How much does it cost to maintain a website each month?

The minimum is hosting (monthly or yearly) plus the share of the domain, which is paid yearly. On top of that, if you need them, come email on your domain and a maintenance plan. A static site has low monthly costs; a WordPress site or a store, higher ones.

How much does it cost to renew a .com.ar domain?

NIC Argentina sets it. Under the schedule in force since Jan 15, 2024, registration and yearly renewal cost ARS 8,500 according to iProfesional. Check the current fee at nic.ar before paying.

What happens if I don't pay for hosting or the domain?

The website goes offline and, if the domain is yours, email on that domain stops working too. If the domain expires and isn't renewed within the grace period, it can become available for someone else to register.

Do I have to pay for monthly maintenance?

Not always. A static site can run for years without technical maintenance. WordPress with plugins and online stores do need it. At MyLeads there's no mandatory monthly plan; the Enterprise plan includes monthly maintenance.

Can I make the changes myself?

If the website is set up for editing, yes. On the MyLeads Full plan we include training so you can change copy, prices and photos without depending on anyone.

Is free hosting reliable?

For lightweight static sites, the free plans of services like Netlify or Cloudflare Pages are usually enough. Check each plan's traffic limits and make sure the account is in your name.

Website maintenance cost in 2026: what you pay

Short answer

At a minimum, maintaining a website costs the domain (renewed every year) and hosting (monthly or yearly). On top of that, if you need them, come email on your own domain and maintenance. A lightweight static site has low fixed costs; a WordPress site with plugins or an online store needs technical maintenance every month.

Always fixed: domain and hosting.
Optional: email on your domain, a maintenance plan and paid tools.
What drives costs up the most: paid plugins and themes priced in dollars, and renewals that cost more than the first year.

What costs does a website have after it goes live?

Building the website is a one-time expense. Keeping it online is another one, and it repeats. Many quotes only talk about the first, and the surprise comes a year later, when the domain expires or the hosting price changes. This guide is about the second: what it costs to maintain it. If what you want to know is how much it costs to build one, that's in the guide to how much a website costs in Argentina.

The costs of keeping a site running fall into four groups:

Item	What it is	Is it required?	How you pay
Domain	Your website's address (yourbusiness.com.ar or yourbusiness.com).	Yes	Per year
Hosting	The server where your website lives.	Yes	Per month or per year
Email on your domain	Mailboxes like sales@yourbusiness.com.ar.	No, but it builds trust	Per user, per month
Maintenance	Technical updates, backups, content changes.	Depends on how the website is built	Monthly plan, per change or nothing

How much does a .com.ar domain cost per year?

A .com.ar domain is registered with NIC Argentina using your Clave Fiscal (tax ID login) and is renewed every year. The fee is set by the government: Resolution 5/2024 of the Secretaría Legal y Técnica, published in the Boletín Oficial on January 11, 2024, set the fee schedule in force since January 15, 2024. According to iProfesional (Jan 27, 2024), under that schedule registering and renewing a .com.ar costs ARS 8,500 a year.

That amount gets updated from time to time. As of October 14, 2026 we couldn't confirm a newer schedule, so before paying check the current fee at nic.ar. Two tips that matter more than the price:

Make sure the domain is in your name, with your CUIT (tax ID), and not in the name of whoever built your website. Otherwise, switching providers gets complicated.
Renew on time. If it expires, your website and email stop working, and after the grace period the domain can become available to someone else.

A .com domain is bought from private registrars and paid in dollars. It usually has a promotional price for the first year and a more expensive renewal: always check what the second year costs.

How much does website hosting cost?

Hosting depends on the type of site. As a market reference, GoDaddy for Argentina lists cPanel hosting from USD 5.99 a month (prices updated in November 2025). But not every site needs the same thing:

Type of site	What hosting it needs	Approximate cost
Static site (pages that don't change on their own, like the ones we build at MyLeads)	A static site service or simple hosting	It may fit within the free plans of services like Netlify or Cloudflare Pages, depending on traffic
WordPress or similar	Hosting with PHP and a database, ideally with automatic backups	The provider's monthly or yearly plan (GoDaddy reference: from USD 5.99 a month)
Your own online store	Hosting with more resources, a certificate and daily backups	Higher, depending on products and traffic
Store on a platform (Tiendanube, Shopify)	Included in the platform's subscription	The plan's monthly fee (see Tiendanube or your own store (in Spanish))

Market references checked on Oct 14, 2026. Prices in dollars change with the exchange rate and taxes.

