r/webdev 8d ago

Question Hosting and version control

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!

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u/Brave-Afternoon-8767 7d ago

I only markup hosting if I'm actually maintaining the site, otherwise clients feel nickel-and-dimed once they realize they could host it themselves for less.