Virtually Free Web Hosting 2013

Virtually Free Web Hosting on Hostgator with Coupons for 2013

 

HOSTGATOR COUPONS

25% OFF ANY PACKAGE: QUARTEROFF2013

$9.95 OFF ANY PACKAGE: MONEYOFF2013

Free Web Hosting vs Hostgator (Virtually Free) – What’s The Difference? (Other Than A Few Dollars A Month).

So, you want to set up a website, and you’d like to know if you can set it up for free. Well, yes you can, but there are compromises to be made as you might expect. The sensible thing would be to look at what features you get for free web hosting and compare it to, lets say, a web hosting package that costs less than $3 a month. So, what’s the difference? a lot actually, but not much difference in price though lets be fair, less than $3 a month,  what do you get for that?

“You get what you pay for“

Constraints

Many free web hosting services have strict controls to limit how you use them, the key limitation is on bandwidth. Do you remember when internet packages came with restricted bandwidth? Its old news, so why do they offer free web hosting with such a ridiculous limitation. Its because they want you to sign up for free, spend your time and energy into building your site, and when you realise that you need more bandwidth, then you are a captive audience and chances are you’ll pay for their service anyway without having much chance of considering whether it is vale for money, which kind of begs the question why not forego all of that and find a quality service from the beginning?

You’ll probably end up paying far more than the few dollars that it would have cost if you’d have gone with Hostgator in the first place.

Value For Money

It’s difficult to argue against a web hosting package that costs less than $3 a month. Especially when you see what you get for just those few dollars. If you want to setup a single site, then with the Hostgator Coupon QUARTEROFF2013 give you 25% off the Hatchling Plan, it will cost you $2.97 a month. This package gives you unlimited bandwidth, unlimited diskspace, e-mail setup, 24/7 online support for free and much much more. The fact that so many people use hostgator, there’s plenty of information online if you want to find out how best to use a particular feature, and trust me, there are lots of features. At $2.97 a month, that has to virtually be free anyway.

For a few dollars more, just $4.77 per month (Baby Plan combined with the  QUARTEROFF2013 coupon) you can also host unlimited websites! With such a low start up cost you could set up your own online empire.

Software?

Whether you’re experienced in web design/content management systems such as Joomla, Drupal, or WordPress, there are these and a whole load more that are supported and integrated into the Hostgator framework. Most people use WordPress which to the uninitiated may appear to just be blogs but actually with the 1,000s of optimizations that you can make you can build ecommerce sites, business websites and membership sites, with skill. Numerous people and companies including large corporate multinationals use wordpress for their websites, and for just a few dollars you could be using the same systems they do.

And as for software, if you use WordPress, there is nothing to download. You set the system up remotely and the advantage to all the information being on the servers is that you can access your website’s back office from anywhere in the world just so long as you have a computer with an internet connection.

Control Panel

The number of features and tools in the control panel that  you use to configure your website is extraordinary and thoughtfully laid out. Want to add another domain name, no problem. Want to create some e-mail addresses, easily achieved, all straight from the control panel which is intuitively organised and easy to navigate.

With all of the functionality that Hostgator provide as well as the adaptability of WordPress it’s easy to see how so many people create not just Blog sites, but also business websites, or ecommerce stores in just a short space of time.

FREE Technical Support 24/7/365

I personally use Hostgator’s virtually free we hosting packages for all my websites some of which are quite complex and have many features. On the few occasions I have got into a bit of a muddle technical support were easily on hand, they can access your site for you, and diagnose AND fix the problem saving you lots of time and headaches. Just knowing that they are there is a constant relief. Software is always changing and where there are software conflicts, these need to be fixed. Easily done with expert assistance on your side.

Hostgator really is a one stop shop packed full of amazing features, and for such a low cost each month, it is difficult to see why free web hosting companies/packages even exist.

To get started, make a note of the discount Coupon QUARTEROFF2013 which you will need to enter at checkout, and click on any of the images you see to go to Hostgator’s signup page. In minutes you could be setting up your own website.