A portfolio builder should not be the only place your portfolio can run. You should be able to build in the editor, export the result, and keep using the site on whichever host you choose.

That is why PortfolioDIY treats the export as the main deliverable. Everything you make here exports as semantic HTML, BEM-structured CSS, minimal vanilla JavaScript, images, SEO files, and deployment notes. The exported site has no runtime dependency on PortfolioDIY.

Premium follows the same idea. The $7 purchase removes the PortfolioDIY badge from exports across your account for 12 months. You can also publish one portfolio at pfdiy.com/your-name without buying a domain or hosting, but the core product is still the ZIP you own.

This gives us a simple product test: does a feature make the exported site clearer, faster, easier to host, or easier to review? If it does, it belongs. If it only makes you depend on PortfolioDIY more, it does not.