Is hosting just a place to put my website once i have one?

yes my website was designed by samwilson3d.com

go to http://www.samwilson3d.com

there is a list of recommended hosts there for under $6 per month; domain name is included and they all offer a file manager for easy upload These are probably some of the best offers on the web

also, they only charged me $375 to design my website:

http://www.simplycharmin.com and that seems very reasonable compaired to other quotes I received

-my Web Hosting only costs me about $55 per year