Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free credits

Posted by maxzw on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:43AM
from the self-post dept.

I received $10,000 DigitalOcean credits which I haven't used yet as I have been using other services for my startup. However, I am in a situation where I urgently need to raise about $5K to $7K for my startup to launch and have tried all means and failed. How can I use the credits to quickly raise funds that can enable me work on my project.

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by gitgud on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @07:57AM (#23476084)

I'd be careful, are the credits even legally transferrable?

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by tuyguntn on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:26AM (#23476734)

good question, would love to get answer from DO guys here.

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by Tassels on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:20PM (#23479620)

If they got 10k in credits, it was likely through the Hatch program. You can read those terms here: https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/hatch-terms-of-service/

In short: No, those credits are not transferable. Also, mining cryptocurrency is against the terms for the Hatch program.

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by econcon on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:15AM (#23508049)

Start a discourse hosting service. And offer people to make their discussion board for some monthly payment. A lot of people get banned and get de-platformed or simply want a better forum software you can offer them that.

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by maxzw on Monday June 15, 2020 @08:10AM (#23526467)

Thank you for all your comments. I have been offline and I have learnt a lot from your comments.

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by christefano on Thursday June 25, 2020 @02:24PM (#23643827)

If you have credits to spare, check out the Computing for COVID project:

https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/computing-for-covi...

“Computing for COVID is a way for anyone to fire up a cloud computer that contributes immediately in the search for finding drug targets. This app allows you to support researchers at the University of Washington's Baker Lab in their computational requirements as part of their Coronavirus Response.”

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by tuyguntn on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:57AM (#23475195)

sell your account for $2-3k, maybe some folks here are looking for cheaper options for hosting

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by tomekw on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:45AM (#23475139)

What about renting $10k worth of droplets / other DO components for $5k/$7k? :)

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Re:Help me with ideas to monetize my $10k DigitalOcean free ... by wprapido on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:17AM (#23475279)

Sell at a discount. Maybe mine crypto.

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