What's about 0,5$/GB hosts?
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Overselling (to an unreasonable amount), and using crappy/sketchy providers. All while still making next to no profit. My theory is that people (typically kids 14 or younger) try selling at such low prices because they want lots of customers (for those bragging rights) but couldn't care less about making (or loosing) money. My other theory is that they (still the kids 14 or younger) genuinely think they can turn a profit, if they sell enough servers. And while that probably is true (but still barely any profit at all) at a small/medium-ish scale, it definitely doesn't scale well when you hit medium-ish/large scale.
As much as I (and lots of other people probably) appreciate your post, unfortunately this has been brought up a few other times, but it doesn't seem to stop >$1/gb hosts from popping up here. It's pretty unique to MCM though - you go outside of here and people are honestly surprised $2.50/GB isn't a scam.
As much as I (and lots of other people probably) appreciate your post, unfortunately this has been brought up a few other times, but it doesn't seem to stop >$1/gb hosts from popping up here. It's pretty unique to MCM though - you go outside of here and people are honestly surprised $2.50/GB isn't a scam.
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That all is mostly true. We mostly focus on colocation and dedicated server however and a single 32 GB server in a 1U form factor doesn't cost more than 18 USD per month to sustain. Having a lot of space means that the bill is high, but if you can cram a lot of people onto a single server that is actually capable of supporting all the trafic it isn't even a problem. Lets say you spend in total of 30 USD a month to colocate your own server with 64 GBs of RAM and for a WHMCS license. You can easily sell at 75c/GB/month an d still make a really small sum of money (profit that is). I do agree however that most hosts start off with rented hardware and don't give a single ____ about their customers or how they run their bussiness. People doing that are just hurting the market in my opinion. Most people then see it as a scam if they see a host with such low prices. While that can hold true in most cases it just speds a bad light on those legit ones. Being a part of a newly opened host I can confirm that Minecraft isn't much of a money maker in that sense, but most people will uprade to a VPS or even a dedi if they like their existing service and want more performance.
That essentially means you get more exposure in the long run and even get a customer or two more as you progress.
If you have any other questions you might want to ask me about it feel free to add me on Discord: Perhaps.#2019 .
(I can get you a nice deal on coolcation in Dallas)
That all is mostly true. We mostly focus on colocation and dedicated server however and a single 32 GB server in a 1U form factor doesn't cost more than 18 USD per month to sustain. Having a lot of space means that the bill is high, but if you can cram a lot of people onto a single server that is actually capable of supporting all the trafic it isn't even a problem. Lets say you spend in total of 30 USD a month to colocate your own server with 64 GBs of RAM and for a WHMCS license. You can easily sell at 75c/GB/month an d still make a really small sum of money (profit that is). I do agree however that most hosts start off with rented hardware and don't give a single ____ about their customers or how they run their bussiness. People doing that are just hurting the market in my opinion. Most people then see it as a scam if they see a host with such low prices. While that can hold true in most cases it just speds a bad light on those legit ones. Being a part of a newly opened host I can confirm that Minecraft isn't much of a money maker in that sense, but most people will uprade to a VPS or even a dedi if they like their existing service and want more performance.
That essentially means you get more exposure in the long run and even get a customer or two more as you progress.
If you have any other questions you might want to ask me about it feel free to add me on Discord: Perhaps.#2019 .
(I can get you a nice deal on coolcation in Dallas)
I've talked to a number of the providers offering cheap $1/GB hosting, and the majority brag about turning a $20 profit on a $120 machine. While there's technically profit, you have to max out the node to turn a minuscule profit. These race to the bottom business models simply don't work or last. While I'm not too familiar with this community -- I can say it is the companies that are lowering the expectations of the customers -- not the customers being overly cheap.
Your Right But the hosting companies can only do so much, Its the customers who need to make the decision to come over or not.
This only happens here, tbh. We price the plans at $3/GB, and the people here has complained one and another and another time, every day, be it "This is a scam", "I can get the same for a dollar", etc. I've recently started advertising and selling outside of MCM and the people thinks even at $3/GB it's super cheap. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Just don't be a meme and have a proper brand and quality standard in place, the people will eventually come.
Just don't be a meme and have a proper brand and quality standard in place, the people will eventually come.
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Talk to me when you do. (;
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