Presentation is everything, whether it a meeting, a technology or a site. The way you organize the material on your site, makes a huge difference. Upon opening the site the user should come to know about what the whole site is.
As it is said “time is of the essence”, people these days haven’t got time to see each and every page, the search engines makes sure that you land on the exact page that has the keywords you searched for, hence the importance of web design increased even more. So what should be your website design, that entirely upon you, first is the form of site; whether it is .php, .asp of simply html. Each site has its own utility and accordingly the web page design should be such that it is user friendly.
If you own an ecommerce site then there is a whole different approach, your site should not only be attractive but along with that it should give the user the idea of security and make him realize that what he is paying for is right. The design makes a huge impact, comments by the previous users can always help, services and queries sections should be developed on the site, but this is just an approach, your site is like your drawing board, the nicer you decorate it, the more people would want to see and similarly you will get advantage in your business.
However when you open a domain, suppose with Yahoo hosting services, they provide you with a web design software such as Yahoo Page Builder, the tools are rather simple to use, but a new person can never make a site that is up to the level of a web designer. Web designer are people who have had years of experience in the field and have special certifications. These certifications help them get jobs in web design companies, you can contact one of these companies and they will use the latest web design software and give you a web page design that will satisfy all your needs. The basic thing is that you will have to provide what sort of data and information you will want on your site and after that it is their job.
Here is the basic thing, your domain name is one thing, and the package that you will choose can benefit your site in terms bandwidth and space, the only major thing is that is directly affecting your site and will benefit you in the long run is web design. So be very careful about it, and spending a little extra might help a lot later.