What do you want from your Hosting?

LoveHostgator — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:21:28 +0000

Hostgator caters what you want and provides what you need

First – do you know what you want from your Hosting?

People tend to think of hosting as an expense – therefore they look for the cheapest one, which often leads to a disappointing experience.

You need to consider the impact of having your website(s) down for even an hour – how much would that cost your company?

Once you realize how crucial a reliable Hosting server is, you start to think more careful about which one to choose.

1. What’s the Uptime Percentage?

Pretty self-explanatory – how often is the server up, or how steady are their services?

There are no perfect servers – but there are those with guaranteed 99.9% uptime. Hostgator was one of the first ones to achieve that percentage, and has won many best hosting awards because of it.

2. How much bandwidth do you need?

This is ridiculously hard to calculate because you may not use a lot of bandwidth right now – remember that bandwidth = traffic volume to your site. But chances are that for 99% of businesses that have a website, more traffic is always welcome.

The way the internet works, you have plenty of opportunities to go Viral – and what happens if a sudden spike in traffic collapses your website?

Hostgator offers UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH even on their most basic packages. You may not need it, but you definitely WANT IT.

3. How many domains per account?

Let’s say you run a gym – and you want a domain for fitness, one domain for bodybuilding, and one for martial arts.

Usually, you’d need to get a hosting account for each one of those domains. That means one monthly bill is now 3x bigger.

With Hostgator, you get unlimited addon domains – you can have a multitude of domains on the same account, without compromising the bandwidth, because – yes, it’s UNLIMITED.

Those are the most basic and fundamental features you want from a hosting company. I make it clear that those are things you WANT – not necessarily what you need.

Hostgator’s features cover way more than your needs – they focus on taking care of your wants.

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How to add a domain to your Hostgator account (addon domains)

LoveHostgator — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:50:37 +0000

Add multiple domains to the same Hostgator hosting account, free

This quick tutorial will show how to add multiple domains to the same Hostgator hosting account without paying any extra money. And it will only take 30 seconds.

Of course, we’re going to use the gator’s free Cpanel, a major life-saver when it comes to the “behind the scenes” of webhosting.

And here’s the kick – Hostgator will let you add as many domains as you want. Seriously – they offer unlimited addon domains (which is how they call these secondary domains on your account).

So, let’s get to the tutorial:

1. Log Into cPanel

It’s simple: just type in yourdomain.com/cpanel

2. Find the “Domains” Tab

Click on “Addon Domains”

This is how it looks like:

The domain tab on your cPanel account

3. Enter the new Domain info

You’ll fill the domain name WITHOUT http://

Then, you can either leave everything as is (recommended) or pick a simpler name to become the new FTP username and Root folder.

Like so:

Finish adding the domain - they'll be listed on your cPanel account

That’s it!

Now you’ve got a brand new domain that is using the same hosting account – you dont need to pay for another one.

And since Hostgator offer unlimited bandwidth, there’s no need to worry about crashes – you can have over 50K visits/day and everything will flow just peachy.

Just a quick note: whenever you need to upload something to that new domain, you ftp continues to be the same:

ftp.PRIMARYdomainname.com

All you need to change is the FTP username to whatever you chose during the addition process.

If you have any questions, or anything you’d like to learn, post them in the comments!

If not, go ahead and SIGN UP FOR HOSTGATOR FOR $0.01!