Paying DreamHost

Hello there,

Last year, I have ordered a DreamHost hosting service like many others have, but since I am rather new to this I have a question about the payment for the next year. I bought a plan which lasts till end August 2007. The question I have is: How will I be able to extend my plan for another year?

The support on the control panel is not completely clear to me and it makes me a bit insecure. I hope there is someone who can help me out or can give me a bit more information about extending my hosting plan.

The only way I can pay is via PayPal, so getting the AutoPay function using a credit card won’t work for me.

In the control panel, under the 'Billing' option, you can select 'Make Payment'. You can pay a year in advance today if you want, and you'll be automatically credited with that year once your current renewal time comes up.

EDIT: I guess I should also add that your yearly amount will be whatever is listed under the plan you've currently gone with. So for me, I went with Crazy Domain Insane, I'd be paying something like $120. Any extra funds I pay to DreamHost will just be credited to my account for the future.

I haven't experienced that yet. If we forget to make payment to renew the plan for some reasons, will DH send us a reminder?

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If we forget to make payment to renew the plan for some reasons, will DH send us a reminder?

You should receive an email reminder about a week before your account is due for renewal. I like to make an advance payment when I receive that reminder, so that my account has sufficient funds to cover the renewal.

Another option, if you have a credit-card, is to enter the cards details in the Make Payment section of the panel and the card will be automatically billed when the renewal is due.

Mark

thank mark.

another question. If I forgot to renew my account, and I think, DH will freeze my account. right?

And again, maybe half year later, if I want to make payment to renew the account, will I get everything back with full server space and bandwidth -- and my domain name?

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If I forgot to renew my account, and I think, DH will freeze my account. right?

I am only guessing here, but I don't think they'd freeze your account immediately. I imagine they would send you another reminder and give you a little extra time to bring the account status back up to fully paid-up.

As I said though, this is only a guess, the best way to get a definitive answer would be to ask DreamHost support.

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And again, maybe half year later, if I want to make payment to renew the account, will I get everything back with full server space and bandwidth -- and my domain name?

That is an interesting question and, once again, a question best asked of DreamHost support.

I would think that once your hosting account has lapsed you would lose any accrued disk-space/bandwidth bonuses and would have to start from scratch. The domain name would of-course remain yours, as long as you don't let the domain registration lapse, this is true regardless of whether or not you maintain your DreamHost hosting plan.

Mark

I think it is better to pay in advance :P

Thank for your answer mark.

Dear Moussee, thank you for your reply.

I have checked my account. and I am on the page 'make payment'. There I can choose what kind of payment I want to do. The only way I can pay is through Paypal.

What I was wondering, is if I pay via paypal now. Will it work like a bank account? That if I pay money through paypal that my DH account gets a certain amount of money on. That I can use to pay bills of DH.

Because I also have crazy domain insane, and that also costs 120 dollar.. If I pay now via paypal, will DH extend my membership with a year starting from the date it should expire (somewhere august this year)?

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If I pay now via paypal, will DH extend my membership with a year starting from the date it should expire (somewhere august this year)?

Yes. This is how I pay for my plan renewal each year.

About a month or so before my plan is due for renewal, I pay the required amount into my DreamHost account using PayPal. This gives my account a positive balance, so when the plan is actually due for renewal, DreamHost deduct the plan cost from my account balance.

Mark

Thank you very much for your help Mark! I'll do what you do too.