Buildmyblock is a server hosting company which I found out upon googling and browsing the MCForums, however, not many reviews where there to be found about this host. I decided to e-mail their support about this 'matter', asking for their Point of View. I was contacted back within one hour and notified that I would not have to worry about this. Purely for that reason the customer support should get a 10/10.
For me personally all that mattered was a low-cost server, so that I could play Vanilla with my friends. This host seems to be capable of giving me exactly that. Upon ordering the server was activated right away, and no issues where there whatsoever. The speed in which the register, order, payment and launch progress goes is not different from other (quality) hosts, but purely for that reason this also deserves a 10/10.
In the entire time I used the server, I have never experienced any lagg or latency issues whatsoever. However, there was one thing that stumbled my experience: The host apperently had issues with whatever company they used or hired for running their servers, so they opted to switch. This caused the server to be down for a short time, however, all files where back-up'd and re-uploaded without me even noticing all the changes that happened. Through the progress I was brieved various times and updated continuesly on the progress. I can't complain on this matter, and feel like the customer service did a great job on this end (as well). Rating? 8/10.
Just for the sake of giving one negative point in this vouch, and it is a very minor one, I found the 'knowlegde base' to be a little empty, and it didn't reach into such an advance that it could answer all questions related to (for example) bukkit or tekkit servers. But then again, this DOES get compensated by the overall website experience, server prices, server latency (hosting) and customer support.
The overall conclusion is simple. This hosts deserves a fair 9/10 from what I've experienced. The only minor downside is the knowledgebase, which has many (more preferable) counterparts; such as the flawless website, quick ordering process and great customer support. If I were to rate this host it would get a solid 5/7. All jokes a side; I recommend this host to anyone who is looking to run a server on a budget, whilst still having a customer support within reach when necessary.
Thanks in advance, and cheers,
unbearable, the bear, or whatever you prefer to call me.
thankyou for your review im glad that you are happy with our services and customer support
a side note regarding the server migration we do understand it was an inconvenience and we can all but apologise but due to unforeseen circumstances we was not happy with the datacenter and there policies we do not want our clients to suffer due to bad policies so we sourced a better datacenter and we also upgraded to better hardware
We are confident that there will be no further migrations we thought very carefully on the data center we chose and are confident that everything will go smoothly
With regards to the knowledgebase we are going to be doing a complete overhaul of this at a later date when we can allocate some time this is something we recognise is lacking and is something we are going to work on we will also be adding a knowledgebase for our vps offerings
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hello sorry for the delayed reply i have not been on the forum until today please can you open a support ticket with us or email myself on [email protected] to discuss this further
I will be getting the 8 gig annual diamond plan tomorrow for my charity server. I can't vouch for the server, but customer service so far is top notch! Carl (bless his heart, and patience) has always responded quickly to my e-mails and questions. I can say from working from the tech industry that the equipment is top notch and will serve you well, Buildmyblock is obviously priced to resource rather than profit as it seems to be the cheapest out there. I have spent months shopping and planning this server and have made it to the end of my search here. With the 30 percent off, it makes 8 gigs of ram LESS than 100 dollars a year, less than half the price of their competitors. I have only heard good things from customers who have used or still using them and I'm excited to do business with a company that cares for there customers and will allow us to make profit faster. For us, the faster we make profit, the faster that can go into places like code.org, children's hospitals and put computers into schools. The only thing I wish buildmyblock had is mySQL support, but it's not a make or break as I have found some free and many cheap options for this. Please check them out and take advantage of there promotions!
I will be getting the 8 gig annual diamond plan tomorrow for my charity server. I can't vouch for the server, but customer service so far is top notch! Carl (bless his heart, and patience) has always responded quickly to my e-mails and questions. I can say from working from the tech industry that the equipment is top notch and will serve you well, Buildmyblock is obviously priced to resource rather than profit as it seems to be the cheapest out there. I have spent months shopping and planning this server and have made it to the end of my search here. With the 30 percent off, it makes 8 gigs of ram LESS than 100 dollars a year, less than half the price of their competitors. I have only heard good things from customers who have used or still using them and I'm excited to do business with a company that cares for there customers and will allow us to make profit faster. For us, the faster we make profit, the faster that can go into places like code.org, children's hospitals and put computers into schools. The only thing I wish buildmyblock had is mySQL support, but it's not a make or break as I have found some free and many cheap options for this. Please check them out and take advantage of there promotions!
