<b>That $2 plan is sharing a box with 3,000 strangers</b>

<b>That $2 plan is sharing a box with 3,000 strangers</b>

They told you: <i>"Shared hosting is cheap because servers are efficient now."</i>

It's cheap because it's oversold. A single node holding 2,000–4,000 accounts is normal in budget hosting — the math only works if almost nobody uses what they paid for. You're not buying a slice; you're buying a lottery ticket that your neighbors stay quiet.

Follow the money: lower density means higher cost per customer, which kills the $1.99 hook that drives affiliate volume. So density goes up until support tickets spike, then they nudge you to "upgrade."

Reality: You didn't rent a server, you joined a crowd that's praying together.