15 minutes after I completed the ordering of hostgator hosting, I received the account activation email from sales@hostgator.com. The email content is simple, with:
- domain name
- username password
- IP address
- Name server
- cpanel login
and there is more…and i find it very useful to get started.
“There is a file called hostgator.html in your public_html folder. This page will give you basic links on getting started. Your welcome to delete this file or if you upload an index.html file in public_html, then the hostgator.html file will not come up by default.”
“Please read http://www.hostgator.com/gettingstarted.html for all the information needed to manage your account. ”
ok, thats all of the activation email that i received.
3rd March 2007, I signup to hostgator hosting plan. Without any doubt, I have high confident with this hosting company. This site is named “hostgatorreview.org”, its purpose is to fully review, and recording every step by step, good or bad experience with hostgator.
1. Go to hostgator product page and select the suitable package.

2. Enter new domain name, or select transfer existing domain

3. Confirm your hosting package, and verify the payment price.

4. verify the order details: domain & package. And final price is shown.

5. Enter personal information

6. Order received.

Congratulation, you had completed your hostgator signup. Do find this page useful & forward to friends as well
Hostgator Hatchling Package is the smaller plan, 50GB space, 200GB bandwidth per month. Host 1 domain, 20 email accounts, and unlimited MySQL database. Cpanel as well. Selling at $6.95, annual signup only.
This plan is suitable for budget user, of webmaster that look for single website solutions. Others features are basically similar to Hostgator BABY plan.