Telerik, DiscountASP.NET partner (again) to save you money

Looking for ways to pass the time while you wait for this week's big Q1 2008 release? Why not check-out the recently announced new partnership between Telerik and DiscountASP.NET. As you may recall, Telerik partnered with DiscountASP.NET a couple of months ago to bring you a special Sitefinity offer. Under that partnership, you received a 15% discount on a Sitefinity license and 6 free months of hosting from DiscountASP. The new partnership is aimed at saving you (and your developer friends) money on Telerik's RadControls when they choose DiscountASP.NET as their host.

Here's how the new offer works:

1. First, you need a DiscountASP.NET hosting account. This can be a new account or an existing account. And if you've never used Discount to host a site before, I have nothing but good things to say about their service after using them for years. Read my endorsement in my last Discount partnership post.
2. Next, visit the DiscountASP.NET Marketplace (from your hosting Control Panel) and locate the Telerik deal. Discount will provide you with a coupon code.
3. Take that code, visit Telerik.com, and get $50 off your purchase!

Easy enough, right? So if you've got a Telerik purchase planned (ahem...Q1 2008...) and you need some quality ASP.NET shared hosting, this is the best way to save $50 on your Telerik purchase. Well, either this or the $300 dollars you could save by completing the Reporting Challenge. So let's just call this the easiest way to save $50 on your Telerik purchase. Enjoy the discount and stay tuned for the Q1 release. It's only a couple of days away!

Sitefintiy, DiscountASP.NET partnership launched

This is some exciting news that we've been working hard to make happen for some time now. Starting today, DiscountASP.NET and Telerik have partnered to bring you a special deal for hosting your Sitefinity CMS sites. For a limited time (not sure how limited), you can get 6 free months of hosting at DiscountASP.NET to run your Sitefinity CMS site with the promo code "sitefinity2008." As with Discount's other "6 month free" deals, you'll need to sign-up for a year of service and you'll also need to buy the SQL Server add-on if you plan on having Discount host your SQL Server database for you.

If you've never used DiscountASP.NET before, I can attest first hand to the great, quality shared hosting they provide. They're not the cheapest hosting in town (especially when you add SQL to the mix), but they are extremely reliable, performant, and supportive. I always recommend Discount for people seeking shared hosting for sites that matter. The only reason I don't recommend Discount is for people that need more system access than shared hosting can provide and are ready for dedicated or VPS hosting.

That said, DiscountASP is a great place to host your Sitefinity CMS site. Sitefinity is easy to get setup and running on Discount's servers- we even have a KB article dedicated to the topic- so you'll be in business in no time. There are a few (less than 7) medium trust issues with Discount and Sitefinity, but they will all be resolved in the coming weeks and none of them are show stoppers. I've got multiple Sitefinity sites running on Discount right now without issue.

So enjoy the discount and take this opportunity to setup your own Sitefinity site, even if just for fun and experimentation. Trust me. You'll like it. Or don't trust me, and try it for yourself. Either way...you get my point.