The History of HostGator.com - Information From Past To Present
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In 2002, a young college kid named Brent Oxley, decided to create a hosting service for himself and a few of the other students at the Florida Atlantic University. Today, that little endeavor is known as HostGator.com and is quickly becoming one of the leading web hosting companies on the Internet, hosting about 1% of all sites online.
What started out as a dorm room project is now a leading corporation with more than 175 employees and looking to hire a few more. Brent and the rest of the HostGator.com team have moved their business from their college in Florida to a high rise in Houston, Texas. They’ve gone from just 3 little servers, to more than 5,000 dedicated servers and well over a million websites hosted.
Unlike most hosting companies, the people at HostGator.com take the time to actually work with their clients. They’ve got real people ready to answer any phone call 24/7, and unlike other companies, you can call toll free. You can also place a support ticket right on the site. Not only will they answer your support question in a timely manner, they will take the time to let you know that they received your ticket and are working on your problem. And it’s not just another one of those form letters. It’s no wonder HostGator.com is quickly becoming one of the top hosting companies on the market today.
The management team is a group of people who work hard everyday to ensure that HostGator.com runs as efficiently as possible. Other than CEO Brent Oxley, the management team includes:
Chief Technical Officer, David Collins - David maintains all of HostGator.com’s technical issues, including server security and problem resolutions. Chief Operating Officer, Lance Custen. Lance is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the company, as well as customer service. Chief Marketing Officer, Chad Bean. Chad is responsible for advertising, as well as setting up all new shared and reseller hosting servers. Senior Webmaster, Brian Modansky. Brian is the gentleman responsible for the company’s web site, design, and affiliate banners. Director of Human Resources, Brandi Banks. Brandi is in charge of recruitment, hiring, and other administrative duties. Support Manger, Josh Banks. It is Josh’s job to make sure that HostGator.com runs smoothly and runs the support and system administrations.
They offer three different hosting packages, making it easy to choose for your personal hosting needs. You can choose the smallest package for as low as $4.95 per month if you’re only looking to host one site, or you can choose the largest package for as low as $12.95 per month if you’re looking to host a ton of sites. Each package comes with free setup, unlimited MySQL Databases, unlimited POP3 accounts, and a whole lot more. Plus, you get free domain transfers, file transfers, and even script transfers. On top of all that, HostGator.com offers a 45 day money-back guarantee. They’re determined to make their clients happy, no matter which package they may choose.
HostGator.com also offers reseller packages for those who are interested in running their own hosting services. There are 5 different reseller packages, ranging from $24.95 per month, up to $99.95 per month, depending on how bandwidth and disk space you’re going to need. Plus, all packages come with private name servers, unlimited MySQL databases, email tools, and much more. On top of that, your customers will have the ability to choose the language they prefer, as HostGator.com provides RVSKin, with more than 22 different languages.
For those who are looking to take their online business to the next level, you might want to check out HostGator.com’s dedicated servers. With a dedicated server from HostGator, you can be sure that you’re business will be more secure, have more up time, and be faster than it’s ever been before. You can choose from one of 4 different packages, depending on the size of your business. Each package comes with a minimum of 1024mb of memory, the latest cPanel applications, and all the best scripts pre-installed.
Even if you’ve never set up a website before, HostGator.com can take all the pain out of building your first online site. They offer video tutorials that will take you step by step through the entire process. They also have an extensive knowledge base that can answer most any question you might have. If you still have questions or problems, you can check out the HostGator.com forums, of check out their live chat. If you’ve got a question, there is someone out there who can answer it.
If you’re in need of a high-quality, affordable web host, I strongly recommend HostGator.com. They know the importance of dependable web hosting, and they’ve earned their reputation as one of the leading hosting companies online today. HostGator.com is run by real people who are there for you day and night. Check out HostGator.com and see for yourself why more than a million sites are happily hosted on their servers.
In recent news, HostGator.com ranked 21 in Inc.Com
Ranked No. 1 in the Top 50 Businesses in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
Ranked No. 2 in the Top 100 Business Services Companies
What it does: HostGator provides shared Web hosting, dedicated services, and reseller hosting to webmasters, small businesses, and hobbyists that have content to share nationwide.
