VPN Unlimited/Keepsolid Lifetime being gradually phased out from Stacksocial?

YmpkerYmpker OG
edited November 2022 in Industry News

It was brought to my attention that it seems like Keepsolid has discontinued (for now) offering Keepsolid/VPN Unlimited lifetime subscription as a standalone item on Stacksocial.

This appears to indeed be true when checking https://stacksocial.com/brands/keepsolid (see screenshot below).

Now, there could be various reasons for that. For one, VPN Unlimited/Keepsolid lifetime is still being offered, but only in a bundle (e.g. with Sticky PW manager). This could mean they are slowly looking to phase out their lifetime deal from Keepsolid. In that case people looking to get it should do so before it's gone like Windscribe lifetime. Of course, it could also just be a marketing thing, offering VPN Unlimited/Keepsolid lifetime along with Sticky PW Manager and at one point the standalone item will return.

Just thought this would be a nice FYI :)

Only coupon according to Honey extension currently is "FJOJETR" bringing it to 26$ish.
Still a great price for a decent VPN (although sticky pw is probably just crap).

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Comments

  • mee2mee2 OG

    @Ympker - going by your suggestions over years I have got ivacy, keepsolid and koofr from stacksocial. This year isn't like before on stacksocial, so is there anything else worth buying today?

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @mee2 said:
    @Ympker - going by your suggestions over years I have got ivacy, keepsolid and koofr from stacksocial. This year isn't like before on stacksocial, so is there anything else worth buying today?

    Nothing that I found interesting. No global discount codes on Stacksocial this year either. Kinda sucks.

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  • mee2mee2 OG

    Every year I save 40% but this year I will save 100% by not buying anything. =)

  • AstroAstro

    @Ympker what's your opinion about ivacy?

    Team push-ups!

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @Astro said:
    @Ympker what's your opinion about ivacy?

    Ivacy is good for unblocking (unblocks like 6 Flix countries and many other channels) and at some point was (or still is) likely a PureVPN reseller. Speeds have improved quite a lot since I bought it years ago and Wireguard is now supported.

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  • MumblyMumbly

    @Ympker said: at some point was (or still is) likely a PureVPN reseller

    I was reading an article where after years of denying of their connection, PureVPN representative admitted that PureVPN have a stake in "Ivacy". There's more than just reselling.
    Prior to ivacy lifetime stacksocial deal with free renewal every 5 years, PureVPN had the same deal, but after 5 years they (or stacksocial?) didn't honour renewal requests. There are several threads about this at reddit.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited November 2022

    Seems like Keepsolid now also removed the Stickypw combo deal for 29,99$. The only way to still get Keepsolid VPN Lifetime through Stacksocial now is through the 89,99$ deal that's bundled with Degoo. Appears like, in the light of energy crisis etc, they may have decided to actually phase out lifetime offers (or only keep them on their original website, but way more expensive):

    Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison, Uptime.is, Ympker's GitHub.

  • mee2mee2 OG

    People are getting familiar with vpn and more must be subscribing their usual expensive monthly plans hence they dont need to have the "deals" anymore. Possibly more will disappear over near term.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @mee2 said:
    People are getting familiar with vpn and more must be subscribing their usual expensive monthly plans hence they dont need to have the "deals" anymore. Possibly more will disappear over near term.

    They are also still selling lifetime, but on their website where it says discounted price is 99$ and regular lifetime is 199$. I'm sure they also get to keep way more money that way than selling through Stacksocial.

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  • vyasvyas OG
    edited December 2022

    Posting to avoid a separate discussion

    Nordvpn.
    69 percent off plus 4 months free on 2 yr plan
    https://nordvpn.com/offer/social

    blog archives

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @vyas said:
    Posting to avoid a separate discussion

    Nordvpn.
    69 percent off plus 4 months free on 2 yr plan
    https://nordvpn.com/offer/social

    NordVPN often has these kinda 2 year sales. It also had them back when I switched to lifetime vpn in 2016. While not necessarily bad, it didn't add any value to my usage and required a subscription, hence I preferred lifetime.

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  • NekkiNekki OG

    Any thoughts on Adguard VPN? I want something easy for the family that also does adblocking without any messing around.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @Nekki said:
    Any thoughts on Adguard VPN? I want something easy for the family that also does adblocking without any messing around.

