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I began with 1and1 until recently when their server was rooted and cost myself and other shared customers on the same server, time, money and data loss.
They could not even provide me with a server backup so I lost 2 years of data.
Now, I keep my domain registration with 1and1 since they are cheap
($6.99 with free private registration and 2GB mail account)
but I host at GoDaddy by setting off site DNS.
You will run into problems with database size in the long run as said previously
but if you still insist on hosting with 1and1,
the control panel is quite self explanitory.

• Create a database through MySQL Administration
• Create a folder for your site and upload VB via FTP
  • If you plan to have a front end CMS, I suggest putting VB in folder named forums
• Set your domain to point to that folder in Domain Management.

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Originally Posted by WEBDosser

namecheap for domain names..
http://www.namecheap.com

not really that cheap

Originally Posted by B_Pages

1 and 1 is the worst company I have ever dealt with, try host gator for hosting...

Thank you- Host Gator looks very promising