While I found many different providers, some cheaper and some more expensive, the following four host providers met the minimum requirements of the chapter 10 assignment.
| Host | pair.com | godaddy.com | hostgator.com | fatcow.com | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan | basic | e-commerce | basic | e-commerce | basic | e-commerce | basic | e-commerce |
| Setup Fee | $20.00 | $60.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Monthly Rate | $5.95 | $49.95 | $4.99 | $14.99 | $8.95 | $14.95 | $7.33 | $7.33 |
| Disk Space (mb) | 250 | 4000 | 10000 | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Domain Names | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | 1 | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Ecommerce Package | none | ShopSite | ZenCart / osCommerce | ZenCart / osCommerce | none | ZenCart / Cube Cart | ShopSite | ShopSite |
| MySQL db | 0 db | 30 db | 10 db | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| PHP available? | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Domain Registrar | pairnic.com | godaddy.com | registryrocket.com | fatcow.com | ||||
| Min Cost | $19.00 | $1.99 | $15.00 | $6.29 | ||||
| Max Cost | $19.00 | $39.99 | $59.95 | $34.95 | ||||