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Thanks. I'm better informed, though still confused. I'm on my third combined-host registrar service in about eight years. Each time I've registered the domain name and subscribed to hosting services simultaneously from the same company. I've transferred hosting and registration twice now...

I don't fully understand this advice. You're still at risk of having the registrar holding your domain name hostage. I had issues with my last host/registrar and my domain name was "hostage" for a bit. But the same problem could have happened with a registrar-only company. If you lose...

While my wife is a print person -- web design is not her professional goal -- she is certainly capable of small-scale, promotional web design. I don't know what qualifies as "cheap" but you could contact her via her website if you were interested. http://www.halodesigns.net

My suggestion, as a hobbyist: * If you need minimum cost and (hopeful) long-term service: Godaddy.com * If you want an easier to use system at a bit higher cost: 1and1.com * If you're a Mac guy and doing this at home: Godaddy for Domain Name and .Mac for hosting, email; iWeb for web design...