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I Chose the Cheapest Hosting Plan in The Philippines, Here’s What Happened

₱75 per month. That’s all it cost. I’d been putting off creating my online bakery website for months. Every time I looked at hosting prices, I’d talk myself out of it. Then I found a hosting provider advertising ₱75/month hosting. Unlimited everything: one-click, WordPress install, and free domain.  It sounded perfect for someone bootstrapping a …

SSL Certificate Sounds Expensive and Complicated, It’s Neither

I stared at the browser warning on my newly built consulting website, the Not Secure warning sign. I thought my site looked professional because I had put in the work, invested weeks perfecting the design, writing service descriptions,and creating case studies. Everything was ready to start attracting clients. Except for that alarming warning making my …

I Accidentally Bought Domain and Hosting from Different Companies in the Philippines. Here’s What I Learned

I was so excited when I found the perfect domain name for my online tutoring business: TutoringPH.com It was available and I immediately bought it from GoDaddy for ₱650 for the first year. Done! I owned my domain. Then I started researching web hosting and also found a great deal on a different company’s website, …

cPanel Looked Like Mission Control at First. Here Are the Only 5 Buttons You Need to Know About

The first time I logged into cPanel, I almost closed my laptop and gave up on having a website. The screen was full of icons. Hundreds of them. Each one with a label I didn’t understand: Zone Editor, Track DNA, Cron Jobs, PHP PEAR Packages. It looked like the control panel of a spaceship. But …

I Paid for ‘Domain Privacy’ Without Knowing What It Was. Should You?

When I bought my domain for my freelance writing business, the registration page had a checkbox: Add Domain Privacy Protection – ₱400/year. I hesitated because ₱400 felt like a lot. But the description made it sound important:  It protects your personal information from being publicly visible. Publicly visible? That sounded bad. I checked the box. …

Which Web Hosting Should You Actually Buy? A Real Money-saving Guide for Philippine Small Businesses

You stare at the screen. Four tabs open itching showing four different hosting companies. Shared at ₱150/month. VPS at ₱1,200/month. Cloud hosting with variable pricing. Dedicated servers at ₱8,000/month. Your bank account shows ₱12,000. Your monthly expenses hit ₱15,000.  You need hosting to build your online store, but choosing wrong means either wasting money  because …

5 Common Mistakes When Choosing a .PH Domain And How to Avoid Them

Your business deserves to be found by Filipino customers searching online. But there’s this fear holding you back: “What if I choose the wrong domain and ruin everything before I even start?” That fear isn’t real, it’s an imagination. Your .ph domain is more than just an address for your website.  It’s a choice that …

Cost of Web Hosting in the Philippines: Why “Free” is Damaging Your Brand

Let’s face it. Free web hosting sounds great at first. But when your website starts loading slower than a jeepney stuck in traffic, those “free” savings quickly turn into lost trust and frustrated customers. Studies show that if your site takes longer than three seconds to load, nearly 40% of visitors will leave. That’s traffic …

How to Optimize Your Water Refilling Station Business with Local SEO

Still relying on outdated marketing flyers and social media DMs to make your water refilling station business stand out?  Well, you might just be missing out on a potential income stream here. Data shows that 94% of customers read reviews online before purchasing a product.  Without a professional online presence, your business might just be …

How to Optimize Your .PH Domain for Local SEO in 2025

Your adobo is perfect, but nobody can find your restaurant online. Right now, customers in Manila are typing “best adobo near me” into Google—but your restaurant isn’t showing up. Instead, they’re scrolling past your business and landing at a competitor’s shop. Having a .ph domain signals that you’re a Filipino business, yet on its own, …