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Hetzner honored a 2019 75% off lifetime promo code I found

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petra

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14 #1

So I was cleaning out an old notebook and found a screencap from 2019 with a 75% off lifetime code for Hetzner's shared tier. Figured it was worth a shot for laughs. Entered it in the cart on a whim 1GB plan... and it applied. $9/year. Got the welcome email, login works, cPanel loads. :)

I DM'd their Twitter mostly to warn them. They replied publicly calling it "a bug in legacy coupon validation" and said they'd honor existing activations but patched it "to align with industry-standard upstream billing practices."

Anyone else catch this before the window closed? Curious if I'm the only one with ancient screenshots laying around.

quinnbizz

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#2

IMO you got lucky and should take it with a grain of salt whether it stays honored long-term. YMMV but I've seen "honored" turn into "account review" six months later. Back up anything you put there, just in case.

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PU

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4 #3

Insane value!! Even at 1GB that's runs circles around what you'd pay for ARM VPS at that price point! I grabbed a 2019 OVHcloud code once but it was dead dead dead. What CPU they running behind that shared tier??

WI

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#4
petra said:
So I was cleaning out an old notebook and found a screencap from 2019 with a 75% off lifetime code for Hetzner's shared tier.

YO I tried the smae thign with a 2020 RackNerd code but it said expired!!! You got so lucy!!! Did yuo try stackign it with referal credit??? Thta would be nuts!!! Server hosting deals!!!

AL

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#5

What CPU does Hetzner run behind that shared tier?

lucgone

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Le Baguette

#6

"honored" turning into review six months later sounds about right

Vive la résistance... électrique
ned69

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#7

I give it three months before "account review"

ned69

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#8
quinnbizz said:
Back up anything you put there, just in case.

This is the real advice. I stand by the three month guess but even if they honor it forever, it's a $9 shared host. Treat it as ephemeral by default.

Has anyone actually tested what happens when you try to renew. Is it locked at $9 or does the code re-apply automatically

petra

Member OP

#9

Update: still working after 8 months. No account review, no price hike, nothing weird in the TOS changes either.

ned69 said:
I give it three months before "account review"

I did take quinnbizz's advice and keep backups though. Better lucky than sorry.

DanSales

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TLD Collector

#10

Curious if they actually sent anything formal about the "existing activations" language or if that's just social media speak.

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