Pricing:  

Yahoo offers web hosting, domains, merchant solutions, sponsored searches and more. Basic web hosting starts out at less than $10/ month if you pay for a whole year up front or $12.95/month. You get one free domain with web hosting or they are $9.95 per year otherwise. Merchant Solutions start out at $39.95 per year for the starter version, the Standard version is $129.95/month and the Professional version is $299.95/month.

Domains:  

With web hosting you get one free domain or transfer from Yahoo. Additional domains are $9.95 per year or they offer 2, 3, 4 and 5 year plans as well. With domain registration you get domain locking, forwarding, a starter web page (helpful if you do not have hosting), complete DNS control and 24-hour toll-free support.

Ecommerce Hosting:  

Yahoo offers ecommerce type hosting starting at $39.95 per month for the Starter version. They provide their own hosting solution and control panel and are not necessarily focused on shopping carts like OScommerce cart or ZenCart, though they do support CSS. For small businesses they offer a pretty capable and easy to use solution, you do not have to know any coding and you can manage up to 50,000 products. As mentioned, you do not need to be a web pro to use this tool, with Yahoo you can easily add images, change colors and layouts, upload product info and much more through their easy to use web page editor. It supports secure sales using PayPal and FirstData or you can use any existing merchant account that is FDMS compatible. Of course they also offer Yahoo marketing products.

Yahoo also offers Standard and Professional versions, the Professional version is compatible with UPS WorldShip, can manage fax orders and supports real-time integration with back-end systems.

Email:  

Yahoo offers a few email options, one with the web hosting service and a business email account. With web hosting you can get up to 1000 email addresses, spam and virus protection and unlimited storage, which can be accessed through a web based interface or through a POP3 type email account such as Outlook or Eudora.

The business email service provides up to 10 email accounts, comes with a free domain name, is ad free and comes with a bonus starter web page. This service can be purchased without subscribing to the web hosting service. You can purchase one custom mailbox for $34.95/year or 10 for $9.95/month.

Access:  

Yahoo web hosting services can be accessed from anywhere. It is entirely web based and if you use their web site creation tools you can alter your site from any computer. It supports all FTP types, Yahoo specifically mentions FileZilla, WS-FTP and CuteFTP; however, it is also compatible with SmartFTP, Fetch and more. Of course since it works with all FTP sites you can have as many users as you assign and anonymous if you desire. However, you may not have to use an FTP site at all, especially if you choose to user their web site creation tools and do not have to load large files. Yahoo will give you up to 200 password protected accounts that can access your account from anywhere.

Programming / Multimedia:  

Yahoo web hosting most stellar feature is its easy to use control panel for creating web sites, it is so easy that anyone can use it. However, it does offer more advanced features such as Perl, Php and MySQP support and it works with FrontPage and accepts full HTML content from programs like Dreamweaver. It is also compatible with WordPress, MoveableType and PhpBB Bulliten and supports most media types including audio and video files.

Support & Service:  

Yahoo offers great support including 24-hour toll-free telephone support as well as tons of online documentation` like FAQs, a searchable knowledgebase and tutorials. They also publish online News and Resources which cover small business topics and it has useful tools like package trackers, zip code look ups, trademark information, accounting tips and much more interesting and useful information for small businesses.

Yahoo Web Hosting is one of the best solutions out there for small businesses who do not have tons of coding experience, who do not want to have to deal with FTP sites or buy expensive software. Yahoo offers a complete package that is amazingly easy to use and customize. Plus, they offer tons of free security options, unlimited storage and data transfer and 99.9% uptime.

However, if you need a few more programming options you may want to look at Lunarpages, JustHost or Blue Host.