Check out these awesome prices, guys:

Amazing, right?  We had a ticket recently in which the would-be poster offered these amazing prices:

• cPanel VPS – $4.00 USD
• cPanel Dedicated – $4.50 USD
• CloudLinux – $4.50 USD
• Plesk VPS – $3.50 USD
• Plesk Dedicated – $4.00 USD
• DAReseller – $3.00 USD
• LiteSpeed – $4.00 USD
• Imunify360 – $3.00 USD

Wow!

Needless to say, this is a scam.  I’ll let LowEndTalk member @0xOkami explain what’s up:

The cPanel shared licenses basically exist out of overwritten / nulled license files and blocking the original cPanel licensing servers. It’s basically paying for a crack, most of the shared licensing providers utilize “GBLicense”. It’s a system which utilizes proxies in order to activate a lot of services like DA, cPanel, Imunify e.t.c. e.t.c. Since they do not have to pay for anything at all, 100% of your payment is basically profit. Most of the cracks regarding cPanel though are not stable and usually goes down (due to WebPros) adding more checks in their systems.

9/10 systems also put a backdoor in your system leaving you unprotected.

On this particular scammer’s web site, they talk up “free technical support” but of course that isn’t through cPanel.  It’s through their Whatsapp.  And let’s be real – if you start asking in-depth questions, they’re going to stop responding and pocket the profits you’ve already given them.  It’s not like they’ve got a fleet of cPanel experts on standby.

So if you see somebody offering “shared” licenses, forget it.  If You want cPanel, you unfortunately have to pay cPanel prices.

raindog308

Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.

Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.

His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.

You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.