If you’re looking to start up a site this Christmas or New Year, or if you want to give a site as a gift (like I will be for my brother) then Hostgator have got a special winter discount code for you to use to get 20% off.

Just head over to Hostgator using this link and enter the coupon code Snowman and you’ll get a whopping 20% off!

Or, if you think images speak a thousand words, you can click the lovely Christmassy banner below:

Whatever you do this Christmas, make it a merry, happy, jolly one!

Happy Holidays!

A few people have been asking me how to apply this code and which hosting plan to use in order to get your first month at just $0.01.

To help you out and get your hosting sorted quickly and cheaply, I’m going to show you exactly how to sign up for Hostgator right now – step by step.

1. Click this link to head over to the Hostgator site. ( Right-click and choose Open in New Tab or Open Link in New Tab to keep this step-by-step guide available )
2. In the center of the page is a button which says “Sign Up Now!“. Click that button.



3. From the drop down list on the next page, choose “Shared Hosting“.



4. On the next screen, you can choose whether to register a new domain or use an existing domain by changing your DNS (domain name server) settings.



5. Once you click next you now have the choice of web hosting packages. To get your first month at $0.01 you need to choose “Baby” from the drop down list. (Baby gives you unlimited domains, web space and bandwidth!)



6. Once you click next, you have the option to enter your coupon. Use Wordpress in the text box.



7. You will then see an order summary which shows the domain name you have chosen, the full price of the hosting package, the discount code and the discount amount. Click next to enter your personal details and payment information, then you can sit back, relax and enjoy your hosting for $0.01!

If you’re ready to get your hosting for $0.01 now, then click here to jump over to Hostgator and sign up. You’ll be glad you did. Remember, you have Hostgator’s money back guarantee to fall back on if it really isn’t for you. What have you got to lose?

The great thing about Hostgator is that they are so confident of their web hosting packages that they offer an unconditional 45 day money back guarantee.

If you’ve ever wanted to try Hostgator but were worried they wouldn’t live up to the hype, now you can try it for yourself. If it doesn’t work out for, they will refund your money and they DO honor this. They’ll even refund you if you use the coupon code Wordpress to get your first month for $0.01 after you sign up through this link.

Hell, if you use that link, sign up using the Wordpress coupon code, then decide it’s not for you and get your $0.01 back from Hostgator, I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER $0.01 MYSELF. There you go. If Hostgator doesn’t work out for you, you’ll make a 200% profit and have 2 whole cents to play with.

Seriously though, there is no risk on your part to sign up with Hostgator. It will cost you all of 1c and you’ll even get that back too.

I’m very confident that once your sites are hosted with them and you see how passive the hosting package is, you’ll never want another host again.

If, however, you’re looking to take your business to the next level, then the Hostgator Business plan might be what you’re looking for.

Here’s what you will get with the Business plan:

• Unlimited domains.
• Unlimited bandwidth.
• Unlimited web space.
• Sitebuilder software.
• 24×7 Support.
• Instant backups.
• No contracts. (unless you want a cheaper price)
• 99.9% Uptime guarantee.
• 45 unconditional money back guarantee.
• $50 Adwords Credit.
• Free and instant setup.

So far you get exactly what you would get on the Baby plan. In fact, there are only two differences between Hostgator Baby and Hostgator Business.

1. On the Business plan, you get your own toll-free number free of charge.
2. You also get Private SSL as part of the package.

If you’re a business owner and you’ve ever looked into getting your own toll-free number you’ll know that it’s not cheap. Hostgator provide it for free as part of their Business package. If this is something you need, that alone is enough to make the package worth your while.

You also get Private SSL so that you can take card payments securely online. Not only does this provide you with the security that the customer details are safe, but it will increase your conversion rates once they know their information is safe. Not many people would be willing to put their card details in on a site that doesn’t have the security padlock in the bottom right corner of their browser. That little symbol is a stamp of authenticity and will make you look like a much more professional business.

Hostgator Business Conclusion

If you need Private SSL and you’ve already been looking for a toll-free number, or could use one in your business, then it would make sense to sign up for the Hostgator Business plan.

I personally have never had a need for Private SSL or a toll-free number, so for me this package would not be worthwhile.

If, however, you would get use out of SSL and a toll-free number, the Business plan starts from just $12.95 a month and if you sign up using this link and use the coupon code AUTUMN you will get 20% off your package, which if you sign up for 3 years will save you $93!

