where do I find the right host

try prostores.com , I have 2 websites hosted by them

Very few of the free hosts are good for online businesses, because they only give you a sub domain name. There is one exception in my opinion though, that is www.bravenet.com You get free hosting and extras, but they give you an option of purchasing a domain name. The last time I checked it was $8.95/ year. I have had nothing but good experiences with Bravenet. You can pay for hosting with them too and get an even better options. However, I do not know the price for it. So do your own research, as planning is a very important stage in starting any kind of business. If you need further assistance feel free to email me at pcguy1989@yahoo.com

Well, this site gives you the pros and cons of free or paid website hosting, it depends what you need. Check it out. Good luck

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I host myself, you can access it via your PC name, IP address, anywhere in the world, anyone, any IP, no username (unless you want to), install http://www.apache.com/'s web server (try http://www.wampserver.com/), if you have it pre-installed, try http://iis.net/ for ASP.NET and PHP self (free) hosting. http://asp.net/ and http://php.net/ technologies MAY be included and it is always FREE for the amount of PC space you have. Then just install web application like forums, wikis and other web applications, easily (unless it is a different version or not plug 'n' play, then you will need to fix the code and settings (not that difficult if you know PHP, ASP.NET, JS, VB.NET, C#.NET, ASP or HTML/XML code.

Try forum hosting at http://instant-forum.com/ or http://cjb.net/

Commercial or not, up to you and your ISP.