HostGator Silver Plan Review

HostGator.com offers five different reseller servers, from the entry-level Aluminum package to Diamond at the highest-end. Right in the middle is the Silver plan. Reseller web hosting accounts are a great choice and with Host Gator, there are guarantees that come with all of their plans. You have 45 days to get your money back if you are unhappy with their service, and you are also backed by a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

The HostGator Silver webhosting package comes at a price of $49.95 per month and includes 60 gigabytes of disk space and 500 gigabytes of bandwidth. It comes standard with private name servers, a free billing service, streaming audio and video, free installation of PHP and Perl modules, FrontPage, Cron, Perl, CGI among other features. Optional add-ons to this plan include Site Builder and Chillisoft ASP.

Email is convenient and safe with features like Spam Assassin that ensure security with this package. There are also other standard tools, like Web mail, email alias, catch alls and mail forwards, among others. The impressive control panel includes customer error pages, instant blogs and customer support desks, IP deny manager and Hotlink Protection.

Ecommerce is almost necessary when trying to have an online business, and the Silver plan makes this simple and convenient with its standard features, including shared and private SSL, ZenCart and Cube Cart, osCommerce and Agora Cart. Silver also allows for Website and FTP statistics, showing real-time updates of AWStats.

If you are looking for a middle-of-the-road reseller account that offers quite a bit of bang for your buck, then the HostGator Silver plan may very well be your best bet. It’s affordable yet reliable, and backed by Host Gator’s outstanding customer support.