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More Free Accounts

Since our Johnny server is scheduled to be upgraded to faster hardware soon, so we've decided to increase the number of free accounts that we allow new users to create each day. After increasing the limits a few days ago we've seen free signups stay open for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, and even as much as 48 minutes.

Keep in mind we have no direct control over how long free signups are open.

We just monitor the uptime, speed, and load of the Johnny server. Then we take into consideration how many accounts get abandoned and go inactive each day. Finally we use all of that data to give away as many free accounts as we can, while still keeping the Johnny server "usable". Our goal is 97% uptime, and a load level of less than 20, which we consider good enough for a free service. If you need better uptime, or a faster loading website we have several upgrade options available.

At times we've seen 20 accounts get reserved in less than a second, so even after raising the limit, it's still possible for signups to fill quickly. It really just depends on how many people are trying to signup each day. We generally don't disclose the exact number of signups available each day, because it can vary from day to day, but since the recent increase has caused free signups to stay open for nearly an hour it may be worth mentioning.

If you're not very quick at clicking, this might be a good opportunity to get a free account, but if the uptime and speed of Johnny start dropping we may need to decrease the signups again. Our goal is to have free signups stay open as long as possible each day, but our free service is very popular so it tends to fill quickly. Let us know if you have any questions, or comments.

More Free Accounts Since our Johnny server is scheduled to be upgraded to faster hardware soon, so we've decided to increase the number of free accounts that we allow new users to create each day. After increasing the limits a few days ago we've seen free signups stay open for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, and even as mu...

Modded Minecraft on HelioHost

Here is the second video in our Minecraft series. This video documents how to set up a modded Minecraft server on a HelioHost VPS.

https://youtu.be/Fgmzvrtu7sA

We are going to try to continue releasing new videos every 2 weeks, because some users find it much easier to follow a video guide rather than reading the text guides we have at https://wiki.helionet.org/ Please let us know if there is a specific topic that you think would be good for our next video. Also if you don't mind subscribing to our YouTube channel that would be a great way to get some free advertising. We are a small non-profit funded by donations so we don't have a huge budget to afford paid advertising, so the more word of mouth recommendations, the more social media likes, and the more subscribes we can get goes a long ways towards finding more users and continuing to grow. Even if you can't donate, this is a great way to help us for free. Thanks!

Modded Minecraft on HelioHost Here is the second video in our Minecraft series. This video documents how to set up a modded Minecraft server on a HelioHost VPS. https://youtu.be/Fgmzvrtu7sA We are going to try to continue releasing new videos every 2 weeks, because some users find it much easier to follow a video guide rather...

Minecraft on HelioHost

One of the most common questions we get is "Can I run a Minecraft server on HelioHost?" The answer is yes, and we've made a video tutorial on how to get started.

https://youtu.be/JAXDD7VYHUk

We are going to try to continue releasing new videos every 2 weeks, because some users find it much easier to follow a video guide rather than reading the text guides we have at https://wiki.helionet.org/ Please let us know if there is a specific topic that you think would be good for our next video. Also if you don't mind subscribing to our YouTube channel that would be a great way to get some free advertising. We are a small non-profit funded by donations so we don't have a huge budget to afford paid advertising, so the more word of mouth recommendations, the more social media likes, and the more subscribes we can get goes a long ways towards finding more users and continuing to grow. Even if you can't donate, this is a great way to help us for free. Thanks!

Minecraft on HelioHost One of the most common questions we get is "Can I run a Minecraft server on HelioHost?" The answer is yes, and we've made a video tutorial on how to get started. https://youtu.be/JAXDD7VYHUk We are going to try to continue releasing new videos every 2 weeks, because some users find it much easier...

Tommy Donation Amounts

When we started offering Tommy accounts as a thank you gift to people who donated $1 or more back in 2016 the fees on each dollar were 3 cents, and we got 97 cents. That's 3% fees. Fast forward 9 years, and that same dollar now has 52 cents of fees taken out of it, and we only get 48 cents. That's 52% fees. We think that is completely ridiculous!

PayPal and the credit card companies like Visa and MasterCard just keep getting greedier and greedier, and punishing the people who do small transactions. There's not a lot we can do about it unfortunately. We recently set up a Stripe account and the fees are about the same. The $1 donation was never meant to be a way for us to get rich. We just choose a small donation amount to help separate the donors from the free accounts, and make it easier for people who don't want to deal with the short signup window for free accounts.

With that in mind, we have reduced the price of the 7000 MB, 6000 MB, 5000 MB, and 4000 MB Tommy donations. The 3000 MB Tommy donation is staying the same, and we're increasing the donation amount slightly for the 2000 MB and 1000 MB plans. On the 1000 MB plan we will now be paying 27% fees which is still ridiculously high, but much better than 52% fees.

We have also added a cryptocurrency integration into the Tommy signup page. Depending on the wallet, the cryptocurrency, and the network you use the fees could be less than 2 cents. If you decide to use the new cryptocurrency integration we would love to hear some feedback on how it well it worked for you. If people like it we could add crypto payments to Morty accounts and VPS as well.

Tommy Donation Amounts When we started offering Tommy accounts as a thank you gift to people who donated $1 or more back in 2016 the fees on each dollar were 3 cents, and we got 97 cents. That's 3% fees. Fast forward 9 years, and that same dollar now has 52 cents of fees taken out of it, and we only get 48 cents. That'...