Hostinger is so cheap — why pay $30 once instead of $2.99/mo?+
Because $2.99/mo is the introductory price for the first term (usually pre-paid 1–4 years). Renewal is $7.99–$19.99/mo — 2–3× higher. Over 3 years you pay $360–$720 on Hostinger vs. $30 + ~$10/yr DNS on DesignSnipe (and hosting is optional at $10/mo if you want managed hosting + custom domain handling). The 'cheap' framing is calibrated to the first invoice, not the lifetime cost.
But Hostinger gives me email + domain + builder bundled. That's convenient.+
It is convenient — that's the real product. If you genuinely value paying one bill for everything and don't want to think about the design, Hostinger is fine. DesignSnipe assumes you'd rather pay $10/yr for the domain (Cloudflare / Porkbun / Namecheap), $5–$10/yr for email (Fastmail / Google Workspace / Zoho), and $30 once for the site — for a fraction of the lifetime cost and a much better-looking result.
How do I host my DesignSnipe site if I'm not using Hostinger?+
Three options. (1) DesignSnipe Hosting — $10/mo, one-click publish, custom domain, free SSL, global CDN. (2) Free static hosts — Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages. All accept the HTML export and serve it from a CDN. (3) Keep using Hostinger for hosting only ($2.99–$5/mo for static hosting), and upload the DesignSnipe HTML. Best of both: cheap host + premium design.
Will DesignSnipe rank as well on Google as a Hostinger Builder site?+
Better, almost certainly. The HTML exports semantic, fast-loading, schema-tagged sites that score consistently in Core Web Vitals — usually outperforming generic builder output. Hostinger's builder is competent but the output is heavier (more boilerplate JS) and the design defaults are more template-y, both of which Google's ranking signals notice.
Can I migrate from Hostinger Website Builder?+
Hostinger Builder doesn't export source files, so the migration is: take screenshots of your current pages, draft a new site in DesignSnipe (~15–30 minutes with your brand brief), point your existing Hostinger domain at the new HTML, and downgrade to the Single Hosting plan ($2.99/mo) or move the domain to Porkbun / Cloudflare entirely. The website itself is now portable; the domain is independently movable.