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I run https://box.cock.li/ https://box.cock.li/ , a VPS provider that caters to shitposters and people that kind of like that eerie feeling that your server cou

by gexcolo 10y ago

I run https://box.cock.li/ https://box.cock.li/ , a VPS provider that caters to shitposters and people that kind of like that eerie feeling that your server could shut down at any moment. I don't really have any idea what I'm doing, but I don't really know how to run a mail server either but I seem to be doing okay with https://cock.li/ https://cock.li/ (this is where most of my customers are from) It's currently at about $2K total revenue, and once this transfer of IP space finishes I can properly scale to about $1.8K MRR.

_pmf_ 10y ago
That's marvelous marketing; congratulations!
Solinoid 10y ago
That's interesting. Given that you cater to 'shitposters' and you say yourself that you don't really know what you're doing, are you up at night wondering if you've made a novice error and a user or someone who dislikes one of your users is rooting around in your hardware up to no good? And is there any profit to be made at your current size for your revenue?
- ZoF 10y ago
  He just says he doesn't know what he's doing, he's actually quite competent.
- gexcolo 10y ago
  >are you up at night wondering if you've made a novice error and a user or someone who dislikes one of your users is rooting around in your hardware up to no good? I dropped a database on accident yesterday because I assumed that replication was broken (it wasn't). If someone has managed to root my servers I hope they clean stuff up a bit. >And is there any profit to be made at your current size for your revenue? Cock.li operates not-for-profit, making it a break-even operation that operates financially separate from cockbox. Cockbox took about $2-3K of investment to get going on rented IP space, total to date I have invested about $9K on server hardware to support up to 180 "slots" (sold GB of memory aka $10MRR) and IP space to support a bit more than that (1x/24 aka 255 IPv4 addresses and a /48 IPv6). Considering ongoing expenses are hardware replacements and colocation costs, profit margins are very high.
  - sireat 10y ago
    I admire your courage and thick skin to offer such a service because your chances of getting a truly bad actor using your service are pretty high.
    - gexcolo 10y ago
      It's not my E-mail. Except for the ones that are. But most of them aren't.
anexprogrammer 10y ago
I love this. You've framed it perfectly to set low expectations, with name and niche that won't expect fancy design, and "a server as bad as your email". Yet make $2k a month. I think you know exactly what you're doing :p Why the max of 46 btw?
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- ZoF 10y ago
  Likely 46 is due to his IPv4 pool, hence waiting for the IP space assignment before scaling up.
kek918 10y ago
Wow what an original VPS provider. Love your Privacy policy and Terms of Service :) How on earth do you get customers? Keep it up, good luck!

by gexcolo 10y ago

_pmf_ 10y ago

That's marvelous marketing; congratulations!

Solinoid 10y ago

That's interesting. Given that you cater to 'shitposters' and you say yourself that you don't really know what you're doing, are you up at night wondering if you've made a novice error and a user or someone who dislikes one of your users is rooting around in your hardware up to no good? And is there any profit to be made at your current size for your revenue?

ZoF 10y ago
He just says he doesn't know what he's doing, he's actually quite competent.
gexcolo 10y ago
>are you up at night wondering if you've made a novice error and a user or someone who dislikes one of your users is rooting around in your hardware up to no good? I dropped a database on accident yesterday because I assumed that replication was broken (it wasn't). If someone has managed to root my servers I hope they clean stuff up a bit. >And is there any profit to be made at your current size for your revenue? Cock.li operates not-for-profit, making it a break-even operation that operates financially separate from cockbox. Cockbox took about $2-3K of investment to get going on rented IP space, total to date I have invested about $9K on server hardware to support up to 180 "slots" (sold GB of memory aka $10MRR) and IP space to support a bit more than that (1x/24 aka 255 IPv4 addresses and a /48 IPv6). Considering ongoing expenses are hardware replacements and colocation costs, profit margins are very high.
- sireat 10y ago
  I admire your courage and thick skin to offer such a service because your chances of getting a truly bad actor using your service are pretty high.
  - gexcolo 10y ago
    It's not my E-mail. Except for the ones that are. But most of them aren't.

anexprogrammer 10y ago

I love this. You've framed it perfectly to set low expectations, with name and niche that won't expect fancy design, and "a server as bad as your email". Yet make $2k a month. I think you know exactly what you're doing :p Why the max of 46 btw?

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ZoF 10y ago
Likely 46 is due to his IPv4 pool, hence waiting for the IP space assignment before scaling up.

kek918 10y ago

Wow what an original VPS provider. Love your Privacy policy and Terms of Service :) How on earth do you get customers? Keep it up, good luck!