All my websites and blogs including this Home Business Blog are NOW hosted at HostGator.

I have to say in our Internet Marketing journey, we sometimes have to make many tough decisions. While some of them were good, and you pride yourself for having good foresight, there could be others that sometimes come back to haunt you. The thing is there is never a perfect business, a perfect marketing plan or a perfect solution to our problems.  We sometimes deal with the problem when it comes or we take action when we can’t let it go on the way it did. Like my good old web hosting

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Why Did I Change My Web Hosting

The cost is one BIG factor…. I was paying $15 each month to host my home page and another $5 for each new domain I included. That is a hefty $30 per month expenses for almost 2 years although additional domains were only added recently. Since I switched to Hostgator, that’s a good 200% savings I’ve enjoyed as I now pay $9.95 with unlimited domains. Now I don’t have to worry about incurring additional costs each time I think about purchasing a new domain.  Not that I go crazy about adding new domains, but it’s nice to be able to start a new website or a blog when there is good reason to do it. Like working on a profitable niche website.

The Trend Towards Niche Products

Of late everyone I speak to or whose blog I’ve visited seems to be focusing on a niche marketing strategy or in the process of creating a niche website. I have to admit I myself have joined in the bandwagon just to see if there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yep and Hostgator helps to make it a little easier to do this than before.

A New Web Host Offers New Tools

One major reason that convinced me to switch to a new host provider was the fact that my old host (Host4Profit) does not provide C-Panel capability. I remember once having to ask a friend to help me install a new blog and it took him 20 minutes to complete the process. Yeah and all the time laughing at that old dinosaur and exclaiming “this is so 90′s”.  In Hostgator I’ve twice set up my WP Blogs in 4 minutes using Fantastico. Glad I don’t have to rely on anyone to set up my own blogs. Whew!

Why I’ve No Regrets Changing Web Host

It’s just been one month after changing to my new web host (I haven’t even been billed yet as the first month is a mere 1 cent charge with the coupon, but so far I’ve never felt happier with their support and service. Absolutely impeccable! I like it that each time I send in a request, it provides an automatic acknowledgment and from my experience someone actually attends to me and provides a solution within half an hour, yes even in the wee hours. I actually started promoting it before even before using it – not quite what I usually do whenever I recommend something to someone. So I guess it now seems practicing what I preach all over again.

Some things you should do before you finally pull the plug

Don’t be too quick to cancel your old web host just because you’ve found your new web host provider. Remember to take care of these things first:

• transfer all your domains to the new web host. Hostgator gives a free transfer to one selected primary domain.
• after all domains and files successfully transferred, change the DNS (domain name servers) to the new web host provider and check your websites to make sure everything looks OK. That’s how I found out some missing images on my blog and Hostgator checked and fixed it.
• When everything seems good, do a one last check. Check your IP address to confirm that your sites are loading from the new web host servers. It’s a little technical here, Hostgator or your new host provider will guide you.

Share Your Thoughts

I like to do a review of some good web hosting on my review blog eReviewer. So do you have a good web hosting or have you like me just recently changed yours? Tell us your experience – good or bad. We like to hear from you.  You can be sure that I may use your recommendation for my review if they are good. So over to you….

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