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Research: How Much to Pay for a Web Host?
Hosting prices have changed drastically over the last 10 to 15 years.
In early 2000, a $8.95/mo package with basic features was considered cheap. Then the price dropped to $7.95/mo, then $6.95/mo, $5.95/mo, and lower.
To find out what is the right price to pay for a web host, we studied more than 1,000 hosting plans every year.
Based on our July 2021 findings, on average...
- Entry level shared plan costs $3.06/mo at signup,
- Entry level VPS plan costs 15.47/mo at signup, and
To get full details and learn more about web hosting costs...
Latest Discounts & Deals
Hostinger Black Friday 2021 – Live Now
- Site Updates & News
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? Hostinger prices have always been pretty low, but this Black Friday, they’ve outdone themselves. You can grab one of their shared hosting plans for as little as $1.39/mo. Promo prices…
LastPass Black Friday 2021 – Save 25%
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jerry Low
Is The LastPass Black Friday 2021 Deal Worth It? Ramp up your security with an ace password manager this year by taking advantage of the LastPass Black Friday promo. They’re giving a 25% discount off …
AtlasVPN Black Friday 2021 – Live Now
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? AtlasVPN’s Black Friday 2021 deal is underway already, and you can grab this new but high-performing VPN for pennies on the dollar. Not only do you get a whopping 86% discount, but th…
HostGator Black Friday 2021 – Up to 70% Off
- Site Updates & News
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? For Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2021, HostGator has decided to shave prices off their already dirt-cheap shared hosting plans. Three tiers get a standard 70%, so the Hatchling Plan is…
pCloud Black Friday 2021 – Live Now
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jerry Low
Is The pCloud Black Friday 2021 Deal Worth It? The pCloud Black Friday 2021 deal is something that will have many eyes wide open. They’re slashing prices to the bone and offering an astounding 75% off…
Liquid Web Black Friday 2021 – Live Now
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? From 22 November till 30 November 2021, Liquid Web offers some great Black Friday deals on its high-end products. VPS hosting prices are getting up to 85% discounts, while you can sav…
Cloudways Black Friday 2021 – Live Now
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? Many companies tend to recycle their Black Friday deals, but not so at Cloudways. This year, they’re offering 40% off for four months on any Cloudways plan. Yes, it’s a blanket discou…
NordVPN Black Friday 2021 – Live Now
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? NordVPN is running their Black Friday VPN campaign from October 27 till December 1. That’s right, folks; it’s stretching across the entire holiday season from Black Friday into the ne…
HostPapa Black Friday Deals – Live Now!
- Site Updates & News
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? HostPapa is offering Black Friday 2021 deals for all three of their shared hosting plans. The highest savings are on the Starter plan, which goes for $1.75/mo, netting you total savin…
A2 Hosting Black Friday Deals – Live Now!
- Site Updates & News
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? A2 Hosting is limiting the scope of their 2021 Black Friday deals somewhat. Instead of an across-the-board promo, they’re offering special discounts on selected plans. These discounte…
Great Black Friday Deals for Small Businesses & Freelancers
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jason Chow
Running a website is one way that small businesses can boost outreach significantly, but it’s also an additional cost. That’s what makes Black Friday an excellent time to shop for the best small busin…
SurfShark Black Friday 2021 – Live Now
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? The Surfshark 2021 Black Friday deal drives home the value positioning of this young VPN brand. Slated to start on October 28, you can expect to grab a real bargain. They’re offering …
WP Engine Black Friday 2021 – Free 5 Months
- Site Updates & News
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? WP Engine is handing out freebies this year, which works out to a discount. Instead of a price slash, what you get is a five-month extension on all their annual shared plans. That mea…
Nexcess Black Friday 2021 – Live Now
- Discounts & Coupon
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? Nexcess is a little newer to us, but so far, they seem pretty awesome. For this year’s Black Friday, you get a humongous 75% price cut off several of their hosting plans. That include…
BlueHost Black Friday Deals – Live Now!
