As you’re researching online discount website hosting companies you’ll come across some really ugly reviews where Internet marketers totally bash some website hosts and some reviews that totally glorify the website hosts as these affiliate marketers (include myself) are sending you the visitor to their sales page with an affiliate link. I have been doing Internet marketing for a while now and have lots of experiences with website hosts so I can tell you the good, bad and the ugly of my experience with web hosts.


For me the utmost important aspect to my web host is indeed not the price – it’s the CUSTOMER SERVICE. Let’s face it – most Internet marketers simply don’t have time to get involved with the technical aspects of making websites. I think these days very few people actually know about scripting and how to provide technical support for websites. One of the most annoying aspects to my previous web host was that every time I asked them a technical question they’d tell me, “We don’t support that – try Google.” I got so sick of hearing that I switched to Hostgator. So far they have been excellent. I don’t like using the online chat function (by the way I heard online that you usually won’t have to wait more than 5 minutes to get Hostgator’s technical support online) and usually prefer to talk to them on the phone. I can say that I’ve never had to wait more than 3 minutes to talk with one of Hostgator’s tech support staff and that they’ve always been extremely kind to me on the telephone.

Overall Hostgator provides what most discount website host providers offer: Unlimited website hosting, numerous scripts for building websites (Wordpress, Joomla etc) and unlimited email accounts for the cheap price of $7.95 per month. I’m now on this plan with them and have several websites up and running. Another aspect I like about Hostgator is that my website load really quickly (I tend to not stuff them with too many images which would slow them) and I can long onto into my Wordpress accounts really fast. With my previous website host I would have to wait up to 5 minutes to log on to my websites and would get really annoyed!

Once aspect of Hostgator which might annoy you if you’re a newcomer to online marketing is that after you buy you new domain name at Godaddy you’ll get driven straight to your cPanel at Hostgator. As a beginner you’ll feel extremely confused the first time you’re in your cPanel. This is where you manage your domain names and files on your website hosting plan. Here’s my advice: The first time you make a website call up the support staff and tell them that you’re a newbie. They’ll happily walk you through all the necessary steps that you’ll need to know to make future websites. Please be as calm and courteous with them as possible and they’ll be very kind and considerate in return.


If I did have one negative thing to say about Hostgator is that you really need to prepare your questions before you call them. While they don’t have a lot of tutorial for total newbies they will gladly answer your questions. Don’t be afraid to admit to them that you don’t really know where to click. Another piece of advice: When you’re on the phone with them be sure to have a notebook and pen ready so that you can take notes. That way you’ll be able to apply what they teach you to future websites.

So, good luck. I hope these few paragraphs about Hostgator have helped! -David :-)

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