Hostgator is one of the fastest growing companies in the hosting industry. An interesting read about the success of hostgator at WebhostingTalk: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=693079

HostGator Owner: It's crazy to think how clueless I was when I started. I'm still pretty clueless so if I can do it anyone can!

That inspired me a lot!

arbet, thy are the biggest and I have seen have many happy customers.

Originally Posted by Mystery

So far it looks like the only company that overdelivers in exchange for little fees...

Has anyone tried Hostgator? Are they really that good?

ive used them for 4 years, had hardly any issues

I have never used Blue Host, but my brother uses them and is totally sold on the features and support.

I m using Hostgator since 3 months and really satisfied with it s service... I totally recommend anyone...

I recently transfered my site on hostgator.

On home page hostgator mentioned $7.95 /month for Baby package. But when I signed up it charged me $9.95. Not sure why they did so.

Originally Posted by enam

I recently transfered my site on hostgator.

On home page hostgator mentioned $7.95 /month for Baby package. But when I signed up it charged me $9.95. Not sure why they did so.

I believe you have to pay for a longer billing cycle to get that price, e.g. annually. Try contacting their billing department if you are still unsure.

On home page hostgator mentioned $7.95 /month for Baby package. But when I signed up it charged me $9.95. Not sure why they did so.

True. If you sign up for a year (and pay in advance) the price comes out at 7.95/month. It's $9.95 when paid monthly. It's explained when you hover over the price with the mouse cursor, or when you click the question mark for "pricing". Most of the big hosts have their offers this way.

BTW, they have a coupon published on their site, you could have saved a bit with that as well. I'm not sure you can do anything about it now though.

I would say there good for shared hosting up to a certain point. But there dedicated and reseller's are just horriable.

I'm using Hostgator Business Plan for a year now. I have no doubt in choosing them as my sites web hosting.

They are one of the better shared hosts, but dont get excited by the space/transfer offered. Like most other hsts, they too oversell but kick the bigger sites citing CPU usage. They are good for small/medium sites.

Yes, but customer can't determine what kind of site he has.