HostGator - One of the world's biggest web host is being acquired by Endurance International Group (EIG). The deal will be completed in the next two weeks. If you are like me, you would be happy with HG's excellent services, but things can happen when ownership changes. Any advice of precautionary measure, for safety to HG's account holders? What are your thoughts? I think doing a full backup of the entire account is a start. http://www.tophosts.com/blog/2012/06/hostgator_acquired_by_endurance_group-013024.html Share with us!
Quoted: Endurance International Group will be purchasing HostGator in the next 3-4 weeks.†You may start backup but we should wait for further confirmation only to discuss about it
not all of the ownership change of hosting company resultin decreased of quality and/support. taking a backup of our website is a necessary, we do not have to wait until the ownership of our hosting changed. make your backup right now ~ goodluck
Backups should always be made on a regular basis no matter what hosting company you are with. I really doubt Hostgator will go downhill under new ownership.
The rumor for this negotiation has been around for several weeks now, and until it's not fully confirmed we can expect just everything. However think of GoDaddy and how services are going now there. With HostGator I suppose changes will also take place. Service might improve, but there is always a chance it degrades. Who knows!
Well I'd love to see any overselling Shared web host loosing customers in favor of other companies that have fair Shared plans, but I would disagree that an acquisition would make the service worse. It might or might not. Investors buy companies to make the things better and to profit.
I agree that taking backups is one of the most important tasks that clients of any hosting provider can perform. Servers can fail for many reasons and your data could be lost forever if you don't make regular backups. Regardless of what might happen with HG, back up your information as soon as possible. Lost data will cost you time and money more so than an acquisition will.
I don't see the reason for selling hostgator, but as the rumor is going on, let see what really happen at the end, and I hope hostgator services remains the same as they currently are.
New ownership always means changes. People don't buy companies and continue the exact same business model they put in their own ideas and business tactics. I have never seen a business stay the same once it has changed hands. The best thing to do would not buy into them for to long they could be a completely different set up in 6mo-1yr. All they would have to do is cut some costs like get rid of cpanel and cutback on customer service and they would be like any other ghetto hosting to be avoided.
You don't see a reason for selling? How about 1/4 of a billion dollars? It's no rumor. The sale is basically completed and the paperwork signed. It's just a matter of EIG finalizing the money
what difference does it make? Whoever buys them are not going to buy them for the purpose of destroying competitor, but will likely run them as separate successful business, not fixing something that ain't broken
None of you guys have mentioned the thing that'll be affected the most probably because this is the web hosting section. That's their affiliate marketing. In the domain section you'd see I'm selling a premium domain name related to hosting. I was about to use it solely for large Hostgator affiliate marketing as I had good success with it in the past. But with this change, no way those affiliate payouts are going to remain the same. I have to admit, HostGator payouts to affiliates were very lucrative although they sometimes weren't fair when it was time to pay you. That's because the kind of payouts they were giving, they had to be extrememly skeptical. I don't think no new administration would think those payouts are feasible in the success of the business and alter it.
why do you believe they are going to slash affiliate payouts? HostGator can afford high payouts (like many other although less reputable hosting companies) because they make even more money on their hosting signups being renewed over and over. It is not like they non-for-profit organization and the new ruling is about to change it. Affiliate program is an important (or major?) part of their marketing strategy and suggesting downsizing it like telling that Godaddy could make much more money by not giving any coupon/discount codes.
How do you know they are so successful ? As a consumer you think they are great but you have no idea what is going on behind the scenes. Usually people don't sell companies that are doing great. Lots of customers doesn't always mean a profit especially when you are paying affiliates $65 for each one. Many troubled companies will bring in customers at a loss just to cook the books or to look like they have potential to prospective investors or buyers.
Watch and you'll see the major changes in the Affiliate arena atxsurf obviously haven't had the experience of trying to get your LEGIT payments from HostGator. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that their affiliate payments are eventually gonna kill them. Many people on their forums often question on how they can afford to give out those payment and they simply give open ended answers. Don't even begin to talk about getting your payments when you have 20+ referrals. They try their best to prove your referrals illegible for payment. Why promise such high payments if you're gonna do such. They promise to pay you money that they are not gonna recover within months (that's if your referral even stays with them) Because Hostgator is such a big company, its very unlikely that people will refer to this as a scam, but the truth is, Hostgator's affiliate program is mainly to get money hungry individuals to rake in loads of costumers and after they have done so, Hostgaotr will take their time and try to prove why each referral is illegible for payment, yet they still keep your referral as a costumer.
I thought only only small companies are eaten up by big players like hostgator... Anything can happen now, new company means drastic change, some things got to suffer....