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STAT 01 The average shared-hosting plan we track renews at +254% over its advertised introductory price (n=25 plans across 8 providers, verified 2026-08-12). #
STAT 02 The largest renewal increase currently on record is IONOS's Plan 3 plan: advertised at $1/mo, renewing at $14/mo — +1300% (verified 2026-08-12). #
STAT 03 32 of 74 tracked plans (43%) at least double in price at renewal (verified 2026-08-12). #
STAT 04 11 of 27 tracked providers (Private Internet Access, Windscribe, Mullvad, GetResponse, Kit (ConvertKit), Semrush, Shopify, Dropbox, Squarespace, Ahrefs, Mangools) renew at the same price they advertise — no renewal increase measured (verified 2026-08-12). #
STAT 05 DreamHost's Launch plan renewal price rose from $5.99/mo (October 2025, archived) to $10.99/mo (August 2026, live) — an 83% increase within ten months, detected by comparing our daily scrape against Internet Archive snapshots. #
STAT 06 Our dataset contains 1,040 dated price points across 27 providers, with history reaching back to 2018-05 via Internet Archive backfill, and grows daily. #