So, right about now, I have 5 domains. A little too domain purchase happy -I know. My fifth one was actually a domain I'm commissioned to do. All this time, I've been just buying website/domain names using free hosting from Google Blogger/Blogspot or using free server hosts like HyperPHP.com.
My fifth domain website, needs a shopping cart. Which gets a little different from my four previous websites because they're mostly content sites. So, when I was setting up the 5th website, I looked to add ZenCart, a free open-source shopping cart solution. So, I'm installing it, then it runs into a snag. The snag being that free servers don't allow certain permissions these shopping carts require. Back to paid hosting! =( But the $20 off coupon code made me happy.
All in all, free server hosts are good for blog/content/magazine related sites. If you have e-commerce needs where people can buy stuff, then you need paid hosting. Make sure you get Linux operating systems because of all the server applications you can add. Windows basically sucks in this department. Trust me, if you choose Windows, it's not going to be any easier.
P.S. I've ran through the following applications so far: Quickblog(yuck), Blogger(slightly better), WordPress(getting sexy), and now I'm learning something called Drupal, which is considered content management system. I'm not going to even try to explain it, because I really haven't started, just unloaded it to the server files. I'll say this though: it's considered powerful from small sites to corporate sites - and it's all free baby! I'll have a lot of time to work on learning Drupal, since I switched all my domains from free server hosts to paid server hosts.
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