I finally took the plunge and went with paid web hosting. I chose DreamHost, because I heard a lot of good things about it from people at work, and so far it has yet to disappoint. Perl, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, ssh, the works – and by using promo code “777”, it’s a steal at $0.77/month for a year ($9.24/year)! If you’re interested, check it out here.
Marc Abramowitz
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Welcome to Dreamhost 🙂 … I’ve been with them for more than 5 years now, and it’s been great! Compared to the many hosts I’ve worked with on contract, these guys stand out … and they’re funny to boot.
Just curious, how did you find out about the 777 code?
When I signed up it asked for a promo code, so for the heck of it I went to Yahoo! Search and did a search for +dreamhost +”promo code” and I found some guy’s blog posting where he talked about the 777 code.
777 is dead. 🙁
“Promo50” will save you some money. 😉
yeah, 777 ended at the start of August. bummer.
The good news is that there are a ton of other promo codes floating around, so you can still get the plan for less than $3 a month. The cheapest setup I’ve found is $32 for the year: sign up for the “crazy domain insane” plan for a year and then enter the code 32please at checkout. $32 is a lot higher than $9.24, but it’s still a great discount on a plan that’s usually $119.
If that one doesn’t work (expires or something like that) you can try 299sale and get a year for $35.88, which is still pretty cheap, but 32please definitely makes for the cheapest non-sketchy hosting plan I’ve been able to find.
I would like to say that Meg’s codes above are making her money. I think people should disclose her money. DreamHost has instituted a new program that lets users create their own codes and set the discount amounts. It comes out of the set referral award.
I also have a code: 88ISGREAT. This takes $88 off your setup fee if you sign up for a yearly (or 2 year) plan. This works out to $31 for the year, a savings of $1 off the one above. 🙂
And yes, in the interest of full disclosure, I make a *little bit* of money off this. I’m giving almost all of my reward amount to you. (zero-sum game)
Oh, by the way, I’m not singling Meg out. If you see a blog comment touting a code, it’s most likely making that person money.
Best codes would give user maximum discount of $97.