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Looking for a Hosting Partner for a Free-to-Play Minecraft Project
Hello everyone,
I’m looking for a hosting provider (or individual) interested in a barter-style partnership for a Minecraft server project.
The project will be f2p, focused on building an active community rather than monetization.
What I can offer in return:
- Automatic in-game advertisements for your hosting brand,
- A dedicated promotional channel on Discord server,
- Branding mentions in the server MOTD and promotional materials.
Before starting any collaboration, I’ll be happy to present all existing game modes, promotional ideas, and the planned features for players, so you’ll know exactly what the project is about and what kind of exposure your brand will receive.
If you’re interested in exposure to the Minecraft player base or just want to support a fun community project, feel free to DM me or reply here.
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I’ll take you up on this.
I am interested if you are having APAC locations in mind.
Hi! APAC not gonna be the best location at the start, thanks for your offer anyway!
Ngia Lele, I see that you are very interested in apac. Why?
Brother i live here
Still looking for a hosting provider interested in this partnership!
It’s a great opportunity to get almost free promotion and help build something nice for the Minecraft community.
Out of curiosity what exactly are you looking for?
Are we talking a few dozen players or are you looking to be the next hypixel (i think thats what its called at least)
I guess OP wasn’t interested in my 32gb Dedi since they posted they’re still looking
Requirement: have to be a hosting provider
Why. That’s just fishy now
32b32t
You can DM me I don't want nothing in return . I got bare metal amd Ryzen with 128 gb ddr4 and 980 gb nvme . It's just running idle I can accommodate .
DC ID: ts786
Since 2016 I am into game hosting business
Hi, sorry! I talk with you more when i reach home
And it don’t have to be a hosting provider, i just think its good Opportunity for them
Well there are more of us with idle servers than hosting providers who has spare servers. Just keep that in mind. My offer stands
@amsaal has a powerful server.
@amsaal can I host some ai models to play and learn in your idler?
I also believe that players’ data will be much safer with a trusted company, especially since I take full responsibility for it under my own name.
Additionally, working with a company gives me more confidence that the service will remain stable and reliable, regardless of whether an individual host decides to continue or discontinue their private server.
It’s important to note that this is a fully non-profit project, so there’s no financial gain involved - however, the partnering company can benefit from consistent exposure and long-term advertising within the Minecraft community.
Good question!
Since this project will include multiple components (a Velocity proxy, at least one hub, and game mode instances), it does require a bit more power than a single standalone Minecraft server.
Here’s what would be ideal to start with:
6–8 vCPU (modern cores, stable clock speeds)
16-24 GB RAM
NVMe SSD storage, at least 50–100 GB
Reliable network
We’re not looking for something huge - just stable performance for a few active instances and room to grow later.
The project runs on USpigot (Paper perforemance fork) and uses Velocity as a proxy. Memory usage on newer versions (1.20+) easily exceeds 2–3 GB per instance, so a smaller setup wouldn’t really be enough.
Do you have a unique game mode / mechanics for your player base?
Before you go asking for something like this based on "exposure", you will need to build something that is interesting first. Take up someone's offer on an idler or build it out locally or on some Oracle free tier box. You shouldn't be storing enough data on your players to be super worried about it and you should be independently backing it up too.
What makes your project different than the 1000s of other SMP servers? Why should someone sponsor it? Do you already have a significant community?
The era of Minecraft servers being a license to print money is over and to be honest, the community that is left are some of the worst customers you could ever hope to have. Even then, most reputable hosts won't be interested unless there is actually something to sponsor.
Thanks for your feedback. I completely understand your point.
My goal is to create a free-to-play, community-focused network, where players can really progress and grind through gameplay rather than through monetization.
I also want to clarify that player data, especially IP addresses, is something I take very seriously. I don’t want any of it to ever leak, and I want players to feel safe - no one should be attacked, harassed, or targeted because of information passing through our server.
I have a strong background in Minecraft server management — I’ve been running servers since 2019, including ones that hosted hundreds of players simultaneously. Right now, due to my other commitments, I cannot run this full-time, and that’s why I want to keep it non-monetized and avoid investing my own money (what i already did for most of the software).
I understand that most servers today are fully focused on money, and that’s exactly what’s missing - a space where people can grind and progress through gameplay, not through microtransactions or pay-to-win systems.
I don’t expect anyone to provide a server before it’s ready, of course. Once everything is fully prepared and tested, we can only move forward with a partnership if the hosting provider is satisfied. I’m capable of handling the setup myself, but I believe that asking is key - maybe someone would like to collaborate with me on this.
I am the MineCraft Commander, what’s needed?
@0john looks like @DediRock is here to Hook it up (tm)
Update: I’ve decided to cover the hosting costs myself, so the topic can be considered closed. Thanks to everyone who showed interest and provided feedback!
I can def hook it up.
Cool np, let me know if anything changes.
Thx