Aye, you can buy a domain during the buying-hosting process. Which simplifies things (in that there's literally nothing to set up DNS wise).

If you don't want to deal with faceless corporations but a real person instead (and support your local -ish economy to boot), this dude has been hosting me & Mrs.D's respective web sites since forever. Bonus: he's really knowledgeable about all kinds of networky and web stuffs, and artist-friendly.

Ta Smiffy, but your link arrived after I had pointed them in the direction of nethosted, who are about as faceful as an online provider can be in my experience to date. Not perfect, but quick and patient, which is what Gabe's company will need.  I'll bear Tuirtle Design in mind for the future though.

Too late to be useful I know, but I like Vidahost. They're reliable and dead helpful.

Ta Dyl.

Hello Dyl!