    Don't see why it wouldn't be a good pick.

    Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison, Uptime.is, Ympker's GitHub.

  • vyasvyas OG

    @Ympker said:

    @Nekki said:
    Any thoughts on Adguard VPN? I want something easy for the family that also does adblocking without any messing around.

    Don't see why it wouldn't be a good pick.

    wasn't there a discount code or something for adguard? Or was that BFCM only?

    blog archives

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @vyas said:

    @Ympker said:

    @Nekki said:
    Any thoughts on Adguard VPN? I want something easy for the family that also does adblocking without any messing around.

    Don't see why it wouldn't be a good pick.

    wasn't there a discount code or something for adguard? Or was that BFCM only?

    I think someone posted an AdGuard discount code in the BF thread from Stacksocial. Don't remember the code, though.

    Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison, Uptime.is, Ympker's GitHub.

  • NekkiNekki OG

    @vyas said:

    @Ympker said:

    @Nekki said:
    Any thoughts on Adguard VPN? I want something easy for the family that also does adblocking without any messing around.

    Don't see why it wouldn't be a good pick.

    wasn't there a discount code or something for adguard? Or was that BFCM only?

    The standard 15% code seems to work, I’ll look for another, cheers.

  • NekkiNekki OG

    Found coupons for Adguard but not Adguard VPN.

  • legendarylegendary

    Fastestvpn seems is the best deal. 20 USD lifetime. https://fastestvpn.com/lifetime

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @legendary said:
    Fastestvpn seems is the best deal. 20 USD lifetime. https://fastestvpn.com/lifetime

    Certainly a good alternative and with Keepsolid seemingly discontinuing lifetime deals on Stacksocial (and maybe on their website as well?) FastestVPN is a decent pick, albeit I would probably prefer Ivacy over Fastest.

    Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison, Uptime.is, Ympker's GitHub.

  • tetechtetech OG

    Any comments on the current cheapest "lifetime" VPN other than FastestVPN? (I already have FastestVPN)
    Looks like ivacy is $40.

  • totototototo

    @legendary said:
    Fastestvpn seems is the best deal. 20 USD lifetime. https://fastestvpn.com/lifetime

    Code: bfcm20 (-10%)

  • MumblyMumbly
    edited December 2022

    Ivacy VPN: 5-Yr Subscription (5 Devices)

    No more "lifetime"

    edit.
    ah, it's still there - two different options for the same price
    https://stacksocial.com/sales/ivacy-vpn-5-yr-subscription-5-devices
    https://stacksocial.com/sales/ivacy-vpn-lifetime-subscription

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @Mumbly said:

    Ivacy VPN: 5-Yr Subscription (5 Devices)

    No more "lifetime"

    edit.
    ah, it's still there - two different options for the same price
    https://stacksocial.com/sales/ivacy-vpn-5-yr-subscription-5-devices
    https://stacksocial.com/sales/ivacy-vpn-lifetime-subscription

    Yeah, it's been like that forever. But with the "lifetime" you have to msg support after 5 years and ask them to renew. I will have to do that some time around march (?) next year. Let's see if they just prolong it for a year or another 5, or say "oops".

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  • tetechtetech OG

    @tetech said:
    Any comments on the current cheapest "lifetime" VPN other than FastestVPN? (I already have FastestVPN)
    Looks like ivacy is $40.

    Looks like RealVPN and SlickVPN still $20 lifetime. Any good reasons not to use RealVPN?

  • NekkiNekki OG

    @tetech said:

    @tetech said:
    Any comments on the current cheapest "lifetime" VPN other than FastestVPN? (I already have FastestVPN)
    Looks like ivacy is $40.

    Looks like RealVPN and SlickVPN still $20 lifetime. Any good reasons not to use RealVPN?

    I read some reviews from a couple of years back that said SlickVPN was hot garbage - slow speeds, very few locations and issues with the mobile apps including a lack of features like split tunnelling. It may well have improved since then but I haven't found anything more recent.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @Nekki said:

    @tetech said:

    @tetech said:
    Any comments on the current cheapest "lifetime" VPN other than FastestVPN? (I already have FastestVPN)
    Looks like ivacy is $40.

