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  "read_on": "2026-10-07",
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  "currency_basis": "US English purchase path (locale=en-us), dollar-denominated quote; no conversion from another regional site.",
  "cart_inspected": true,
  "code_entered": false,
  "code_redemption_verified": false,
  "order_submitted": false,
  "payment_completed": false,
  "account_cancellation_tested": false,
  "final_payable_total_verified": false,
  "campaign_expires_at": null,
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      "session_dependent": true,
      "entry_url": "https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps.html",
      "plan": "IONOS VPS Linux S+",
      "configuration": {
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        "data_center": "United States",
        "os": "Alma 9 (latest)",
        "vcpu": 1,
        "ram_gb": 2,
        "nvme_gb": 60,
        "paid_addons_selected": false
      },
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        "$2/month for 3 months",
        "Then only $6/month",
        "Minimum contract term 12 months",
        "Billing: 12 months in advance",
        "Renews automatically"
      ],
      "subtotal_label": "Subtotal",
      "subtotal": "60.00",
      "reference_amount": "72.00",
      "intro_monthly_rate": "2.00",
      "intro_months": 3,
      "post_intro_monthly_rate": "6.00",
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      "billing_months_in_advance": 12,
      "renews_automatically": true,
      "tax_inclusive_total": null,
      "separately_labeled_second_year_total": null,
      "promo_code_field_present": true,
      "observed_before_code_entry": true,
      "money_back_guarantee_days_displayed": 30
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ionos.com/help/my-account/cancellation/cancelling-your-entire-ionos-contract/",
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      "method": "Browser, public official help page",
      "quotes": [
        "Cancellation via the IONOS account",
        "Make a note of cancellation now"
      ],
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        "telephone"
      ],
      "confirmation_described": [
        "cancellation date displayed",
        "email confirmation"
      ],
      "interpretation": "The page does not support a blanket claim that calling is mandatory. No account-specific flow was tested."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ionos.com/help/my-account/cancellation/notice-periods-for-termination-of-the-contract/",
      "read_at": "2026-10-07T12:38:23.331Z",
      "method": "Browser, public official help page",
      "quote": "provided you comply with the minimum contract term and the agreed notice period",
      "plan_specific_notice_days": null,
      "refund_conditions_tested": false
    }
  ],
  "editorial_calculations": [
    {
      "formula": "3 * 2 + 9 * 6",
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      "meaning": "First-year base cost; agrees with observed subtotal, excluding tax"
    },
    {
      "formula": "60 / 12",
      "result_usd": "5.00",
      "meaning": "First-year monthly average, not a monthly-billed offer"
    },
    {
      "formula": "12 * 6",
      "result_usd": "72.00",
      "meaning": "Conditional later-year estimate if the displayed ongoing rate remains unchanged; not a verified renewal invoice"
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "No purchase or payment",
    "No tax-inclusive final total",
    "No renewal invoice",
    "No account cancellation or refund test",
    "No plan-specific notice deadline",
    "No coupon redemption"
  ]
}