Hostgator Reseller Account

W.P. Allen · 10-30-2008, 03:40 PM

I just upgraded to a reseller account at hostgator. Hostgator says they can transfer my sites to the new account but I'm a little weary. Is this safe? If something happened to my sites I think I'd poop directly into my pants (I work from home and these sites are my livelihood). However, I've heard that a reseller account is better for SEO reasons...

So should I transfer my old sites or only add new sites I create in the future to the reseller account?

W.P. Allen · 10-30-2008, 03:42 PM

I forgot to add that these sites are already with hostgator ("baby" account) but I bought the domains through GoDaddy.

Kay King · 10-30-2008, 03:52 PM

Back up your sites - then let HG transfer them. You should be backing up anyway on a regular basis.

dvduval · 10-30-2008, 03:52 PM

Just get a complete backup before you have them do anything. This is always a good practice.

W.P. Allen · 10-30-2008, 03:52 PM

What's the best way to back them up?

luckycharmz336 · 10-30-2008, 03:54 PM

I used them previously. They offer great free tools and stuff, but they don't allow you to oversell your account which makes it hard to make money with them. But their free reseller software such as WHMCS is great.

10-30-2008, 03:56 PM

Go into your cpanel and go to backup and run a full server backup .. Download and let hostgator transfer them.

James

Diana Lane · 10-30-2008, 03:57 PM

They will ask you what you want moving - unfortunately 'everything!' won't do - you have to be very precise. They moved an entire reseller package off my account for me this week, transfering it to another Hostgator account holder. As well as all the domains, you have to tell them about subdomains and e-mail addresses too. Their form also asked for 'etc' - neither I nor the other party involved ever figured out quite what that meant!

In the end, Hostgator transfered all but one subdomain, and that was because I forgot to mention it. Fortunately, I'm cautious about these things too and had backed up all the site files and databases before letting Hostgator loose with my instructions. Backing up took ninety shades of forever, but it was worth it.

Back up by downloading all your site files (yup, all of them. Sorry) and exporting all the associated databases to your hard drive too.

W.P. Allen · 10-30-2008, 04:10 PM

Awesome. Thanks guys.

10-30-2008, 03:40 PM	#1
W.P. Allen Hi War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Internet Posts: 433 Thanks: 10 Thanked 32 Times in 24 Posts	Hostgator Reseller Account I just upgraded to a reseller account at hostgator. Hostgator says they can transfer my sites to the new account but I'm a little weary. Is this safe? If something happened to my sites I think I'd poop directly into my pants (I work from home and these sites are my livelihood). However, I've heard that a reseller account is better for SEO reasons... So should I transfer my old sites or only add new sites I create in the future to the reseller account?
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10-30-2008, 03:42 PM	#2
W.P. Allen Hi War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Internet Posts: 433 Thanks: 10 Thanked 32 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Hostgator Reseller Account I forgot to add that these sites are already with hostgator ("baby" account) but I bought the domains through GoDaddy.
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10-30-2008, 03:52 PM	#3
Kay King Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA. Posts: 15,146 Thanks: 3,713 Thanked 4,143 Times in 2,259 Posts	Re: Hostgator Reseller Account Back up your sites - then let HG transfer them. You should be backing up anyway on a regular basis.

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dvduval phpLD master War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 2,962 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 44 Thanked 307 Times in 259 Posts Social Networking	Re: Hostgator Reseller Account Just get a complete backup before you have them do anything. This is always a good practice.
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W.P. Allen Hi War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Internet Posts: 433 Thanks: 10 Thanked 32 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Hostgator Reseller Account What's the best way to back them up?
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10-30-2008, 03:54 PM	#6
luckycharmz336 SeOnErD Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 36 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Hostgator Reseller Account I used them previously. They offer great free tools and stuff, but they don't allow you to oversell your account which makes it hard to make money with them. But their free reseller software such as WHMCS is great.
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10-30-2008, 03:56 PM	#7
TheRichJerksNet Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Hostgator Reseller Account Go into your cpanel and go to backup and run a full server backup .. Download and let hostgator transfer them. James
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10-30-2008, 03:57 PM	#8
Diana Lane The Beer Hunter War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: United Kingdom. Posts: 1,220 Thanks: 186 Thanked 408 Times in 224 Posts	Re: Hostgator Reseller Account They will ask you what you want moving - unfortunately 'everything!' won't do - you have to be very precise. They moved an entire reseller package off my account for me this week, transfering it to another Hostgator account holder. As well as all the domains, you have to tell them about subdomains and e-mail addresses too. Their form also asked for 'etc' - neither I nor the other party involved ever figured out quite what that meant! In the end, Hostgator transfered all but one subdomain, and that was because I forgot to mention it. Fortunately, I'm cautious about these things too and had backed up all the site files and databases before letting Hostgator loose with my instructions. Backing up took ninety shades of forever, but it was worth it. Back up by downloading all your site files (yup, all of them. Sorry) and exporting all the associated databases to your hard drive too.

10-30-2008, 04:10 PM	#9
W.P. Allen Hi War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Internet Posts: 433 Thanks: 10 Thanked 32 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Hostgator Reseller Account Awesome. Thanks guys.
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