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Plain answers about leaving website builders, owning your site, and not paying monthly for it.
Do You Have to Pay Monthly for a Website? No, and Here's How
You don't have to pay monthly for a website. The only unavoidable cost is your domain name, about $10 to $20 a year. Here's why Wix and Squarespace charge every month, what a website really costs in 2026, and how a one-time payment website with free hosting works.