The 90-day renewal-trap escape checklist

The 90-day renewal-trap escape checklist

Myth: "$2.95/mo is the price." It's the bait. The renewal is $11.99 and they bank on your inertia.

— Day 1: screenshot the renewal rate buried in the TOS, not the checkout.
— Day 60: calendar alert. Export a full cPanel backup, store it off their disk.
— Day 75: call retentions, ask for the new-customer rate. Half the time they fold.
— Day 80: if they won't, have your migration target's nameservers ready.
— Day 88: pull the trigger before auto-renew, not after.

Who profits from you forgetting? The host, and the affiliate who got paid on your first signup.

Reality: the cheap year is a free trial with your card on file.