HostGator.com Good, Bad or Ugly?
 

One of my clients is interested in using Host Gator and asked me to find a little more about it. Please post your experiences with this company. Thanks!

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I have some mini sites with them. I monitor them with pingdom.com and uptime is 100%.

By far they are ok

best fucking hosting company ever!

I have a cheap box there without any problems.

if you are cheap use them

They've always served me well. Fast support, plenty of tools and very cheap.

I'm thinking of doing the same soon.

Good packages. And I've heard a lot of good things about them.

Host gator is ok....Call me or ICQ me for a more attentive experience. We can do better quality, and better support. All depends what you need. Our network is sick! We have not been down once in over 4 years!

I wouldnt touch them with Lawrence Connor's dick...

lol :)  

I agree. If you want some good small virtual hosting hit up phatservers :thumbsup


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I use Host Gator in addition to several other virtual packages from various hosting companies that frequent GFY, and I have had nothing but good experiences with Host Gator. I can't same the same for many of the hosting companies on here...

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I love using them. Their support is helpful and I have no issues with them. I would recommend anyone to use it if they are looking for ahost.

crap and deceptive. use phatservers if you you need a cheap plan.

Been with them for 5 years.

No issues or downtime - quick and helpful support

Definitely recommend

shared - ok
reseller - great
dedicated - never used (theplanet reseller)

Host gator is the 2nd worst hosting company I have ever experienced.

Worst thing I have to say about them is they will change your ftp and database passwords without notice, leaving any blogs or script pages not working until you go in and fix them.

Who fucking does that?

And if you host at host gator and claim no downtime then you are simply not paying attention...

you get what you pay for.

I used the reseller hosting with them for 2+ years with no problem, left them to get a vps, then 6 months later they started offering vps =)

I lasted about 2 months with them before switching. They're good if you're looking for something small xx

We use them for some feeder and basic sites. No problems for about 2 years now.

static their fine running scripts beware

they're great!

I guess it depends on the use. I've had 2 accounts with them to host mini sites and never ever had a problem. I also use phatservers for the same kind of stuff and I've found phatservers is a bit slower and their support is much worse. In both cases, for the money you'll pay is OK, but HostGator is better than Phatservers IMHO.

never! their virtual plan sucks!!

I am good with them..

Good enough for the girls i like to go out with...

I use, they are top notch... also they are The Planet I think...

They are pretty good. I worked for hostgator for a while. Really customer oriented and they go out of their way to help customers, even with issues that isn't their problem, such as third party script problems and such. True 24/7/365 in house support, I would recommend them to anyone. As some have said, their data center is The Planet. If you have any detailed questions about them hit me up and I'll be happy to answer them for you.

I have used them for a few years with both a dedicated and a vir. No complaints really. great price for a vir with cpanel. Never had them change my ftp or any info like that.

they are ok. had a little problem with them in the past but their live support resolved very fast.
so, i like them :)

Just started using Host Gator and they are pretty good with no issues so far. Inexpensive hosting with tons of features and 1-click-install scripts/tools. Although, their domain registration is kinda pricey, I think it was something like $15 for .coms.

Host Gator (for hosting)

I use 1and1 for domains, since you get $9 .coms with free private whois. Plus, they always runs specials like this month get a .com with free whois privacy for $6.99 for the first year.

1and1 (for domains)



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yep 100% aggree

I see people bashing them on here and I have no idea why, I have used them for over three years and I have had nothing but good and fast customer support. They even went as far as sorting out a hacked site which was my own fault for using a crappy script. They are cheap and for the price a very good hosting company. :2 cents:

I am also an affiliate for Hostgator and they always pay out on time :thumbsup

1and1's name seems to be mud on a lot of forums.

I am at Dreamhost now. they have had some big downtime recently. highly annoying.

Well answer this...

Why should a host ever go and change your passwords without notification? Also, there was no reason for them to change them anyway. After about the third time they did this to me I flipped out and left immediately.

They would change my ftp login info and all of my database infos on all domains i had with tem. All at once.

Give me one reason why any host should do that and also tell me who would/should put up with bullshit like that?

I personally haven't had any problem with them in 3 years.

FUCKING HORRIBLE

all these guy saying its great... thats a fucking joke. if i was to post support tickets from all my accounts here with some of the crazy back and forth, idiotic conversations i've had... everyone would accuse me of making it up.

worst support i've ever seen from a hosting company that size.

nothing more annoying than submitting a support ticket and getting 10 questions back (6hrs or more later) as if its your first day online. nothing more idiotic than asking to increase the max number of ftp connections or increase time outs or something simple that you've had to do on all accounts and getting a list of questions back or suggesting you change ftp clients, or having an issue and knowing they're too fucking lazy to look at logs/investigate an correct it or simply just do what you request, when you request it.

phatservers/natnet have almost never taken more than 5 minutes to answer a ticket from me, and i've sent 100s... maybe 1000s.

and the only answer i'm used to is "its done... let me know if i can help you with anything else".... you will NEVER get that with a company like hostgator.com/theplanet/seohosting.

if anyone here thinks they have great service/support.. then its because you NEVER seen great service from a hosting company.

NEVER and I say NEVER register your domains with your hosting provider!
There are companies that offer those services.
Checkout NameCheap.com they are cheap, secure, easy to use and have friendly live chat support.

Checkout NakedHosting / CertifiedHosting

They are paying $65 per sale (HG pays $50).

Here are my stats:
386 Unique Visitors
3 sales - $195 paid out (got the checks)
2 sales - pending sale (another $130 on the way soon)

You do the math!

Start promoting CertifiedHosting and make some serious cash!

(I can prove the stats above with screens hots, no problem)

Thanks gang. I gave my client this thread URL so he could read the responses himself.

live and learn ive had many clients there and the nightmare dreamhost

Thanks, information noted for future use.

I've been hosting sites there for over 5 years. Never had any problems with that company.

1and1 sucks ass.