Site Running Costs
What it costs to run the Skelton Gate community website, and how referral income offsets it.
Net cost so far in 2026
Adding up live figures…
Fixed annual costs
Billed in USD- VPS hosting $123.33
- Domain (skeltongate.homes) $12.98
Total fixed costs
$136.31
Skelton AI assistant
Billed in USDLive figures from actual Claude API usage, updated as the chatbot is used.
- This month
Year to date (2026)
Referral income
Paid in GBPKo-fi tips and TopCashback/Octopus referral links on the site, which help offset the costs above.
- July 2026Ko-fi £2.00 £2.00
Total income (2026)
£2.00
Running total for 2026
- Fixed costs (hosting + domain) $136.31
- Skelton AI (year to date)
- Referral income (year to date) −£2.00
Net cost so far this year
Hosting, the domain and the Skelton chatbot are billed in US dollars, shown converted to pounds at the current exchange rate with the dollar amount alongside; referral income pays out in pounds already. Exchange rate via Frankfurter (ECB reference rates), refreshed periodically.