Definition: fair-use hosting provides enough server resources for a typical business website’s traffic, without a hard meter on every visit — on the understanding that you are not running an unusually heavy workload.
In practice
For a company profile, a brochure site or a small store, fair-use means you simply never think about it. Ordinary growth is covered.
When you would outgrow it
Sudden viral traffic, large media libraries or heavy application workloads are the signals. At that point a transparent upgrade to a higher tier is the honest answer — no penalties, no surprise bills.
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