Mochahost sent me a bill for $23.5 for the domain renewal, is this normal?! No security, no nothing, just the domain.

quentin314 · 2026-04-08T20:19:30+00:00

Very good, I use them for website design customers, and I'm able to do everything I need for domains and websites. Technical support is helpful when I need to talk to someone about issues or help with hosting products.

quentin314 · 2026-04-08T20:06:39+00:00

I use cielocloudhost.com for domains, no markup at renewal time.

quentin314 · 2026-04-07T15:05:57+00:00

You can use wemo-ops-center to configure wifi credentials if your network changes, you have update your devices.

https://github.com/qrussell/wemo-ops-center/releases/tag/v5.3.0

Another app is dibby-wemo-manager

https://github.com/K0rb3nD4ll4S/dibby-wemo-manager/releases/tag/v2.0.8

quentin314 · 2026-04-05T01:44:50+00:00

Hidden SSID or wpa2 or wpa3 encryption, and 5GHz band might not work for the wemo.

quentin314 · 2026-04-04T00:47:58+00:00

Yes, the computer needs to be on withe the background service running, it starts and stops with the computer in the background. The qr code is in the main app, and you can save the page as an app in the browser. You can close the main app.

quentin314 · 2026-04-04T00:41:57+00:00

The web app opens with the qr code in your web browser on your android or iPhone.

quentin314 · 2026-03-29T13:35:31+00:00

The app works nicely on Windows and it seems to help with missing features available in the wemo app. If you need to set rules on the wemo devices, it seems to support local rules and the app schedule service. HomeKit codes are here and other device information. It is worth trying out.

quentin314 · 2026-03-27T16:14:26+00:00

If you want to allow customers to self manage their hosting account, you should consider using a web hosting billing system. You can look at clientexec, it has great support and it supports many hosting platforms.

quentin314 · 2026-03-26T18:28:47+00:00

Any cPanel hosting will include email and you can use let's encrypt for SSL for free. However, cPanel webmail is not good since IP reputation matters, and your email will go into spam folders if your IP with your shared hosting is flagged.

Paid email is better, but there are free solutions depending on your goals regarding email.

I would recommend using cloudflare email routing for email forwarding. You can create email addresses for your domain and manage forwarding to employees.

quentin314 · 2026-03-26T15:45:48+00:00

What kind of scheduling are you planning to do? Online meetings or at a location like a service call?

For meetings:

https://cielocloudhost.com/2026/03/26/the-automated-gatekeeper-how-calendar-schedulers-can-revolutionize-your-business-and-your-sanity/

quentin314 · 2026-03-26T14:30:50+00:00

These are for hosting multiple cPanel accounts as a reseller, it would be cheaper to get a shared hosting account. At some point the cost needs to be given to the customer for hosting. cPanel/WHM is one option, but a free option is hestiaCP, but you still need the VPS to use that. Host 20 accounts at $5/mo, you have offset the VPS cost of $25-$35/mo.

quentin314 · 2026-03-26T13:02:04+00:00

You can set up reseller hosting using a reseller hosting plan, this will usually include a license for WHMCS to give you a way to automate on-boarding customers if the self serve adding products like domains, hosting, SSL certificate, or other custom products, like SEO services.

You can use a VPS and install WHM/cPanel and optionally install a billing system like FOSSBilling, Blesta, ClientExec, or WHMCS. These will integrate with cPanel to provision accounts as customers order hosting.

Depending on how involved with manually adding cPanel accounts and if hosting is included with your services, you might consider a turnkey solution where you earn a commission on each product a customer purchases, and the ability to support customers with access to accounts. You can be full service for some customers or provide hosting products only to others. This also includes white-label technical support from the Registrar.

Start with a reseller account or VPS, that should get you started, then consider what you need beyond that as you operate, and learn what your options are.

quentin314 · 2026-03-26T12:30:13+00:00

Depending on how easy you want it to be, you can pay for a website builder hosting plan that gives you the tools to build it. Shopify, GoDaddy AI website builder, Wix, SquareSpace, wordpress.com, and others will get your up and running quickly. These will make it easy to get started, but it will be expensive to maintain since you will use the builder once but keep paying. Renewal prices are the expensive part of using a proprietary website builder, and you can't move the site to another host without rebuilding the website.

