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A surprise fee that some host charge for hosting services with their firm is start up fee. This is a one time, up-front cost for placing your web site on their web hosting service. Keep in mind that not all companies charge a set up or start up fee. This cost may vary depending on how much space your web site will need or the plan that you purchase.

Costs for a web hosting service vary from company to company.  A typical set up fee ranges anywhere from $50 to $150 or more.  In addition to the set up fee, you will need to plan for a monthly fee to cover the ongoing web host service.  Monthly fees range from around $20 and go up from there, depending on which service you choose and their range of packages.  The average cost for a small business on a web hosting service can be as little as $10 - $15 dollars a month, however, most companies typically pay closer to $30 - $50 per month.  

Hint1: Prepare a graph to compare all the costs for the web host firm or check out these great web site for host comparisons.

www.hostcompare.com
www.webhostdir.com
www.hostindex.com
www.tophosts.com

Find out what all the total costs will be for the initial web site implementation.

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