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House of Torment (HostGator)

BradyHBradyH Member, Host Rep

I figured we all needed a good laugh today.

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  • But they can't hear us laughing because they're too busy counting all that cash from selling $30-as-a-75%-off-limited-discount-openvz-vpses :(

  • BradyHBradyH Member, Host Rep

    @paco said:
    But they can't hear us laughing because they're too busy counting all that cash from selling $30-as-a-75%-off-limited-discount-openvz-vpses :(

    Thats funny. Just went to the site for the first time in years. Guess I need to raise my openvz pricing by 75% LOL

  • WSSWSS Member

    If HostGator does VPS half as well as their shared hosting, well, I hope there isn't even an implied SLA.

  • Worse much much worse.

  • iPage is most likely worse.

  • They have been in business for a long time so they must be doing something right.

  • KuJoeKuJoe Member, Host Rep

    @LosPollosHermanos said:
    They have been in business for a long time so they must be doing something right.

    Yeah, the owners sold them to a bigger company.

  • @paco said:
    But they can't hear us laughing because they're too busy counting all that cash from selling $30-as-a-75%-off-limited-discount-openvz-vpses :(

    I don't see anywhere that they are openvz, how do you know? Not that I doubt it.

    Wasthe 2gb vps 120 a month before their 75% off ? I just can't believe it.

  • 89.99 for 2gb 2 core.... hmmmmm seems legit, and 159.95 for the 8gb 4 core.

  • @vovler said:
    89.99 for 2gb 2 core.... hmmmmm seems legit, and 159.95 for the 8gb 4 core.

    You pay for the brand..

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @paco said:
    But they can't hear us laughing because they're too busy counting all that cash from selling $30-as-a-75%-off-limited-discount-openvz-vpses :(

    After buying every employee health insurance and providing highly managed support for cheap shared hosting, I'm not positive there was a lot of cash left when I was there. This industry as a whole just doesn't support that kind of model anymore, at least at scale.

  • jarland said: cheap shared hosting

    hostgator cheap? hmm

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran
    edited October 2017

    @BecomeWebHost said:

    jarland said: cheap shared hosting

    hostgator cheap? hmm

    Their promos are insanity. At least they were when I was there. Pennies for your first year, etc.

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  • randvegetarandvegeta Member, Host Rep

    I remember when Hostgator was Freakwebhosting (anyone remember that?). I bough the domain for $500 at the time. What a waste of money.

    Brent did well for himself. Just had to sacrifice a few years of his youth. Definitely worth it if you can make $200M out of it.

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran
  • BecomeWebHostBecomeWebHost Member
    edited October 2017

    @jarland said:

    @BecomeWebHost said:

    jarland said: cheap shared hosting

    hostgator cheap? hmm

    Their promos are insanity. At least they were when I was there. Pennies for your first year, etc.

    Thank you for info. I never heard of those plans... cheapest I have come to know is 1 cent/month (for first month and then ..... :p ).

    btw, Nothing against them I am sure they are investing a lot into marketing hence not keeping all $$$... doing business right way.

  • jarland said: Pennies for your first year, etc.

    Definitely aiming for the newbies to the market and captive customers. I've took a few of their deals, but indeed the 2nd year price is steep and more than makes up for year 1.

  • Don't you love EIG?

  • WSSWSS Member

    Someone had to take over when Yahoo closed Geocities.

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