    Looks like RealVPN and SlickVPN still $20 lifetime. Any good reasons not to use RealVPN?

    I read some reviews from a couple of years back that said SlickVPN was hot garbage - slow speeds, very few locations and issues with the mobile apps including a lack of features like split tunnelling. It may well have improved since then but I haven't found anything more recent.

    Back then, I only heard bad things about slick, too.

    Realvpn is pretty new and I remember someone saying they only have IKEV2?!

    Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison, Uptime.is, Ympker's GitHub.

  • tetechtetech OG

    @Ympker said:

    @Nekki said:

    @tetech said:

    @tetech said:
    Any comments on the current cheapest "lifetime" VPN other than FastestVPN? (I already have FastestVPN)
    Looks like ivacy is $40.

    Looks like RealVPN and SlickVPN still $20 lifetime. Any good reasons not to use RealVPN?

    I read some reviews from a couple of years back that said SlickVPN was hot garbage - slow speeds, very few locations and issues with the mobile apps including a lack of features like split tunnelling. It may well have improved since then but I haven't found anything more recent.

    Back then, I only heard bad things about slick, too.

    Realvpn is pretty new and I remember someone saying they only have IKEV2?!

    Oh, from their help pages it looks like you are correct that RealVPN only have IKEv2. Hmm.

    I didn't find a lot of recent reviews of either of them. I'll be using it on a VPS so not too worried about mobile apps.

  • tetechtetech OG

    Might be interesting for some.
    https://embed.kumu.io/9ced55e897e74fd807be51990b26b415#vpn-company-relationships/

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @tetech said:
    Might be interesting for some.
    https://embed.kumu.io/9ced55e897e74fd807be51990b26b415#vpn-company-relationships/

    Nice overview :)

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  • NekkiNekki OG

    @tetech said:
    Might be interesting for some.
    https://embed.kumu.io/9ced55e897e74fd807be51990b26b415#vpn-company-relationships/

    That is useful, and illuminating!

  • tetechtetech OG

    @tetech said:

    @Ympker said:

    @Nekki said:

    @tetech said:

    @tetech said:
    Any comments on the current cheapest "lifetime" VPN other than FastestVPN? (I already have FastestVPN)
    Looks like ivacy is $40.

    Looks like RealVPN and SlickVPN still $20 lifetime. Any good reasons not to use RealVPN?

    I read some reviews from a couple of years back that said SlickVPN was hot garbage - slow speeds, very few locations and issues with the mobile apps including a lack of features like split tunnelling. It may well have improved since then but I haven't found anything more recent.

    Back then, I only heard bad things about slick, too.

    Realvpn is pretty new and I remember someone saying they only have IKEV2?!

    Oh, from their help pages it looks like you are correct that RealVPN only have IKEv2. Hmm.

    I didn't find a lot of recent reviews of either of them. I'll be using it on a VPS so not too worried about mobile apps.

    I signed up for RealVPN. It is IKEv2-only. They have ~21 POPs in logical places, seem to be using Digital Ocean servers. They don't do stupid things like email address for username (like FastestVPN does). Setup guides aren't that great. Connecting seems to be pretty quick. I'm not using it for streaming, so superfast speeds aren't that important to me, but FYI:

    # speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Digital Ocean (178.62.195.161)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Claranet Benelux B.V. (Amsterdam) [3.12 km]: 41.217 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 190.63 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 179.29 Mbit/s

    At this point I don't know how reliable the connection is - I plan to leave it up 24/7.

  • cyberpunkcyberpunk
    edited December 2022

    New StackSocial coupon JOY30 (30% discount), works with VPNs, making for example Adguard VPN 5yr $28.99 and also works with Koofr if anyone still wants it (1TB $98.99)

  • NekkiNekki OG

    @cyberpunk said:
    New StackSocial coupon JOY30 (30% discount), works with VPNs, making for example Adguard VPN 5yr $28.99 and also works with Koofr if anyone still wants it (1TB $98.99)

    Weird to toss out a coupon like that so far after BF/CM.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @cyberpunk said:
    New StackSocial coupon JOY30 (30% discount), works with VPNs, making for example Adguard VPN 5yr $28.99 and also works with Koofr if anyone still wants it (1TB $98.99)

    That's a great coupon for Koofr, actually. Will post it in my Koofr thread :)

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