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Hidden price calculator

Type in a host's first-term and renewal prices to see what three years really cost.

Sample prices to start with. They are not from any real host, so type in the ones you are looking at.

Three years will cost

$323.64

What the banner price suggests
$107.64
What you pay on top of that
$216.00
Average per month
$8.99

How it works

We charge the first-term price for the months you enter and the renewal price for the rest of a 36-month stretch, then add them up. The banner figure is the first-term price carried across all 36 months, so the gap between the two is the hidden part.

It leaves out setup fees, domain costs, taxes and add-ons, and it assumes the renewal price stays flat, so treat the result as a floor. The starting prices are samples and do not come from any real host. Find the real ones on the host's pricing page, in the small print about renewal.

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