Hosting options
1)If you expect to be getting less then 5000 a month then it would probably be best to go to a free host like hypermart
2)If you think you will get more then when looking for a host you sould expect to pay less then $10 a mounth for 50mb of space and unlimeted transef. Example Elite Servers
3)If you need a lot of space e.g 300mb or more then you will have to pay about $22.
4)If you want unlimted E-mail and unlimed sub-domains then you sould expect to pay $60. Example Digiweb

Making the site
Are you going to make the site yourself? If you are then you will need to learn HTML this is only takes a few hours to pic up but takes years to master.
If you are going to get sombody else to make it you have to make sure that they have made site before and that they attual now how HTML and they do not just use software to make it. If you want a top site then the company that makes it for you are unlikely to type it all in; they will probably use software to make it the "tweak it" to your needs.

Who will be designing the site?
You have a choice; either a or b
a)use a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) creator which like Frontpage Express with IE4 (internet Explorer 4) or Netscape composor with Netscape Communicator The full version of Frontpage is called Frontpage Express and is avaliable for $92.45 after $40 rebate, if you wish to Buy it.
This option get you a site for the cost of the software you use (both the software to make the site and the software needed to upload it) Plus the time it take you to make it. The advantage of this option is that you do not have to pay so much for update. Some web publishing software is free.
b)Using a text editor to make a page if you intend to learn HTML the language of web pages. If so the first step is to go to the HTML Page

Text Edditor Vs WYSIWYG
I have used Text editors on all my pages as these lets you use all HTML tags and Java etc. All you need is a text editor (like notepad which comes with windows 95) so it is unlikely that you will need to by any software
Generally i think that text editors are the best, it is oftern easier to learn HTML then learn how to use the software! When I got Internet Explorer 4 which comes with Fronpage Express I did install it, it is vey usefull to help write a page as you do not have to use HTML or equivalent but it leaves out lots of imortant features which means you have to use HTML scripting for many features. It also slows the load time of your page by altering the HTML that you have already done. This is a WYSIWYG editor but these do have their use' even though I Gnerally think that text editors are the best as it is oftern easyer to learn HTML then learn how to use the software. Another big disdvantage with the WYSIWYG editors is that they are not very efficent in coding HTML so the pages they genarate take longer to load as they do not have common sense which is the main thing you need to pic up HTML

If you would like me to design an online presence for you to expand on then I would be willing to do so for $50 or will genarate a hole site for you including promotion then I am willing to this at compettitive rates with complete solution starting at $94.45