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Digital Ocean giving $50 credits on Black Friday to new customers

33 points by keviv ↗ HN
Just found that Digital Ocean is offering $50 credits on black friday. That literally means 10 months of free VPS. Use the code: BLACK50. Use my affiliate link if you want. http://bit.ly/IkEFN6

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talles
What about who is already a customer?
gmenard
it's for new customers only. :(
LocalPCGuy
May or may not work this time, but I've had success in the past opening a support ticket and asking for the promotion. I opened a ticket, but haven't gotten a response yet, so can't verify whether it'll work or not right now.
LocalPCGuy
I can confirm the $25 match is the offer for existing customers, got the same message shown by xuki
xuki
I got this from support

Hello

Thanks for writing in to claim this promo code!

For existing users we've decided to extend the offer in such a way;

a) we charge your credit card $25, if the charge is successful, we match that with a $25 credit, for a total of $50.

b) you make a deposit of $25 on your PayPal payments page

If you chose option (a) please respond to this ticket with: "I authorize you to charge my card on file $25 for the black friday promo!" If the charge is successful we will credit you the additional $25 and respond to you to confirm.

If you chose option (b) simply make your PayPal deposit and then let us know in this ticket, we will review and credit you the $25 and send you a confirmation.

If you have any other questions about this please let us know.

Regards DigitalOcean Support

bratsche
I wonder if a new customer who gets the discount could then go and create a ticket and pay $25 to get a second discount. Hmm. :)
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rory096
I've had this problem with Digital Ocean before (seriously, where do they put that thing?), but if you just send them an email with the code they'll credit it to you with no hassle.
zhaowang
I was told the coupon is expired according to Eastern time so I didn't get a credit. Sucks for people in non eastern time zones.
codegeek
EDIT: I did not scroll all the way down. The promo code input field is at the very bottom of the billing page. So disregard this post of mine please. To confirm, I got the $50 credit successfully.

The bit.ly link resolves to this

https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=4d7fb2079a96

There is no way to apply a discount code while creating a new account. Looks like you need to open a support ticket to apply discount codes ?

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/any-active-...

Artemis2
When your account is created, go under billing and apply the code at the bottom of the page.
unsquare
Worked for me as a new customer.

1. Create Account

2. Click Billing

3. Bottom of the page Code : BLACK50

4. Paypal 5$ ( http://i.imgur.com/gHAaEZW.png )

5. Create Droplet - 5$/month

6. 11 months of VPS for 5$

http://i.imgur.com/0Zbad7u.png

bwaine
I followed this and got credited.

In order to start a server you have to add payment details though. So step 5 is not optional.

Winner! \0/

Casseres
Did not work for me. My Billing history only has PayPal in it. I created a support ticket.

I'm sure they're busy today with all the new sign-ups, I'm curious how long it will take.

Casseres
^ Resolved. Credit was manually added by support staff.

I look forward to trying out Digital Ocean.

GrahamsNumber
If I want to host multiple websites, would I have to register multiple accounts with DO, or can I sign up for multiple plans with the same account?
coolnow
You can make a number of different "droplets" (instances) through 1 account, provided it has enough funds. However, if you want to host a few small websites, you can do that on 1 droplet using Apache or Nginx to set a directory for each domain.
hrjet
I like what I see in Digital Ocean's offers and will be most likely choosing them the next time I need a host. Are there any catches to look out for?
coolnow
I like DO for hosting small, non-critical stuff. However, i can't help but notice how they're giving away too much free service. How are they (planning on) making money?
MWil
I'm getting "that promo code has expired" :(
whocarez
Yeah, looks like it has expired :/
rdsoze
Its working for me. Got the 50$ credit \m/
munimkazia
That was all the motivation I needed to finally kick start my side project. Redeemed the offer. Thanks!
RU
this promo code has expired =((((((((((
stevewillows
I've been on DO for a few weeks. It was a bit like a learning curve at first, but I really like the service. However, I passed on the promo because there has to be a day where I actually pay for their service.