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(None of this takes into account semiyearly/yearly pricing discounts.) The difference is that they sell their boxes with prices proportional to memory so that
by spicyj 16y ago
(None of this takes into account semiyearly/yearly pricing discounts.)
The difference is that they sell their boxes with prices proportional to memory so that doubling resources costs double (25.6MB RAM per dollar), whereas at prgmr, you charge a flat $4-per-guest fee and then charge linearly for space on top of that (64 MB per dollar).
Bonus fact: If you both were to offer a 173 MB size, the costs would be almost the same (~$6.70/mo).
- lsc 16y agoIt's funny, because my choice of pricing with my current support costs, and the fact that nearly all my advertising is fixed-cost 'brand building' vs. per-customer cost referrals or click ads, actually makes the smaller domains /much/ more profitable than the larger domains, which yes, probably means I've mispriced something. But the smaller domains do have a much larger 'margin for error' - if I sell a block of them to spammers, or to people expecting a full-time sysadmin, they can get expensive fast.