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Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company

#11
Looks interesting and a nice landing page, but your main problem will be trust. Probably for that reason needs a lot more detail (datacentre, tech, investments). I'd remove the word unlimited from both plans as it is highly misleading.

An API is probably not going to gain you customers before the above.

Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company

#13
I'm usually not opposed to trying out new services and tools but this one I'm not so sure.

For a cloud hosting company, there are few basic essentials:

* Support - live, tickets, email, phone etc.

* DevOps work

* Marketing

* Documentation

* and more...

I'd be little hesitant if everything for so called "cloud hosting" company is done by a single "I".

Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company

#14
I'm usually not opposed to trying out new services and tools but this onc I'm not so sure.

For a cloud hosting company, there are few basic essentials:

* Support - live, tickets, email, phone etc. * DevOps work * Marketing * Documentation * and more...

I'd be little hesitant if everything for so called "cloud hosting" company is done by a single "I".

Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company

#15
post #3

There's a lot of information missing from your page that I'd want to know before even considering becoming a customer... Where is/are your datacenter(s)? What virtualization technologies are in use? What type of hardware is in the physical hosts? What operating systems are supported? Minor complaint: clicking "Enterprise" or "Education" in the footer opens up a new mail message. That's not what I wanted nor what I ex…

And if you don't have a mailto: program, the "Enterprise" and "Education" links do nothing.

To add to your suspicions, the website layout is exactly the same as one of the new bootstrap v4.0 themes, and is just as vague about it's product. (http://themes.getbootstrap.com/products/marketing)

Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company

#16
Good to see that there's room for some competition in this space!

You are loading two HTTP assets on your landing page, resulting in security warnings for mixed content.

The pricing model is interesting but the wording isn't very clear: what does "monthly RAM kick-start " mean? How does it relate with "Unlimited 1GB or 2GB RAM servers" ?

Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company

#17
Marketing page copy: "Unlimited 1GB servers"

FAQ when signed in: "Each plan has a maximum capacity for the amount of servers its allowed to create. Due to the significant amount of dedicated resources we provide, we can't literally give you unlimited servers. However, you could upgrade your plan whenever you'd like."

So your marketing page is LITERALLY a lie. Good job.

Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company

#18
post #3

There's a lot of information missing from your page that I'd want to know before even considering becoming a customer... Where is/are your datacenter(s)? What virtualization technologies are in use? What type of hardware is in the physical hosts? What operating systems are supported? Minor complaint: clicking "Enterprise" or "Education" in the footer opens up a new mail message. That's not what I wanted nor what I ex…

I absolutely can't stand pages like this. I know it's completely minimal and not really a big deal but this keeps happening.

Show HNers - If I've hit the bottom of the page and I click on a "Features" link, or heck, any link in the footer I do not want to jump back up the page. I already scrolled past it. It doesn't give enough information. Either have a separate page that goes into more detail or don't link in the footer! I'm at the bottom of the page, you're safe to assume I already went past the part you're linking to!

Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company

#20
post #17

Marketing page copy: "Unlimited 1GB servers" FAQ when signed in: "Each plan has a maximum capacity for the amount of servers its allowed to create. Due to the significant amount of dedicated resources we provide, we can't literally give you unlimited servers. However, you could upgrade your plan whenever you'd like." So your marketing page is LITERALLY a lie. Good job.

To further the confusion, under the 'Personal' option it says you can have either one 2GB or two 1GB servers...so is it two or unlimited?

edit I'm assuming they are trying to convey that you quickly can spin instances up and down?

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