You definitely do get what you pay for, but what about going with a reseller plan? Especially if you're thinking to expand that number, a reseller plan just might be ideal.
I personally think that it's way too many. .Com is king, and will continue to be for a decent length of time.
It's just hard as well to remember all of these extensions.
Definitely be careful with reviews due to the affiliates. Checking on web hosting forums and seeing what the users say about hosts can also help a good deal.
You can use WHM to restore an account from the backup. There's a couple of steps involved, but it's mostly all automated if you have a cPanel generated backup.
I feel like it's got more of a web 1.0 feel - which isn't necessarily bad by any means, but a lot of people here who are used to modern design probably aren't used to it, and associate it with older sites.