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Negotiating with providers as an individual

General Discussion by prague1983 4 replies 208 views
prague1983

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btw I use Arch

6 #1

Just ask. That's the whole guide. Seriously.

I needed a bigger VPS for a project, quoted $48/mo on their site. Emailed sales: "I'm an individual, not a company, any flexibility?" They came back with $28/mo, same specs, no contract. This was InterServer, but I've since done it with Vultr and HostHatch.

Skill issue if you pay sticker price. The worst they say is no.

Timing: end of quarter is real. March, June, September, December. Sales people have quotas. Use this.

Script I use:

  • "I'm comparing you against [competitor]. What can you do on price?"
  • "I'm ready to sign today if we can hit $X."
  • "Do you have any migration credits for new customers?"

oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Richard7

Member

Pentium III Enjoyer

4 #2

These days it's all chat widgets and "submit a ticket." But prague1983's right, the ask still works. I got 20% off Leaseweb last month just by mentioning I'd been with them before and asking if "loyalty pricing" still existed. Warm fuzzy feeling, like the old days.

SPARCstation 20, still serving HTTP
pauloserver

Member

#3

This is good stuff, I never going to try this before. I always think the price is the price, that is it. Going to test with OVHcloud this week, they have the plan I want. Going to use the script exactly, just changing the numbers. If it work I going to post the results here, ok?

chill infrastructure for chill people 🦫
nate_pad

Member

2 #4

Like I'm on the cheapest Vultr tier, $4/mo. Would they even bother? I feel weird asking for like $2 off but also every dollar counts rn. Should I mention I'm a student or does that sound desperate?

StuSpock

Member

NTP fundamentalist

#5
nate_pad said:
Would they even bother

Small plans still count toward their numbers, sweet as. I got a free month on CloudCone just asking if they had any "first timer deals" — didn't even need to negotiate proper. Chur to prague1983 for the script, going to try the end-of-quarter thing next time. March is coming up aye?

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