I was blogwalking and found a post by swissmiss (Subscription Cost Visualizer) so I wanted to give it a try. While I couldn’t find subscriptions for website host and domain name renewal (Hostinger and WordPress.com) readily available, I was able to added them manually along with additional subscriptions such as Kinokuniya Bookstore membership. I also need to point out here that some subscriptions that I enjoy are taken care of by our subscription to cable TV and Ari (hahah!).

It was pretty interesting.

Those are the ones I could remember for now, though. Some of them are renewed on a 3-month/quarterly cycle (IQIYI) and 4-year cycle (Hostinger website hosting).

When I was still a Happiness Engineer in WordPress.com, there was a discussion on hosting pricing. Some US-based HEs shared their confusion about why there are users who asked for a monthly subscription. Apparently, it was not super common in the US. The monthly subscription method, however, is pretty popular elsewhere, especially in South American and Asian countries. The reason being: It has less “commitment”; as in, you are not being bound to a service/company for 12 months, and you can bail out anytime without losing too much money. That said, economies of scale do exist, and yes, the yearly subscription method tends to have lower prices than the monthly one. While now WordPress.com has been offering monthly subscription for quite some time, I can vouch that the fee of yearly subscription is way cheaper in total sum.

I chose 3-months cycle for my IQIYI subscription because I am not a big of drama viewer afterall, be it C-drama, K-drama, or any other series/drama out there. I did enjoy C-dramas, but I’m still unsure whether I can commit for yearly subscriptions or not, hahah. The difference between a quarterly subscription and a yearly subscription is RM 10, though, so I miiiight still thinking about it (also, in this economyyy??)

In case you want to check yours, you can visit this site: Subscription Cost Visualizer.