But the difference between free and $20/month for a linode should be dwarfed by the other costs, namely your time. But then again, time is only as expensive as your next best alternative usage: if you're learning enough by "wasting" time, it's probably a win!
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What are you waiting for? It's not going to upload itself!
Hell, if you want, I will put you up on my reseller server and not charge you a red cent until you hit your 100th paying customer. And I'll even help you migrate to better hosting when you're ready. No, you won't get 24/7 technical support, but you'll get a control panel to handle 95% of what you'll need. Let me know if you're interested.
Anyway, yes. If you feel like this is something you want to invest more time into and want to offer it to the market, then by all means give it go. Worst case scenario, you'll experience the sweet stench of failure. (At which point you'll dust yourself off and try again.) :D