HostGator
June 13th, 2008 | by |HostGator LLC
Founded in 2002 in Boca Raton, Florida, HostGator LLC can be counted among the top web hosts today. They have been into business for three years only now effectively, but as they say, they have eaten into the competition.. the competitors take this “gator” as a serious threat to their business and most of the times try to imitate the unmatchable features they provide. Some might say that HostGator’s success can be attributed to their aggressive (competition eating) marketing but one should not forget that like very other HostGator also provides a money back offer and the fact that they have so many customers today proves that they provide equally good “competition eating” services.
They have a simple philosophy: To provide reliable service, superior support, and affordable pricing to businesses and individuals seeking quality shared, reseller, or dedicated web hosting solutions.
Competition “Eating” Hosting Solution
At $4.95 HostGator gives you more value for your money than you would ask for. Their “competition eating” hosting solution is loaded with all the general web hosting features plus some “competition eating” features that are simply unique to them. This feature set is then coupled with an ever dependable support team that is available to you round the clock.
The basic plan of Host Gator which they call “Hatchling” is available for an affordable $4.95 a month. Bundled Disk space is an unimaginable 350,000MB (350GB) and monthly data transfer limit is a never reachable 3,000,000MB (3000GB).
The features list as I mentioned earlier is far lengthier than that of other web hosts. They offer POP3 email accounts, unlimited mail and domain forwarding, CGI, PHP, MySQL, Shared SSL and loads of other features.
How HostGator Feeds on Competition
Competition is known for taking its toll even on the best, then arises the question.. how does HostGator not only eat into the competition but also maintain the momentum in this highly competitive web hosting industry?
The answer to this question is very straight forward if we look at HostGator’s previous track record:
HostGator is not simply a web host it is committed to provide reliable service, superior support and affordable pricing to businesses and individuals seeking high quality web hosting solutions. HostGator takes reliability seriously and hence, places your website in the Planet Datacenter in Dallas Texas (USA) behind a fully redundant Cisco Network boasting 10 backbone providers. GigE connections to these backbones are there to ensure your website is available 99.9%.
Support
The means by which a web host provides support services is one of the major factors in making of a top web host, plus it goes a long way in determining the satisfaction level of its customers. Host Gator understands that it is possible that one customer may be able to clarify his doubts by reading the FAQs but the other may need a flash tutorial to understanding the same thing while others may require a IM conversation or a forum discussion to explain the same thing. Considering this, there should be no site issue that can’t be dealt within a short time by HostGator’s highly attentive customer service.
Conclusion
HostGator has been able to achieve the position of a top web host in such a short while only because of its commitment to provide top notch reliable services, a fully loaded hosting solution and prompt support, all these made available at a very affordable price. Industry veterans will tell you that at HostGator you will always get the best deal at a very good price. So if you are planning to have a website for the first time or willing to hop hosts HostGator might just be the web hosting service provider you are looking for.
