service to the customers.

WebHostingPad, Inc meets all BBBOnLine Reliability participation and Better Business Bureau membership standards and is authorized to display the BBBOnLine Reliability seal.

• Unlimited Disk Space & Traffic
• Free Domain for LIFE and Instant Setup
• 30 day money back guarantee
• 99.9% Uptime
• Fantastico Script Library
• 24/7 Toll Free Support
• 24/7 security monitoring

InMotion Hosting is one of the best hosts around and is the most popular for businesses.

• Fast email with SPAM blocking
• Different levels of hosting so you can grow
• 90 day money back guarantee (best we know of)
• Very reliable with 99.9% Uptime
• Easy to use control panel and a premium web site builder
• Unlimited disk space and Unlimited monthly traffic ($8.95 plan)
• Very helpful, probably best known for top technical support