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Hi all,

Just wanted to let you all know that at CleverPuffin (http://www.cleverpuffin.com) you can now create your own hosting package (http://www.cleverpuffin.com/order/custom)!

We used to have (and still do, if anyone's interested) three set packages to choose from - but we've added this new facility in to give you greater flexibility.

We've also added an affiliate programme (http://www.cleverpuffin.com/blog/introducing-the-cleverpuffin-affiliate-program/) where you can earn 5% commission on referred sales, and we've recently changed our ToS as adult material is now allowed to be hosted.

Oh and we've added a blog, windows support, and support for litecoin and some FAQs and other not so fun stuff :)

Anyway, feel free to check it out at http://www.cleverpuffin.com

edit: Also if anyone's having a hard time deciding if it's right for them or not, I can give you a free 1 or 2 week trial for you to see if it suits your needs. Either PM me on here or shoot me an email to info@cleverpuffin.com

edit: Some server/infrastructure information:

Cloud Hosting
All of our web hosting packages are in the cloud. With our cloud hosting, you can be safe in the knowledge that if one of our servers fail, your content will still be being served from another seamlessly.

Our Servers
Our web hosting platform uses only the best Dell servers. Our server infrastructure includes failsafes so that in the event of one server failing, another server immediately comes online and handles the work of the failed server. This failsafe server retains all of the configuration parameters of the failed server.

On top of this, all of your site's files, databases, emails etc, are stored and synchronised onto two disk arrays. In the event of the primary array failing, the secondary array will continue to serve with no downtime.

Our Server Specifications
Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon 3.16GHz with 2X6MB Cache
16 GB RAM
Dual 136 GB SCSI Drive
RAID Mirroring
Dual Power Supplies
Dual Gigabit Network Adapters

UPDATE 11/03/2014:
We're now accepting Vertcoin too! http://www.cleverpuffin.com/blog/now-accepting-vertcoin/

Awasome !! Great work man! But so cheap :P

Gotta try and beat the competition ;)

Arggg... Will trade a little bit and buy one package :D
Also, if you make a " micro package" ( 1 day or some hours ) will be very great :D

Also if anyone's having a hard time deciding if it's right for them or not, I can give you a free 1 or 2 week trial for you to see if it suits your needs. Either PM me on here or shoot me an email to info@cleverpuffin.com

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I've updated our about page to include details of the servers and overall infrastructure that we have. Take a gander at http://www.cleverpuffin.com/about

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This service is definitely the best on the market at the moment; with hosting for around $0.5 per month for the quality provided, this hosting service is extraordinary! I ordered my website and got it working within minutes, and any problems I had I could take up with the support which replied to me within a few hours of first contacting them. This has definitely been the most helpful and reliable service I have ever used and I look forward to using it in the future!

Glad you like the service, and thanks so much for adding your comments to this thread :)

Looks nice!
I just have some simple questions that I'd appreciate if you answer before I pay for your service:
What features do you provide with your (Linux) hosting (e.g. PHP, MySQL etc)?
I saw the price started at 5 mBTC/month, was this if you just registered for a month or do you have to sign up for a longer time for such a low price?
What content is allowed/not allowed to be hosted on your websites (I'm not planning on hosting anything illegal, but maybe faucets and such that some hosts do not allow)?
How long can you guarantee your service will be working?
Are there any limits of how much resources my site can use (aside from bandwidth and space limits)?
Thanks for taking your time to answer my questions if you decide to do so! I've been searching for a reliable and cheap host for over a month now and you seem to fit all my criterias.

Linux hosting comes with Apache, MySQL, PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.2 (you can switch between versions), PEAR, Perl. And standard features like Cron Jobs, IP address blocking, etc.

The price of the hosting packages are converted to BTC straight from GBP, and (for this reason) when you buy, your hosting account is valid for 1 month. At the end of the term, I'll email you a price and payment address if you want to renew for the next month.

In terms of content, nothing illegal (obviously). And:
23.2   Web hosting accounts are prohibited from hosting file distribution websites (including but not limited to music, video and software), hosting banners, graphics or cgi scripts for other websites, storing pages, files or data as a repository for other websites or personal computers, giving away web space under a domain, sub domain or directory.

Anything else is fine as long as it complies with UK law.

In terms of resources:
MySQL databases may take up to 500MB of space.
30MB attachment limit on emails.
Inbox size is 400MB.
FTP uploads are restricted to 200MB per file.
Softcap of 25GB for file distribution (non-browsing traffic) - you'll be able to go over this, but if you do the purposes for which will be looked into, since file distribution websites are against the ToS.

