Hosting Guides

When hosting expires, your site goes offline and the clock starts. Here are the exact deadlines at Hostinger, SiteGround and Namecheap before files are deleted. Read the full article

Hostinger Cloud Startup gives 4 CPU cores and 4 GB RAM for $7.99 a month, but renews at $25.99. Here are the real costs, limits and tests. Read the full article

Add a new domain to your hosting in cPanel in 9 steps, with real Namecheap screenshots, nameserver settings and fixes if the domain won’t load. Read the full article

Free hosting costs $0 but leaves out email, a domain and backups. Here’s what you give up, and why paid plans start under $2 a month. Read the full article

Hostinger email starts at $0.39 a month per mailbox, but only on a 48-month term. Here are the real costs, limits and the free-mailbox catch. Read the full article

A domain is your site’s address and hosting is where it lives. See what each costs at Namecheap and Hostinger, including the free-domain catch. Read the full article

SiteGround has no free trial for hosting. Here’s how its 30-day refund works, what the 14-day builder trial covers, and which hosts offer real trials. Read the full article

Hostinger, Namecheap and SiteGround compared for bloggers, with four-year costs from $119.52 and the backup and staging limits that matter. Read the full article

Cloudways runs on DigitalOcean servers and charges about double. Here’s what that extra money buys, and who should skip it and go direct. Read the full article