You say it’s your birthday?

September 27, 2005 on 5:24 pm | In New Features, Promotions by Josh Jones | 54 Comments

Happy 8th Birthday to DreamHost!

It’s our birthday too!

Google turns 7 today, we turn 8!

Too bad we didn’t think of making yet another search engine back in 1997. Oh well, we’re not complaining toooo loudly.

To celebrate we’ve made a bunch of changes:

* Unlimited domains and sub-domains on all hosting plans!
* Domain registrations are now $9.95/year (33% off!)
* If you have multiple plans with us the disk/bandwidth is now shared among all domains (no more breaking it down by plan)!
* The panel’s been re-organized a fair bit, integrating a lot of disjointed tabs into what we hope is a much easier to use format!
* For the first 888 new signups, you can get 80% off the first year of any 1-2 year plan by using the promo code “888″ when signing up!

Back to pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey!

54 Responses to “You say it’s your birthday?”

  1. NickStarr.com : Nick Starr dot com » Dreamhost keeps getting better Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 5:33 pm

    [...] I use Dreamhost to host all of my sites. I simply love their hosting…but it got even better. They turned 8! [...]

  2. MaliciousKitty Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 5:42 pm

    Yay! Happy Birthday ^^ And thank you!

    Though it seems none of the images in the panel are working :(

  3. Photo Phil Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 5:44 pm

    yes, stuff isnt loading on dreamhost site, nor counters on any site using them!

  4. Robert Brugman Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 5:53 pm

    Happy Birthday Dreamhost! I have been with you guys for a little over a year and I couldn’t be happier. When I was shopping, I was looking for a good deal. Never did I ever think I’d end up with over 5 gigs of storage for under $10/month. Never did I think I’d be able to host unlimited domains. I just wanted to thank you guys for keeping the bar so high. I rely on my site, and I think it’s in the best of hands. Thanks and Congradulations!

    Robert Brugman

  5. riki Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 6:07 pm

    sweet happy birthday. I’ve been with Dreamhost for 6 of those years :)

  6. Will Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 6:12 pm

    Josh, really like the new panel especially the domains area. What’s really cool is when you add a domain.

    CPANEL = OWNED!

    Quick question about the domains, is the price just for the birthday or is it here to stay?

  7. Spiffness Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 6:41 pm

    Happy birthday!… that promo code rules… bad time to be broke.

  8. Dave Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 6:42 pm

    HMM wanted to add another package it seems promo codes only work for new customers.. thats abit out of order dreamhost!

  9. Bryan Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 6:55 pm

    Congrats on turning 8, sort of a coincidence that I was going to sign up today and saw the promo code on here thanks for the hook up :)

  10. Mandy Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 7:26 pm

    Happy Birthday! Mine was 3 days ago; the day Hurricane Rita hit our town. I think your way is a much better way to celebrate. ;)

  11. Jack Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 7:37 pm

    omg you guys have to stop giving stuff away like this. Now I don’t even know what I signed up for anymore. :D

  12. Katherine Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 7:44 pm

    [[[hugs]]] to Dreamhost.com!

  13. Yvonne Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 8:30 pm

    Awesome! Happy Birthday! And yay for unlimited domains!

  14. peter Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 9:39 pm

    you guys are the absolute BOMB.. AMERICA… FUCK YEAH!

  15. Anomalia grafica » Blog Archive » Buon compleanno DreamHost Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 1:00 am

    [...] Ho appena scoperto che DreamHost ha compiuto ieri 8 anni e mette a disposizione un codice promozionale per ottenere uno sconto sui loro pacchetti di hosting. Quasi 5.000 MB di spazio su disco, 120 GB di traffico al mese più la registrazione di un dominio costano, pagando in anticipo due anni, 114 USD, che sono circa 5 euro al mese. Ovviamente gli sconti sono maggiori sui pacchetti più “avanzati”. Basta collegarsi al sito, scegliere l’offerta più adatta alle proprie esigenze, sottoscriverla e nel riepilogo del prezzo, inserire 888 come “Optional Promo Code” e cliccare su Update. Vedrete subito il prezzo scontato. [...]

  16. Carlo Zottmann Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 1:00 am

    Happy Birthday, Dreamhost. I’m with you guys for almost five years by now, and I’m still in love with your service.

    Keep on rocki… errm, hosting!

  17. Jesse Ruderman Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 1:01 am

    “If you have multiple plans with us the disk/bandwidth is now shared among all domains (no more breaking it down by plan)!”

    Does that mean I can sign up for two Crazy Domain Insane plans, get 240 GB/mo for the price of a Sweet Dreams plan, and not have to worry about anything?

