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http://support.groupsite.com - http://support.groupsite.com/entries/35620790-Hostgator-Wordpress-Hosting-Review. Choosing the right internet hosting service is very important. The last thing you want to do is get a website released with a hosting service (after finding out to utilize that hosting service), and then be disappointed with the service and have to mess around with moving your site to another hosting service.

I'm a happy HostGator client. I make use of both HostGator and Bluehost. I advise both. This article is an extensive HostGator review.

I'll start with one of the most important considerations: Price

HostGator has several prices strategies. They are as follows (as of the date this short article was released):.

Hatchling Plan: as low as $4.95 per month with a 3 year commitment. On this strategy you can host one internet site.
Baby Strategy: as low as $7.95 per month with a 3 year dedication. On this plan you can host a limitless variety of websites.
Company Strategy: as reduced as $12.95 per month with 3 year commitment.

You do not have to commit for 3 years. With much shorter term dedications, you'll pay a little even more per month.

You can also get your very own devoted server if this is something you like to have.

Endless variety of sites.

I wouldn't consider a hosting service that didn't let me host a limitless variety of websites for one month-to-month price under $10. I have a number of websites and I like the adaptability of being able to develop even more websites at no added expense (other than for signing up the domain name).

If you choose for the Child Strategy (this is the strategy I have) or Company Strategy, you can host as numerous sites on as lots of domain as you such as. This is where using a hosting service like HostGator can conserve you a great offer of money in the long run vs. using a website builder or having a website designer host your websites. When you utilize a website builder or have a website designer host your website, you'll typically pay extra for each additional website (or each additional set of websites).

The drawback of course, is you need to handle your own hosting. Fortunately, this isn't hard with the simple CPanel and technical support.

Domain registration.

You can easily sign up domain names with HostGator. Nothing can be worse than building an excellent website and then to lose it all due to the fact that you forgot to renew your domain name. It's possible then that somebody else registers your domain name and you cannot get it once again.

All HostGator prepares offer limitless bandwidth.

This is good and you must need this with any website hosting service. I would rule out using a hosting service that didn't offer endless bandwidth.

Simple CPanel Dashboard.

You manage your sites with HostGator in a dashboard described as a CPanel. The CPanel is a user friendly user interface to handle your internet sites and domains.

Easy website installation.

I specifically require with any hosting service that I make use of can set up WordPress with quite much a single click or a series of basic clicks. HostGator offers Fantastico De Luxe and QuickInstall options for easily setting up WordPress and many various other scripts to build your website (i.e. Joomla and others).

Access to 4,500 website design templates.

For any internet designer, this is big. This is an excellent method to develop sites cheaply for customers. You can examine out these design templates for yourself on the HostGator internet site without having to sign up.

Free website contractors.

With an account, you can quickly construct a website with one of two website builders you get access to. The 2 site builders are:.

Trendy Site Home builder, and.
Site Studio website builder.

Note, you can just utilize the website contractors for one website on your account. What this indicates is if you get an account where you can host unrestricted domains, you can only construct one website with a website home builder.

Email accounts.

You get limitless POP3 email accounts with SMTP. Having email accounts on your customized domain is more expert than a gmail or hotmail e-mail account.

45 day refund guarantee.

You can get your refund if you cancel your account within 45 days if HostGator isn't really for you.

Video tutorials.

HostGator provides you access to many video tutorials that step you with numerous procedures.

Consumer support.

The operators for technical support understand a lot about working in HostGator. If you have a concern about tailoring a WordPress theme, HostGator will not help you (I discovered this to be the case with Bluehost.

1 Criticism of HostGator.

I needed to call HostGator to validate my account upon opening it. This didn't take long, but it was an extra action. I would have preferred merely to sign up and start without needing to call them for confirmation.