Domain and hosting recommendations

[Pagan]

A lot matters on what you plan on doing, how much effort you want to put into it, and how much money you are willing to spend. Some cheap hosting is just that, and you pay for it with downtime and poor service. Domain names can be gold. As Hincapie said, .com is the best. Content? How are your writing skills? How well do you network with other webmasters? You can have the greatest domain name with fantastic content, but unless people can find you, your traffic stays low. Are you willing to work your ass off for at least 6 months or even longer?