- Site Updates & News
- By Jerry Low
What's the Deal? Bluehost has started its Black Friday promo for 2021, and this year, they’re offering price cuts on their shared hosting and website builder plans. Shared hosting is now 73% off at $2…
Note: Some service providers have kickstarted their Black Friday 2021 campaign - Check out our Web Hosting and VPN Black Friday Deals page for more discounts.
A-to-Z Web Hosting Guide
Hosting industry news, tool recommendations, market surveys, expert interviews, how-to tutorials: We have all the web hosting answers.
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- How to host a website: Complete beginner's guide
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- Where to buy your first domain name
- Different types of web hosting services explained
- How to choose the right web host (Quiz)
For Businesses
The Best Free Web Hosting Sites (2021)
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Timothy Shim
* Updates: Price list and comparison table updated. We all love freebies and it should come as no surprise that even in web hosting there are tons of freebies if you know where to look. Not…
Best Web Hosting for Small Business (2021)
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
Quick bite: A great web hosting for your business website should have stable uptime / speed performance, reasonable pricing, and features (built-in POS, email host, etc) that ease up or help your busi…
Best Web Hosting for Canada – Local & International Brands to Review & Consider
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
Over the past years, there has been an almost frantic focus on business digitalization in Canada. In 2021, the digital buyer penetration rate has hit over 70% – an audience of more than 27 milli…
Best Web Hosting for the USA – Compare Performance Stats & Choose
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
The United States (US) has the fortune of having multiple robust choices in web hosting with many prominent brands competing for market share. Yet despite this abundance in strength, many seem to valu…
Best Web Hosting for Malaysia – Compare & Review
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jason Chow
Malaysia is one of the best digitally connected countries in the Southeast Asia region. Aside from high broadband penetration, it plays host to many data centers and web hosting service providers. The…
Web Hosting Free Trial: Try These 6 Web Hosts for Free (No Credit Card Needed)
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
Web hosting free trials give users a chance to experience the host first-hand before committing. It’s an essential aspect of the purchasing process that some web hosts somehow neglect. This omis…
How to Blog - Tips from Real Bloggers
How to create your first blog using WordPress? How to make more money blogging? How to actively grow your blog traffic? What are the right blogging tools to use?
Learn everything - from basics to advanced blog marketing tatics from probloggers who have "been there and done that".
More Blogging Tips
6 Things You Must Do to Turn Your Blog Into a Business
- Blogging Tips
- By Gina Badalaty
You’ve decided it’s time to turn your blog into a business and are wondering “what’s next?” To have it taken seriously as a business, you’ll need to change more than just your mindset. Here's how to t…
How to Find the Right Niche for Your Blog
- Blogging Tips
- By Gina Badalaty
Editorial notes: This article is originally written by Gina on September 2013. We have edited it dozen times in the past to make sure that it remains valid. This is normally how a newbie starts …
How to Start and Run a Forum Website
- Blogging Tips
- By Lori Soard
Create a sense of community on your website by adding a forum. Go through 6 simple steps that detail everything from choosing a platform for your forum to setting up administrative rules. People tend …
Which Email Newsletter Service Is Best for Your Blog?
- Blogging Tips
- By KeriLynn Engel
No matter what your reasons for starting a blog, getting readers to read a post is just the first step. It’s only by developing your relationship with your readers that you’ll achieve your goals. And …
7 Steps to Organize Your Email and Add Hours to Your Week
- Blogging Tips
- By KeriLynn Engel
How many hours every week do you spend on email? Here’s a challenge for you: Starting next week, take note of all the time you spend checking email. Write it down in a notebook or use a time-trac…
How To Write An Outstanding Blog Post When The World Breaks Loose (In and Outside of You)
- Blogging Tips
- By Luana Spinetti
It's tough to remember you have a blog to maintain and grow when everything breaks around you – and you wind up broken, too. From depression to illness to a loss, when the world breaks loose ins…
Running Your Business Online
Every business needs an online precense - You need an online space to build your business, sell products or get your name out there.
You don’t have to be a tech geek nor a programmer.
Follow the right method. Select the right platforms. Use the right publishing tools. You will be 100% fine.
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Free Business Valuation: See How Much Your Website is Worth?
Did you know you might be sitting on a goldmine?
Websites often grow in value over time. We did a study in the past and was surprised to see a list of websites being valued and sold for over $100,000.
