A standard, shared php (standard non-Windows) hosting service with  a control panel, with free add-on applets, should only cost $99-$120/yr.  An environment like this is more than suitable for most small business requirements. Ninety percent of InVenia’s customers fall into this category.

A comparable Windows ASP/.Net site will start around $120-$150/yr. because of the extra costs to run the Microsoft products that support the environment. The other ten percent of InVenia’s customers fall into this category.

These cost will include basic support and 99+ percent up time throughout the year and will require little to no maintenance on the user’s part. 

Other add-on services, such as extra databases, installation fees, and extended support fees, may apply for those users who are customizing their web site.

It is very rare, these days, to pay extra for mailboxes, disk space and I/O. Large businesses that have extraordinary needs pay extra for these services.