Which hosting would be best for auction site?

[Scarlett]

Hi!
I own an auction site and I just ended up without administrator. I want to change hosting, but have NO IDEA what to look for. All I know is that my auction site uses things like SQL, PHP and we usually have 200-500 users at the same time. If anyone can give me advice, I would greatly apreciate it.
Thank you!

[bob]

I think you should look for E-commerce hosting providers that can effectively meet your requirement including online payment solutions.

[toxicdav3]

I recommend look at getting a VPS minimum!

[~ServerPoint~]

What is auction software you are using for your web site?

[bob]

Such sites are generally highly MYSQL query intensive, it require sufficient server resources and bandwidth, if you've limited budget I think a VPS should be good choice at the most.

[hzSari]

VPS should be able to handle the SQL users as per you have mentioned, you can customize the mysql config to allow the connections. A mysql user connectivity of anything more than 300, might be high for shared servers.

[~ServerPoint~]

On some shared services you might have your web site and DB hosted on the different servers.