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Blog Hosting Built for Writers Who Take Their Audience Seriously
You write — about politics, fashion, parenting, finance, tech, food. Substack and Medium take a cut, control your audience, and limit your monetisation. A self-hosted WordPress blog on a domain you own keeps every reader, every email signup, and every shilling of ad revenue. Tayo Host gives you the hosting that makes that practical.
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NVMe — thousands of posts plus images
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Platform commission on your revenue
The Problem
Why Substack, Medium, and Wix Are Holding Your Blog Back
Hosted blog platforms are easy to start and expensive to outgrow. Once you have an audience, the limitations stack up fast. Here is what they cost you.
Pain Point 1
Platforms take 10-30% of your earnings
Substack takes 10% of paid subscriptions plus Stripe fees. Medium's Partner Program is opaque and pays pennies per read. On your own WordPress with a Memberful or Paid Memberships Pro plugin, you keep 95%+ after payment processing alone.
Pain Point 2
You don't own your email list — they do
When Substack changes its rules or Medium pivots its model, your audience moves at their convenience. With WordPress + a self-hosted newsletter plugin or your own ConvertKit account, the list is in your database. Forever.
Pain Point 3
No SEO control on managed platforms
You cannot install Yoast, RankMath, or write proper meta descriptions on Medium. Your articles compete with everyone else's on the same domain. On your own domain, every post you write builds your own authority — not Medium's.
Pain Point 4
Custom domains cost extra and look like an afterthought
Substack charges a one-time $50 to add a custom domain. Medium charges $75/year. Even after paying, your URLs still route through their backend. Tayo Host gives you a free .com domain on every annual plan and the URLs are properly yours.
Why It Matters
What a Self-Hosted Blog Actually Unlocks
A self-hosted WordPress blog is not just a place to publish — it is an asset that compounds. Every post indexed by Google adds to your domain's authority for the topics you cover. Every email signup goes into a list you own. Every ad impression earns you the full payout. Every comment, share, and backlink accrues to your domain, not the platform's.
For Kenyan writers specifically, owned hosting unlocks regional monetisation that platforms ignore. M-Pesa-paid memberships ($5/month subscriptions readers can actually pay), Africa-targeted ad networks like Adsterra alongside Google AdSense, and direct sponsorship deals where the brand wires KES to your account — none of these are easy on Substack or Medium.
Tayo Host WordPress Single is built for this work: LiteSpeed Cache for fast article loads, daily backups so you never lose a draft, free SSL for AdSense compliance, and unlimited bandwidth so a viral post does not throttle your site at the moment it matters most. Pay $5.99/mo first year. Renew at $9/mo. Skip the platform tax forever.
Recommended Plan
The Right Hosting for Blogs
Based on what this audience actually needs — not a generic suggestion.
WordPress Hosting · Single tier
Single is the right starter for most blogs. One site, image storage for years of posts, LiteSpeed Cache for fast article loads, and free SSL so AdSense and ad networks accept your site. Upgrade only if you launch a second blog.
LiteSpeed Cache — articles serve in under 1.5 seconds
5 GB NVMe SSD — years of posts plus featured images
Free SSL — required for AdSense, Google News, and HTTPS ranking
Free domain — yourblog.com, .africa, or .co on annual
Daily backups — never lose a draft or comment thread
What You Get
Everything Blogs Need on Every Plan
No upsells. No extras. These come included from day one.
LiteSpeed Cache for Articles
Cached posts serve from RAM in under 100ms. Even a viral 50K-views-in-a-day spike does not slow your site down. Cache invalidates automatically on edit.
5 GB NVMe SSD Storage
Enough room for thousands of posts plus full-resolution featured images. NVMe means even MySQL queries on a 10,000-comment archive stay fast.
Free SSL on Every Page
AdSense, Google News, and modern browsers require HTTPS. Let's Encrypt SSL renews automatically. Zero config from you.
Free .com or .africa Domain
Free domain registration for one year on every annual hosting plan. Your blog name dot com is yours from day one.
Newsletter & Membership Ready
Install Mailpoet for self-hosted newsletters, or connect ConvertKit/MailerLite. Memberful and Paid Memberships Pro work for paid subscriptions.
Multilingual Support
WhatsApp support in English, Swahili, Somali, and Arabic. Real reply in under 2 hours during 06:00-22:00 EAT.
Getting Started
How to Launch Your Blog
Four steps. Most customers are live within an hour.
01
Pick the Single Plan
WordPress Single is the right tier for one blog. $5.99/mo first year, $9/mo renewal.
02
Register Your Free Domain
Choose your blog name. Free .com, .africa, .co, or .net for one year on every annual plan.
03
One-Click WordPress Install
From your dashboard, install WordPress. Pick a clean theme like GeneratePress, Kadence, or Astra.
04
Publish Your First Post
Write, hit publish, share. Your domain is indexed by Google within days, not months.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About Blogs Hosting
Everything you need to know before you sign up.
Blogs · Kenya
Own Your Words, Own Your Domain, Own Your Audience
Self-hosted WordPress blog with free domain and free SSL. From $5.99/mo first year.
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