You should really put a lot more info on your page. How does it all work? You need to build some trust.
Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company
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#22Some feedback for you: I read your webpage and I'm unclear as to why you are better than, or even different from, Amazon.
And glancing at your pricing, I think Amazon is cheaper too.
I'd suggest adding a grid or a bullet list enumerating how you are different.
Also, something to keep in mind -- when launching a new product that replaces the functionality of another, you can't be just as good, or even slightly better, you need to be significantly better to get someone to move. So you should focus on showing why you would be significantly better than your competitors that you're trying to displace.
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#23Can someone explain how this differs from just server hosting?
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#24I was signing up and had some questions right off the start. What is included in standard support and how is it different from 9-5 support? You have DDoS protection for $10 extra. If I buy the DDoS protection but others on your network do not, am I still protected from their potential DDoS attacks?
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#25Just a note to the makers of ramgrid -- while many of these comments may be harsh, it is probably not in your best interest to respond in anger/defensively.
This page is a trove of feedback from potential users of your product.
I personally chose a cloud hosting company called INIZ (that I'm extremely happy with) based on comments and a mention on HN -- just trying to let you know, this is your crowd, and they're angry/confused about your site. Find a way to fix it.
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#26Re: Show HN: I recently launched a new cloud hosting company
#27Just a note to the makers of ramgrid -- while many of these comments may be harsh, it is probably not in your best interest to respond in anger/defensively. This page is a trove of feedback from potential users of your product. I personally chose a cloud hosting company called INIZ (that I'm extremely happy with) based on comments and a mention on HN -- just trying to let you know, this is your crowd, and they're ang…
just another note.
i'm in the infrastructure business.
people are incredibly, incredibly cynical about infrastructure, because there are so many bad hosting companies out there. even the good ones are bad.
also, people expect top tier services for free or close to free. you can thank amazon for that.
your #1 challenge will be to overcome trust issues.
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#28Is the link broken, or is just me?
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#29There'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 )
> ... the website layout is exactly the same as one of the new bootstrap v4.0 themes ...
Wow. Yeah, that's bad.
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#30Since other people have ripped apart your site already I'll focus on the good. I like the marketing towards dev teams, I've been thinking about this for sometime. B2B industries are strong and provide secure streams of money.
I started a virtual server service in the past and of course marketed it as such, unfortunately they're a dime a dozen. Your marketing approach might be the edge you need. The $49/month plan ain't bad either, I might grab that just for myself ^-^
One thing to focus on, I think, is to explain what we'd be getting for a CPU, I use Virtual Servers/Machines for everything..even have a few servers at my house for my development needs. Some are old and still usable, while some are razor sharp off the shelf stacked with the latest Xeon's. What I'm getting at is that I don't really care what's in the thing, but I'd like to know what I can run on it efficiently.
For example I buy the $49/12GB package. Do I get more CPU's if I split it up into 6x2GB vs 12x1GB? Or is that a flat rate item of 1vCPU per machine?