For a new site I recently decided to launch, I needed to find some web hosting. The site will be more of an experiment than a real thing, so I didn't want to throw too much money in it. But the thing is, I also feel the need for features most cheap hosting providers don't include in their basic offers. I just can't live without an SSH access, for instance. So, I started to search for the dream offer, and … w00t ! I think I found a kick ass deal.
What I bought :
- a domain name, registered for one year
- 4800 MB of disk storage (increasing each week by 40 Mo, that will sum up to 6880 MB in one year)
- 120 GB of monthly bandwidth (+ 1 GB each week)
- Unlimited number of domains or subdomains hosted on this account
- Unlimited MySQL db, email aliases, …
- Full Unix shell with SSH access ! And crontab ! Couldn't believe it till I was logged in :)
- Awesome support ! Sent one mail, got a replied 8 minutes later with a relevant answer
- Really complete control panel with more features and 1-click-install software than I'll ever need
How much is that you ask ? For all these things I've paid exactly … $23.88 for the whole year.
So, here comes now the blatant affiliate link which is truely worth it if you ask me : I've bought this account at DreamHost. This is their basic offer with the following trick : pay for one whole year at once (or two years) and enter "888" as a promotional code. They are celebrating their 8th birthday which is worth 80% off the bill (could be time limited, I'm not sure).
God I'm pleased and excited :-)
Et en plus, ils gèrent tous WebDAV. Si ça c'est pas de la valeur ajoutée, alors.
Damn that's nice! I'll setup an account as soon as I can! Thanks for the tip!
The Dreamhost blog says this offer is valid for the first 888 new hosting plans.
Apparently this number hasn't been reached yet because I got myself the same plan as you did. I'll migrate my sites this weekend. W00t!
w00t ! :)
(and not w00t for their referral stuff, it didn't seem to credit me anything)
The 888 promotional thing removed the referral thing… Sorry, it wasn't me! ;)
What a deal!! (hi hi hi)
Ozh, you da man!!
the 888 trick worked for me as well :D
(what happens in a year time?)
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