  18. brilliantdays.com Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 1:27 am

    Set up a great site for almost nothing

    Right now (as of end of September 2005), Yahoo Domains sell domain names for $2.99 a year if you buy five years. That’s $14.95 for a domain for 5 years. Wow. Next, head over to Dreamhost, and subscribe to one…

  19. しょうかいブログ Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 3:46 am

    DreamHost（ホスティング）８周年記念特売

    DreamHost運営者ブログを読んでもわかりますが、DreamHostは　9月27日をもって8周年になったそうです。

    これを記念して、サービスにいくつかの変更が行われます。

    -　全てのプランで、ド

  20. Eirik Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 3:46 am

    Happy Birthday! :)

    I really appreciate the change in the “Manage domains” page, it makes it infinitely easier to use! Also, “Unlimited domains and sub-domains on all hosting plans” and “Domain registrations are now $9.95″? And I thought the Dreamhost plans couldn’t get any better…

  21. Tara Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 5:33 am

    Holy cow. You guys rock, and happy birthday! Hope many more to come! I swear I love you guys!

  22. Dasho Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 6:04 am

    Nice! I had the fortune to browse to this site today of all days looking for a specific type of hosting… and I got 80% off! Talk about luck… damn.

  23. Yusuf Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 7:13 am

    Happy birthday. Any idea when user@domain login for IMAP accounts will be working. It’s been close to a year since this was announced in a DH newsletter

  24. XAZZE Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 7:52 am

    Dreamhost cumple 8 años

    Una de las primeras cosas que un webmaster ha de plantearse es la de seleccionar entre los miles de planes de hosting y miles de diferentes empresas que existen.
    Respecto esto, y según mi punto de visto (y haberme pateado varias empresas de hosting …

  25. Matt Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 8:17 am

    You guys continue to amaze me.

  26. Thomas Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 12:23 pm

    You guys rock so hard it ought to be illegal!

  27. Robert Nelson Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 3:04 pm

    Thanks for the deal, I look forward to staying with you for a long time. I had this deal pointed out to me from a good source. Nick Starr at nickstarr.com

    I had been just venting my frustration for my current host.

    Thanks DreamHost.

  28. Alex Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 5:32 pm

    Happy birthday!
    Thanks so much for the upgrade, I felt a bit devious making subdomains and then mirroring them on real domains I owned with my CDI plan — it seemed like someone had overlooked something.

    Now I feel better!

  29. Chuck Says:
    September 28th, 2005 at 8:04 pm

    Happy birthday and thanks.

  30. brian Says:
    September 29th, 2005 at 12:47 am

    happy Bday!

  31. Transit Complete - Johan Sundkvist Says:
    September 29th, 2005 at 4:10 pm

    [...] So, my little site has found a new home. Everything went very smooth; I placed an order, payed and 30 minutes later I was pretty much up and running! Dreamhost had installed my account, sent me my username and passwords, and I was now busy installing WordPress – this after merely 45 minutes! And guess what? Dreamhost has just turned 8 and this they celebrate with 80% off on new signups! It didn’t just went very smooth, I payed almost nothing for it as well. Happy birthday, by the way Dreamhost! You have hosted my site for solely a couple of hours, but you rock already! [...]

  32. kilojoule Says:
    September 29th, 2005 at 7:35 pm

    This is realy great, going to refer a few people to the 80% special.

  33. thisearly Says:
    September 29th, 2005 at 9:31 pm

    HM.. im cancelling my current provider. As soon as they do it ill switch over hopefully I can still get in.

  34. Incandescent Sparks of Genius » Blog Archive » Updated… Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 12:10 am

    [...] Speaking of Dreamhost it looks like they are now offering unlimited domain and subdomain hosting to all their accounts…mmm…tasty… [...]

  35. /others Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 7:52 am

    Unlimited Domain and Subdomain for Dream Host’s Customer

    Today’s morning I saw Dream Host’s announcement dated 27 September that they let their customer use as many as possible domain and subdomain hosted with their account there. Great Dream Host, now I do not need to count …

  36. Vida Vacia 4.1 » Dominios ilimitados!!! Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 5:59 pm

    [...] La gente de Dreamhost acaba de dejarme helado: ahora brindan dominios y subdominios ilimitados con todos sus planes!!! Pensar que yo pedía que agregaron dos o tres dominios más…. Y están también haciendo una promoción de descuento para los primeros 888 clientes nuevos, a los que le descuentan el 80% del valor del primer año de hosting. Si andaban en búsqueda de hosting, yo que ustedes lo chequearía. Estaba un poco molesto con ellos por los problemas que tuvieron tras los apagones en Los Angeles, pero esto me reconcilia definitivamente . [...]

