Gnarly-Repacks is requesting donations for the renewal bill for their site and I know FitGirl sporadically makes requests for donations as well. It makes me curious what range of expenses do sites like these incur and what they are.
I do vaguely recall The Pirate Bay 2013 documentary TPB AFK talking a bit about their revenue but I don’t know if they talked much about their expenses.
idk where you looked, but cheap application webhosting (like WordPress) starts at around 2-3€ per month, including domain and certificate. Add a few bucks if you need more storage.