Long story short - my business partner and I are going our separate ways and I have create my own separate account and started a transfer of domain.
Now I know this does not move the files, but I have a backup so all good there.
What is not good, is that the domain is transferred but I do not have a website associated with the domain, I cant create a website because a) the domain is already transferred b) new domains force me to use the hostinger builder or wordpress auto installer.
I want more control over my hosted files than that, so I basically want a blank slate, just give me a public_html folder and leave me to my own devices.
Anyone know how I can achieve this? Hostinger support kept pointing me to outdated how-to pages.
You have to subscribe to shared hosting. The domain can lie around unassigned for a bit. Go to hostinger's homepage and click shared hosting in the menu. Subscribe to one, maybe the cheapest one; if I'm not wrong, no domain is included in it. Then, after you have your hosting set up, go to the websites tab in hPanel. Click "create website", then select your domain. Make sure to not select anything in the direction of WordPress, press the skip button in the bottom. That should be it, hope that works