HostGator

[phpnut]

Has anyone used HostGator for hosting? I think I'm going to switch to them from Yahoo and am wondering if there's any reason I shouldn't.

[tec-geek]

I'm using them right now. Out of the 5 or 6 hosts that I have used, they are by far the best. They have good prices and very fast support.

tec-geek

[jdk]

Do they allow proxy sites?

[tec-geek]

I don't think they do. You'll have to consult the AUP / TOS on their site.

[whitefang]

I considered Host Gator for a while and the only reason I didn't choose them was that, at the time, I had a better deal with the hosting company I went with. They were offering a large discount for a 1-year sign up and I chose that instead. I have a friend who owns many sites and he uses both Host Gator, my webhost and a few others, and he gave them all about the same rating, so I was comfortable with that. My current webhost has been great for 3-4 months now.

[daboss]

their affiliate program is excellent... if there are any affliates in this forum and you decide to go with hostgator, maybe you can register using one of the affiliate links to help members in this forum...

i am not an affiliate myself... :(

[DeluxeNames]

Has anyone tried to resell for HostGator? They look great to resell for.

[jannayacks00]

Throughout the years Hostgator has never fail me as a reliable hosting service. I barely notice any downtime for my websites – while this was quite a surprise until I recently found out that Hostgator is running its own data center (huge plus point).

Also, it’s worth noting that every web hosting plan with Hostgator comes with a 45 day money back guarantee and 99.9% uptime guarantee. The deal is fully guaranteed by the company founder and CEO (Brent) himself – which is another huge plus point (responsible management team).

[SonjaRedeker21]

Hostgator Sales sucks !! Looking to become a customer, I called in after being optimistic even after reading a lot of negative reviews on Hostgator. The guy on line was chatting with someone else on his computer and did not care 2 hoots about me wanting to be their customer !! He even said you can hang up and did not care that I was a potential new customer. The guys name was harold.

So I did hang up.

Hostgator – NEVER again.

[eric123miller]

HostGator (HostGator.com) has become one of the better known web hosts in the industry by being themselves. Though nothing they do is completely spectacular or unbelievable, they do what they should do. That is, HostGator actually answers their phones, replies to their emails, responds to live chat requests, doesn’t rip you off, and provides quality hosting. It’s actually quite sad that most hosts can’t seem to get these things right, but it’s great for HostGator as they’ve banked on it and it’s translated into success.

[Alex_WoodOO2548]

They don’t have too many bells and whistles, marketing ploys, or anything of the sort. What you see is what you get and it’s that simple. HostGator’s terms of service is pretty standard, as is their order process. Marketing isn’t shoved down your throat at every page and billing is simple. The order process takes about 5 minutes and HostGator accepts both credit cards and PayPal (which is always nice), as well as debit cards.

[daniellegehman00]

At first glance, HostGator is not too impressive. They have a fairly generic web site, a logo with a fairly lame slogan – “we eat up the competition” (the alligator in the logo is eating the “H”) (sorry HostGator), ordinary copy on their text, an apparent lack of updates on their site, a pretty standard ModernBill setup, cPanel, and basically everything an average web host has.