Here Comes Host Gator!

Great news!  Yesterday during the late afternoon Webinar with Tissa, it was officially confirmed that Host Gator will now be added as a supported web host joining GDI and Lunar Pages.  For those who are new and don’t understand the significance of this addition let me explain the benefits.

First, Host Gator offers very generous commissions.  They pay up to $125 per sign-up.  Lunar Pages pays up to $110, but you have to send 80 referrals each month to reach that level.  Host Gator only requires 21 referrals each month to reach the top commission level.  Here’s how the commissions work:

• 1-5 a month - $50 per sign-up
• 6- 10 a month - $75 per sign-up
• 11-20 a month - $100 per sign-up
• 21+ a month - $125 per sign-up

Example:  If you send 21 referrals in any one month you will earn $125 x 21 = $2,625.  Not too shabby!

Second, unlike Lunar Pages that requires your referrals to pay at least one year in advance, Host Gator offers their plans on a month-to-month basis.  This makes it much more affordable for some people to join and you’ll see an increase in your Step 2 completions.

Third, unlike GDI which can’t hold a candle to Host Gator’s incredible commissions, Host Gator offers unlimited domain hosting, sub-domains, disk space, bandwidth and e-mail accounts.  Not to mention instant backups, traffic stats, free scripts, Fantastico, a $25 Google Adwords voucher, and much more.  Quick note about Fantastico:  This allows you with one click of your mouse to install a script without any programming knowledge.  If you want to setup a WordPress blog you can have one up and running in literally minutes.  And as many as you want!

Any drawbacks?  The only one I can think of is Host Gator doesn’t pay you your commissions until your referrals hit the the 60 day mark with their accounts in good standing.  I don’t see this as much of a problem since Host Gator offers a great service, it’s dirt cheap (less than $10 a month), and even if  a member decides that Acme People Search isn’t for them they still have unlimited web hosting to promote their other affiliate programs.

I should note that you need to become a Super Affiliate to promote Host Gator (Lunar Pages also has the same requirement).  To become a Super Affiliate you need to sign up for an annual subscription to Wealthy Affiliate through Tissa’s link.  Wealthy Affiliate isn’t cheap at $359.88 per year, and Tissa does a make a very nice commission of $175 when you sign up through him.  However, I can personally vouch for Wealthy Affiliate’s service.  It’s a superb training and support community for Internet marketers.  I’ve been a member for a year and couldn’t be more pleased with the resources they provide.  I’ll write a full review at some point describing everything that they offer.  If you are just starting out I highly recommend you make this investment in your education.  It will pay off in the end.  Heck, a few Host Gator referrals and you have it covered.

Oh, and one last thing.  I hate to pat myself on the back, but I do need to take credit for getting Host Gator added to Tissa’s program.  I originally suggested it during a Webinar and continued to pester Tissa until he finally cracked. [Thank you to those who joined my effort!]  So when you start getting checks for thousands of dollars from Host Gator keep me in mind!