APACHE MODULES

mod_actions mod_authn_anon mod_authz_default mod_cband mod_deflate mod_filter mod_log_forensic mod_proxy_ajp mod_reqtimeout mod_suexec mod_alias mod_authn_dbd mod_authz_groupfile mod_cern_meta mod_dir mod_headers mod_logio mod_proxy_balancer mod_rewrite mod_unique_id mod_asis mod_authn_dbm mod_authz_host mod_cgid mod_disk_cache mod_ident mod_mime_magic mod_proxy_connect mod_setenvif mod_userdir mod_auth_basic mod_authn_default mod_authz_owner mod_cgi mod_dumpio mod_include mod_mime mod_proxy_ftp mod_speling mod_usertrack mod_auth_digest mod_authn_file mod_authz_user mod_dav_fs mod_env mod_info mod_negotiation mod_proxy_http mod_ssl mod_version mod_auth_mysql mod_authnz_ldap mod_autoindex mod_dav mod_expires mod_ldap mod_overload mod_proxy_scgi mod_status mod_vhost_alias mod_authn_alias mod_authz_dbm mod_cache mod_dbd mod_ext_filter mod_log_config mod_php-fake mod_proxy mod_substitute

PHP MODULES

bcmath, bz2, calendar, fcgi, ctype, curl, date, dom, exif, filter, ftp, gd, gettext, gmp, hash, iconv, imap, json, ldap, libxml, mbstring, mcrypt, mhash, mime_magic, mysql, mysqli, ncurses, odbc, openssl, pcntl, pcre, PDO, posix, pspell, reflection, session, shmop, simplexml, soap, sockets, spl, sqlite, standard, tokenizer, wddx, xml, xmlreader, xmlrpc, xmlwriter, xsl, zend optimizer, zip, zlib, dbase, ionCube Loader, readline.

If you need the perl and pear modules, or anything else for that matter, let me know.

Oh, and as for a guarantee of how long my service will be working... Realistically I can only guarantee it for a month. I could be hit by a bus tomorrow which might ruin things. But we've been running without a hitch for nearly 2 years now - and with our payments and renewal policy, you only ever pay for a month at a time. Pay as you go, no contracts.

Thanks for the answer!
I tried to sign up for personal hosting (the one that is currently costing 5.2 mBTC), but once I came to the payment page and clicking Bitpay or whatever it was I got this error message: Error Invalid Destination Bitcoin Address / http://prntscr.com/2n1ln9 (also, it still looks as the accounts still got registered because I can't try to sign up for new accounts using the usernames Jacce or Jacc3).
Also, when entering the password for the account register, I don't feel completely comfortable with it being in plain text. I would appreciate if you used type="password".
EDIT: It seems like I was able to sign up for build-your-own hosting, though. But it doesn't seem like I don't get any information on how to access my hosting account?

Thanks for pointing out the website error! I'll look into that. I've just changed the text fields to type="password" now.
You should get an email within the next few minutes with all the details to access your account.

The system's having trouble adding the domain reference at the moment, presumably because it doesn't recognise the suffix ".cu.cc". So there might be a delay on this.

Any ETA if/when it will be ready?

Not yet, I'm waiting on our service provider at the moment. If you want I can refund you until it's ready? I'll throw in 2 weeks free hosting too for the hassle.

Nah, it's okay. I can wait. Just thank you for taking your time to fix this!

Fixed now and your hosting account has been activated. You should receive an email any minute with confirmation and all the access details etc.

Thanks for the help! I received the mail (although in my spam folder) and so far it seems to work great.

How do we add additional domains to the hosting?

You can't. It's 1 hosting account per domain.

The hosting has been working perfect! However, is it possible to change the account details (bandwidth etc) at the next invoice?

Absolutely. Email me at info@cleverpuffin.com with the details and I'll sort it out.

Now accepting Vertcoin! http://www.cleverpuffin.com/blog/now-accepting-vertcoin/

At the "Build-Your-Own-Hosting" page, the price doesn't seem to update (stuck at 0.00 BTC).

EDIT: Seems to be working now.

UPDATE

We've removed support payment with altcoins (LTC, VTC, MINT). These didn't prove to be popular enough for us to continue support.

UPDATE: Administrator contacted me and apologized for this late reply, it seems it was because of spam, it is very professional to confirm the situation and apologize.  Thank you:D

LAST UPDATE: Left this crap customer service hosting after not answering me again for 2 weeks. YES, two weeks! Change hosting :) I don't recommend cleverpuffin :(