Hostgator Review – An Overview of Hostgator Web Hosting Services      

March 20th, 2007

Hostgator.com is one of the most popular web hosts in the industry.  Hostgator.com’s prices are competitive, starting at $6.95 per year.  This package includes 50,000 megabytes of disk space and 200,000 megabytes of bandwidth, around-the-clock customer support, unlimited SQL databases, 20 POP3 email accounts, and more. 

Hostgator.com was one of the first hosts to offer unlimited domain hosting on one low-priced account. For just $9.95, customers get unlimited add-on domain names. This is an excellent deal for any business or webmaster who intends to eventually have more than one website. It’s incredibly easy to manage it all from one location.

One thing that makes this host unique is the unlimited customer support it offers.  Hostgator.com’s customer support staff is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.  Customer support can be reached by phone, email, online chat, fax, and snail mail.  They even have office locations where customers can visit in Texas and Florida.  What really makes Hostgator stand out from other web hosting companies is that the personnel actually answer the telephones and respond to emails and chat requests.

The site itself is not too impressive, being fairly generic, sporting a cheesy slogan and logo, and having ordinary web copy.  It appears to be basically an average hosting site, nothing fancy.  That’s the good part about Hostgator.com.  Because the site is simple, lacking bells and whistles, expensive marketing ploys, etc., Hostgator is able to offer low prices on their web hosting services and still make a profit. 

Despite the low prices, Hostgator.com provides quality hosting including many features, and excellent customer service and support.  The simple format is actually appreciated by many customers, enabling them to navigate the site easily.  The ordering process is simple, taking only about 5 minutes.  Hostgator accepts credit cards, debit cards and PayPal.

All in all, Hostgator.com offers a great deal for the price.

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