Netfirms is not only the best price for domain name at $6.99 for the first year, but they are a great small business host.  SidFilmz and Sid's Family of websites started out being hosted on a Netfirms Advantage account, which provided databases, shopping cart plug-ins, Joomla Installs, image gallery plug-ins, and more.  Their control panel gave you much more access to DNS Admin settings than most I've dealt with, which made it really easy to update domains when I was juggling a bunch of start-up websites for people. Recently, Netfirms has added Google Apps integration and upgraded their Control Panel to make it even easier for first-time domain owners to manage their own hosting.

All plans can be applied to a Windows or Linux server, and there is support for MySQL, MS SQL, PHP 4/5, ASP,  Perl, Python, and Ruby on Rails. 

For a small business just venturing out into the World Wide Web, Sid would recommend Netfirms above all other web hosts, especially if you are planning to manage your domain and hosting in-house.   

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