Hi,
do anyone know which web hosting plan is good for design a game site?
My friend and I want to create our own game website that contain game file (eg demo, video, update, etc).

Alvin

Hello Alvin.

It depends on the traffic you will receive. Do you plan to make this a highly popular site, or would it be one that would only be visited by yourself and your friends? Is it vital to have the site online and available 24 hr a day?

It also depends on the budget you have allocated...dedicated hosting will likely cost more than shared hosting.

An easy place to start a free site is Freewebs.com - Free website, free hosting, free webpage, online photo album, free blog, more!

jake

we want to create a website that let people to visit. and can host game demo and other game file. and we want to have our own domain name.

of course the cost the don't too expensive!

Do you know any web hosting server good?

Ah yes, there are many free hosting services on the web that offer sub-domain hosting. This means that the website you create with them will be like the following:
xxxyyy.freewebs.com
Good for personal/small business sites, but not advisable for 'official' sites. As you mentioned, you want your own domain name.


I suppose you will only need shared hosting for the time being?

Try NextHost. Their basic plan gives 300GB space and 1TB bandwidth, which should be plenty for a starter hosting-type site. And, it's only $9/mo, less if you pre-pay for several months (or up to 4 years).

For a domain name, NEVER EVER EVER let a webhost register one for you. I use Namecheap.com. It's a little bit pricier, but the control panel is great and domains propagate fast.