Hostgator Baby Plan Review

HostGator is one of the most popular web hosts on the planet, and certainly one of the most popular hosts for Internet marketers.  They offer a wide range of services, and their prices are practically unbeatable.

The “Baby Plan” is their most popular package.  Currently under $10.00 per month, it offers enough hosting for almost anyone at a price that’s extremely affordable, even for beginning marketers. 

You can get it even cheaper if you pay for more than one month in advance.  There’s no setup fee, so all you really need to pay for to get started is your first month! HostGator has a site builder system with several thousand built-in templates. 

This makes it extremely easy to set up a website, even if you’ve never built a site before.  The Baby Plan offers 600 GB of web space and 6,000 GB of bandwidth.  You’re also allowed unlimited websites. 

This plan is big enough for most marketers, unless you’re offering very large downloads of zip files, images, or video.  If you happen to reach your limit, it’s easy to upgrade to a larger plan. 
HostGator offers exceptional 24/7 live support via telephone, email, and live chat. 

They pride themselves on the fact that their support staff isn’t outsourced - it’s all in house.  Their support is there for you any time you need help with anything, and they’re more than willing to help newbies get started.

HostGator offers almost every feature you could ever need for your hosting.  They have PHP and MySQL, so you can run all of the scripts you need to run.  They offer Fantastico, which is a great script that allows you to easily install dozens of the most popular scripts, including WordPress, Joomla, OS Commerce, CubeCart, Zen Cart, phpBB2, and dozens more.

You can have unlimited POP3 email accounts, so you can set up all of the email addresses you need for every domain.  They also offer email aliases if you just want to forward emails to a central address. 

They have built-in autoresponders.  And they have Spam Assassin for stopping those irritating spam messages. HostGator also offers the latest version of cPanel.  You’ll be able to use cPanel to easily manage domains, add email and FTP accounts, and deal with all of your MySQL databases. 

You’ll find that cPanel is the most common system for managing these things, and it’s easy to find tutorials that teach you how to use it. HostGator also offers both AWStats and Webalizer so that you can tell where your traffic is coming from and how much you’re getting.  This helps you find out which advertising methods are working best.

If that’s not enough for you, along with the many other features they deliver, HostGator offers a 100% money back guarantee.  If you’re not happy with their service in the first 45 days, you can let them know and they’ll give you a full refund the same day.