What do you get on the Baby plan that you don’t get with Hatchling and what is the price difference?

If you’ve read the Hostgator Hatchling Review post you’ll know roughly what to expect. Here’s a quick summary:

• Sitebuilder software.
• 24×7 Support.
• Instant backups.
• No contracts. (unless you want a cheaper price)
• 99.9% Uptime guarantee.
• 45 unconditional money back guarantee.
• $50 Adwords Credit.
• Free and instant setup.

Pretty much the main difference between Hatchling and Baby is the fact that Baby allows you unlimited domains. That’s it. If you have more than one domain, you need the Baby plan.

The only other difference between the two is that Baby allows you to have Private SSL on your account for $2/month extra. If you plan to take credit card details or any payment or personal information through your site, i.e. if you plan on selling anything, then you NEED Private SSL to encrypt the page and keep your customers details secure. You can only do that on the Baby or Business plan.

I personally now use Baby for all my sites and it is the only package I really need. The Business package has a few extras that I wouldn’t mind having, but for right now Baby does everything I need it to do.

For a couple of dollars extra a month, it’s a great deal to go for this plan instead of Hatchling and get the unlimited domains.

Hostgator Baby Conclusion

This is the most popular Hostgator package and with good reason. You get unlimited domains, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited web space and much more for as little as $7.95 a month! At only $3 more than Hatchling, those unlimited domains are fantastic value for money. I’ve known hosts charge more than $7.95 a month and STILL only allow you one domain on the package!

To get started on Hostgator Baby today, just use the coupon code Wordpress at the checkout after using this link to sign up for Hostgator and your first month’s hosting will cost you just $0.01!

So what do you get on the Hatchling plan and how much is it going to cost you?

Well, as I mentioned, you get to host one site only. If you need to host more than one domain with Hostgator then you should check out their Baby or Business plan instead.

With all Hostgator plans you get unlimited web space and unlimited bandwidth as standard. Here’s a quick summary of other benefits to the Hatchling plan:

• Sitebuilder software. With this you can easily design your own site in as little as 30 minutes. It’s all built into the Hostgator control panel.
• 24×7 Support. They have a 24 hour support line, plus ticket submission and if you really, really need it, you can ask for your ticket to be forwarded on to Brent. Oh, he’s the guy that owns Hostgator and he’ll give you the VIP treatment if you absolutely can’t get anywhere with the 240 other awesome staff members working for them!
• Instant backups. Back up all your data instantly and download it to your own hard drive. If anything goes wrong, you can restore your admin control panel from the file you downloaded.
• No contracts. Hostgator don’t have a set contract length (unless you sign up for one to get a cheaper price) which means no cancellation fees and you can cancel whenever you like. (Not that you’ll ever want to!)
• 99.9% Uptime guarantee. As we’ve covered already on this blog, Hostgator guarantee an uptime of 99.9% or better. That’s pretty impressive, especially considering my last host seemed to have more downtime than uptime!
• 45 unconditional money back guarantee. During the first 45 days of your hosting, if you decide it’s not for you, Hostgator will refund ALL OF YOUR FEES.
• $50 Adwords Credit. Get yourself started with some traffic to your site by getting a free $50 coupon from Google Adwords. You’ll be getting visitors right away!
• Free and instant setup. Once you sign up for Hostgator, you’ll be up and running immediately. There is no setup cost and your site could be live within minutes!

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!

I’ve used the Hatchling plan for quite some time when I first started creating websites and it is pretty impressive I must admit. The overall service through Hostgator is fantastic regardless of which package you choose but I found the only limitation with Hatchling is that it doesn’t allow you to have more than one domain.

Once my business online expanded and I was looking to create and acquire new online properties, I outgrew the Hatchling plan really quickly.

Hostgator Hatchling Conclusion

This is the perfect package for a first time site owner or blogger who has a great idea and wants to invest fully in that one site. You’ve got a Wordpress installation at the click of a button and unlimited bandwidth and web space to create whatever you want. However, if you’re looking to become a bit of an online entrepreneur, or you’ve got a number of sites you want to host with Hostgator, you’d be much better of investing a bit more into the Baby or Business plans they have.

The price for the Hatchling plan starts from $4.95 a month (depending on how long you sign up for) and if you want to get your first month for just $0.01, you can use the coupon code Wordpress at the checkout by signing up through this link.

