If you’ve recently opened an email from GoDaddy, Ionos, or 123-Reg and gasped at a £250+ annual renewal invoice for a simple website, you are not alone. This is the commodity hosting playbook: subsidise year one, exploit year two.
Why the price jumps
Mass-market hosts spend millions on advertising, Super Bowl commercials, and sponsored links. To recoup those acquisition costs, they rely on automatic credit card rebilling. They bet that moving a website feels too technical or intimidating for you to bother switching.
How to escape the trap
Escaping doesn’t require technical wizardry. You don’t even need to contact your existing host’s customer service to ask for permission. You simply request your EPP domain auth code, export a copy of your WordPress database and wp-content folder, and point your DNS to a transparent provider.
We handle the move for you
At WebSavers, our renewal price hike is literally £0. We migrate your site and email completely free with zero downtime. See how to escape renewal price hikes today.