How much does it cost to run this blog?

June 15, 2020

Post has been updated in November 2024 to reflect the current costs.

Inspired by Kev’s Quirk’s post and many others are doing this, so I thought I would do this to show my costs for this site / blog.

I don’t have as big of a blog as Kev’s and I share this server with my business, so some costs are cheaper (or divided in costs) than it would be if you got these yourself. These costs are also approximate as very few of these costs are in my local currency, and since currency rates constantly change I can’t give you exact costs. Some of these costs are also per year, but to make it clear, I divided those costs by 12.

Unlike many of the other blogs doing this I’m only going to list a few of the companies that I use, I’m doing for my own security but also to encourage you to find companies that work best for you.

Monthly cost (CAD):

Domain name: $1.08
Hosting: $8.01
DNS: free
Email: $2.03
Total: $11.12

Domain name:
I have a .ca which isn’t the most expensive domain, but not the cheapest either. The registrar I use is usually one of the cheapest listed on tld-list.

Hosting: I know the hosting cost seems high, but I pay a Canadian company to manage it all. I purposefully don’t go with the cheapest or free since I want to support companies, and I know my site will turn out better when somebody like me is paying for it. The cost I put is about half the cost, since I also use the hosting for running another website.

DNS:
I don’t use my registar’s dns, I use a 3rd party.

Email:
Many similar blog posts don’t include email, but since I use a 3rd party for my email I’m going to include the cost here. I don’t use GSuite or any of the other big email providers. The cost laid out is also half of the cost since it’s the same email provider for my business.

How much does it cost to run your blog or website? Blog about it and if you feel like it, include a link to this post.