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Pricing posts
Arguments about hosting companies rather than instructions — who owns them, what they really cost, where the marketing diverges from the invoice. The guides are the practical half.
The renewal price trap, with actual numbers
4 September 2026
What ten popular hosts really cost over three years once the introductory discount expires — and why the cheapest advert is often the most expensive plan.
Where to register a domain, and why not at your host
8 August 2026
Registrar pricing is a first-year discount followed by a renewal you did not read. A comparison for .co.uk and .com, plus the IPS tag mechanics of moving.
What a 99.9% uptime guarantee is actually worth
30 July 2026
Nine hours of permitted downtime, a refund you have to claim yourself, and definitions of "downtime" that exclude most of what breaks. Reading the SLA properly.
What "unlimited hosting" is actually limited by
25 July 2026
Inodes, entry processes, CPU seconds, I/O throttling and monthly visit caps — the real constraints on a plan advertised as having none.
Shopify vs WooCommerce: the hosting bill nobody forecasts
2 July 2026
WooCommerce is free and Shopify is £25/month, which is why the comparison is usually wrong. Real three-year costs for a shop doing £100k a year.