The $2.99 host is $17.99 next year.
SiteGround's intro is real. So is the renewal. JuJu is one price from day one: site, domain registration and yearly renewal, 10 mailboxes. No jump.
We're not the cheapest host. We're the one that just works.
The renewal-invoice switcher
This page is for the SiteGround customer who liked year one and just opened the renewal invoice.
You have a brochure or small-business WordPress site. You want email at your domain. You want the domain to stay paid without a second bill. You don't want to re-shop hosting every 12 months because the promo expired.
You're not moving a 50 GB WooCommerce catalog. You're not shopping "unlimited sites on one shared box." You want one site that stays put.
Still inside SiteGround's first 30 days? Their refund window is open. Past it? We migrate you free. If you have time left on the old host, we add that time to your JuJu plan — up to 12 months, at our price. We don't write a check.
Entry plans, one WordPress site
USD. SiteGround prices as published, prepaid 12 months, ex. VAT. Dated 15 August 2026.
| JuJu | SiteGround StartUp | SiteGround GrowBig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intro / advertised | $19.95/mo · $199/yr ($16.58/mo) | $2.99/mo, prepaid 12 mo | $4.99/mo, prepaid 12 mo |
| Renewal (12-mo term) | Same price. No split. | $17.99/mo | $29.99/mo |
| Sites | 1 | 1 | Unlimited |
| Storage | 10 GB NVMe | 10 GB | 50 GB |
| Staging | ✓ included | Not on StartUp | ✓ included |
| Domain | Registration and yearly renewal included | Free — first year only | Free — first year only |
| .com after year 1 | $0 extra | $22.99/yr regular | $22.99/yr regular |
| 10 mailboxes included | Unlimited mailboxes | Unlimited mailboxes | |
| Object cache | Redis, included | Multilevel caching | Multilevel caching |
| AI on your site | Engineer, builder, briefing, copilot | AI agent + monthly tokens | AI agent + monthly tokens |
| Money-back | 60 days on hosting | 30 days | 30 days |
| Migration | Free + time credit (up to 12 months, our price) | Free first migration | Free first migration |
SiteGround includes unlimited email; we include 10. The wedge here is the renewal jump and the domain after year one — not the mailbox count.
Year one is the trap
| Path | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | 3-year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JuJu annual | $199 | $199 | $199 | $597 |
| SiteGround StartUp + .com | $35.88 + $0 | $215.88 + $22.99 | $215.88 + $22.99 | $513.62 |
| SiteGround GrowBig + .com | $59.88 + $0 | $359.88 + $22.99 | $359.88 + $22.99 | $825.62 |
Being straight with you: StartUp can come out cheaper over three years — $513.62 vs our $597 — if you stay on one site and never need staging. After the jump it's $17.99/mo plus about $1.92/mo for the .com — roughly $19.91/mo, next to JuJu's $16.58/mo annual with renewal already in.
GrowBig is the SiteGround plan that includes staging — the feature JuJu ships on every site. That path is $825.62 over three years vs JuJu's $597. Either way, $2.99 is not the price of the host. $17.99 is.
Assumptions: one WordPress site, one .com, annual billing, no tax. SiteGround at the 15 Aug 2026 published intro then published 12-month renewal for years 2–3; domain free year 1 then $22.99/yr regular; email $0 (included). JuJu $199/yr, domain + 10 mailboxes included. Promo prices change — these are the numbers on the pages we opened 15 Aug 2026.
Renewal trap plus the domain. Email isn't the gap.
SiteGround includes email — unlimited mailboxes. We include 10. We're not going to pretend we win the mailbox count.
What they don't include is the domain after year one. "Free domain" is the first year; their own FAQ says so. Year two, the .com is $22.99 on their domain page unless a later sale says otherwise.
What they also don't include is a price that stays put. StartUp is $2.99, then $17.99. GrowBig is $4.99, then $29.99. That's the product.
JuJu is $19.95/mo or $199/yr. Domain registration and yearly renewal sit inside that number. Ten mailboxes sit inside it. Redis sits inside it. The AI on your site sits inside it. The invoice in month 13 matches month 1.
One SKU. We'll tell you when it doesn't fit.
This is one plan: 10 GB NVMe, 256 MB PHP, ten mailboxes, one WordPress site. It's built for a brochure site, a consultant site, a small-business marketing site. It is not a huge WooCommerce catalog, a membership network, or a media library that already eats 10 GB.
SiteGround GrowBig gives you 50 GB and unlimited sites on one plan. If you need that shape, stay there — or talk to us about a fleet, not this SKU. We won't imply we're the same shared box, and we won't imply we're bigger. We're the boring, complete, one-site plan.
Leaving SiteGround?
One price, from day one — domain renewal and email already in it.
60-day money-back on hosting · Cancel anytime · Free white-glove migration (typical 1–2 business days) · Leftover old-host time becomes JuJu time — up to 12 months, at our price
Hosting refund: first 60 days of the initial purchase, one guarantee refund per customer (Refund Policy). Domain registrations, renewals, and transfers are non-refundable once provisioned.
