I need help to save Scale World

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I need help to save Scale World

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As most of you know, I run a website called Scale World which has been running for almost 2 years and has been getting more and more popular as time goes on, 16 000 visits from 102 countries, which isn't bad as I've spent no money on it. Honestly, not a penny! But I don't make any money from it either so it pans out well. All I get is the satisfaction of watching the visitor numbers and this is what is now a problem, let me explain:
The web host is a company called webs.com and they've been making small changes to the service all the time I've been using them and each change has made the service just a little worse. The most recent change is the abolition of the credit shop where I could earn credits by watching adverts or taking part in surveys and then spend the credits on things like extra web storage for a limited amount of time. This means that early next year when my extra storage runs out I won't be able to renew it, which in turn means all of the photographs on the site, all the instructions, box art and decals and some of the colour charts will be taken off the site.
I have two choices, firstly I could pay for a premium service from Webs which will cost me $9.95 a month + $10 set up fee or $99.95 a year, neither of which I can afford right now but, to be honest, the Webs company seems to be getting worse and worse so it seems like throwing good money after bad.
Secondly, I could start again on a new site with a different host but which one? I've signed up with Wix which has a much better site builder than Webs but the free service doesn't include a statistics package so I will lose track of all my visitors which is not something I want to happen; as I said watching the visitor numbers is the only satisfaction I receive from the site.

So I am asking the kind members of ISM for help! Can anyone recommend a free host that has a storage of at least 200mb and a stats page giving visitor numbers and country of origin with a fairly simple drag and drop builder?
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You might as well be selling the big issue. If I had any techie knowledge I would advise you. Sorry.
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No worries, Lego! Thanks for answering anyway. I think I've solved the issue with the technical help of a friend of mine and the generosity of my in-laws. I'll reveal more when I can... ;)
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Sorry Phil, didn't see this before mate!

Hope you've got everything sorted mate. As for free sites, they're all a bit pants and have so many restrictions on them, it's why we go down the paid route....

Look forward to the news buddy :th:
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There are plenty of cheap web hosts you can sign up with - just download all the stuff you've saved and re-upload to a new host (hopefully it's that easy). If the host won't let you download anything (like by FTP) you may be boned and have to rebuild the site completely.

I use Wordpress (free version) for all my sites, and for one site on a web host I have the full version which allows me much more control. With Wordpress, Google Drive and some experimenting you can have a pretty good website really.
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