HL-GOV-01 • GOVERNANCE DOCKET 2026-11-12

HostLedger Editorial Desk: Independent 36-Month Tariff Accounting

HostLedger is an independent hosting tariff accounting publication maintained by the HostLedger Editorial Desk, modeling 36-month renewal liabilities from public vendor rate schedules.

Affiliate Disclosure & Commission Notice: HostLedger is operated independently by HostLedger Editorial Desk. When you purchase hosting through outbound /go/* partner links (marked rel="sponsored"), HostLedger may earn a referral commission at zero extra checkout cost to you. All 36-month TCO figures are modeled deterministically from public vendor rate schedules retrieved 2026-11-12 — read our Affiliate Disclosure and Accounting Methodology.

Publication: HostLedger (36-Month TCO Dossier)
Operating Entity: HostLedger Editorial Desk
Tariff Audit Date: 2026-11-12 (Public Vendor Schedules)
Revenue Model: Partner /go/* Referral Commissions

HostLedger_36Mo_TCO = (Promo_Months * Promo_Rate)
                    + (Renewal_Months * Post_Promo_Rate)
                    + (Yr2_Domain_Fee + Yr3_Domain_Fee)
                    + (36 * Monthly_Backup_IPv4_Panel_Addons)

1. Who Operates HostLedger and How HostLedger Is Funded

HostLedger is an independent infrastructure tariff analysis and 36-month cost comparison publication maintained by the HostLedger Editorial Desk, registered at Independent Digital Infrastructure Publication. Rather than running programmatic display banners or selling paid editorial placements, HostLedger funds its calculators and renewal ledgers through affiliate commissions earned when readers purchase hosting via outbound /go/ links at zero extra checkout cost.

2. HostLedger Deterministic Public-Tariff Accounting Methodology

We do not claim proprietary hardware lab testing or synthetic packet benchmarks on HostLedger. Instead, our editorial desk reconstructs 12-month, 24-month, and 36-month net cash outflow strictly from published vendor pricing schedules, ICANN domain renewal tables, backup add-on menus, and Terms of Service billing clauses retrieved on 2026-11-12 across providers offering 20 GB to 400 GB NVMe storage and 1 vCPU to 8 vCPU instances.

3. Pending Live Renewal Invoice Verification on HostLedger

Where multi-year production renewal receipts or live Year-2 billing screenshots are not yet archived on HostLedger, we recommend verifying renewal invoices directly inside your vendor billing portal. Readers should always verify final taxes and promotional terms on the official checkout screen before submitting payment.

HostLedger Governance Q&A (HL-GOV-01)

Does HostLedger accept payment from vendors to alter 36-month TCO rankings?

No. Every ranking inside the HostLedger TCO calculator and ledger tables is sorted mathematically by 36-month cumulative USD outflow and contractual price-lock terms.

HostLedger governance docket HL-GOV-01 (about) is maintained by HostLedger Editorial Desk alongside our 2026-11-12 public tariff archive.