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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...
Web Hosting Discounts & Deals
StableHost Discount Coupon
- Coupon
- By Jerry Low
Exclusive Coupon: WHSR75OFF If you were considering StableHost – you'll noticed that they offers up to 50% discount for first time shared hosting users. But that's not the best StableHost deal! …
TMDHosting Promo Code
- Coupon
- By Jerry Low
We managed to get exclusive deal from TMD Hosting. If you use promo code WHSR - you'll get an additional 7% discount on top of the offer.…
GreenGeeks Coupon Code
- Coupon
- By Jerry Low
Coupon Code: 10YEARSGREEN For those signing up GreenGeeks for the first time, use this coupon code to save up to 70% on shared hosting (click here to order). Disclosure: WHSR receives referral fees fr…
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.
For Beginners
- How to host a website: Complete beginner's guide
- Difference between web hosting and domain name
- Where to buy your first domain name
- Different types of web hosting services explained
- How to choose the right web host (Quiz)
For Businesses
Web Hosting for Non-Profit Websites
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
Building a website is something that all non-profits should do. It’s a good way of exponentially increasing reach at very little expense. Thanks to improved technologies, the process has become much m…
How Vulnerable is Your Web Hosting Provider?
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
Hacking attempts on websites are far more common than you might think. While many of us don’t see them, silent attacks are always underway everywhere on the net. A good portion of attacks are targeted…
Should You Get Your Domain from Namecheap or GoDaddy?
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Timothy Shim
Most of us don’t think in terms of who our domain registrar is, since we just package it in with whichever web host we’re planning to go with. However, did you know that most web hosts are just resell…
Best Web Hosting for Small Business (2021)
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
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 bu…
PayPal Hosting: 10 Best Web Hosts that Accept PayPal Payment
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
Just because you want to pay your hosting service with PayPal means you need to pay extra processing fees or tolerate with subpar hosting performance. I have gathered a list of top-performing hosting …
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…
Is True Cloud Hosting Cheaper? A Deep Dive into Cloud Pricing
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
Cloud Computing has only really been more highly commercialized over the past ten years or so. Technically however, the concept has been in existence for much longer. The term ‘Cloud’ is mainly in ref…
Inodes Explained
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
While inode is not the most critical factor to look into when choosing a web host, it's one of the “good to know” especially if you are hosting a lot of websites in one hosting account. Wh…
How to Track Website Uptime? 10+ Website Monitoring Tools to Consider (Free & Paid)
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Jerry Low
As you search for a web host, you’ll undoubtedly come across the term “uptime” and all sorts of guarantees surrounding it. But what does it actually mean – and why does it matter? What is Website Upti…
Web Hosting Free Trial: Try These 5 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 Green Web Hosting Works (and Which Eco-Friendly Providers to Consider)
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Timothy Shim
The Internet is far beyond its fledgling days and is growing exponentially at rates never seen before. User-generated content has evolved from what was plain text into multiple formats of multimedia i…
Best Django Hosting: Where to Run Your Next Django Project?
- Web Hosting Guides
- By Timothy Shim
About Django Django is a bit of an enigma because niche as it is, love for this framework seems to be torn between two interesting rivals – the United States and Russia. Still, there is a lot to…
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.
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
Want More Sales? 11 Shopify Features You Need to Know
- eCommerce
- By Jason Chow
Getting more sales on your eCommerce store is something about which all merchants dream. Shopify often comes across as an online store builder, but it offers a ton of features. Many of these Shopify f…
7 Unusual (But Powerful) Social Networks For Freelance Bloggers
- Social Media Marketing
- By Luana Spinetti
Which social networks have helped you build the strongest community around your blog so far? Before we introduce the networks This is an old post but we've updated it several times to make sure the in…
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 …
How Content Marketing Tools Can Help Your Writing Routine
- Search Engine Optimization
- By Jerry Low
As much as I love experimenting with marketing tactics and techniques, when it comes to content creation for my sites, I used to prefer the traditional way. After all, what can be so ground-breaking a…
Budget Estimation: How Much Does It Cost to Build Your App?
- Online Business
- By Maksym Babych
Most of the new startups are technology-focused and based on a computer program. For example, Uber does not own any car but an app. Airbnb does not own any house or hotel but software. Therefore, for …
8 Different Types of Websites (and How to Create Them)
- Website Design
- By Jason Chow
While the term “website” seems pretty generic, you can create many types of different websites. Each can serve a specific purpose and may require different tools to build properly. In the past, websit…
Tool Reviews & Recommendations
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…
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…
How to Check Whois Data for Website with the 10 Best Domain Lookup Tools
- Web Tools
- By Seth Kravitz
Want to buy a new site? Already got an eye for a domain with an attractive name? Discovered a new online shop with an attractive gadget at a perfect price? In these cases, you’d want to find the owner…
20 Website Traffic Checker Tools to Analyze Any Website
- Web Tools
- By Seth Kravitz
Maintaining a website’s performance is never easy. There’s Google’s ever-changing search algorithm. Then there are other sites driving potential traffic away from your platform. How can you effectivel…
11 Best Website SEO Checker Tools
- Web Tools
- By Seth Kravitz
What makes a website successful? We believe that you can measure the portal’s success by its popularity. Nowadays, it’s not enough to just have valuable content if you want to attract new visitors. Fi…
15 Best Tools to Check Website Status
- Web Tools
- By Seth Kravitz
Reliability and consistency are vital for online businesses. The statistic shows that the average cost of network downtime can get up to $5,600 per minute. Without proper monitoring mea…
21 Best SEO Tools to Analyze and Improve Your Website Search Ranking
- Web Tools
- By Seth Kravitz
Search engine optimization is a delicate and complicated process. It’s also much more unstable than many people have been led to believe. Getting lost in the latest SEO practices is easy due to Google…
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 Websites 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…
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…