If you are curious to see how much your site is worth - make use of this cool tool! Just answer a few simple questions and presto - you might be a millionaire!
Online Business Ideas & Marketing Tips
Sites Like Printful – Best Print on Demand Companies Today
- eCommerce
- By Jerry Low
Print on demand companies are increasingly popular today, leading to a plethora of sites like Printful. There’s simply no better way for selling products with a flair. Whether you decide to go with a …
Sites Like AppSumo: Save Money, Find More Deals in AppSumo Alternatives
- Online Business
- By Jerry Low
AppSumo is a site which offers deals on software. This digital marketplace has been around for a long time now and only offers ongoing deals. Since sales of any type are transient in nature, you can e…
Indy: Agile Workflow Optimization for the Modern Freelancer
- Interviews
- By Timothy Shim
Indy is the brainchild of Sebastian Gyr and Jonathan Ramos, of which the former currently heads the company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The brand is essentially a one-stop platform designed to h…
Shopify Popup Apps to Help You Get More Sales
- eCommerce
- By Nina De la Cruz
Here is a picture every online store owner will recognize: a visitor comes to your website from an ad, looks around, and leaves. If you’re a Shopify store owner, chances are, you have hundreds of visi…
How to Build a Booking Website Using WordPress
- WordPress
- By Sujay Pawar
If you’re a consultant, tutor, personal trainer, or other professional that sells your services by the hour, you probably use a calendar or submission form to keep track of the appointments. But…
Guide to Working from Home (2/2): Where to Find Legitimate Online Remote Jobs?
- Online Business
- By Timothy Shim
This is Part-2 of our Guide to Work-from-Home. In Part-1 we have looked at some of the most well-paid work from home jobs available online. In this article we will look at the sites where you can find…
What is Instagram Phishing and Ways to Counter it
- Social Media Marketing
- By Pui Mun Beh
Instagram accounts have been under threat of phishing attacks for years now, but there are no signs that things are getting better. Instead, the platform has resorted to new security features to help …
What Is a Fulfillment Center and Why Is It Important?
- eCommerce
- By Jake Rheude
When your customer makes a purchase on your eCommerce website, what happens next depends on your fulfillment processes. At first, you might receive every order and pick and pack each box in-house. But…
6 Best WordPress Event Calendar Plugins
- WordPress
- By Timothy Shim
WordPress event calendar plugins are one of the most useful tools for site owners. While there are so many of them around, choosing the right one is challenging. Aside from ease of use and what featur…
Tool Reviews & Recommendations
AtlasVPN Review
- Web Tools
- By Timothy Shim
Pros: What I Like About AtlasVPN 1. AtlasVPN Offers Budget-friendly Prices If price is your chief consideration, then AtlasVPN is a sterling choice. It offers a free plan you can start with, but that’…
LastPass Review: Is It Secure and Safe to Use?
- Web Tools
- By Timothy Shim
LastPass review Summary Pros: What I Love About LastPass 1. LastPass Simplifies Password Management For those used to Google Chrome or other browser’s way of password management, LastPass isn’t that d…
How to Access the Dark Web: Guide to Browsing Dark Web using TOR Browser
- Web Tools
- By Timothy Shim
The Hidden Internet Imagine a real iceberg – The top protrudes above the water and is visible, yet the real bulk of the iceberg is below that, unseen. The WWW is similar, in which the regular si…
pCloud Review: Is It The Best Secure Cloud Storage?
