Hi,
I know it's been done before, but we thought that we would offer this too:

-RackShack dedicated servers, 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB HD: $150/mo, $0 setup
-we also offer the other configurations for a higher monthly fee, still $0 setup.

-these servers come with either ENSIM or PLESK:
-PLESK has a reseller feature; however it is limited to 200 domains, so if you have resellers you'll have to figure out if this is an acceptable limit,
-ENSIM (WebAppliance LS) doesn't have a reseller feature; however we are in the process of writing an add-on that should be ready within a couple weeks. This add-on will allow your resellers to set-up their own plans and their own resold sites within their allocated space/bw/max number of domains.

-We set up Webmin and MRTG; this is what we have always offered on our own servers and we think that we will add other goodies if there's a demand.

-You have access to our support, which is less 'busy' than RackShack's support and, well, quite knowledgeable. All reboot tickets will be forwarded to RackShack for obvious reasons, but these are the only requests that are processed almost immediately by their team.

-If you need a software upgrade of your server, such as a more recent version of PHP, we'll be happy to do this for you as long as there is no risk of incompatibility .

-We can also manage your server for as low as a $300 monthly fee (this isn't unlimited management though, and we can't offer this for too many servers or our team would be unable to cope).

-You are entitled to 8 free IPs, you get the first one automatically but then the 7 next ones must be justified in compliance with ARIN rules. You must pay for the 9th IP, and so forth.

Please feel free to ask any question here or contact us on our web site (http://www.hostinggroup.com) or you can PM me but I really don't trust this feature ;)

-Chris.

What happens if we order and pay for a couple months then decide to continue directly with rackshack.net? Can we just pay you the setup fee and the server will be transferred? Rackshack.net doesn't allow transfered servers. I've tried.

Mark

Originally posted by optix
What happens if we order and pay for a couple months then decide to continue directly with rackshack.net? Can we just pay you the setup fee and the server will be transferred? Rackshack.net doesn't allow transfered servers. I've tried.

Mark

[Why would you] do something like that??? You are buying service from the hosting group, not from Rackshack, why would anyone want to transfer the server over?

[Why would you] do something like that??? You are buying service from the hosting group, not from Rackshack, why would anyone want to transfer the server over?
Anyways, these people sell these servers for people who cannot afford the setup fees right away. If someone will be paying the $150 for the complete year then they will be paying way more than they would be if they had just paid for the setup fee.

If someone gets the server for a couple months and pays the $150/mo then saves up enough for the setup fee so the server can be owned completely by them, they pay for the setup fee and the server gets transfered over.

The Hosting Group is who the contract would be signed with, so the server cannot be transferred to RackShack -- it is a Hosting Group server, that should be obvious to anyone with any hosting experience.

What????????? It's a rackshack.net server not a Hosting Group server. It says right on top. It is RUN by rackshack but sold by this guy. Man you don't understand it.

Originally posted by optix
What????????? It's a rackshack.net server not a Hosting Group server. It says right on top. It is RUN by rackshack but sold by this guy. Man you don't understand it.

But the server is contracted to the Hosting Group, not to you. Your contract is with the Hosting Group, not RackShack.

I do not understand how you can not get that.

optix, then just go straight to rackshack.

It is contracted by Hosting Group but I'm.......dammit I'm not explaining this all again.

You guys obviously don't understand whats going on. Do not reply back again on this same topic. I do not want to hear it and I don't care. You are you and I am me. I understand it all. You don't. Obviously.

Chris -- my apologies, I should not have hijacked your thread to respond.

This looks like a really good offer, and I hope you do well.

Originally posted by optix
I understand it all. You don't. Obviously.

As you say... obviously.:rolleyes:

Originally posted by optix
What happens if we order and pay for a couple months then decide to continue directly with rackshack.net? Can we just pay you the setup fee and the server will be transferred? Rackshack.net doesn't allow transfered servers. I've tried.

Mark
Mark, I'm just going by what you posted (in the quote). If they don't allow transfers, then why are you asking if you can transfer the server? You already know they won't allow it (they read the forums here *ahem*).

I think your options are...

1) Go directly with Rackshack
2) Lease this one until you can afford the set up fee then dump the server and sign up with Rackshack. I don't see a contract with the offer above, though if there is then obviously you'd have to wait until the contract expired.

Everyone try to relax a bit, even if the answer seems obvious. I've made edits to 1/2 the threads and removed some choice words. I think it still has the same meaning.

Uhm, Optix, you remind me of a customer i had once, i offered them a killer deal (21" dell trinitron used monitor for $160 or so), and they found out my wholesale price and said "you'd be making money off me, you bastard!".

These people are running businesses, we're not all your friends in the schoolyard, theres nothing to say we can't all be friends, but most of us here have bills to pay and mouths to feed, including our own. If a business doesen't make money, you don't get fed, what is it that YOU don't understand about this concept?

If you want to go to a rackshack server after you've used this guy, then ditch him and pay the huge rackshack setup, and then 99/mo and get a different server, and copy all your crap over, dotn forget you'll be double paying a month (if you've got half a brain and dont want 2-3 weeks of downtime if not more)

Originally posted by porcupine
i offered them a killer deal (21" dell trinitron used monitor for $160 or so)

That's a bargain and I do not care how much money you make off that deal. If you have any sort of deal like that, contact me ;) I am not interested in monitors anymore though (have two 21" monitors), but rather servers, switches, etc ..

To cyansmoker ... I am not sure how your plan differ from that offered by dabystru. I might have friend who would be interested with this kind of deal ... will make som comparisons and contact you when a server is needed. Good luck.

cheers,
:beer:

Desktong:

Unfortunatly i live in Canada (well unfortunatly from the hardware perspective) and we don't get hardware as cheap as everyone in the USA does. I can get those for about $275 cdn ($172 american), they're refurb, but A+ quality (im sitting in front of one now). Apart from monitors, i can't get anything usefull for cheap from these guys :(.

Sorry :\

Yes our offer is pretty much similar to Dabistru's.

The only difference is the few options we're throwing in, such as setting up more software for you and -soon, not yet- the ability to have resellers on Ensim servers; I believe the lack of a reseller feature is the only thing you can really complain about with Ensim.

We can also manage these servers, for an extra fee.
BTW, I would like to say, since I received an email from somebody who was confused, that managing a server is NOT providing support for it: of course, support comes free.

-Chris.

Uhm, Optix, you remind me of a customer i had once, i offered them a killer deal (21" dell trinitron used monitor for $160 or so), and they found out my wholesale price and said "you'd be making money off me, you bastard!".

What does this have to do with anything? They would make a couple hundred? Why the hell is it so hard to understand. I don't care anymore. It makes sense. The original owners of the server would still make a couple hundred.

I don't know what you don't understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I think i'm starting to understand..... Optix, you're one of those oriental guys who speaks only a little bit of english, but is very convinced that he's fluent in english. www.engrish.com is a site specializing in engrish, and engrish related products/product labels. Thats the only way i can explain your posts.

My guess, child.

Maybe both-oriental child.

Don't think oriental. Most orientals are polite.