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Website builders are wildly overpriced

“There needs to be a website builder for the little guy. I feel like that’s an untapped market.” —Justin, my coworker Every two years, I’m faced with renewal options for both of my websites: nalvarez.net and djnicky.net . I built and host these with Zyro, which was recently bought by/merged with Hostinger. My personal site was purchased on a basic Zyro plan for $36 and that lasts two years. During my 2022 renewal, they grandfathered me in at that price, so once again my renewal cost was $36 for another two years. Then, this week, I get an email from Hostinger reminding me it is time to renew my website hosting plan. So you can imagine my surprise when I check the invoice to find a whopping $167 charge for the same two year plan . That’s a 363% increase in price. To my knowledge, there has not been any groundbreaking new features (unless you count the merger as a “feature”) and I’m even more puzzled as to why they wouldn’t honor a plan I was already using the past four years. Like