A Snappy Timeline
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October 22, 2002
HostGator Founded
In a Florida dorm room, HostGator's founder Brent Oxley weighs the pros and cons of naming his company either hostgator.com or gatorhost.com, ultimately choosing the former and registering the domain on October 22, 2002.
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February 1, 2003
The First 100 Customers
As of February 1st, 2003, HostGator had 112 active customers. On the same date, one year later, there would be 1,031 active customers.
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June 29, 2006
Toronto, Ontario Office Opens
Canada, being a much more fertile ground for System Admins than Boca Raton, resulted in the opening of HostGator's first international office. Oh, Canada!
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November 1, 2006
Relocating From Boca Raton To Houston
Having outgrown the initial 2,000 square foot office space, and exhausted the local Boca Raton talent pool from which to hire employees, HostGator moved to a 25,000 square foot building in Houston, Texas. Forty of the fifty Florida employees made the move to Texas, where HostGator has remained ever since.
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May 4, 2007
blog.hostgator.com Publishes Its First Post
The HostGator blog published its first post, aptly titled "Welcome to Gator Crossing," on May 4th, 2007. "Gator Crossing" remains the official name of the blog to this day.
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May 23, 2007
HostGator Opens An Office In Brazil
Expanding its International reach, HostGator opens another office in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, being our first South of the equator office!
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September 10, 2009
200,000 Customers
The first 100,000 customers were reached around the middle of 2008, with the second hundred thousand occurring in September of 2009.
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August 16th, 2010
Austin Office Opened
Having outgrown the initial Houston office, HostGator again looked West and expanded into a new 100,000 square foot office in Austin, Texas.
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February 2, 2011
500 Employees
As of February, HostGator now has over 500 employees. And we've virtually never stopped hiring since!
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November 29, 2011
5,000,000th LiveChat
On November 29th, 2011 at 9:21:23 CST, HostGator received our 5,000,000th LiveChat.
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June 21, 2012
EIG Acquisition
On June 21, 2012, Brent Oxley announced that HostGator was being acquired by Endurance International Group.
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May 15, 2014
HostGator China & HostGator Russia Open
HostGator stretches its global reach with localized, in-language offerings for Chinese and Russian customers.
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February 1, 2015
HostGator Mexico Begins Operations
HostGator broadens Spanish-speaking support with the launch of hostgator.mx.
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July 8, 2015
Managed WordPress Hosting Launch
Having been a recommended WordPress partner for years, it was about time we launched our own managed WordPress offering!
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April 23, 2024
The Day You Apply To HostGator!
HostGator is seeking dedicated and motivated employees looking for a career in customer service / technical support.
See Open Positions!