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HostGator reseller hosting is one of the cornerstones of the well-established HostGator brand. In business for nearly a decade, HostGator is a leader in budget (in price only!) web hosting plans and services, including VPS and dedicated hosting. Their reseller plans, however, are among their most popular offerings.
For less than a dollar a day, you can operate your own web hosting business with HostGator reseller. A reseller hosting plan comes with Web Host Manager, an excellent control panel resellers use to set up subaccounts for selling – resellers may set account limits of disk space and bandwidth, for example. WHM also makes it easy to track overall account activity, generate reports and manage DNS, passwords and more.
As an added bonus – and added ease of reseller management – HostGator reseller plans all come with WHMCS or WHM AutoPilot Client Management/billing software and an Enom domain name reseller account. The HostGator plan includes a long list of features that will benefit the reseller, and his or her clients.
HostGator's excellent support centre is filled with reseller-related video tutorials and articles, ensuring your web hosting business start is smooth, painfree – and profitable.
Price Value
HostGator's reseller packages are priced just right for the starting web hosting business. Less than $20 a month will get you started with 50 GB of disk space and 500 GB of bandwidth to offer your clients. With both WHM and an unlimited supply of cPanel control panels at your side, the HostGator reseller plan pretty much sells itself.
All HostGator packages, from Aluminum to Diamond, come with unlimited domains, subdomains, email accounts, MySQL databases, and FTP accounts. And those with a cautious streak will be pleased to know HostGator offers a 45 day money back guarantee – no contract required.
Reliability
HostGator offers a 99.9% uptime guarantee. They regularly achieve this high level of service, thanks to their world-class data centre, which boasts raised floors, high-end security (both electronic and human), redundant power supplies and networks, and access to 10 backbone providers. You and your clients can sleep well, knowing HostGator takes uptime reliability and security very seriously. After all, their business – and yours – depends on it.
Control Panel
HostGator resellers use WHM as the admin control panel. Through WHM (available in multiple languages), it's easy to monitor server status, design/limit packages, create and terminate accounts, modify passwords and update DNS. WHM is brandable as your own client panel with your logo.
HostGator reseller packages also come with access to an unlimited number of cPanel control panels. You can offer all your clients the No. 1 control panel with their accounts, ensuring they have an enjoyable web hosting experience as well.
Customer Support
As a HostGator reseller, you will be responsible for supporting your clients, as the first point of contact and web host manager. (The billing software systems – included in the reseller packages - offer help administrating support tickets, if you choose.)
That said, HostGator offers excellent support for its resellers, in the form of 24/7 phone, chat and email support – not to mention video tutorials, peer support forums and more. You won't ever be left searching for answers as a HostGator reseller.