I’ve been a HostGator customer for almost 2 years now. I have the reseller plan, however I only use it to host my own websites and blogs on. One of the reasons if because Hostgator are a Cpanel based host, and Fantastico - the script installer is usually included. Fantastico makes it a doddle to create, manage and update lots of Wordpress accounts. You don’t have to use Wordpress of course, as Fantastico supports all the major blogging and CMS engines and many of the leading open source shopping carts.

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Web hosts have varying requirements about the number of sub-domains allowed. Naturally, the more that you have, the more bandwidth that is used, so it’s often the case that lower-fee charging hosts will limit the number of sub-domains allowed on the one account. Having backup facilities in place that have already been tested means you can easily transfer a major web site to another web host if required. A temporary or permanent change can be made in the few minutes it takes to redirect the domain. There are two special matters to consider at the very outset: The number of sub-domains allowed and the number of domains allowed on the one account.

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