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Well, it's been quite a month here at
HostGator. We had what we thought at first was a very cruel late
April fools joke played on us. HostGator purchased a 102,000 Sqft
building in Austin, TX as we have simply ran out of space here in our
4 story Houston headquarters. There are cubes
on top of cubes it seems here and we are now finishing up construction on our 3rd,
yes 3rd additional parking lot! We were set to close on the new
Austin building April 20th,
at that time we sent our
money to the mortgage company and waited on our bank to send the
remaining amount (4 Million USD). The mortgage company received OUR
money, however our bank seemed to have sent 4 Million to an unknown
source... April fools!?!? I'm proud to say we've since figured
out
“the case of the missing 4 million” and our office building in Austin
is now secured. Blog post about the entire issue is in works, so stay
tuned.
We need new gators!
As mentioned above, we're growing so
fast
that we cannot hire enough people. You would think it would be
simple, with so many people out there that use the Internet and build
websites, to find qualified employees. We need our customers
help! Currently we are hiring Phone/Chat front line agents
and Linux Administrators. Check out our Jobs page and apply as we
need to fill a new office and continue the growth at our Houston
headquarters. Please, we beg of you, come make some money with
HostGator! http://www.hostgator.com/jobs.shtml
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We also have a referral program, so if you know someone, send them our way. Check out the payouts per refferral : | Referral Payout: | |
| Linux Administrator: | $2,500 |
| Windows Administrator: | $2,500 |
| Perl Developer: | $2,000 |
| Chat/Phone Technical Support Rep. | $500 |
For more details see:
http://www.hostgator.com/employee-referral.shtml
New Swamp in Austin, TX
So lets talk a little about Austin
since I've brought it up. Our Houston headquarters is 25,000 SQFT,
which is mostly now all cubes for our sales/support team. If you
have ever been to Houston you know that most of the roads always have
on-going construction. This is true with our Houston headquarters as
well. Since I've been here (2007) we have been knocking walls down,
moving offices and running cables to make room for more employees.
The time has come where we must expand, and what better place then
the heart of Texas.. Austin! Only a few of our employees and members
of management will be leaving Houston, including myself. It's sad to
leave what we've helped build here but we must take what we've learned in
setting this office up and continue it in Austin. The Houston
headquarters will always be here, this is simply an extension of our
support department. There will be a nice office tour blog post as
soon as we get all the dust settles in Austin.
Social Networking Frenzy!
As most of you who follow us on Twitter
or Facebook already know, we have made some changes in the way we use our Social
Networking sites. It used to be all about business; can you help me
with this ticket, thanks for the great support, you guys cost me 1
billion dollars while processing orders on the fly via my blackberry
etc, etc. While we still use our social networking sites for
these type of issues, we want to show you a more personal side of
HostGator and invite you to follow us. http://www.twitter.com/hostgator
and http://www.facebook.com/HostGator
. Also, this is a great place to get in on some of our contests.
We have laptop stickers, Koozies, shirts and all kinds of other
random HostGator swag for you to win. There will be a lot more
pictures and personal updates on these sites then there were
previously.
Watch for Gators Crossing.
Our
Sales manager Chris Zak has been with HostGator for over 5 years.
Chris was one of the orignal employees in Boca Raton, FL and
moved to our Houston headquarters about a year ago. Chris is
participating in Tour du Rouge a 526
mile bike ride from Houston, Tx to New Orleans, La. HostGator.com
is a proud sponsor of the Tour du Rouge ride which supports the
American Red Cross Chapters along the Gulf Coast. We are very
proud of him for participating in this event. Please see their
website for more information.-- Josh Loe &The Team at HostGator
Rate Your Tickets and Save
If you have ever submitted a ticket to HostGator's ticket system, then
you have almost certainly seen the line on the bottom of each email
that asks you to rate the response you received. To encourage more
ratings, we're going to be entering everyone who rates a ticket into a
drawing for a $25
$50 service credit. Rating a ticket takes less than a minute and can
save you some money on your next hosting bill. Details can be found here.
3 for 1 VOIPo Special
For a limited time, VOIPo is offering HostGator customers a package
of 3 services for the price of 1. Just order a VOIPo phone
service package (unlimited calling to US/Canada starting at $8.25 per
month) and get these services free: 1.) FREE Toll-Free Number (Just Pay for Minutes Used) 2.) FREE Fax Account This
is a great way to save some money and have all your communications
needs covered. Statistics show that having toll-free and fax
numbers can drastically increase your sales. Since both of the
free services offered normally sell for $4.95 per month each, this is a
VERY limited promotion and will end soon. To take advantage of
this, you must use coupon code GATORPACK when ordering VOIPo phone service. Click here for complete details.
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April 2010 Stats:
Domains Hosted : 3,338,219
Size of Files Hosted : 841.987TB
Monthly Bandwidth : 5465 TB
Email Received : 483,708,060
Emails Sent : 349,607,040
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