Julie
22nd April 2008, 19:22
I was informed by NS' hosting company the other day that due to the fact that my website (NS) was so popular and having so much traffic, I either needed to take my business else where, or upgrade to another hosting plan with them, because they could no longer support the site on hosting plan I have now.
I then had two options (if I wanted to stay with them, which I do because I think their support is awesome, and being Internet-friends with the CEO and the guy next to him helps a lot ;))
Opt in for a dedicated server, which is not even remotely possible for me because of the price (175 USD per month = 2100 USD a year), or get a premium hosting server. Now, the last one I *can* do, but I need your help on it...
The hosting plan I've opted for will now cost me 20 USD a month, or 240 USD a year. In that plan I will get;
10GB storage space
90GB monthly transfer (traffic on sites are measured in the amount of data that is being transferred.)
20 add-on domains/unlimited parked
This should be enough for NS, at least for now. On this new server, things should also mean quicker response time, because I would only share the server with a maximum of 10 other customers, which means between 10 and 20 times the processor time available vs. their standard shared hosting (which NS is on now).
The 240$ a year is only for the hosting. There's also the domain fee, and the fee for vbulletin support (so I can keep upgrading it and get nifty addons).
The domain fee is 9$ a year, and the vbulletin fee is 40$ a year. Which sums the total cost of NS up to 289 USD a year.
Without any help from you guys, it's going to be hard for me to keep maintaining this site :(, as I am a full-time student with basically no income other than my student loan.
So, how can I help you ask?
The best way to help me out, would be to purchase a paid subscription.
As for the subscriptions, there are three choices available;
NS Gold Membership - Monthly Subscription: $5 USD a month (recurring)
NS Gold Membership - Yearly Subscription: $50 USD a year
NS Silver Membership - Monthly subscription: 3$ a/month (recurring)
NS Silver Membership - Yearly Subscription: $20 USD a year
NS Platinum Membership - Monthly subscription: 8$ a/month (recurring)
NS Platinum Membership - Yearly subscription: 70$ a/year
You can read more on what you get with each package in the Paid Subscriptions updates! New plan available! (http://forums.naughty-seduction.net/showthread.php?t=6173) thread. When we get moved to the new server, I'll keep a closer watch on the amount of traffic, as well as how much space we're actually using. If things are stable and OK, I might up the number of PMs you can store, giving premium users the ability to upload regular images to the server etc etc.
Any questions regarding the paid subscriptions can be directed at me :)
I appreciate you reading through this thread, and if you can, please consider helping NS out and keep this site alive for a while longer.
Thanks,
Julie.
I then had two options (if I wanted to stay with them, which I do because I think their support is awesome, and being Internet-friends with the CEO and the guy next to him helps a lot ;))
Opt in for a dedicated server, which is not even remotely possible for me because of the price (175 USD per month = 2100 USD a year), or get a premium hosting server. Now, the last one I *can* do, but I need your help on it...
The hosting plan I've opted for will now cost me 20 USD a month, or 240 USD a year. In that plan I will get;
10GB storage space
90GB monthly transfer (traffic on sites are measured in the amount of data that is being transferred.)
20 add-on domains/unlimited parked
This should be enough for NS, at least for now. On this new server, things should also mean quicker response time, because I would only share the server with a maximum of 10 other customers, which means between 10 and 20 times the processor time available vs. their standard shared hosting (which NS is on now).
The 240$ a year is only for the hosting. There's also the domain fee, and the fee for vbulletin support (so I can keep upgrading it and get nifty addons).
The domain fee is 9$ a year, and the vbulletin fee is 40$ a year. Which sums the total cost of NS up to 289 USD a year.
Without any help from you guys, it's going to be hard for me to keep maintaining this site :(, as I am a full-time student with basically no income other than my student loan.
So, how can I help you ask?
The best way to help me out, would be to purchase a paid subscription.
As for the subscriptions, there are three choices available;
NS Gold Membership - Monthly Subscription: $5 USD a month (recurring)
NS Gold Membership - Yearly Subscription: $50 USD a year
NS Silver Membership - Monthly subscription: 3$ a/month (recurring)
NS Silver Membership - Yearly Subscription: $20 USD a year
NS Platinum Membership - Monthly subscription: 8$ a/month (recurring)
NS Platinum Membership - Yearly subscription: 70$ a/year
You can read more on what you get with each package in the Paid Subscriptions updates! New plan available! (http://forums.naughty-seduction.net/showthread.php?t=6173) thread. When we get moved to the new server, I'll keep a closer watch on the amount of traffic, as well as how much space we're actually using. If things are stable and OK, I might up the number of PMs you can store, giving premium users the ability to upload regular images to the server etc etc.
Any questions regarding the paid subscriptions can be directed at me :)
I appreciate you reading through this thread, and if you can, please consider helping NS out and keep this site alive for a while longer.
Thanks,
Julie.