Disk Space: - Make sure how much disk space you require for your web site and select plan according to your requirement.

Bandwidth: - Bandwidth usage is the amount of information that is transmitted to and fro your web site. To estimate your need of bandwidth you nee to know how much is the size of your page and how much visitor visit your site.

Domain Name: - Domain name means a name pointing to your company name. Many hosting companies give free domain name when you subscribe for their service.

Email Account: - Make sure your hosting company must provider POP 3 and SMTP mailboxes to access your mail using Outlook Express, Eudora. There also variation in email account depends on plan, some hosting provider include unlimited email account in their plan to attract their customer.

FTP Access: - FTP is an abbreviation of File Transfer Protocol. Your hosting company must provide FTP Access for transferring files from client to server.

Web Statistic Analyzer: - You are hosting company also give you web statistic analyzer so you can check how many visitors come across your site.