Thankyou so much for your kind words we do aim to ensure our customers or potential customers are all happy and try our best to keep everyone happy and our services running smoothly with the pricing you are correct that we work on a resource ratio rather than maximum profit and we have other services that helps top up our profits like our ssd vps and our dedicated cloud product
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We are proud to announce our 1 year anniversary and would like to thank all of our existing clients who have helped us make it this far we are rolling our a new 10% recurring discount promotion as well as our long continued 50% off your first order promotion just use promotion code bmb10 at checkout to receive your 10% discount
Great Host! Highly Recommend. Support is active all the time and is very quick to replying to tickets and live chat. Jonathan is an excellent support agent and he helped me transfer all my content from beast node to their BuildMyBlock dedicated servers. Pricing is also even better than most dedicated server hosts!!
Being in the UK, the prices are in US $, what's the actual price for a UK resident to buy a $5 or $10 (worked out about £3.50 or about £7.20 is this correct?)
What help is there in setting up a server, with modpacks and plugins (never done it myself and always played on servers rather than host), or is there a tutorial you can point me in the right direction to help me do it myself.
How long from ordering a server will it be to having it set up?
Apart from those concerns I'm quite interested.. But will wait til my answers are *ahem* answered!!
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Aswell as our reviews here on minecraftforum
we have a new promotion 25% recurring discount with discount code mc25
thankyou for your review im glad that you are happy with our services and customer support
a side note regarding the server migration we do understand it was an inconvenience and we can all but apologise but due to unforeseen circumstances we was not happy with the datacenter and there policies we do not want our clients to suffer due to bad policies so we sourced a better datacenter and we also upgraded to better hardware
We are confident that there will be no further migrations we thought very carefully on the data center we chose and are confident that everything will go smoothly
With regards to the knowledgebase we are going to be doing a complete overhaul of this at a later date when we can allocate some time this is something we recognise is lacking and is something we are going to work on we will also be adding a knowledgebase for our vps offerings
hello sorry for the delayed reply i have not been on the forum until today please can you open a support ticket with us or email myself on [email protected] to discuss this further
new %30 recurring discount promotion now available just use coupon code mcf30
we have extended our %30 recurring discount promotion till the end of the month
I will be getting the 8 gig annual diamond plan tomorrow for my charity server. I can't vouch for the server, but customer service so far is top notch! Carl (bless his heart, and patience) has always responded quickly to my e-mails and questions. I can say from working from the tech industry that the equipment is top notch and will serve you well, Buildmyblock is obviously priced to resource rather than profit as it seems to be the cheapest out there. I have spent months shopping and planning this server and have made it to the end of my search here. With the 30 percent off, it makes 8 gigs of ram LESS than 100 dollars a year, less than half the price of their competitors. I have only heard good things from customers who have used or still using them and I'm excited to do business with a company that cares for there customers and will allow us to make profit faster. For us, the faster we make profit, the faster that can go into places like code.org, children's hospitals and put computers into schools. The only thing I wish buildmyblock had is mySQL support, but it's not a make or break as I have found some free and many cheap options for this. Please check them out and take advantage of there promotions!
Thankyou so much for your kind words
We are proud to announce our 1 year anniversary and would like to thank all of our existing clients who have helped us make it this far we are rolling our a new 10% recurring discount promotion as well as our long continued 50% off your first order promotion just use promotion code bmb10 at checkout to receive your 10% discount
we have just extended our %10 recurring promotion for another week
we have a new %15 recurring discount promotion just launched promotion code mcf15
%25 recurring discount this bank holiday with promotion code bh25 dont miss out
Our 15% recurring discount is now back use promo code mcf15 on checkout to receive your discount
our new 15% recurring discount offer is now live just use promo code mcf150 at checkout to recieve your discount!!
Great Host! Highly Recommend. Support is active all the time and is very quick to replying to tickets and live chat. Jonathan is an excellent support agent and he helped me transfer all my content from beast node to their BuildMyBlock dedicated servers. Pricing is also even better than most dedicated server hosts!!
thankyou for your review i am happy to know you are happy
Do you have a test server or anything? I'm in the US so I don't know how connection would be to the UK where the servers are.
Few Questions
Being in the UK, the prices are in US $, what's the actual price for a UK resident to buy a $5 or $10 (worked out about £3.50 or about £7.20 is this correct?)
What help is there in setting up a server, with modpacks and plugins (never done it myself and always played on servers rather than host), or is there a tutorial you can point me in the right direction to help me do it myself.
How long from ordering a server will it be to having it set up?
Apart from those concerns I'm quite interested.. But will wait til my answers are *ahem* answered!!