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I have some suggestions for Garry: http://www.onebigfluke.com/2013/02/blog-platforms-will-not-last-forever.html http://www.onebigfluke.com/2013/02/blog-platfor

I have some suggestions for Garry: http://www.onebigfluke.com/2013/02/blog-platforms-will-not-last-forever.html http://www.onebigfluke.com/2013/02/blog-platforms-will-not-l... "To actually commit to the claim of being 'the most durable blog platform ever created' and 'made to last forever', a blog hosting service should either: A) Require new users to bring their existing domain. OR B) Have users register for a new domain during sign-up. "

callmeed 14y ago
OR they could agree to 301 your URLs even after you leave (maybe for a small, one-time fee).
- bslatkin 14y ago
  301s assumes their host is up. Services disappear within 24 hours: "The shutdown will be quite abrupt: Memolane accounts and content are set to be deleted tomorrow" http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/21/memolane-the-internet-time-machine-app-for-exploring-past-social-network-content-is-shutting-down/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/21/memolane-the-internet-time-...
  - sgrove 14y ago
    Seems like 1.) they let their users know about a month ahead of time and 2.) they were only a secondary aggregator of existing content that wouldn't be lost by them going away. Your point still stands, that's just a poor example.
- garry 14y ago
  This is something Brett and I have discussed already. It's a good idea.
garry 14y ago
If you've ever accidentally let a domain lapse, it's pretty clear using your own domain is not necessarily more durable. Unless of course we figure out some way to auto-renew the domain, which is a possibility.
- benatkin 14y ago
  My domain is registered until 2021, and it only cost me as much as it would cost for two years of PostHaven.
  - EwanToo 14y ago
    The significant problem with long-lived domain registrations is not the price, but the potential that people tend to forget about the renewal date, move email address and credit card number over that 10 year period, and lose the domain when it comes to renewal time. If you're talking "forever", or at least a lifetime, a 10 year cliff is a long time but not that long. You could do things, like actually turn off the domain service after 9.5 years, giving people a 6 month retention reminder of the blunt sort, but there's not much clever that I can think of.
    - benatkin 14y ago
      Well, I'm going to extend it to 2022 by the end of this year. I'm not advocating forgetting it for half a decade, but having a backup plan in case you do.
- bslatkin 14y ago
  That's my suggestion to you. Make people sign up for your service and domain in a single, auto-renewing transaction. Hold the domain for them if it's going to lapse. Make it really hard to mess up as a user. The day you do finally shut down Posthaven-- which will happen-- this will give all your customers a built-in migration strategy for their URLs. I think that's a stronger offer.

callmeed 14y ago

OR they could agree to 301 your URLs even after you leave (maybe for a small, one-time fee).

bslatkin 14y ago
301s assumes their host is up. Services disappear within 24 hours: "The shutdown will be quite abrupt: Memolane accounts and content are set to be deleted tomorrow" http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/21/memolane-the-internet-time-machine-app-for-exploring-past-social-network-content-is-shutting-down/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/21/memolane-the-internet-time-...
- sgrove 14y ago
  Seems like 1.) they let their users know about a month ahead of time and 2.) they were only a secondary aggregator of existing content that wouldn't be lost by them going away. Your point still stands, that's just a poor example.
garry 14y ago
This is something Brett and I have discussed already. It's a good idea.

garry 14y ago

If you've ever accidentally let a domain lapse, it's pretty clear using your own domain is not necessarily more durable. Unless of course we figure out some way to auto-renew the domain, which is a possibility.

benatkin 14y ago
My domain is registered until 2021, and it only cost me as much as it would cost for two years of PostHaven.
- EwanToo 14y ago
  The significant problem with long-lived domain registrations is not the price, but the potential that people tend to forget about the renewal date, move email address and credit card number over that 10 year period, and lose the domain when it comes to renewal time. If you're talking "forever", or at least a lifetime, a 10 year cliff is a long time but not that long. You could do things, like actually turn off the domain service after 9.5 years, giving people a 6 month retention reminder of the blunt sort, but there's not much clever that I can think of.
  - benatkin 14y ago
    Well, I'm going to extend it to 2022 by the end of this year. I'm not advocating forgetting it for half a decade, but having a backup plan in case you do.
bslatkin 14y ago
That's my suggestion to you. Make people sign up for your service and domain in a single, auto-renewing transaction. Hold the domain for them if it's going to lapse. Make it really hard to mess up as a user. The day you do finally shut down Posthaven-- which will happen-- this will give all your customers a built-in migration strategy for their URLs. I think that's a stronger offer.