The simple way to choose a good Seedbox provider


Selecting a good, trusty seedbox provider

That cannot be so hard, right ?

YES, it can be. Seedbox market is chock-full of flybys, scams and frauds. There are several tell-tale traits to discover a trustworthy, good supplier.

To complicate matters, sometimes even the unreliable provider does not realize itself it’s promising something they can’t deliver, or they just do not realize the overheads managing a company. There is also the providers who are totally comfortable lying, and they will run with your cash. Consider yourself fortunate if an upstream provider does bail them out and save the users day.

You have to be in a position to distinguish each type of failure so you can be guaranteed that your torrents are up and seeding even tomorrow!

Is the guarantee too good to be true? It often is, there is, however, a big pressure to deliver more for less especially in seedbox market, because consumers themselves have outrageously watered down expectations, partially due to over promising hosts and partly thanks to a reality distortion field. In most cases the seedbox supplier is paying exactly the same for servers as you would get as a typical man – yes, as impossible to believe as that is, it is true. There aren’t any silver bullets, or madly low cost servers suppliers can tap into.

It simply isn’t possible to provide a true, dedicated, top of the range 1Gbps connection for 10 including a SLA. Even massive firms regularly pay thousands of euros a month for such a connection.

So solely to be well placed to provide a seedbox service for you, stars got to align just right for so many factors.

Torrents are not lightweight . Most users believe torrents are very light, this could not be farther from the honest truth. Seedboxes are basically utilised by power users, and there is a lot of users per node, that’s when even the quickest HDDs begin to crumble.

So what does all that mean? When you see a 1Gbps unmetered, 500Gb Drive space, unlimited torrents seedbox offer for 2, it isn’t what you’d be expecting.

RAID10 yet same amount of storage for money as the average provider? That is highly likely incorrect, tho exceptions do exist such as the Pulsed Media 1Gbps running RAID10 on some nodes.

Do not go with a provider full of spelling mistakes, or if you can spot, technically factual screw ups. If suspicious, ask your friends, if that’s practical.

What support do they supply? Do they tell you upfront? If they are not upfront about support services and actively market their support, in all likelihood it will suck – at the very best. At worst, there is not any support services in place at all, which is correct for wretchedly many long standing seedbox providers.

Are they a real registered company? Did you ask them, and they said yes? Well, did they back that up with Business ID, and/or Brick And Mortar address + telephone number? The second is not obligatory, but previous is. If they are not willing to debate those details, especially if it’s an EU company, they most likely are not a registered, lawful firm. Infrequently they are , even if they do not tell you their Business ID or VAT ID, but that’s the exception not the rule.

Is there “buzz” about them? If not, possibilities are they are either a really small provider or just new. Both entail a big risk. The majority of the cases you can find some reviews with easy “company name review” google search. Take the reviews with a touch of suspicion though, as the competition’s tough and often the competition might attempt to smear campaign their competitors, or at times a bad review is done without even trying to reach support to fix it. If you see bad review, check up on the following commentary about the review.

Do they supply guarantees? Check on them, up front. Look into the footer of their website or ask their presales for those guarantees. Those can be money back guarantee, service level agreement or other. Service Level Agreement (SLA) is very rare on seedboxes, there is, however, suppliers who give this also. It implies you will be compensated shall there be deadly Problems with your service and they can countenance the difficulty.

Do not buy into the hype, right away at least. Many up & coming providers are being hyped, more hyped it is, the likelier it is a trick or sham. Longstanding, stable companies do not produce this type of hype, but a powerful stream of buzz and activity around them. There really is no exception to this rule.

Expect lies. Most Seedbox providers lie, and they lie enormous. Many will claim to be the best, but those that claim to be the best, sometimes are on the worse scale of things. There are some suppliers who say this, and their marketing is totally full of lies. They sell metered, capped service as unmetered, do not even give all of the basic services (ie. SSH. Or SFTP access, or web file manager), and on occasions security is less than the minimum. Those who really are The Best, do not need to advertise the fact.

Most cost-effective, is not the best choice. Best value is is the best choice. Given high enough value, the offer might also appear crazily inexpensive, maybe even below cost but in such case there potentially is a good, healthy profit margin concerned – which is needed to provide high value. Every cent on the price, every single cent more per server earned, is firmly to profit for the company. Often, a high enough value offer might seem too good to be true, but if you ask the company or look at the details you may notice how that’s possible – and the company offering this earns each single cent of the additional margin.

When in doubt, ask your chums or see if the company offers a 14-day money back guarantee. If there is a money back guarantee you can quite safely try them out. Often the guarantee isn’t marketed, and not in so apparent places in order to reserve that right to those that truly need it and not the flock of abusers waiting in a queue to take advantage. Ask the company about it.

I am hoping this guide helps you to select the right supplier for your needs, and make the right choice.

Visit J.L Vittex’s website for more information on rTorrent and dediseedbox.

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