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Cheap web hosting: hidden costs and renewal traps

Direkte Antwort

Cheap hosting is a financing model — intro loss-leaders fund expensive renewals; cheap is fine if you model 48 months honestly.

Sticker shock at renewal causes panic migrations that hurt SEO more than paying predictable TCO upfront.

Symptoms: you chase coupon codes instead of architecture

#	Tool	Starting price	Rating	Action
1	Hostinger	$2.99/mo	4.6/5(3,200)	Try Hostinger
2	SiteGround	$3.99/mo	4.5/5(2,100)	Try SiteGround
3	Bluehost	$2.95/mo	4.4/5(1,800)	Try Bluehost

01
Build TCO spreadsheet
Intro, renewal, domain, privacy, mail seats × 48 months.
02
Compare two hosts on same term
Use hostinger-vs-siteground matrix — same billing period.
03
Prepay only with exit plan
Document migration runbook before 48-month lock.

Is free hosting ever OK?

Only for throwaway tests — not customer-facing brands.

From problem query to comparison matrix to Hostinger setup — one funnel, no dead ends.