It's the Future
Ah, l33t for system architects.A few days ago, the CTO of Soylent, the food drink, was describing their elaborate computer infrastructure.  They have one (1) product and a simple web site.  Based on their sales volume, they do about two sales a minute. That could run on a HostGator "Hatchling" account for $4/month, using one of the seven off the shelf shopping cart/payment programs HostGator offers.