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Can I get standard hosting or do I need to go to certain hosts? also, is there any need for dedicated server? I wouldn't imagine so...just being sure

any decent shared hosting will do.
Requirements on top of that would be listed here:
http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... d/download

you should go with a standard hosting technique. I have used reseller and VPS, dedicated servers to host. It is best for the hosting.