Going dark for a while. Heading to Alaska then on to Iceland for Project Prime
So hosting is back, but can you explain something?
Week 1 Fury
unhosted is $169.95
Week 1 Fury
hosted is $219.95
That's $50 more for hosting. But on your page you also say there is a 2.5% fee for hosting. So you're charging an extra $50 as well as taking fees? Did updates cross one another or something in regards to the site pricing and terms for hosting? Doing the math @ $0.10/kWh means it'll cost less than $15 to host a Fury for the year power-wise, exact numbers being $14.60, whereas the 2.5% fee will collect $14.40 (using current LTC diff + pricing for everything). So for hosting the price is really, over the course of one year, $219.95 + the 2.5% fee, so $234.35.
Is that right? Since Josh is heading to the land of the elves can someone else at GAW comment on this?
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I asked the same question.
If you already pay a fee of 2.5% for hosting, there's no reason for price difference.
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Same Here.
Hi, the price is what it is to cover our cost. First, we would need to charge about 8% to cover our back haul, power, staff, and building to cover out cost. Second, we also have to add a controller to each of these, which also have cost.
Best case, we break even on the cost they are now. Our board did not want to offer them as hosted, but I like the idea of offering a small hosted product for folks that don't have much money to spend.
Thx Josh.
Say to your "board":
1) If it was not for hosted Fury, I'd hadn't bought anything from GAW by now (I have 3 of them).
2) As you said, I hadn't how to afford other more expensive miner at this moment.
3) Even if I had the money, as this was my first purchase, having a cheaper option is good for customers that want to "fell" the company before putting some significant money on it. Like "let me try with a few bucks and if everything goes fine I put some more".
4) Regarding items 2 and 3, that's why upgrade options for hosted miners will be necessary. So we can invest what we can right now and not wait months to amass more money, as well as getting trust in the company.
