The renewal dossier · PW-HOST-IONOS
The advertised $1.00/mo is the introductory hook. This dossier leads with the number you actually pay — the three-year total on the Plus plan — and the recorded renewal jump waiting inside that window. Every figure is a dated reading from 2026-03-19, not a live quote.
Figures are recorded readings from the PriceWorld hosting dataset, dated 2026-03-19 — not a live feed, not monitored, not promised-current. The $168.00 full-year-at-renewal figure is a modeled projection of the recorded renewal rate, not a source-backed reading. Confirm the current price with IONOS before you buy.
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The answer on file
IONOS's Plus plan advertises $1.00/mo, but that is a 12-month introductory rate: the recorded renewal is $14.00/mo — a +1300% step that lands in year 2. At the recorded rates the three-year total is $348.00, as read 2026-03-19. Dated readings, not live quotes; confirm at IONOS before you buy.
As read 2026-03-19 Dated reading — not a live quote Confirm at IONOS before you buy
Read cost-first: what the intro term really costs per month, the total across three years, and the size of the jump waiting at renewal. The first two are the calm figures; the third is the alert.
Folder F · Plan ledger
Each plan is entered with its intro reading, its standard renewal, the step between them, the three-year total at the recorded rates, and when the renewal step actually lands. The subject plan is shaded; the renewal column is the one to watch.
| Plan | Term | Intro /mo | Renews /mo | Step | 3-yr total | Step lands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential · lowest 3-yr | 12-mo | $4.00 | $8.00 | ×2.00 | $240.00 | within 3 yrs · mo 13+ |
| Starter | 12-mo | $6.00 | $10.00 | ×1.67 | $312.00 | within 3 yrs · mo 13+ |
| Plus · subject plan | 12-mo | $1.00 | $14.00 | ×14.00 | $348.00 | within 3 yrs · mo 13+ |
| Ultimate | 12-mo | $10.00 | $18.00 | ×1.80 | $552.00 | within 3 yrs · mo 13+ |
Each three-year total applies the plan's intro rate through its own promo term, then the recorded renewal rate for any remaining months of the window. Where a plan's term spans the full three years, its 3-year total is entirely at the intro rate and the renewal step is shown in the “Step lands” column as a later event. Taxes, fees, and pre-selected add-ons are not included.
Folder G · Cost over time
The cost recorded in each year, not a running total. A modeled “full year at the renewal rate” column shows where the standard rate sits — set apart in ink, labelled modeled, never beside a source-backed tag.
| Plan | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | 3-yr total | Full yr at renewal (modeled) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $48.00 | $96.00 | $96.00 | $240.00 | $96.00 |
| Starter | $72.00 | $120.00 | $120.00 | $312.00 | $120.00 |
| Plus | $12.00 | $168.00 | $168.00 | $348.00 | $168.00 |
| Ultimate | $120.00 | $216.00 | $216.00 | $552.00 | $216.00 |
Years 1–3 are source-backed at 2026-03-19. The final column is modeled — twelve months at the recorded renewal rate — to show where the standard rate sits. It is set in ink, labelled modeled, and is never the headline figure and never carries a source-backed tag.
Folder H · Risk & evidence
No scored rubric is recorded for IONOS yet. Rather than present an unscored estimate as if it were audited, this folder is held pending — the plan ledger and the 3-year total above stand on the recorded pricing alone.
Folder I · File notes
Unbeatable first-year value at $1/mo, but renewal to $14/mo is steep. Best for short-term projects or budget starters willing to migrate.
Case note · suited to Budget starters and short-term projects
Folder C · Provenance
One recorded reading, no backfilled history, an explicit evidence gate, and a correction path that opens a claim rather than editing the record.
The figures come from PriceWorld's hosting price dataset, read for the US catalog and dated 2026-03-19. It is a point-in-time reading held as a dated reference, not a live feed.
The record begins at the first reading. There is no continuous price history before it; an earlier promotional figure is the prior reading this one supersedes, not a tracked timeline.
Cost dimensions are source-backed and headline-eligible; performance and uptime stay pending review and are not promoted to headline claims until a reviewed, source-backed reading is supplied.
Seen a different price? It opens a pending claim, weighed against a source. It never moves the $348.00 headline or the renewal jump on its own.
A reader or the provider submits a figure backed by something checkable — a cart total, a price page, a screenshot. This opens a pending item against this record.
FiledThe claim is weighed against the source. While open it is marked needs-review; it does not change the published figure above.
Under reviewIf a source-backed reading confirms the change, the figure is updated, re-dated, and logged. If it cannot be confirmed, the record stands and the item is closed with a note.
Closed on fileThe rule: a report is weighed, not applied. A claim can never move the canonical figure on its own — only a source-backed reading closes a correction.
These actions work on the record itself — none of them reads your account, watches live, or moves a figure on its own.
Outbound · affiliate link · not part of the record
Prices, scores, weights and the as-read date are real values from the PriceWorld hosting dataset , read 2026-03-19. The full-year-at-renewal cost is a modeled projection of the recorded renewal rate; the correction copy is documented method copy. Nothing here is presented as live, monitored, cheapest, best, or promised-current. Confirm the current price with IONOS before you buy.
Questions on file
Each answer reads only from this file — the dated readings above, never a live quote. Confirm the current price at IONOS before you buy.
Because the advertised price is an introductory rate. On the recorded IONOS file, Plus reads $1.00/mo for the first 12 months and steps to $14.00/mo at renewal — a +1300% increase (14.00× the intro). Dated readings from 2026-03-19, not live quotes.
$14.00/mo on the Plus plan, as read 2026-03-19. The intro rate of $1.00/mo covers the first 12 months; the renewal is the standing rate you keep paying after that.
$348.00 at the recorded rates — the 12-month intro at $1.00/mo, then renewal at $14.00/mo for the rest of the window. A modeled sum of dated readings, not a quoted total; the cost timeline above breaks it down year by year.
In year 2, at month 13 — the recorded 12-month intro term ends and the $14.00/mo renewal rate starts, inside the three-year window this dossier prices. As read 2026-03-19.
Every hosting file on PriceWorld leads with the same pair — the intro rate and the recorded renewal it steps to. Some hosts on file renew at the price they advertise; others step up substantially. The hosting ledger lines the recorded pairs up side by side.