Promo Codes Max Discount Dropping to $50
Posted (December 4th, 2007 at 2:53 pm PST) by JoshEffective next Tuesday, December 11th, $97 will no longer be the maximum discount a DreamHost promo code can give.. it will be dropped to $50. Keep in mind, $97 is still the total value of a referral.. so if somebody signs up with your $50 promo code you’ll still get $47 ($97-$50) credited to your account.
All existing promo codes will keep working, but will only give $50 maximum discount now. If your promo code offered extra disk, bandwidth, domain registrations, ips, etc.. those will still work, and continue to cut into the $97 you earn for a referral (so it IS possible to earn less than $47 still, if you give out feature bonuses).
That’s all really! Go forth and spread the word that this is the last week of $97 off promo codes!
58 Responses to “Promo Codes Max Discount Dropping to $50”
Interesting how this is posted on DreamHost _STATUS_ blog.
Of course, _THE_ DreamHost blog is reserved for the stuff that makes the company look super-cool.
@todd They aint making any extra revenue out of this, so I guess mail forwarded to gmail will not be delivered in a timely manner. The only thing that changes is that new users cannot get the entire $97 reward themselves, they only get a max $50 off their new plan while the referred gets the remaining $47.
@jakaj I agree with you on that one. This is something that should be emailed to everyone not posted on a status page. You really need to email your customers with this information Dreamhost.
This information IS being emailed to everyone. Keep an eye out for the monthly newsletter. It went out today.
@jakaj: This is actually going to be released in our monthly newsletter so that everybody knows. This status post is actually a verbatim copy and paste from the upcoming newsletter.
Well I don’t get my newsletter to this moment and also can see a copy of it on the wiki… how about posting in the forum?
I think this is a smart move (wherever it’s announced). So many people were giving away their total referral that it effectively made the referral program moot. Thanks for rewarding your loyal customers!
It asks more commitment from the new user. I think it is good to reduce the money-back ration.
Since my mail gets forwarded to gmail, I’ll prolly be waiting awhile for that newsletter.
can we have the option to edit our promo code now? I give $80 off with my promo code with a description “$80 off”. Now, it will be misleading if this new policy take effect. They will see an “$80 off” description but they will only get $50 off.
You’d have to talk to support. We’re generally just users here.
I’d recommend making a new code and disabling the old in the control panel on the 11th.
HA!!!!! to those who haven’t figured it out…get your promo codes out and help the newcomers in the forum…it means you don’t just give away all 97 dollars…you get 47 fer yerself!!!
lol
Jesmullia:
HA!!!!! “Figuring that out” will probably only work for a *very short time* till those same folks who were giving away all $97 create promo codes with enough “extras” to eat up that extra “47 for yourself”. 
But, helping newcomers in the forum is *always* a “Good Thing(tm)” , so I say “Amen, and pass the ammunition” to that.
Hi don’t know if this is the right place to post this but I have a Dreamhost promo code TOP1 which should give $50 off
@Jasper -
This probably isn’t the place.
please put the money saved into building a reliable e-mail system
I wonder how many illiterate people will keep mentioning putting the “money saved” somewhere, even though the second sentence says, “Keep in mind, $97 is still the total value of a referral.”
It doesn’t really change anything as far as how much the affiliate makes. That extra $47 will only go to affiliates that are currently making $47 with $50 promo codes. Otherwise, the ones that max the features & cash combos still win.
In other words, it’s still the same as trying to put a $50 promo code up against a $97 one.
If it was about helping affiliates earn, then there would have been a max TOTAL that could be given away, whether it’s cash, features, or both.
The reason is probably just to slow down the sign-ups and let things level off a little… until the next crazy sale or promo. Even though the IPs & domains are a better value, a lot of people still just love to see the low price for the first year.
It certainly isn’t to save them money, since it costs them the same. Then again, less sign-ups = less payouts.
The only ones it affects are new sign-ups.
Or it could just be a marketing gimmick to see how many sign-ups they can get between now and when the discount drops.
Jasper, I’m pretty sure the TOS mentions something about how being a spamming dirtbag is a good way to get your rewards account terminated.
I just want to know what happens with samus, I cant use my website, please remove that PROMO thing from the ’status’ blog
Ah, and yet again my sites are down. Always down. Every day guaranteed downtime.
How do we check the panel if the panel is down?
YOUR FUCKIN BALLS, PABLO!
I cant use my website, please remove that PROMO thing from the ’status’ blog
Your website is up. And even if it wasn’t, it would have nothing to do with a promo code post.
How do we check the panel if the panel is down?
That panel isn’t down.
So let me make sure I’m understanding this. If you use a promo code where the current value is $97 off the price, it will become $50 off the price. This makes sense, however, if I refer someone to Dreamhost, and they sign up, my reward would still be $97 or would it be $47? And I’m wondering how this effects referers who choose to do one time cash payouts for each referal?
Ok I have to ask and I know its off topic but who the heck is Pablo?
p2pdude - The VALUE of the referral is $97. If you give someone $50 of it - the new max discount - $47 will be credited to you unless you have another option selected. You can also choose to buy more bandwidth or storage, an IP address or extra domain registrations out of that $47 for your friend. Those upgrades will come out of your portion of the credit.
I suspect that it might be a way to stop people from signing up with new names and cards and domains every year for $22.40
Oh,the new customers will be very sad….
The referrals dont even convert well in the first case, i’ve had around 700 unique clicks on dreamhost links and not 1 single conversion!! Now i’m not holding out on making any referral money ever!
@Mike
…hate to say it but the panel IS down. I even had someone off my network check.
panel is down for me too :/
yuppers, panel down
I Confirm that.
Yup. Panel down.
Cool - it just came back!
My post was quite some time ago–and it wasn’t down at the time. Works fine now, but there was a little weirdness a little while ago on the last bellsouth & global hops from here:
13 1573 ms 511 ms 817 ms 65.83.239.222
14 103 ms 86 ms 240 ms 64.209.105.26
15 101 ms 87 ms 86 ms panel.dreamhost.com [208.97.187.201]
Plus, even then, you could get to it with Lynx from the shell.
OH GOSH - and it’s back down. I’ll stop posting “Working / not working anymore” messages. Guess all you readers imagine it pretty well yourself.
Still/again down for me…
no, wait, it’s back!
I’m thinking there might be some new sweet discount coupon in the new year.
I’m thinking you’re a gimp.
One of us is wrong…
hmmm.. i really like to give the whole referral fee out as discount… but what’s the reason for the change in the discount policy? because in the end, dreamhost still have to give out $97 for the referral…
this news sucks!
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this is great…
I’m late ! T_T
#43 i think the reason is bigger promote action from the webmasters
I’m thinking there might be some new sweet discount coupon in the new year.
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I recommend you to try http://dreamhostcodes.awardspace.com/ there are some good codes!
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Will this extra $47 in revenue go towards ensuring that mail being forwarded to gmail will be delivered in a timely manner?