HostGator Opinions

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Whitehat Guy, Nov 21, 2010.

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    Creating a new business shortly offering clients hosting. Seriously considering HostGator for my reseller package.

    Anyone have any experience with hostgator reseller?

    What are the load times of websites with Hostgator?

    Thanks
     
    Whitehat Guy, Nov 21, 2010 IP
  2. webar2007

    webar2007 Well-Known Member

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    I have used Hostgator for 2-3 years and i'm pretty happy with their services. Customer service used to be slow but now they answer pretty fast and they give good answers as well.

    Loading time is probably dependent on lots of factors like scripts you run, your picture size, flash and in general the number of http requests to your pages.
     
    webar2007, Nov 22, 2010 IP
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    Greyhound Banned

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    HostGator is great for shared hosting and reseller, I don't know about their vps or dedicated box coz i didn't use them. But their hosting is very reliable and the support is excellent.
     
    Greyhound, Nov 22, 2010 IP
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    dmisev Peon

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    I use hostgator more than a year and i'm satisfied lot. i have that yearly package that cast me $100 and i thing that is best for the money
     
    dmisev, Nov 22, 2010 IP
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    Best deal on the internet for me, 5 sites with them so far, excellent control panel with instant setting up of great scripts , word press, drupal etc.

    Just $9.95 a month and no down time!

    Can't be beaten in my opinion.
     
    Webgold, Nov 22, 2010 IP
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    micksss Notable Member

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    I've had a shared baby plan for two years now and I'm very happy with HostGator.
     
    micksss, Nov 22, 2010 IP
  7. Mr Perfect

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    Its best shared hosting company :)
    Their support system is so good.
     
    Mr Perfect, Nov 22, 2010 IP
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    bob25 Well-Known Member

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    The reseller plan makes it real easy to create an individual account for clients, you can even setup a cpanel/ftp for them. And support is top notch, you can contact them live online, email or toll-free by phone 24/7. If your customer has trouble and you have to contact them you won't have to play email tag for a few hours to get the answer.
     
    bob25, Nov 22, 2010 IP
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    PHPGator Banned

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    I am using Hostgator now and really like them. The speed is good and the support is phenomenal.
     
    PHPGator, Nov 22, 2010 IP
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    Their reseller account has worked perfect for me, plus they have a page with about 100 tutorial videos you can educate yourself on
     
    jodamy, Nov 23, 2010 IP
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    They are best out there
     
    rootbinbash, Nov 23, 2010 IP
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    Very happy with Hostgator's service. Never done reselling though, so can't comment on that.
     
    BrettQ, Nov 23, 2010 IP
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    I've been using Hostgator for about 8 months now and have had no problems. As far as the reller program I would't know but IM Report Card gives them an A-. Pretty good grade.
     
    Phil Mancini, Nov 24, 2010 IP
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    I used to love using HostGator, I had plans with them for about a year and then I switched. Why? Because they claimed they supported Django applications but really didn't.
     
    noahqw, Nov 24, 2010 IP
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    they are good. you sure can go with them.
     
    webcosmo, Nov 24, 2010 IP
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    computer3dart Greenhorn

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    I just moved my 15 websites from my old host to them and amazingly, they did the transfer in 45 minutes, for free, from start to finish, without any problem. The only thing I don't like so far, when you create a new account, even for a subdomain not even a new domain, there is propagation time to wait, and your new site will point to an ads/search page until ready. With my old host there was zero time.
     
    computer3dart, Nov 24, 2010 IP
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    I have tried many other hosting services but nothing beats hostgator.
     
    netwasi, Nov 24, 2010 IP
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    I have sites hosted by Hostgator and a reseller account at knownhost. In my opinion Hostgator is the best because of the support they offer.
     
    cjbmeb14, Nov 24, 2010 IP
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    Hostgator is an excellent hosting company whether shared or reseller. However, please be noted about one limitation I experienced personally before - number of files. If you create most basic websites then it should not be any problem but except for custom made script which may generated files more than they allowed.
     
    Sxperm, Nov 25, 2010 IP
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    I prefer Hostgator because I love their cPanel.
    It's easy to upload pages to my site, install
    wordpress, check my traffic stats - whatever.

    I think it's a great option for newbies.
     
    DominiquePrentiss, Nov 25, 2010 IP