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Purchase long term VPS, like for months, years

Give option to purchase VPS for long term like months, years like linode does.

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  • Sep 11 2018
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  • Guest commented
    25 Oct, 2020 05:25pm

    I moved away from DO due to no yearly subscription.

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  • Filip Oščádal commented
    15 Oct, 2020 09:14am

    2 years = will never be implemented

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  • Guy Something commented
    27 Feb, 2020 03:01pm

    +1

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    We are looking into providing an annual based billing for a virtual server with a discount.

    Thanks

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    Awesome, looking forward to it.

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    Lol, you know you have a good business when customers beg to be tied down for a year.

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    up!

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    and some discount to go with long term commitment!

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    We've discussed implementing this but when the platform runs as a cloud where you are billed for the hours that you have the virtual server spun up, the logic behind a yearly plan is a bit more complex, so while we still have a few large items that we are working on this one is on the back burner for a while.

    Thanks!

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    Two possible ways I could see this working that might be conceptually straightforward:

    1) Provide a discount when a certain amount of service is purchased, for example, $60 of credit for $50.

    2) Sell instance reservations like Amazon that include greatly reduced hourly prices with up-front commitment.

    Otherwise, I think the vast majority of DO customers are probably running their servers 24/7 and would be well served by a simple pro-rating system where their hourly price is simply reduced for a given number of hours after they pay for them up-front.

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    Looking forward for it.
    It builds good loyal customers and also customers gets benefit too with some discounts!

    Linode does this!

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    Any update on this feature?

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    +1 for Michael's (2) comment :)

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    its easy, use this rule, prepay credits, pay $100 to your account you get $120, pay $1000 you get $1300, you can use it for services of DO, but you can't take the money back. It doesn't affect your billed by hour rule, and customers can still get benefits of "long term" purchase.

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    Because our virtual servers are not pre-paid and are billed at the hourly rate this feature request actually requires quite a bit of code tracking to ensure that the pre-paid amount is associated with a particular droplet.

    Thanks!

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    @keboqi: that would works.

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    @keboqi : That is what i had in mind, or I did post it in some other suggestion as well. Any way Love the idea, Pre-Paid and Get a discount. Those Money can not be taken out.

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    There's another thread with the same request, that has garnered a lot more votes. You should consolidate your votes over there: http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/3683058-purchase-long-term-vps-like-for-months-years

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    Would also like to see a yearly/annual billing option with some discount as enticement.

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  • Guest commented
    11 Sep, 2018 07:03pm

    "We've discussed implementing this but when the platform runs as a cloud where you are billed for the hours that you have the virtual server spun up"

    I thought you are charged for the time a droplet exists for, regardless of it being powered on or not?

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