Dreamhost is one of the top hosting for WordPress and like Hostgator 1 cent deal, they are also offering something. Dreamhost free trial Hosting account offers complete risk free account. Dreamhost also offers 1 free domain with their 1 year hosting package, but when you sign up for this free trial account, you need to pay for domain, or you can use any of your existing domain to signup for completely 0$ hosting for next 15 days.
Dreamhost is one of my favorite Webhosting, as I started my blogging journey, with them. Here I’m sharing a guide for beginners who are new to Hosting world, and don’t know how to sign up for Dreamhost. Also notice the coupon code which I have shared at the bottom, as once your trial period is finished and you try to pay for year hosting, these dreamhost discount codes will save huge for you.
- If you are starting as a complete fresher to web-hosting world, you can refer to my guide at: Webhosting packages for dummies.
DreamHost Free Trial Hosting :
Dreamhost is providing you with complete free trial account so that you can try their service and in case if you don’t like it you can cancel it any time. More over you can also get 50$ discount later (Dreamhost Coupon: SML50) on when you will completely signup with them after the trial period. In this 2 week trial period, you will be able to enjoy all the features offered by Dreamhost. You can have 2 weeks to cancel dreamhost account and if you don’t cancel your account, after trial, they will charge from your card. Though, I don’t see any point of cancelling, as they are reliable hosting company.
Dreamhost offers only one shared hosting plan which have features like: Free domain name, Unlimited space, Unlimited Bandwidth, Unlimited FTP, Custom cPanel, One click WordPress install, Php5, FastCGI and many more.
Signing up for Free Trial Account on Dreamhost:
To start with the process, follow the link given below and you will be landing on free trial sign up page:
Click on Sign up link, and it will take you to Dreamhost signup page.
Now, enter your Email address and password twice and click on Start now
Domain Setting
On the next page, you have two options: Either buy a domain or use an existing domain. Since, our goal is to sign up for a free trial account, so we will use existing domain and later on we will change DNS to ns1.dreamhost.com and ns2.dreamhost.com to point it to Dreamhost. Dreamhost also offers 1 free domain but that you can use only when you buy hosting after trial account. So, if your reason for signing is just testing dreamhost servers, use any existing domain you have.
Pick Hosting plan:
Dreamhost offers 1 or two year of sign up. Your paid period will start after two week free trial period. Here are the prices, which will be charged after trial period:
- 1 Year hosting Plan : $119.40
- 2Year hosting Plan : $214.80
Now you need to pick up what plan you want to opt for. I will suggest go for 9.95$/mo (one year pre payment plan). Don’t worry if you used the link given above you will be eligible to get 50$ discount. See the screenshot to get the better idea.
Account contact info
Enter your account contact information and keep it same as the credit card which you will be using for this account. This will ensure no issues with verification of account to prevent fraud.
Credit card info
I know you must be thinking why credit card info? This ensure the integrity of the account , else any one can take advantage of this free trial period and misuse the service. You can cancel the account anytime in between 14 days to prevent your self from any charge.
In the promo Field, add Dreamhost coupon code “SML50” to get $50 discount after trial period.
That’s it hit on continue and you will receive complete Dreamhost login information inside your Dashboard.
Sign up for Free Trial account (Coupon Code: SML50)
In case, if you wish to cancel your plan before 2 week trial period, simply login to Dreamhost account and go to manage account and click on Close this account. You will not be charged anything. If you decide to continue, don’t cancel your account and dreamhost will deduct the money after trial period from your Credit card.
You might like to refer to this post after Getting your Hosting :
Do let me know if you face any issue with signing up for Free trial Hosting account from Dreamhost or have any related query?
Hey Harsh! What if somebody is already having a Dreamhost’s Affiliates Account. I know How To Add Hosting in an Affiliates Account but How to apply Coupon Code / Promo Code. Any idea.
@Aakash you mean adding a Hosting package in your account while using a Coupon code? I’m not sure about this…. You can ping DH live chat from your Affiliate panel and they can answer this..