- Web Tools
- By Timothy Shim
pCloud Review Summary Pros: What I Love About pCloud 1. Simple File Management System If you’ve used a web-based file storage service before, the pCloud interface will be familiar. The left side of th…
12 Free Tools to Check Website Safety: Avoid Scams and Security Risks
- Web Tools
- By Seth Kravitz
Imagine that you’ve found an online shopping website, and it has a product that interests you. It’s available for a small price as well, albeit for a limited time. You start to wonder if the offer is …
The Best VPN Services: 10 Top VPNs Compared
- Web Tools
- By Timothy Shim
Choosing the absolute best of the best isn’t an easy task. Much depends on extensive tests carried out, but a major portion of it also depends on you – the user. Everyone has different needs when it c…
10 Popular Cross-Platform Tools for App Development
- Web Tools
- By Iryna Bilyk
Businesses have taken a “quantum” leap towards digitization since 2020, as per McKinsey. The share of digital offerings has also grown from 35% in December 2019 to 55% in July 2020. As a result, …
Best Alternatives to JMeter Load Testing
- Web Tools
- By Matt Schmitz
Since being released in 1998, JMeter continues to be one of the most popular load testing software solutions in the market. If you work in software development, it is likely that you are already famil…
OFX Review
- Web Tools
- By Timothy Shim
Pros: What I Like About OFX 1. Straightforward Sign-up Process One of the most significant hurdles to overcome for international fund transfers is often the complicated bureaucracy. Banks often want a…
Protect Online Security & Privacy
In today's Information Age, data is the new currency. Your personal data has become one of the single most valuable assets available online today and just like anything, it can be stolen and traded or exchanged.
Companies are trying to gather more data on their users to the extent that it is becoming overly intrusive while countries are divided on how to manage the situation.
So, what can we as individual do to protect our privacy online? The answer leads us to VPNs.
More Online Privacy Guide
160+ Dark Web Links You Won’t Find on Google
- Security
- By Jerry Low
The Dark Web isn't a place for everyone but it's worth exploring some parts of it. For those who may be a little faint of heart and yet have stuck with us in our Dark Web Tourist Guide, we have listed…
Best VPN for Multiple Devices
- Security
- By Jerry Low
Given how many devices each household is likely to have today, services have begun supporting multiple licenses per subscription. However, many are still leery about covering too many devices in case …
Incognito Mode Explained: Does it Make you Anonymous?
- Security
- By Timothy Shim
Incognito Mode is a setting that prevents your browsing history from being stored. Whilst many users associate incognito mode solely with the private browsing feature of Google Chrome, the more genera…
Best Password Managers in 2021
- Security
- By Timothy Shim
With all the web services we use nowadays, each of us likely has over a hundred usernames and passwords. While you can get away with replicating your username, passwords should be unique. Remembering …
Best Antivirus / Firewall Software for Small Business
- Security
- By Timothy Shim
Businesses of all sizes are vulnerable to cyber threats ranging from ransomware to trojans and phishing attacks. While larger companies may withstand damage, any financial impact on small businesses c…
Malware Protection: How To Check For And Prevent Malware On Your Website
- Security
- By WHSR Guest
Whether you have a website for a personal blog, a professional blog, or are using it to run a business, few things are quite as frustrating as learning that website has become plagued with malware. Th…
How to Setup a VPN: A Walk-through Guide
- Security
- By Jerry Low
The term Virtual Private Network (VPN) can sound intimidating for some. In reality, they aren’t much more complex to use than any other application based services. This VPN setup guide aims to give yo…
Are VPNs Legal? 10 Countries That Ban the Usage of VPN
- Security
- By Timothy Shim
It may come as a surprise to some, but Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are actually banned in some countries. Although the list of countries that outright ban the usage of VPNs is short, there are othe…
24 Alarming Cybersecurity Statistics You Need to Know
- Security
- By Jerry Low
Cybercrime is one of the biggest modern challenges that humanity faces. The cost of impact can range widely with the upper end of the scale, quite terrifying. Some examples include data damage and des…
10 Simple Tricks to Protect Your WordPress Website From Hackers
- Security
- By WHSR Guest
Having your site hacked can be one of the worst nightmares of all website owners. Being open-source and the most popular content management system (CMS) in the industry (accounting for 38.1% of the we…
Everything You Need to Know About Cloudflare (and Some You Don’t)
- Security
- By Timothy Shim
Cloudflare is most well known as a Content Delivery Network (CDN). Today it has grown past that and offers a range of services mostly covering networking and security. Their stated mission: To help bu…
NordLynx Boosts NordVPN Speed Considerably
- Security
- By Timothy Shim
NordLynx is a protocol by NordVPN built adaptively around WireGuard. The latter has been touted by many initial testers to be the next generation in communications protocol. However, since WireGuard i…
