Stone just made the announcement last week that Hostgator will now be the host of choice for the Plug-In Profit site. Unlike the last time he did this, Host4Profit will no longer remain an option.
I think this is a good move as Hostgator hosting is much more affordable, allows you to host as many domains as you like for less than $10, it has the more widely used cpanel rather than webepanel AND it pays $50 commission per hosting account.
If you have not done so already, the most important thing for you to do now is:
1) Register for the Hostgator affiliate program (this is free)
2) Login to your Plug-In Profit Site affiliate account, click the account link on the top left and enter your Hostgator affiliate ID in the box.
The next thing you may want to do is consider whether or not you would like to stay with Host4profit as a web host OR move to Hostgator.
If you are on a tight budget and you have never referred any Host4Profit clients then you may want to move to Hostgator. The benefits of this are:
- It costs less than $10 a month (compared to $24.95 for Host4Profit)
- You can host unlimited domains on your account (this costs $5 per month per domain with Host4Profit)
- They are doing FREE transfers at the moment - this means that they will transfer your website + any scripts and databases that you have installed for you.
STEP ONE: Sign Up for a Hostgator Account. I recommend choosing the Baby Plan. When you sign up look out for a coupon code - often they give new customers a 20% discount. The code at the time of writing is SNOWMAN. Do not pick a new domain name when you sign up - use the domain name of your current website.
STEP TWO: Once your account has been setup raise a support ticket with Hostgator and let them know that you want to transfer your website from another host. They will let you know what information you need to do this.
STEP THREE: Contact Host4Profit and ask them for access to your domain name settings. They will give you a login to eNom.com.
STEP FOUR: Login to eNom.com using the username and password that Host4Profit have given you. Click on the Domain Name Servers setup (DNS) and enter the two Hostgator name servers. You will have an email from Hostgator with your name servers in them
STEP FIVE: Once all of the above steps are complete, go to your website and check that everything is all working correctly. Once you are happy that it is all in working order, contact Host4Profit and ask them to cancel your hosting account.
WARNING: If you have at least 2 hosting customers with Host4Profit ($20 commission per month or more) then it is not worth your while moving to Hostgator, as Host4Profit will reduce your commissions from $10 a month per customer to $2.50 per month per customer.
The five steps above are pretty straightforward, but if you are unsure about them and need some extra help or have questions feel free to contact me and I will do my best to help you out.
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