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Lack of custom domains on the Free is really unfortunate. People like to see their sites live on a real domain before investing the 1200 a year in hosting. I t
by ApolloRising 15y ago
Lack of custom domains on the Free is really unfortunate. People like to see their sites live on a real domain before investing the 1200 a year in hosting.
I think you need to put a smaller tier 25, 50, 100 and then ramp up from there if you want to get some of the early startup market.
- vladd 15y agoAt our startup (kind of a dotcloud specialized for server-side JavaScript) we offer custom domains support [1] starting at $29.95/month, but in general we found out that people take out the time to try the product and the user experience on the free plan before putting any real money into the service. Maybe it's a behaviour specific for this audience (early adopters in this market are more likely to be individual or startup programmers rather than typical hosting clients, and the technology is relatively new which makes the value proposition to be hard to grasp without a hands-on experience). [1] https://secure.erbix.com/pricing https://secure.erbix.com/pricing
- StavrosK 15y agoEh, people always want the things they want for free. "It's a pity the free tier doesn't include the thing I want most, if it did I might pay for it down the line". They rarely do.