How Ahrefs Gets a Billion Dollar-Worth Infrastructure with a 90% Discount

Re:How Ahrefs Gets a Billion Dollar-Worth Infrastructure wit... by a012 on Thursday May 09, 2024 @03:54AM (#40306192)

Knowing X get Y% discount would give you the opportunity to ask for the same Y% discount. Not just AWS, in enterprise world the service provider will always make the % discount a secret and you can’t tell anyone else.

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Re:How Ahrefs Gets a Billion Dollar-Worth Infrastructure wit... by ivlad on Thursday May 09, 2024 @04:30AM (#40306319)

You can ask and they will ask for a Netflix size commitment in turn. Volume prices (they are essentially volume discounts) are often public.

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Re:How Ahrefs Gets a Billion Dollar-Worth Infrastructure wit... by ttymck on Thursday May 09, 2024 @10:50AM (#40308816)

I always have the opportunity to ask for Y% discount. Regardless of my knowledge of existing agreements.

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