Web hosting
Essentially web hosting is a service provider that allows you to run your website or more accurately your domain on the internet by providing the necessary softwares and tools. There are many companies out there who have earned a reputation on good domain web hosting and Hostgator is one of them. As always there are few aspects that you must consider before selecting a web hosting service for your business.Before we get into Hostgator Reviews,Lets purchase the domain name. In my case I used dynadot to purchase my domain which is realpeoplewin, mostly because it was cheaper that way.
I won’t be explaining how to choose a domain as this post is primarily targeted on Hostgator Reviews. What web hosting does is basically provide a space in physical servers for your website, alongside of providing free email marketing softwares initially.
Why is Hostgator best for beginners?
A bit of history before Hostgator Reviews.HostGator was founded in October 2002 by Brent Oxley, who was then a student at Florida Atlantic University. In 2006, the company moved from the original office in Boca Raton, Florida to a new 20,000 square foot building in Houston, Texas. In June 2006, the company opened its first international office in Canada.
Hosting methods or plans
First criteria are the hosting plans.Shared, Cloud, WordPress, VPS and Dedicated Servers are the options here. Shared as you might have already guessed is needed when you have a bundle of websites AND you wanna be cheap. Meaning a single server for all your sites and that means if one site has larger traffic then the others are in trouble with bandwidth issues. If you need more servers then VPS is the clear choice.
Dedicated servers are kinda what it sound likes. They are keep your site on one single server without any sharing whatsoever and obviously way more expensive. But this is the most powerful.With cloud hosting, the resources that your site needs to operate are shared across multiple servers. The ups? You can divide resources in real time, as your site isn’t limited to physical server constraints. With wordpress web hosting it offers wordpress as your content management software.
This I believe is the most popular interface of hostgator. These are the shared web hosting plans available and starting as low as as 2.75. As you can see all of them comes with in-built wordpress, which in my opinion is an awesome CMS. Visit here for our review about wordpress. I personally used the baby plan going by their recommendation due to the fact of multiple domain hosting. And one other thing to be noted is that $3.95 is only valid given a purchase is made for three years at once. Which I think is a little unfair but for one year a single purchase is 5$ monthly.
Uptime and speed
Website uptime is a vital fact for clients and users. Uptime Robot is a website dedicated for testing this aspect. And Hostgator performs remarkably here. This site sends you notifications if it can’t connect(ping) your site. Hostgator didn’t let me down here. Below is a result of a research conducted specifically for this by a popular blogger.
| UPTIME: | 99.98% (February 2018 to January 2020 average) |
| SPEED: | 1,191ms (February 2018 to January 2020 average) |
I tested my website using pingdom(a platform to test the site speed) and the results were as above. It might not be the fastest but indeed its better than slow. Website speed also depends on other factors such as the installed yet inactive themes/plugins, bandwidth etc. not just the web hosting service.
Best customer service
I have to strongly emphasize how awesome the customer service is. Be it any time of the day the live chat support will never let you down. Usually connects within 5 minutes and ample support is provided for whatever question you throw at them. For example my usual reason for using this feature is to update my php and sometimes to question my billing methods. Their solutions are quick and easy and are quickl resolved on their end.
Email-marketing
Email marketing is the obvious tool to capture your audience and turn them into long term subscribers. There are many softwares out there that charge quite a bit extra for this feature. Constant contact is the email marketing software given free to you by hostgator. And I believe this is really beneficial for any beginner due to the fact that you are starting out new and you don’t have about 10000 subscribers to email. Constant contact offers the 0-500 contacts free as introductory for first three months and as your list improves, the price gradually rises. And it has some attractive templates for your needs as well.
Discounts
Lets face it. Nobody is gonna sign up for 2 or 3 years at once instead we opt for at least 6 months. It is the strategy adopted to monitor how things might turn out. In which case a payment of $11.95 is required per month. But the good thing about Hostgator is that they offer a 6 month discount after that. The total bill for a 6 month period is $71.70,after the discount it is $53.78.Which means the discount is approximately 25%. And you are also eligible for another discount after the original 6 months is completed.
Other pros of using Hostgator
Since we are mostly concerned about why hostgator is the best, the way I see its really easy for a beginner to navigate and learn without complications. The pricing is also reasonable given it provides wordpress(best content management system) and an email marketing software and a really easy control panel to handle. Additionally it provides you with every bit of advice you need to start a website of your taste. HostGator has several options for building a website, including HostGator’s own website builder. The drag-and-drop functionality allows you to quickly build an attractive page complete with slideshows, contact forms, social media links, and more in no time.
Also there is reseller web hosting. If you’re looking to get into the web hosting business, but you don’t want to deal with infrastructure matters, check out HostGator’s reseller hosting packages. Also there are other e-commerce tools offered such as mojo-market place,drag and drop tools for easy page building yet maintaining the attractiveness.
This is the interface used to make payments and install other apps such as site lock and wordpress initially.
This control panel as mentioned earlier is really convenient to navigate and usually you don’t spend much time here as you do on your wordpress dashboard. But this also provides enough statistics of your site visitors, bandwidth, website essential tools,email marketing etc. Perhaps this interface differs with different hosting plans,mine personally been the baby plan.
Final thoughts
I believe a clear image has been drawn in your mind as to why I think that Hostgator is the best web hosting provider especially for a beginner. Must it be an online store,blog, product review site Hostgator will provide with best experience and your website will run smoothly as possible given that you are maintaining it well. It is the top pickup choice for both professionals and amateurs. That concludes our post for Hostgator Reviews.
