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Hostgator Affiliate Program

by Jon Martin
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Hey Guys,

For the longest time I've heard people discussing the hostgator affiliate program and how they tie it into selling both regular and mobile sites respectfully.

Who here has done this?

Could you give me some information on how you went about doing this? How did you incorporate it, was it worth it, etc. It's something I might want to look into but I don't even know where to start!

Thanks,
Jon.
#affiliate #hostgator #program
  • Profile picture of the author vndnbrgj
    HostGator has an affiliate program where they pay you after 60 days for everyone that signs up for their hosting. It is a sliding scale...
    Depending on the amount of referrals for the month, you will be paid $50-$125 per referral.

    However, if you sign up for HostGator's affiliate program through Commission Junction, you get $100 per referral no matter how many you get to sign up.

    As far as doing it, I haven't so can't help there. Sorry.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jon Martin
      Originally Posted by vndnbrgj View Post

      HostGator has an affiliate program where they pay you after 60 days for everyone that signs up for their hosting. It is a sliding scale...
      Depending on the amount of referrals for the month, you will be paid $50-$125 per referral.

      However, if you sign up for HostGator's affiliate program through Commission Junction, you get $100 per referral no matter how many you get to sign up.

      As far as doing it, I haven't so can't help there. Sorry.
      Thanks for the tip re: commission junction!
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  • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
    It's not a very good host.
    So don't suggest it unless you've used it, and can honestly recommend them..
    How would you liked to be lied to, so somebody else could profit?
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    • Profile picture of the author Jon Martin
      Originally Posted by kpmedia View Post

      It's not a very good host.
      So don't suggest it unless you've used it, and can honestly recommend them..
      How would you liked to be lied to, so somebody else could profit?
      I've used Hostgator and I've never had any issues with it nor have I ever heard anything negative about the company. I'll look into it before I begin but I'm fairly certain I'm not concerned about lying to clients haha. I like hostgator.
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      • Profile picture of the author kindsvater
        HostGator has been a great host and it has shined where is most important; 24 hour support and fixing issues that cause a website to go down. It like having your own IT specialist on staff.

        Definitely go with CJ instead of the in-house affiliate program.

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        • Profile picture of the author Falkonator
          Yes, Hostgator has been awesome. They became even more awesome after I agreed to use some of my clients' existing hosting companies. Some of them have been a nightmare to deal with.

          Last fall I had a client that switched to hostgator based on my recommendation. He wanted to host himself and not go through my reseller hosting.

          I included my CJ affiliate link in an email to him, and he bought his hosting plan through that. A couple of months later I received my check for $100.

          In the email I hyperlinked the word Hostgator. My link was mycompany.com/recommends/hostgator which then redirected to my affiliate link.

          I will keep doing this in the future as needed.
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          • Profile picture of the author Jon Martin
            Originally Posted by Falkonator View Post

            Yes, Hostgator has been awesome. They became even more awesome after I agreed to use some of my clients' existing hosting companies. Some of them have been a nightmare to deal with.

            Last fall I had a client that switched to hostgator based on my recommendation. He wanted to host himself and not go through my reseller hosting.

            I included my CJ affiliate link in an email to him, and he bought his hosting plan through that. A couple of months later I received my check for $100.

            In the email I hyperlinked the word Hostgator. My link was mycompany.com/recommends/hostgator which then redirected to my affiliate link.

            I will keep doing this in the future as needed.
            Awesome take on it, I appreciate your sharing!
            Keep it coming guys!
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      • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
        Originally Posted by Jon Martin View Post

        I've used Hostgator and I've never had any issues with it nor have I ever heard anything negative about the company. I'll look into it before I begin but I'm fairly certain I'm not concerned about lying to clients haha. I like hostgator.
        After it was bought out by EIG in June 2012, complaints have gone up.
        Most of it is due to long waits by support, and slow overloaded servers.
        Read about it at Web Hosting Talk - The largest, most influential web hosting community on the Internet (WHT), a hosting industry forum.
        People at WF are years behind, it seems.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jon Martin
          Originally Posted by kpmedia View Post

          After it was bought out by EIG in June 2012, complaints have gone up.
          Most of it is due to long waits by support, and slow overloaded servers.
          Read about it at Web Hosting Talk - The largest, most influential web hosting community on the Internet (WHT), a hosting industry forum.
          People at WF are years behind, it seems.
          I'm working with small businesses - 5 page websites basically, really simple stuff. Host quality isn't a huge concern because technical support isn't even going to be much of a factor. As long as it's got solid uptime everything else is really irrelevant to the service I'm offering.
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