why hosts charge a 'setup' fee

[sebflo]

If its a VPS or Shared Host the setup fee could be to cover adding your domain to their apache vhost config. Not a hard thing to do but still takes a few minutes to do. Im guessing that may be the setup fee, but who knows.

[zomgmike]

You can probably get that waived just about anywhere these days, especially if you stress the fact that you're a long term client. They might be trying to recoup labor costs from swapping out drives/RAM if they use a contractor to do it.

[GabrielF]

My one never charged me any start up fee, I used a promo code got 10% off for paying a year in advance, it is not much, $28 a month.

[ezdoesitz]

It is called business. When I leased my car they advertised it $479 a month for 39 months, then in the mall print it said "$2300 down at signing" or some fancy words like this.

[Sneaky]

It is called business. When I leased my car they advertised it $479 a month for 39 months, then in the mall print it said "$2300 down at signing" or some fancy words like this.

Yep I put down money with my lease last year, not that much but I did.

[killah]

You can probably get that waived just about anywhere these days,

Tht is a fact

[gspotman]

I ca not think of any reputable adult host that charges a setup fee.

[AlexO]

Not in 2018 they can't get away with it.

[TheButcher]

Not in 2018 they can't get away with it.

You said it boss

[Webby]

Good luck getting me to pay to get a server from a place that wants me to pay in addition to pay them every month.

[razor]

That is greedy of any host, once you sign-up and stay for years they make enough off you no need to try get greedy.

[blackbooty]

I never paid for it so far getting servers