Why Dreamhost Isn’t Getting My Business
January 14, 2008 – 12:40 pmI decided late last year that the time had come to host this site commercially (it currently lives on a little old machine sitting in some donated rack space in downtown Toronto). My first thought was Dreamhost, but when I tried to sign up this morning, they insisted that I stuff my credit card details into my Google account for processing. One less customer for Dreamhost…
6 Responses to “Why Dreamhost Isn’t Getting My Business”
Wow really? They never did that to me when I signed up a few years ago…
By Thuan on Jan 14, 2008
I have a few friends who are with site5 and are quite satisfied. It’s also really cheap!
http://www.site5.com
By Guillaume Theoret on Jan 14, 2008
That’s weird. When I signed up in December they had a direct-CC option, where they took you to their own SSL site, so you could pay directly. Their Payment methods list it too.
You could try contacting support and asking what’s up. Also, if you decide to sign up, google for some sign-up promo codes. They could save you up to $97.
By Dmitri on Jan 14, 2008
If you want a virtual server, then I can recommend linode.com… reasonably priced, and I’m blissfully happy with them…
By Harald on Jan 14, 2008
site5.com it is — thanks for the referral.
By Greg Wilson on Jan 15, 2008
This morning Dreamhost messed up their billing system and caused chaos:
http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/01/15/um-whoops/
Good thing my credit card on their system expired already…
By Thuan on Jan 15, 2008