In free hosting you don't need to pay monthly charges but you have to be contented with limited bandwidth and web space with no guarantee of caring technical support.
2- Shared Web Hosting Service
In shared hosting, your website have to share web space with number of other websites present on same server. This type of hosting is suitable for personal and small businesses websites. Reseller web hosting also falls in this category, which allows you to resell the web hosting service.
Dedicated web hosts are suitable for large business websites with entire server available, dedicated for one website only. It provides large web space, excellent technical support and greater bandwidth for maintaining large websites with great traffic and graphical elements.
Use SSL for Large Shopping Sites
If you are running a shopping website where you need to maintain shopping cart and payments, then you must prefer using SSL which gives you security and reliability. SSL facility is available on hosting sites at monthly, quarterly and yearly subscriptions.
Customer Review and Personal Research
Before you take final decision regarding the selection of webhosting company, you must review the website and packages to ensure your hosting needs.
Also don't forget to check good and bad reviews available online.