Why it’s growing Because support is key in the Web-hosting business, the company never outsources support and keeps technical support staff available 24/7, with an average wait time of one minute for inbound calls. It also provides developed templates and specialized software licensing to clients for free to enhance the company’s service offering.
What’s noteworthy: HostGator has a full-time chef who cooks meals for the employees on all shifts, but only if they meet their call quotas. If employees don’t meet their call quotas, they are taken off the list for the day.
Learn more about HostGator.com and the 45 Day Risk Free Guarantee they offer. Also you can use coupon code: wordpress to get your first month free if you sign up for their $9.95/month baby plan. The Baby Plan is a perfect size for bloggers.
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Date/Time: 8-21-2008 01:09:47 Comment #18921
Garry,
I totally concur. I’ve been with HostGator now for over 2 years and my wife and I have many domains hosted with them. I’ve had very few problems, and the ones I have had were resolved with either an e-mail, live chat or phone call to tech support. With Fantastico built in, it’s a snap to add a blog, forums, helpdesk … all of which we have done. AAA+ in my book.
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Date/Time: 8-21-2008 04:52:13 Comment #18940
I started hosting a hand full of sites with these guys less then a month ago after reading about Host Gator on garryconn.com.
Everything has been great. I am really happy with the change - and it is great value for money.
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Date/Time: 8-21-2008 08:30:14 Comment #18962
I love Hostgator, and their support is very quick and has always helped me out. I usually use the chat…as that’s more my way of communication lol.
A full time chef huh? So…do they deliver to your house since you write for their seohosting division? Steak anyone?
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Date/Time: 8-21-2008 08:34:15 Comment #18964
No. You guys haven’t signed up for SEOHosting.com yet.
Date/Time: 8-21-2008 10:13:54 Comment #18976
I started with them a few months ago. I’ve been impressed with the fact that their support is always fast and they seem to go above and beyond with the technical support side of things!
Date/Time: 8-21-2008 11:48:37 Comment #18988
So, I didn’t know HostGator was from my hometown. I live in Sugar Land. Maybe I’ll have to visit their offices sometime
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Date/Time: 8-21-2008 11:50:55 Comment #18989
I am sure if you call them, they can offer a tour of their facility. Now wouldn’t that be an awesome blog post to publish.
Date/Time: 8-21-2008 14:50:34 Comment #19007
I have a day off in the next two weeks so I’ll call them up and see if I can get a video or something for a blog post. It should be very interesting. Sadly though, HG is the only company I recognize on that list aside from 1 other one.
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Date/Time: 8-21-2008 17:08:31 Comment #19022
I’ve been more than happy since I signed up with HostGator.com. Not only did they email me when they began the process of transfering my site, they sent me a couple more along the way to make sure I was up to date on everything they were doing. Everything was done in less than 24 hours.
Thank you Garry.
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Date/Time: 8-21-2008 21:32:45 Comment #19043
Hey,
I’ve heard some pretty good things about HostGator lately; it’s like they’re all over the place. HostGator was one of the first hosting companies I was going to go with, but ended going with BlueHost as I found some things to be better than HostGator — oh well, to each their own.
Chef? At work? At a hosting company? Who cooks for employees? That has to take the ball if anything else doesn’t!
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Date/Time: 8-22-2008 03:59:40 Comment #19082
I like Hostgator , I’ve been using them for one of my sites for a while and was very impressed with there services.
However, for my latest site I decided to use GoDaddy and found them to be even better. Not only did I get excellent services, $100 of PPC vouchers I also got a free Blog as well. Perfect for driving extra traffic to my site.
Date/Time: 8-23-2008 17:01:42 Comment #19324
I was going through a real hosting nightmare. I went through 4 webhosts. There was always this or that stupid problem. #3 was really the worst and my sites were constantly down. The support staff of that one did everything but flip me off with a polite smile
I finally went to Hostgator and GOD it was a breath of fresh air. They have truly earned their reputation. They do go out of their way to help, even beyond their duties. At times I expected to be told “sorry we don’t provide support for Wordpress” when I was tearing my hair out. But no, they took the extra time and handled the problem.
I could go on and on but - yes … hands down, Hostgator.
And I was living in Florida in 2002! Doesn’t seem so long ago - wow!
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