HostGator is one of the world leaders when it comes to providing shared, reseller and dedicated web hosting. This USA based firm was founded in 2002 by current President and CEO Brent Oxley. Now with over 250,000 customers it has come a long way since it was started in the confines of a dorm room at Florida Atlantic University with just three servers.
Since then, HostGator has grown from a small hosting company into a world leading and industry recognized hosting provider with more than 7,000 servers under management and over two and a half million domain names are now hosted by HostGator which also makes up approximately 1% of the world’s Internet traffic.
Basic shared hosting starts at $4.95 a month and although this gives you unlimited band width and disk space you do only get the one domain name. $7.75 a month and you get unlimited domain names, all plans come with cPanel and Fantastico.
Next level up is their VPS hosting which starts at $19.95 a month although to be honest, you get what you pay for and I personally wouldn’t recommend their entry level VPS. The higher spec VPS does look better but depending on your needs this is something you might consider as your site and portfolio grows.
As most hosting companies do, Hostgator also provides an attractive looking reseller plan. How does reseller hosting work I hear you ask? After signing up, you receive access to a special Hostgator reseller control panel, Web Host Manager. Web Host Manager allows you to manage and provide your customers with their own user control panels (cPanel) which will enable them to create and modify their own web sites.
Once your customer is logged into cPanel they are able to control sub domains, email addresses, passwords and much more without requiring any assistance. However, be sure to read our dedicated page on reseller hosting in the side menu and top navigation bar.
- Unlimited Disk Space
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- Free SiteBuilder
- Easy Control Panel
- 4,500 Free Website Templates
- 99.9% Uptime Guarantee
- 45 Day Money Back Guarantee
- 24/7/365 Technical Support
- Adult Allowed – Yes
Hostgator hosting is excellent, get it for only a penny when you use the coupon code hostgatorbaby.