Why Paying for Your Blog Is Worth Every Penny
The Cost of Blogging
A personal blogger breaks down what she willingly pays for: a personal domain as a portable online identity, hosting that keeps her data out of the business model, premium fonts (capped at £100 per family), and a writing app like Paper. Free fonts get self-hosted to dodge tracking, and she favors original foundries. She asks readers which blogging costs they consider worthwhile.
A domain is your online identity. If you own it, no one else can claim it.