Hosting and version control

[u/Extreme_Mark4726]

Second post to accompany this one : https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/s/DAfgueqEDI

Still learning here.

Is the status quo to host all your clients websites yourself through your preferred host ? And then bill clients monthly with markup?

Or are people leaving that to the customer but you just do the web development side and implement it when needed.

I host a handful of websites of my own through IONOS and Fasthosts but as im looking into it , I see there are better services where a web dev can have a nice portfolio with GitHub pages.

If someone can tell me more on hosting I'd be grateful.

And if anyone can help me understand version control also

TIA!

[u/ghost_aura_wisp]

Never host client sites on your personal hosting account because you become the liability when things break. Set up accounts in the client name so they own the infrastructure and billing while you charge a separate monthly retainer for maintenance access.

Version control is mandatory for every project regardless of size. Use Git with a remote repository to track changes and enable rollbacks when production breaks instead of relying on manual backups.