I'm trying to but a website name and it is avalable but me being a total bloody website technophobe haven't got much of a clue what I'm doing or need to do and what 'hosting' I need.
pricing for hosting with the same company you're getting the domain from is pretty competitive for the starter package - 100mb should be more than enough to get you started (approx 500 to 1000 pages). Getting the name and hosting from the same place makes it a bit easier to get up and running too if you're just starting.
go for the £50 one with PHP / MySQL - the webspace and bandwidth will be more than enough to start, and they'll let you upgrade as and when you need to.
For the online shop, OSCommerce (free download) - once you get the hang of it's pretty easy to customise.
And for secure payments, start out with PayPal and change to WorldPay when you're making enough to cover the monthly fee.
Have you thought about an Ebay shop or Yahoo store?
If you want any info on family buisness with online shops my mom made little whispers from scratch so just ask and il pm you her email if you like?...takes a while and a lot of hard work though
cas x
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