  37. Sara Says:
    October 1st, 2005 at 10:14 pm

    I just signed up for some Dreamhost hosting! :)
    Happy Birthday!

  38. Paul’s Blog » Blog Archive » Unlimited Sub-domains! Says:
    October 2nd, 2005 at 6:31 am

    [...] It’s all because it’s DreamHost’s 8th birthday, so if anyone wants a website, contact me and I might give you a subdomain, I’ve got plenty of space after all! [...]

  39. Ahmad Says:
    October 2nd, 2005 at 6:59 am

    hmm, i was reading all the other comments !
    those guys left nuthing for me to say !
    Love, Hugs, Kisses !
    everything !
    you guys are amazing !!!!
    HAAAAPPPY BIRTHDAAAAAAAY !

  40. Nathan Says:
    October 3rd, 2005 at 6:44 am

    Been with Dreamhost for over 7 years.

    Their service was a little dodgy in about years 3 and 4, but ever since its been great.

    Happy birthday and keep up the good work.

  41. Aleksey Says:
    October 4th, 2005 at 12:31 pm

    Hey guys how about answering your support tickets ? I’ve been waiting for a response to emergency ticket for 18 hours and some people have been waiting for 2 days !

  42. Marco Says:
    October 5th, 2005 at 8:12 am

    Happy birthday guys! I signed up and I was lucky enough to be among the first 888 to use the special birthday code. I’ll migrate my site this weekend. If your service turns out to rock as hard as they say I might do more business with Dreamhost.

  43. The Net is Dead Says:
    October 5th, 2005 at 8:13 am

    Migrating to Dreamhost

    Migrating to Dreamhost

  44. Man Bytes Hollywood » Blog Archive » Of Spam and Service Providers Says:
    October 5th, 2005 at 10:23 pm

    [...] Dreamhost is running an 8th anniversary special now. The first 888 new sign-ups for prepaid one or two-year plans can get 80% off their first year of hosting — and the plan is already incredibly cheap. My plan works out to $4.77 per month for the next two years. That’s $7.23 per month cheaper than my previous TextDrive plan, and I get much more bang for the buck. Dreamhost plans come with some amazing goodies, including one-click WordPress install, unlimited domains, one free domain registration, ample server space and bandwidth and a whole bunch of other crazy stuff. Just don’t forget to enter code 888 when you sign up or you’re screwed! [...]

  45. Gagan Kaul Says:
    October 8th, 2005 at 5:22 pm

    Happy Birthday Dreamhost. I have been dreamhost for less than a year, but am so much in love with the service and the dynamics. It was sheer serendipity that made me land at dreamhost, and I am happy to have found it. For someone who is such a great host, I am sure to stick around for years to come :-). Keep Rocking!!

  46. joshua Says:
    October 12th, 2005 at 12:28 pm

    I guess i was the last one because once i singed up the deal was gone! w00t. I have had great help and support here. THANKS!

  47. Jonathan Says:
    October 13th, 2005 at 1:04 am

    Dang, I would have upgraded to the Stricly Business plan if I could still get in on this deal!

  48. Dmitriy Says:
    December 20th, 2005 at 4:28 am

    Thank for help

  49. DreamHost 999 Says:
    August 29th, 2006 at 10:18 am

    When exactly is your birthday? Can’t wait for the celebrations of your 9th birthday…

  50. Candy Says:
    November 27th, 2006 at 9:03 pm

    You can use the promo code: NotDream
    to save $97.

    More…
    http://promo-code-notdream.dreamhosters.com/

  51. My First Post » Anak Melayu BOLEH blog! Mana gadis manis melayu aku? Says:
    November 28th, 2006 at 9:48 am

    [...] Server & Domain I’m currently hosted under Godaddy.com. Their domains are dirt cheap and the hosting is still so-so and it’s too soon to tell if it’s good but I’ve read on couple of forums of user with horror-story when signing up with GoDaddy.com. Oh boy, gulp. Touch wood eh … but so far, everything has been fine for me. I’m on shared hosting, and I hope GoDaddy won’t add to many other sites on the shared server. I did however nearly abandon my contract with GoDaddy for Dreamhost.com. I recommend this hosting site if you don’t wish to gamble on GoDaddy. They promise to add bandwidth & webspace every freaking week to your hosting account. How cool is that. Well too bad, as I signed up with GoDaddy way before the offer [...]

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