And Yet Another One Gone!

[wswd]

24KHost is now out of business. Too bad...he's a good guy.

The owner of 24KHost has decided, at this time, that he cannot continue in the operation of the business and has arranged for RockMyWeb to provide you with continuing service. Not to worry, RockMyWeb will be acquiring all of their servers and integrating your account seamlessly into our system.

I wish the owner of 24KHost the best of luck with his future and I am glad to welcome you as a new customer of RockMyWeb.


Who is RockMyWeb?
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RockMyWeb is a portfolio of virtual server subsidiaries geared towards affordability and availability. We have been providing virtual private servers for 7 years now, starting in 2006, therefore we have great experience and knowledge regarding virtual servers. We run systems and also consult for other providers in setting up and managing systems. This was our role with 24KHost, thus making it easier for us to integrate you into our system.


Will my IP address or server change?
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If you already received your IP assignment from 24KHost, then no, you will have no changes to your system. However, it has come to my attention that 24KHost did not provide everyone in the Indiana location with their new IP assignments due to unfortunate circumstances, these went into place on October 25th as a change in our underlying network.


What will change?
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We use the same VPS control panel as 24KHost but utilize our own billing and support modules built into it. Everything is accessible through one portal. You may login at https://cloud.rockmyweb.net as your account has already been ported over. For support, you can access the Support Module and open a ticket. For viewing and paying invoices, you can access the Billing Module. Please note that some features may not work right away, if you have any issues with the function of your virtual server, please open a support ticket.


Will my package or billing amount change?
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As far as I know, we have plans to honor your existing package with 24KHost. If we do decide in the future to change your plan, it would only be to move you to a plan that matches our offerings and systems better. We strive to be a low cost provider, so you should not worry about us raising prices. Please note that we are not able to process any refunds or credits for past payments as we are not acquiring their business, only providing a continuation of service for their VPS customers.


Paying Invoices
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November invoices will start being generated this weekend in our system. To pay invoices directly, you may click on the Pay Invoice tab in the Billing Module. To deposit funds into your account, you may click on the Deposit Funds tab. Depositing funds allows you to deposit a custom amount of money into your account and our system will automatically apply it to your invoices on their due date. This makes it easy for customers who travel often or lose track of invoice due dates. If you know you will be away for a month, you can deposit two months worth and our system will automatically apply it.


Steps For Your Virtual Server
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All virtual servers should be online at this time. If you have not received a new IP allocation recently, then you should login to the control panel to view your IP list. If you need assistance getting your new IP working or your server online, then please open a ticket and we will be glad to assist you.


Sincerely,

Devon B.
RockMyWeb

 

[sander k]

Wow, thats a shame. 24K was a good host.

 

[Host Dingle]

Thank you 24khost and welcome RockMyWeb.

 

[Optid]

Good luck! Hope everything transitions smoothly.

 

[babypurin]

It is always sad when another host goes out of business. I hope everything works out and customers have no problems with the transition.

 

[CanSpace-Tom]

That's sad news. Any idea why they had to quit?

 

[KurotaTakumi]

Sorry to hear the bad news.

 

[Gaiacom_LC]

That's a shame - I always wish the best of luck to every business.

 

[deeplist]

I remember he was pretty active here. [MENTION=16861137]JJW[/MENTION] what's up?

 

[wswd]

I remember he was pretty active here. [MENTION=16861137]JJW[/MENTION] what's up?

He had all sorts of issues. The main one was that he just didn't have time to run a host. He was working a few jobs to make ends meet.

The second problem (just me editorializing) was that he was was reselling his VPSs. They had unrealistic resources, were all old equipment, etc., and when things go bad, you just have no way to fix it. Reselling shared hosting isn't as big a deal, but reselling VPSs can just be asking for trouble.

 

[deeplist]

Seems to be the norm when it comes to hosts these days... It's a "part time" job that requires "full time" attention. Most just aren't cut out for it.

 

[advancedservices]

Its not easy to run and online business and if the profits arent high enough, people have to move on.

 

[deeplist]

^ And that's exactly what it is.

It's all fine and great to make these $2 and $3 sales when you're living at home under your parent's roof and you have no outside expenses. But if you're trying to build a legitimate online business AND maintain a home and family... web hosting isn't the way to do it. It really isn't. The market price for hosting is too low. Nobody is willing to pay anything more than a dollar or two per month and then they expect you to drop what you're doing and spend time helping them install scripts, troubleshoot errors, etc. It's just not worth it.

 

[Sitebee]

^ And that's exactly what it is.

It's all fine and great to make these $2 and $3 sales when you're living at home under your parent's roof and you have no outside expenses. But if you're trying to build a legitimate online business AND maintain a home and family... web hosting isn't the way to do it. It really isn't. The market price for hosting is too low. Nobody is willing to pay anything more than a dollar or two per month and then they expect you to drop what you're doing and spend time helping them install scripts, troubleshoot errors, etc. It's just not worth it.

Yet again so true, I'd also like to add, if your posting your paid services in a forum as FWS your ads are probably seen by your less than ideal user as they are intentionally here for free hosting.

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[deeplist]

I don't know how many people sign up for the cheapest $2 per month plan and then blow me with support tickets wanting me to install wordpress for them, configure the site, help them with themes, etc. Sorry, but no...

 

[dedideals]

Such a shame, not for everybody imo