What does website maintenance include?

"Maintenance" is a word used for two different things, and it's worth separating them before you sign up for a monthly plan:

	Technical maintenance	Content maintenance
What it is	Updating the system, plugins and themes, checking security, making backups and making sure the website loads properly.	Changing prices, photos, copy and hours, adding products or news.
Who needs it?	Sites built on WordPress, with plugins, or self-hosted stores.	Everyone, to a greater or lesser extent.
What happens if it isn't done?	Errors, slow pages and security holes.	Outdated information: prices that don't match, wrong opening hours.
Can you do it yourself?	Better left to someone technical.	Yes, if the website is set up for editing.

A WordPress site with lots of plugins definitely needs technical maintenance, because plugins update often and an outdated plugin is the most common way in for a hack. A static site has no plugins: technical maintenance is minimal and what's left are the content changes you want to make.

Is a monthly maintenance plan worth it?

It depends on how often your website changes and how it's built. Before signing up for a plan, ask for it in writing:

How many content changes a month are included and how quickly they're done.
Whether it includes technical updates and backups, and how often.
Whether hosting and the domain are included or paid separately.
What happens if you cancel the plan: do you keep your logins, and does the website stay online?
Whether it includes reports on visits or inquiries.

If your website rarely changes (a company site, a landing page), paying per change is usually the better deal. If it changes every week (a menu with prices, a catalog, a store), a plan or a website you can edit yourself pays off more.

How much does it cost to maintain a website per year, by type of site?

We don't give you a fixed number because it depends on the provider, the exchange rate and what you need. What you can do is work out your own yearly cost with this sheet:

Item	Small static site	WordPress company site	Online store
.com.ar domain	NIC annual fee	NIC annual fee	NIC annual fee
Hosting	Low or free plan, depending on traffic	Monthly plan × 12	Plan with more resources × 12, or the platform subscription
Email on your domain	Optional: users × months	Optional: users × months	Recommended
Technical maintenance	Almost none	Needed every month	Needed every month
Paid plugins, themes or apps	No	Frequent, many in dollars	Platform apps or extensions
Content changes	Per change, or you do them	Per change, monthly plan, or you do them	Constant: someone has to add them
Sales commissions	No	No	Depends on the platform and payment method

How much does it cost to maintain a website built by MyLeads?

At MyLeads there's no mandatory monthly plan. You pay for the design once (50% deposit and 50% at launch) and after that only the domain and hosting, which we help you set up in your name. The sites we build are static: they have no plugins to update, they load fast and hosting can be very cheap. Each plan comes with a support period after launch (7 days on Landing, 15 on Starter and 30 on Full), and the Enterprise plan includes monthly maintenance.

Plan	Price (one-time payment)	After launch
Landing	ARS 100,000 - ARS 300,000	7 days of support. After that, domain and hosting.
Starter	ARS 450,000 - ARS 600,000	15 days of support. After that, domain and hosting.
Full	ARS 750,000 - ARS 950,000	30 days of support and training so you can edit it. After that, domain and hosting.
Enterprise	Custom	Includes monthly maintenance.

Prices published on /planes as of Oct 14, 2026.

You can compare everything on website plans and prices. And if you're choosing a platform, see Wix or a custom website, where we compare the total cost over two years.

Yearly checklist so you don't overpay

Write down your domain's expiry date and set a reminder one month before.
Check whose name the domain, the hosting and the logins are in.
Compare the hosting renewal price with the first-year price.
Cancel plugins, apps and email accounts you don't use.
Check that the prices, hours and contact details on your website match the ones on Google.
Ask for a full backup and keep it yourself.

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