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A HostGator Review

HostGator is a big player in the web hosting industry today. HostGator is also one of the handful of web hosts that actually own their datacenter and offices. Most web hosting providers own servers in another companies datacenter while HostGator has their own setup.

Since it’s startup in 2002 by Brent Oxley, HostGator has grown to be one of the biggest web hosting providers on the internet. Today they host over 1 million domain names. It takes a company with a lot of organization and care to handle such a large amount of customers. It becomes challenging to maintain a solid hosting business at around 2,000 customers. HostGator is able to do it with 1 million so that should be a testament to how their customers feel about their service.

Service Overview

Shared Web Hosting – Currently HostGator only supports Linux shared web hosting however they have plans for Windows shared hosting coming shortly.

For $8.95/m or $4.95/m at 2 year pre-pay you will get everything you need to operate your website. They offer a free Site Builder and a script auto-installation system. They offer a 45 day money back guarantee on all their plans.

<< View their shared web hosting plans >>

Reseller Web Hosting

HostGator has an extensive reseller program run on Cpanel servers. Their reseller program offers enough resources for up to hundreds of clients. Their reseller program is an easy, and most of all cheap, way to getting extra cash flow from your clients.

For only $24.95/m you will get everything you need to appear as a professional web hosting customer. They even include a free enom domain name reseller system with signup. If you don’t know how or feel like building your website, you can simply select one of their pre-made hosting templates and go from there.

<< Check out their reseller plans which are perfect for new web hosts >>

Dedicated Servers

Most web hosts have the resources to offer shared and reseller hosting, but there are only a few that can offer their own dedicated servers. These are real dedicated servers from HostGator and not a dedicated server they are reselling through another datacenter. They own and operate everything in the DC so there are no delays from going through the middle man.

While their servers are a little bit more expensive than some of their competitors, starting at $174.95/m, they definitely offer more as far as technical support and features are concerned.

<< See HostGator Dedicated server specials >>

Included with all of HG’s web hosting services are some nice features:

• 24/7 technical support
• 24/7 Phone and Live Chat
• Free Control Panel Access
• Free SiteBuilder Access
• Thousands of free web design templates

We are looking for some first hand reviews of HostGator. If you have used their service, feel free to leave a review through the Comment form below. One or two line reviews won’t be approved.

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