Here's what I've gathered. You can make your own codes for less than $97 and pocket the difference on referrals. Say you make a promo code for $50 off, and someone signs up with it. You get $47. Not bad. There's a catch though. There are a gazillion Dreamhost $97 off promo codes out there. What do I get from someone who signs up using my $97 off Dreamhost code? Nothing. Nada . Zilch. UNLESS that person refers someone else, then I get 5 beans. Woohoo!
The two codes below do work and do not expire:
promo code
: EIGHTY9 - Gives $89 off an L1 plan. $89 goes to you in the form of money off your plan....that would make it $30.40 for the first year of L1)... and $8 would go to me(which really goes towards my next bill though!).
If the
NINETY7OFF code was used then all $97 goes to you, and $0 goes to me(unless of course you refer someone else, then I get $5 off my next Dreamhost Bill). Get it? Pretty nifty!
So far so good. No noticeable downtime yet either. If there is, you will hear it here first.
EDIT 10/21/06
Apparently I had my referral settings at 10% for referrals and 5% for secondary referrals forever. When someone used the 'NINETY7OFF' code, it obviously automatically switches that particular referral to the one time $97 off deal, leaving me with $0, BUT once the secondary referral came in, it was chalked up as 5% of that person's revenue forever...but since they probably used a $97 off code, it left me with $0 unless they renew next year, whereas I get 5% of what they pay...interesting. Long story short, it knocks me back to zero, with a potential 5% next year(if they renew). Needless to say, I switched back to the one time 97/5 option.