You can now save up to $93 on Hostgator by using a brand new discount this fall. For the best possible saving, sign up for a 3 year hosting plan by clicking this link and using the coupon AUTUMN at the checkout.

Here is a quick look at how much you will save (based on 3 year plan using AUTUMN coupon):

Hatchling Plan – Save $35
Baby Plan – Save $57
Business Plan – Save $93

You can also use this voucher when signing up for Reseller and Dedicated Server plans.

Once again, the coupon is AUTUMN and you simply type it into the coupon box at the checkout after clicking this link.

Remember, if you are a new Hostgator customer, you get an unconditional 45 day money back guarantee. I’m confident you won’t need it though but it is there to give you a risk-free trial of the excellent Hostgator service.

To back up their claim of 99.9% uptime they also have an unconditional 45 day money back guarantee if the hosting isn’t up to scratch. If you aren’t completely happy with the service, you’ll get your money back – guaranteed.

Hostgator Uptime in October 2009

As we mentioned in our welcome post, we host a number of sites on Hostgator and we actually added a few new sites to our package in October.

We wanted to monitor our uptime on the most active site (around 30,000 unique visitors a month) and we are pleased to report that the site achieved 100% uptime throughout October!

This was the second month in a row where we achieved a perfect uptime with Hostgator. I will admit that during the first week of November one of our sites did go offline for around 30 minutes, but this was very quickly resolved with a quick ticket submission. The guys at Hostgator are lightning fast at dealing with problems like this.

You don’t get over 2.2 million customers without having awesome customer service and fast response times!

Because we didn’t have to worry about whether or not the site was live, we were able to focus on the actual site and providing great content. No reliability issues!

To get started with Hostgator for just $0.01, all you need to do is sign up using this link and use the coupon Wordpress at the checkout.

Before we get started, it’s important to make it very clear that we are not associated with Hostgator in any way. If you want to sign up for web hosting, you can go to their site now by clicking this link. The aim of Hostgator Coupons HQ is to provide you with all of the latest news and information on Hostgator so you can choose the right hosting company for you.

We’ll be posting articles on a number of different topics to give you all the information you need on Hostgator’s products and services. Let’s take a look at what we’ll cover.

Uptime Reports

The most important aspect of any web hosting company is their uptime. You could have unlimited bandwidth and unlimited domains for just $7.95 a month but if your sites don’t stay online for more than a few minutes at a time, then it really won’t matter what great deal you have.

We’ll be keeping a close eye on Hostgator and monitor how well they manage to keep their own sites online as well as client websites like this one and yours too.

Honest Reviews

We know you’re not stupid and if we’ve gone to the trouble of building this whole site dedicated to Hostgator then you might think we are a little biased towards them. The fact is, we’re currently very happy with the Hostgator service and we feel that you deserve to know about them too.

However, we would never recommend something we don’t believe in. So if we do have problems with them in the future you guys will be the first to know about. The only problem I’ve ever had so far with Hostgator was when my sites went down for around 20 minutes in the middle of the night about a year ago.

Because we’re not associated with Hostgator, our aim is not to make them out to be a perfect hosting company without flaws or faults. Instead, we aim to give you an honest review of their products and services. One thing you can count on with Hostgator Coupon HQ is that we’ll give you the good, the bad and the ugly too.

Save Money

We’ll also be on the lookout for fantastic offers and promotions that will save you money on your hosting. With so many voucher and discount sites it can get confusing. We’re cutting through the spam to give you real discount codes that work to get you cheap hosting with Hostgator.

Their prices are the lowest in the business, starting at as little as $5 a month, and through our deals we’ll be able to get you $0.01 monthly prices. Yep, that really is just 1 cent!

The guys at Hostgator are great too. Even if you haven’t bought anything from them yet, they are so willing to help you and give you the information you need to make the right decision. Just head over to their site and click on live chat. Then hit them up with your questions and you’ll see how friendly and helpful they really are!

Live Support Chat

We are very picky about our hosting companies after choosing a few bad eggs in the past. Since then we’ve probably been the worst type of customer because we ask a million and one questions to the live support staff before we make a decision on hosting.

We’ll be using these skills to regularly ’spot check’ the Hostgator Live Support team just to show you how good they really are. We’re very confident they will be as awesome as they have for us over the years with all of our hundreds of questions!

Remember, we are not associated with Hostgator in any way shape or form. We are only associated to them in that we use their web hosting for our sites and love the service they provide.