Sunday 1 February 2015

How Much it Cost to Start a Self Hosted WordPress Blog?



Everyone knows that hosting your own blog is a costly affair and this question comes to everyone who just started with Blogging or plan to start with their own self hosted blog. How much it’s going to cost to create a self hosted WordPress blog. In this post, I will point out some of the cost which is involved in the process of set up a WordPress blog.

Cost to starting a self hosted WordPress blog

WordPress is one of those platform, where you can start at minimal cost. WordPress software is free and you can download it for free from WordPress.org page. Though, there are some requirements like a domain name, a hosting space which you have to pay for. after that it depends upon your requirement, how much you wish to spend on customization, SEO and other factors.

If your interest is just to start a blog on WordPress, you can start with minimal cost of $60 for an unlimited hosting and domain with Bluehost and Dreamhost. You can learn about all such hosting which is best for WordPress here.


Domain: Cost: $10


This is the first thing which you will be shopping. Having a domain name is like a giving an address to your new website. You need to make sure that your domain name should be brandable and if not, at least keyword rich. One should prefer domains in order of .com, .org or .net. Domain typically cost this much from different domain providers: (.Com domains price)


Godaddy: $11.98
NameCheap: $9.98

Note: before you buy domain name specifically, look at below hosting options. Bluehost hosting gives you one free domain name with every hosting package.


Webhosting Cost: 56-100$







This is one major investment that you will be doing in the process of starting your own WordPress blog. I will never suggest to compromise with the quality of Hosting. You should try to get reliable and affordable Webhosting. For a new blog, shared hosting are recommended and here are some of the recommended WordPress hosting along with price for 1 year.
Bluehost: $69 (One free domain)
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Thats what you have to make expense to start your wordpress blog.

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