Once you have a domain name (or your web site's name) the next step is to get some server space where your actual web site files will be stored and "served" to people who wish to see those files (mostly web pages, images, videos etc.).
Assuming you or someone else is actually developing a web site for you, getting a web hosting service provider to lend you some space on their servers (of course they're going t charge you for this) so that you can 'host' your site is the next step.
There are plenty (we mean really plenty) of web hosting service providers out there and the competition has made hosting costs rather low (if you are being asked to pay more than $15 a month for hosting then it is most likely too much... unless you get into options such as dedicated hosting and very high bandwidth requirements).
In deciding a good host for your site you are of course looking for reliability, good support, long term viability, and good technical specifications.
A simple search on any search engine such as google or bing, will provide you with many many companies providing these services. We have begun to compile a list to put some of the better known hosting providers.
- HostRocket.Com Website Hosting (we host this web site at HostRocket and have been pretty satisfied with it. They now have all kinds of options which you probably don't need :-) but if you do they have 'em)
- BLUEHOST.COM Website Hosting
