A default is not a commandment.
We recommend Hostinger shared hosting when a one-person shop already owns a domain and actually wants hosting. We recommend a website builder — or GoDaddy’s one-login path — when that is the calmer Saturday.
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The job we optimize for
A US local service business that already owns a .com and needs a cheap, boring place to put a brochure or a simple WordPress. That is shared hosting. It is not a VPS, not a 12-host bake-off, and not a fake Hostinger marketing site.
Web Host exists so a Commission Junction reviewer — and a plumber with a Saturday — can see a dedicated property: real guides, named tradeoffs, and an FTC disclosure. It is independent. It is published by 4 Life Health Wealth LLC as part of Shopfront Stack.
The parent field guide at tradeflareapp.com still says: own the domain, use a builder in month one unless you have a reason. This mini-site is the reason: you want hosting.
Why Hostinger is the default here
This property’s CJ set is Hostinger (CJ 5173193). Shared hosting is what a first brochure actually uses. The control panel is enough. The price is usually the point of the tab — verify current pricing, including renewal, on their site.
GoDaddy hosting remains the one-login alternative if you followed Start A Site and want the site next to the domain. Squarespace and Wix remain the honest builders. We say so even when we do not affiliate them.
Evidence we use
- Public plan names and what is included (SSL, backups, WordPress installers, panels).
- Whether a stranger can point a registrar domain and publish a page.
- Whether the owner will recognize the bill at renewal — first-year discounts are not a personality.
- Whether mail can stay at Google or Microsoft without a hostage transfer.
Evidence we refuse
- Fake star scores, invented uptime labs, or “editors’ choice” ribbons.
- Undated coupons and “as of” prices we cannot source.
- Pretending Bluehost, HostGator, or a random WordPress host is in our CJ set.
- Pushing VPS as a default to look technical.
Money
We intend to earn CJ commissions on Hostinger (CJ 5173193). That is disclosed in the header, next to buttons, and on the disclosure page. Placeholder hops live at /go/hostinger/ until live tracking URLs are pasted in.