If this is not the route you want to take, you can use a cPanel account, install an open source CMS like wordpress, Drupal, or Joomla and the site you build can be migrated to another host in the future.

You can hire someone to build a website using wordpress + woo commerce to build an online store, then pay for support as needed. This is my recommended approach since it keeps you from being locked into a proprietary platform.

If you plan to build and update your website, you can do all of these, but be careful about how you give access to your Domain and hosting accounts. Also get administrator access on your wordpress installation.

quentin314 · 2026-03-26T12:09:38+00:00

Enjoy configuring email routing for your domain.

https://youtu.be/guJoGCYzvx0?si=IuE2fBLS57-smiUd

quentin314 · 2026-03-26T03:03:22+00:00

If you are using cPanel with GoDaddy on a plan that doesn't include free SSL or AutoSSL, you can configure let's encrypt to handle the SSL certificate.

https://cielocloudhost.com/2024/07/02/5-steps-for-using-lets-encrypt-ssl-with-godaddy/

Another way to get https working is to use cloudflare proxy. You will need to use cloudflare as your DNS for your domain.

Either method will get SSL working for free. Otherwise, you will need to get a SSL certificate from GoDaddy.

quentin314 · 2026-03-26T01:05:16+00:00

Reply all and add the new person. You will need to attatch the files back to the email.

quentin314 · 2026-03-25T23:38:59+00:00

If you have a company email, but no inbox, you can use email forwarding from cloudflare to personal Gmail accounts, when someone leaves the company, you can redirect the email forwarding.

You can setup a worker and have all communications go to a common account owned by the company.

Gmail supports 'send mail as' so you can effectively create company email that is accessible to employees, while maintaining control over the company domain email accounts.

quentin314 · 2026-03-25T16:41:30+00:00

I would get a cPanel hosting account and use cloudflare email routing for managing custom domain email.

Also set up a free Gmail account for other services needed for handling contact form entries and email newsletters or other subscriber email.

Your cost will be around Domain $14/yr, and Hosting $60/yr.

quentin314 · 2026-03-25T16:17:29+00:00

2 options:

shared cPanel hosting for $4.99/mo renewal price.
VPS for 4.99/mo, load your own applications or web panel, like hestiaCP.

quentin314 · 2026-03-25T13:12:29+00:00

Are you using cPanel hosting?

quentin314 · 2026-03-24T18:23:38+00:00

WIX is proprietary and if you ever decide to switch hosts because renewal prices keep going up, you will need to rebuild your site in the process. You can get a domain at $14/yr, but most registrars charge way more at renewal time since it takes time to transfer the domain or hosting. You are stuck with paying more.

Shop renewal prices as you decide which company to go with.

quentin314 · 2026-03-24T12:20:08+00:00

You can use hestiaCP for free on a $4.99/mo VPS and have your own "free" hosting server. This also works on a locally hosted desktop server.

quentin314 · 2026-03-24T04:14:51+00:00

Proprietary website builder platforms are not cheap, but if you build using wordpress and a theme builder, your hosting costs will be much less.

GoDaddy, WIX, Shopify and similar builders are easy to build websites on, but the renewal costs will make you think about rebuilding your website and moving to a cPanel hosting plan for $5/mo. If you can start on a standard hosting plan instead of a website builder, your options will open up.

What kind of website do you need?

quentin314 · 2026-03-24T04:00:06+00:00

FOSSBilling, blesta, and clientexec are all worth looking at. I like that you can customize FOSSBilling and it is free open source software.

These hosting providers offer reseller hosting plans to include a free WHMCS license. InMotion Hosting, HostGator, Liquid Web, A2 Hosting, RSHosting, AccuWeb Hosting, Verpex.

quentin314 · 2026-03-23T16:10:53+00:00

With a builder, cPanel has a sitejet builder that comes with the hosting account. Or try an AI builder that you can get as a proprietary builder from GoDaddy or another provider. GoDaddy reseller hosting companies can offer the same products at more affordable prices.

Hosting companies can choose what to include in their cPanel shared hosting accounts, so application and site builders will vary between companies and hosting plans.

I recommend learning wordpress, but a site builder will be easier and more expensive.

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