Do we still remember the last month or so (a little memory loss and a few months of forgetting), and the official updated terms mentioned that the account balance will expire and there were various understandings at that time, for example, if the change term does not expire before last year, the account balance may expire after the change. Regardless of the guesses and interpretations, users with DigitalOcean accounts and with balances in the past few days should be notified one after another.
Whether our DigitalOcean account used to apply for a balance of $100 through the GitHub student account, or the balance of $10-20 obtained through the newly registered account discount code, it will expire after 12 months, the same batch of students will expire on April 9, May 1 this year during the student discount period. If our user account still has a balance, we need to pay close attention to it, so don't save it. For example, some netizens may have a 16 GB solution.
Here, I would like to sort out several tips and specifications for using DigitalOcean accounts. For example, some netizens do not know how to bind a credit card and leave it alone after opening a VPS host, after the fees are automatically deducted, we also say that the seller is not a problem. Pay attention to these issues.
1. Questions about newly registered accounts
If a new DigitalOcean account is registered with a coupon (DO coupon sorting), a 5-10 USD account balance reward will be given. Therefore, many friends may wish to speculate on multiple registered accounts to obtain the account balance. If we have a good grasp of the scale, we can register several more accounts, such as different account information, email addresses, and different payment methods for each account, we can still speculate. If multiple registered accounts are identified as fraudulent orders, all associated accounts may be locked.
II. Use of account balance
If you recharge your account, there is no limit on the validity period. If you recharge your account, there will be a 12-month validity period. We need to use it within the validity period. DigitalOcean uses the hourly billing method and charges are deducted at the end of each month/the beginning of next month. If we do not use machines, it is useless to stop using them. We need to delete the machines before they will not be deducted, and the account balance will be deducted first, if a PAYPAL account or credit card is bound, it is automatically deducted from the bound payment method.
Third, questions about email reception information
After you activate the DigitalOcean VPS host, you will be notified to the account email address to send the ROOT account information. The strange account email address is too bad to receive emails, therefore, we recommend that you use the SSH key to log on to SSH. In this way, there is no need to wait for the ROOT password information. In the past, the old man started a machine and received the activation email three days later.
In summary, there are still some users in the DigitalOcean merchant machine, not many of which are used for website construction. Some projects require multiple data centers and require hourly free payment.
