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HostGator has a rating of 2.9 stars from 13,418 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about HostGator most frequently mention domain name, new interface, and credit card problems. HostGator ranks 2nd among Web Hosting sites.
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Date of experience: March 4, 2024
Date of experience: March 3, 2024
Unable to use our domain for more than a week. Ticket # E-******* not resolved!
Date of experience: March 4, 2024
Because I think that hostgator is among the most reliable and secure hosts
Date of experience: March 4, 2024
Nothing but issues with your service I'm thinking about moving even though we paid for 3 years
Date of experience: March 4, 2024
I have been trying to change my payment method and cannot. It is very frustrating.
Date of experience: March 4, 2024
I chose hostgator years ago and now you have gone down hill with customer service.
Date of experience: March 4, 2024
For hosting my wordpress site,affordable and easy to use
Date of experience: March 4, 2024
Trying to do a migration for a month and its been a nightmare! No communication whatsoever :(( (
Date of experience: February 16, 2024
It offered more than the provider I had, but it didn't deliver. Has become worse since I signed up.
Date of experience: January 12, 2024
It seemed like a convenient option at the time I was looking for a new host for my website.
Date of experience: January 8, 2024
Seemed like a good deal. Web site seemed adequate.
Date of experience: February 29, 2024
Date of experience: March 3, 2024
Easy to use GUI and helpful support team. Keep it up!
Date of experience: March 3, 2024
Escalate support threatening to permanently shut my site
Date of experience: March 3, 2024
I can't talk about this now. Will report back later
Date of experience: March 3, 2024
The price and features available. I also like the customer service always rendered.
Date of experience: January 28, 2024
Been with you 10 years on this account - and 8 years before than on a previous account!
Date of experience: February 27, 2024
Easy to get started and great website builder / no-code experience.
Date of experience: March 2, 2024
After update portal looks terrible. The offering for privacy is annoying also.
Date of experience: March 2, 2024
Can't find what I need because you are just selling me crap.
Date of experience: March 2, 2024
Your New site does not work well, you can't get to your e-mail and entering a pin doesn"t work.
Date of experience: January 4, 2024
Has been ok, but frustrated with console - new one is a bit better. Reliability has not been great.
Date of experience: January 31, 2024
Can be challenging to use at times...could be more user friendly
Date of experience: February 21, 2024
New portal is not good. Discontinue website builder not a good idea.
Date of experience: February 28, 2024
HostGator (866-96-GATOR) is a leading provider of web hosting, VPS and dedicated servers. Discover why over 9,000,000 websites trust us for their hosting needs.
2002 - HostGator was founded by Brent Oxley, who was then a student at Florida Atlantic University.
2006 - HostGator had passed the 200,000 mark in registered domains, the company moved from the original office in Boca Raton, Florida to a new 20,000 square foot building in Houston, Texas and the company opened its first international office in Canada.
2008 - HostGator prepared for competition companies touting "unlimited" hosting services. Founder Brent Oxley was adamant about being able to back up an "unlimited" option prior to offering service named as such and increased staffing.
2010 - HostGator added an office in Austin, Texas.
2011 - HostGator started operations in India with a its office in Nashik, Maharashtra and a data center.
2012 - HostGator was acquired by Endurance International Group (EIG)
2021 - HostGator (All of EIG) was acquired by Clearlake Capitol Group and merged with Web.com and it's brands to become a part of Newfold Digtal.
The future - As we continue to grow as a company we are offering even more amazing services and world class customer support to meet all our needs, big and small. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with you!
