DrakNet Introduces the New 55 Account
DrakNet introduces the “55″ account – that’s right, just “55″. No cutesy names. Just plain ol’ “55″.
Pay $55 flat per year, and get an introductory hosting account that will cost you little but give you an enormous amount!
You get:
- 2 Gigs of Disk Space
- 50 Gigs of Bandiwidth
- 20 Parked Domains
- 20 Subdomains
- 20 MySQL Databases
- 20 POP Accounts
- 20 Mailman Discussion Lists
- 1 Soholaunch Pro License
All for a flat $55 per year (domain name not included). This account can only be paid for annually or every two years – it cannot be purchased monthly, quarterly, or semi-annually. If you choose another billing frequency on your order form, the account will still be charged annually. As this is an Introductory account and due to its low cost, current accounts cannot be downgraded to it, and coupons cannot be applied to its fees.
Now, those of you that have been with us for a while are, admittedly, probably scratching your head – it resembles both the old “Intro” account in pricing scheme (can’t be downgraded to, must be paid annually only), and the old Junior account (which was $5/m or could be paid annually for $54/yr). You’d be correct – it was created to be a hybrid of the two.
Our Junior accounts were extremely popular – however, those that paid monthly and who’s cards repeatedly got declined would very quickly turn into a bare minimum of profit for us. Throw in a couple of tickets, and we were essentially paying you to host here. The Intro Account, bless its cheap little soul, was almost always a loss and continues to be for those that are still left here for the most part. We had thought it was a way for folks to sample our wares and then upgrade when they liked us – to our surprise, most of you stayed there, quite happy. The problem with that was that razor thin margins affect our non-profit program substantially, and it doesn’t pay for shiny new servers or cooler offerings.
And let’s face it. We’re geeks. We like new bright and shiny toys, and we like giving you new bright shiny toys. We’re much like frantic ferrets in that way.
The new “55″ account is a flat fee account that must be paid annually, removing the huge chunk of revenue we lost to the gateway fees every time we charge (or, ok, try to charge) a card, and is a financially feasible account for us to support. It also tends to be what drives our growth so you may see it periodically disappear if its installs begin to outpace our comfort level – we are very much focused on controlling growth, and server population, at a reasonable pace.
Those of you on Juniors already paying annually may want to compare the allotments with the new account, and your cPanel, as you may come out ahead on the new “55″ account vs. what you have now depending on what you use and how you use it.
