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  • A 7-year iON Cloud customer — Krypt changed my prepaid VPS expiration date and pricing before my paid term ended
    by /u/IamSteveLee on August 16, 2026 at 5:58 am

    I want to share my experience with iON Cloud, a Krypt-related hosting brand, because I think potential customers should know how they handled a long-term customer who had already prepaid for service. I have been using this VPS since 2019. I originally signed up during an iON Cloud promotional offer, and I have been a customer for approximately seven years. I never expected that after being a customer for so many years, this is how the company would treat a prepaid service. What happened My VPS was prepaid at $86.40/year. After my most recent payment, the service was originally scheduled to remain active until: January 27, 2027 However, while my prepaid service period was still active, the company unilaterally changed the terms of my service. According to the support ticket they sent me on: August 4, 2026 at 05:43 they changed: Original expiration date: January 27, 2027 New expiration date: October 2, 2026 Original annual price: $86.40 New annual price: $552.00 I did not agree to these changes. The issue isn’t simply that the company increased its prices for future renewals. The problem is that I had already paid for my existing service period, yet they changed the terms before that prepaid period had expired, including shortening the service expiration date and replacing the original pricing with a dramatically higher price. The new annual price of $552 is more than six times what I had previously been paying. After seven years as a customer, this is extremely disappointing I have been using this service since 2019. For approximately seven years, I remained a customer and continued paying for the service. I never expected that the company would eventually treat a long-term customer this way. To me, this isn’t just about the amount of money involved. It’s about trust and honoring a prepaid commitment. If a customer pays for a service through January 27, 2027, I believe the provider should honor that paid period. If the provider wants to change its pricing or discontinue a legacy plan, that may be understandable for future renewals — but changing an already-paid service period without the customer’s agreement is very different. I find this extremely disappointing and, frankly, a serious breach of trust after being a customer for seven years. I also tried PayPal Because the original payment was made more than 180 days ago, I attempted to resolve the matter through PayPal, but PayPal would not accept the dispute because the transaction was outside its 180-day dispute period. This creates a particularly frustrating situation: The payment itself is old because I had been a long-term customer, but the material change to my service happened only recently, on August 4, 2026. So I am essentially left with a situation where the payment is too old for PayPal’s dispute system, even though the issue I am complaining about occurred months after the original payment. What I am asking for I am not asking for anything unreasonable. I am asking the company to either: Honor the original prepaid service period through January 27, 2027, or Refund the unused portion of the service that I had already paid for. At this point, I mainly want the company to acknowledge that changing the expiration date and terms of an already-paid service without the customer’s agreement is not a reasonable way to treat a long-term customer. Evidence I have documentation showing: My original payment The original $86.40/year pricing The original January 27, 2027 expiration date The company’s August 4, 2026 05:43 support ticket The new October 2, 2026 expiration date The new $552/year pricing I can provide screenshots with sensitive account information redacted if anyone wants to see the timeline. I’m posting this because I don’t want other customers — especially people attracted by cheap promotional pricing — to assume that a prepaid legacy plan will necessarily be honored for its entire paid term. Has anyone else had a similar experience with iON Cloud or Krypt, particularly with a legacy/promotional VPS plan being changed after it was already prepaid? After seven years as a customer, I honestly never expected to have to write a post like this. I’m extremely disappointed by how this has been handled. submitted by /u/IamSteveLee [link] [comments]

  • Hosting Business
    by /u/amebytes on August 15, 2026 at 11:25 pm

    I want to open a small business for servers and hosting (vps, rdp, web hosting, cloud files and images) i make 2 plans plan 1 i search now about and plan 2 is for upgrade the server cpu, ram, ssd and make it best so what is the server cpu, ram, ssd is great for start? ( for +60 user ) and what about the ups, cooling who is good for start i don’t need something cheap or not good, i want a something good for this new business and how can i upgrade it? i don’t have any idea about this business but i love it and i learn about submitted by /u/amebytes [link] [comments]

  • VPS with Port 25 Open for Personal Email Verification
    by /u/rezer3 on August 15, 2026 at 3:40 pm

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  • What’s a good web hosting platform to create a website for booking/services?!
    by /u/Interesting-Loan-287 on August 15, 2026 at 3:04 am

    I’m a virtual esthetician and I want to make a website simply to show what I offer and provide booking details so people can book. I used godaddy my first month and I do not want to pay 17 a month just to use their stuff.. I have a domain from them as well so I’m trying to see what’s a different decent website provider I can use to make one and transfer the domain for like $10-15 max a month. I was looking at WordPress but heard it may be worse than godaddy… Any advice or recs are very appreciated, thx!!! submitted by /u/Interesting-Loan-287 [link] [comments]

  • What’s a good web hosting platform to create a website for booking/services?!
    by /u/Interesting-Loan-287 on August 15, 2026 at 3:04 am

    I’m a virtual esthetician and I’m offering virtual acne coaching programs. I want to make a website simply to show what I offer and provide booking details so people can book. I used godaddy my first month and I do not want to pay 17 a month just to use their stuff.. I have a domain from them as well so I’m trying to see what’s a different decent website provider I can use to make one and transfer the domain for like $10-15 max a month. I was looking at WordPress but heard it may be worse than godaddy… Any advice or recs are very appreciated, thx!!! submitted by /u/Interesting-Loan-287 [link] [comments]

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