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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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I'm unable to increase my disc space and rep is not helping
Date of experience: February 24, 2024
Date of experience: February 24, 2024
Make it cheaper. The renew price is surprisingly high.
Date of experience: February 24, 2024
Very often I have a problem with hosting. My server is often unavailable.
Date of experience: January 2, 2024
Easy setup
Good support
Excellent price & features 👍
Past experience with this service
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Price, disappointed in the offerings, pissed that I have had to wait for PHP 8.x...
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Because Blue Host dropped the ball and deleted all of our emails. Someone advised us to switch.
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Pricing was good and it seemed fairly easy to use. Don't like the new Dashboard.
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
YOur support teams provide misleading information which not working for me.
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Works decently, needs to improve somewhat, customer service is always good.
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
I have called once and chatted 4 times to correct a domain issue. It is not corrected as of yet.
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Referral many years ago and I have not changed it since then.
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
I didn't choose hostgator. The previous admin did.
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
I've been using HostGator for YEARS. So far so good.:-)
Date of experience: February 17, 2024
Date of experience: February 17, 2024
I do not like that I have to see an ad before I can get to my email.
Date of experience: February 15, 2024
The price and the service was a big attraction for me...
Date of experience: February 12, 2024
It takes 6 steps to see my email. It would be nicer to only have 2 possibly 3
Date of experience: January 10, 2024
Haven't used the portal much but the multiple steps to get where I want to be in annoying.
Date of experience: January 11, 2024
I have had it for years and years. Most of my interactions have been great.
Date of experience: February 13, 2024
Cheaper but im getting server issues after every two weeks which bad
Date of experience: February 22, 2024
Date of experience: February 22, 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!
