Not sure what i need for a host. vps?

Well i am trying to figure out what route to go. I don't need a lot of server resources. See below. I have used shared servers before, and they seem to have times when they crawl or at least the ones i have looked into. who i could find that was cheap. I want something good this time.

I HAVE to be able to have edit globals ON for my shopping cart to work. I know a lot of host will not let you turn it on a shared account. I also of course have a vbb with vbseo running on this.

Any suggestions on what i should do. I make a living with my online store not vbb forum, so uptime and descent speed is a key.

Google analithics says 200-300 people per a day. AWstats says 600-800 a day. Not sure who to believe. 40000 hits a day is my most. Most bandwith i have gone thur is 6gb in a month. So its not a big site but my store keeps food on my table.

I am on a vps right now. Its a friends box who gave me free hosting on a shared server with no load issues, Mine was the biggest site. He moved me over to a vps because of issues with edit gloabls on. My ssl cert expired 30+ days ago and i can't ever get ahold of him to install it, and i am loosing sells over it. So i need to get a new site going and ssl installed asap.

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Well, my consern is i just don't want a slow site. And me having to have the edit globals on. I do have a 4 others and would be nice to merge them all. They are all very small sites. Would you get a vps or just a shared hosting plan?

I support Fluid Hosting: FreeBSD and Windows Hosting
they've been great for me.

if your on a vps? you could have main access to the root?... o.0

I guess i will plunge and get a vps.

your welcome to test it on one off my servers... i have one i mainly use for vbulletin forums, i host a members of staffs from vBulletin.org aswell on this. mainly because it is all up to date... host my forum ResellerClubTalk.com - Resellerclub Community Forums on it.

it has all the latest updates, secruity, php 5.2.4 etc etc