San Antonio's Rockstar Turned Realtor®: Dreamhost is insane. Cheapest web hosting deal I've ever seen.

Dreamhost is insane. Cheapest web hosting deal I've ever seen.

Cheaper than Cheaper sign.I've never seen hosting this cheap.

I have a great deal with my hosting provider, Dreamhost, I was lucky to receive a promo code when I was looking to start building my real estate web site (I had used Dreamhost before for the music side of things).  I have unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth for the life of my account and paid a minimal price for 5 years.  It saved me some money.

Today, while going to check a status update on their site, I came across this page advertising a Dreamhost web hosting special.  In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Dreamhost is offering a one year web hosting deal for $9.24.  They are insane.  Hosting prices have come a long way since I built my first websites and it is much cheaper to run your own than ever before, but this is still the lowest price I have ever seen and since I'm a customer of Dreamhost, I can vouch for their quality.

Not only do you only pay $9.24 for a year of web hosting, but that includes unlimited bandwidth and unlimited disk space.  You'll never use it all up.  To make the deal even sweeter, this price includes a domain registration.  I've been a customer for years and I love Dreamhost, but even if I wasn't sure, you can't really beat the price.  The offer ends tonight (May 6, 2010) at 11:59 PM PST, so don't wait to take advantage of this one.  I would if I could, but I'm already a happy Dreamhost customer (and I have more disk space and bandwidth than I need!).  What else is great about Dreamhost?

  • One click installs of many popular tools and programs - including Wordpress
  • "Green" hosting
  • Great customer service
  • Monthly newsletter is one of the funniest (and most informative) emails - Josh Jones should be a comedian

Disclosure: Normally, I could receive a referral fee for anyone that signs up via a special promo code that I have for Dreamhost, but for this promotion, I receive no compensation whatsoever.  Dreamhost didn't even ask me to post this, but when I saw it, I wanted to share it with everyone I possible could and a blog post is always a fast way to do it.

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12 commentsMatt Stigliano • May 06 2010 01:22PM

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Wow great deal.  I'm using bluehost which is a bit more expensive but I already paid for the year.  Less than 10 bucks is a great price.  I need to purchase thesis and start using that to build my site.  Everyone is raving about it for wordpress.

Posted by David Monsour (Prudential Bob Yost - Sites, Gettysburg, PA) 4 months ago

Matt, my son is a real geek and could easily host something himself but he uses Dreamhost and has used them for years.

Posted by Carla Dimond (Keller Williams Cupertino) 4 months ago

Brother Matt...

That is insanely cheap ... I wonder how they do it!

Posted by Richard Weisser Coweta Fayette Real Estate 4 months ago

Matt - Sounds like a deal and since I need a couple of additional sites, I'd better check it out. Thanks.

 

 

Posted by John Mulkey, Housing Guru (TheHousingGuru.com) 4 months ago

Hmmm...it appears Dreamhost took away the specific page I was sending everyone to.

If you do sign up, use promo code "777" - that was the code on the page for the offer they were giving.

Wonder if they just had too many signups at once?

Posted by Matt Stigliano (RE/MAX Access (210) 646-HOME) 4 months ago

Wow, that's awesome Matt. Thanks for telling us.

Posted by Greg Nino Houston Texas (RE/MAX West Houston Professionals) 4 months ago

Sounds too good to be true. I'm using godaddy for some of my domains (don't ask!) and just signed up with Bluehost for the newer ones at $3.99/mo for up to, I think, 10 domains. Under $10/yr is craziness. 

Posted by Julia Odom, Chattanooga Homes for Sale (Select Realty Professionals) 4 months ago

Julia - You're paying $3.99/month for each domain?  For fully hosed sites?  If so, that's terrible.  I can host unlimited domains on my Dreamhost account - I just pay for the domain name.

Posted by Matt Stigliano (RE/MAX Access (210) 646-HOME) 4 months ago

Matt - I actually tried to sign up with Dreamhost awhile back, per your suggestion from Twitter, but I was disappointed that they wouldn't speak to me on the phone before I had an account set up, and only then if I was willing to pay "an additional fee".  I am not super-tech savvy, and I was uncomfortable with the idea of zero phone support from a host.  Of course, that is one way to keep costs low.  :-)

Posted by Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (512-796-7653) (Austin Texas Homes, LLC) 4 months ago

I'm on BlueHost, but I have been thinking of a change... if I can find someone that can host WPMU. 

Posted by Lane Bailey - REALTOR & Car Guy (Diamond Dwellings Realty) 4 months ago

Missed the special but like the sounds of their hosting...  Will check it out Matt.  Thanks for the info....

Posted by Lee & Pamela St. Peter Raleigh NC, Realtors®, GRI,CRS,ABR,ePro (Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty) 4 months ago

So the promo is over, but I've set up a promo code for everyone - enter REROCKSTAR as your promo code and you will get an additional domain registration for free and $5 discount of the intial cost of a monthly plan or $10 discount off a one or two year plan.

Posted by Matt Stigliano (RE/MAX Access (210) 646-HOME) 4 months ago

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