HostGator Hosting

The Company

One of the leading names in the world of web hosting is HostGator.com, which specializes in shared, reseller and dedicated web hosting. The privately-held company is based in Houston, Texas and was founded in 2002 by Brent Oxley, who is presently the President and CEO of HostGator.com. HostGator has over the years acquired a reputation for being a reliable and customer-centric company and has grown from just three servers to a provider with over 7000 servers under management. HostGator.com has hosted over two million domains, which comprise almost 1% of the global Internet traffic and has been recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America.

Products and Services

HostGator.com has three kinds of hosting plans: shared, reseller and dedicated. The shared plans come in three versions, Hatchling, Baby, and Business. The first plan for $4.95 a month gives you one domain, unlimited bandwidth and disk space and the CPanel for one-click access and control. All the plans except Hatchling offer unlimited domain names. The Hatchling Plan includes unlimited sub-domains, FTP and POP3 accounts. The Baby has all these and unlimited domains and comes for $7.95 a month. The Business besides the basics gives you your own toll-free number, a free dedicated IP and a free private SSL. This Plan is priced at $12.95 per month.

The Reseller plans come in 5 options; the Aluminum, Copper, Silver, Gold and Diamond. Resellers get a number of useful features to help them in their business, which include the CPanel, unlimited domain names, free domain registry account (eNom domain reseller account), free hosting templates, a billing program, and much more.

The Dedicated Plans come with total server management and a control panel with each server. The dedicated server can be customized to make it suitable for your own specific needs and in this way, you can derive the maximum benefit from the plan. You can also opt for the operating system that you want which includes Red Hat Linux 9.0, RHEL3, RHEL4, CentOS, or FreeBSD. There are several types of dedicated servers with numerous features and benefits, including the Windows and Linux dedicated servers.

Why HostGator.com?

HostGator.com has provided service to over 400,000 websites in its shared and reseller plans. The company is a well-known provider of reseller accounts and has a client base of over 10,000 resellers who seem to hold it in high esteem. A customer survey taken in June 2008, it was found that over 90% of HostGator.com?s customers were satisfied with their service of the company. The company operates on the cutting edge of developing technology and prides itself on the constant effort taken for the improvement and refinement of customer service and support. HostGator.com has a mission, which is to become the world leader in the global market for web hosting and management.

Conclusion

HostGator?s numerous awards in diverse categories, testify to the reliability and peak performance of the company. HostGator.com has won awards in the customer service category, which emphasizes the importance of the customer in the company?s scheme of things. From live chat, toll-free telephone numbers and ticketing system, the customer support machinery is geared to provide prompt and friendly service to any complaint. In 2008, the company switched to wind energy by purchase of Green-e certified wind credits to neutralize its carbon emissions and also help to reverse it.

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