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High Spec KVM
Hello,
I am looking for a high spec KVM for production use, along the lines of this:
CPU: 2+ cores (shared)
RAM: 4GB+
Disk Space: 100GB+ HDD (no SSD needed)
Bandwidth: 2TB+ @ 100Mbit+
DDoS protection: Yes, no more than 1Gbps required
Location: Anywhere
Budget: Up to $1.75 per GB of RAM (so $7/mo for 4GB of RAM)
No WisHosting please, I already have enough services from them :P
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3GB Miami Special
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Offer withdrawn.
That's above my budget requirements:Posted this before seeing the second post
We can do the following
Free Bonus :
@key900
How many IPv6 (a range or a single one)?
Sorry but 100GB, 4GB, Protection and 2TB (thus ~7Mbit) for 7$... for production usage... is not going to be yielding anything useful from any reputable provider i would trust longer term.
Alone 7Mbit BW cost at least 2.5$, anywhere...
We do one but you can order more for free.
Too true. And yet, I am tempted to make an offer in HK, if only to get more users on my empty nodes :-). The question is what happens when the price inevitably goes up?
If you are one of those people who entice customers with an attractive recurring price and then raise the price... You will walk on thick eggs...
DDOS-Shield... reminds me of ColoCrossing. (the same DDoS protection that can barely protect LET)
We are using Psychz
I don't know what that means to 'walk on thick eggs'.
There are 2 reasons to sell at a very cheap price (in my view).
1.) For promotional / marketing purposes. (Loss Leaders)
2.) To make use of otherwise unused/excess capacity.
In 2015, we launched a free VPS service and had a couple thousand registrations. We don't plan on running those VPS forever, but it's been over 2 years now and they are still running strong (though we stopped taking additional free nodes several months ago).
Now, in HK, we have a fair amount of unused capacity with regards to bandwidth, IPs and physical servers. Rather than let that equipment sit there doing nothing, why not setup a few promo deals? Certainly we don't (and won't) over allocate too much of our existing resources to the promo deals, but if we can offer a service at a low price for a year or so, why not? Unless operating costs drop to such a level that the low price is sustainable long term, the service fee will inevitably go up. And I don't really think this is a problem. We would provide ample warning to clients on those promotional services before any potential price increases, and we would honor any period that has been pre-paid. But beyond that, I do not think it is unfair or unreasonable to adjust prices at later dates (again, providing reasonable notice period).
Do you think this is bad practice?
@karatekidmonkey,
Can you pay yearly? I'll do this for you in HK if you're interested.
Disclaimer
TECHNICALLY, as I have mentioned above, I would be selling this to you at a loss. But we already pay for all the bandwidth, and we already have all the hardware. If you buy 1 year, I'll guarantee you that year, but I can't promise the price will be the same if you need it for more than a year.
Will provide HE.net routed bandwidth only (no HGC or CT routes).
This is a standard lowendbusiness colloquial expression. You may take a look at @WSS signature or just ask around. Fart Mother.
Honesty is always a good practice.
I don't have a problem with your offer, the way you described it. Actually, no invention is required: put "recurring" into offer if it's sustainable for you, or say that it's not and price is valid for 1st payment only. I think this is clear enough and won't make anyone disappointed later down the road.
No, the longest I'm willing to pay is quarterly.
Sorry I'm not sure I understand what you mean by this.
In any case, my idea is to allocate a manageable portion of our otherwise unused resources to generate some revenue from it. Aside from the electricity cost of running extra servers, we already have the hardware and pay for the bandwidth and IPs, so actually any revenue is better than no revenue. As our utilization increases, and we have less and less available resources, rather than upgrade our network, we can simply unwind the promo deals. We normally reserve enough capacity for at least 6 months of our anticipated needs so we can normally give at least a 2 - 3 month notice before any service or price change. Since we always state our promotional offers are PROMOTIONAL and of limited stock, and considerably cheaper than our standard service offering, I think it would be reasonable to assume that the price is not guaranteed forever.
Can you pay with BTC or at least the Paypal / Credit Card fees? Can do quarterly if you cover the fees.
This is a possibility. However, I'm not particularly interested in a location in Asia, I'd prefer NA or EU
Oh, I wasn't referring to your DDoS protection. I love to stick a ColoCrossing insult here and there
The irony here is that I have a DC in LT, and significantly lower operating costs than HK. Sadly our unused capacity isn't quite as large.. so can't help you there. Sorry.
Alright. Thanks for the offer.