costs
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Costs is the amount paid to run a website, which may include a hosting provider subscription, a server, and a domain name.
Potential costs for running a website
You can run a website for free using a service with a free tier. For example, you can host HTML on Neocities or GitHub Pages for free.
With that said, there are several services you may choose to use for your site which cost money. These include:
- A domain name
- A subscription to a website hosting service (i.e. Squarespace, WordPress, Ghost)
- A server
- A place to store images and videos
- A CDN
- DNS
IndieWeb Examples
capjamesg publishes a breakdown of the costs to run his website at https://jamesg.blog/costs.
Naty S calculated the hardware, running costs, and fees for subscription-based services at /costs.
See Also
- The People and Blogs series asks all participants:
Financial question since the Web is obsessed with money: how much does it cost to run your blog? Is it just a cost, or does it generate some revenue? And what's your position on people monetising personal blogs?
