HostGator is now part of Endurance International Group (EIG)

HostGator is now part of Endurance International Group (EIG)

Although in the past the CEO and founder, Brent Oxley, HostGator had said that was not for sale, this time the rumors of purchase by the EIG found groundless. With the purchase (still in process) HostGator confirmed in recent days, Endurance International Group is placed at the head of the big hosting providers in the world. With the public exposure of his revealing letter (TXT file), in the words of Oxley own the group as a whole would now bigger than Go Daddy, another giant of the sector. At least in terms of hosting, for as soon as Go Daddy domains is still moving around 50% market share, no competitor on the near horizon that can stand up.

This acquisition is the largest conducted so far by EIG, both in terms of value and volume terms. And a quick look at their numbers, though outdated, tell us why:

12,000 servers

At least 400,000 customers in 200 countries

8,000,000 million hosted domains

1% of global Internet traffic, according to its own data

HostGator joins the long list of companies Endurance International Group (EIG). A big fish being eaten by other larger. Which in turn he was swallowed by an even greater when large investment funds took control of EIG. But no longer need resources. A finance portal had revealed that EIG was in the process of obtaining financing for $ 225 million. But this million dollar figure is to support the operation. In any way it means that it is the total value of the purchase, which is probably much higher. If all goes as planned, it is possible that in late July, when the operation is completed, more details are revealed. Although it is likely that nothing else comes to light. It would not be strange. When buying EIG BlueHost concluded, there was no note of any press. Nor when acquired JustHost. And the statement was rather terse when they acquired the Canadian Netfirms.