When I bought a .io domain through them they tossed in a free SSL certificate. Not sure if this promotion is still happening, but it helped persuade me to go with them.
I use Webfaction, but it's not for everyone (and I get no real traffic).
You get the pricing of shared hosting, but you get SSH access to install stuff in. Combined with the GUI for setting up common apps (Django, etc.), it's pretty nice.
heroku, pagodabox, dreamhost, s3, linode and digital ocean. Each host has their own pros and cons. (Dreamhost for example is slow but they manage everything.) I stay away from rackspace due to issues I've had with them but when they've worked they've worked well.
Namecheap is pretty great. The going rate for .io domains is about $80, and when I last checked they let you register them for something closer to $55.
Gandi has them for ~$40 if you're looking for cheap. They also are a pretty solid registrar with a lot of features and competent support from my experience. The also include a free year of SSL with domain purchases.
I use namecheap, but I don't actually maintain any of the domains I own, I just have one for my name and I used to have a minecraft server set up with a domain, but it stopped being played.
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You get the pricing of shared hosting, but you get SSH access to install stuff in. Combined with the GUI for setting up common apps (Django, etc.), it's pretty nice.
If you grow larger I'd go with SoftLayer, not the cheapest option but I've found them to be very professional and reliable.