Using My Account and Site during Domain Name Propagation

Can a Website Be Used Without a Domain Name?

Until a domain name is provided or available, users can modify their hosts file on their local computer to view what a domain would look like on a server. Please bear in mind that webhosting must be purchased to do so.

For more information about modifying your hosts file to view a server with a domain that is not pointed to it, please refer to the article below:

How Do I Change My Hosts File?

Can My Hosting Account Be Used Without a Domain Name?

Until a domain name has been propagated, users can access their hosting control panel and webmail via the server webmail address consisting of a server IP address and a port.

Control Panel URLs

Your control panel can be accessed directly with the server IP rather than with your domain. Please refer to the listing below for what URL can be used based on your account type and what you need to access.

Service	URL format
cPanel	https://ip-address:2083
Webmail	https://ip-address:2096
WHM	https://ip-address:2087
Plesk	https://ip-address:8443
Virtuozzo (VZ)	https://ip-address:4643

(Replace ip-address with your server's IP address.)

HostGator is committed to making it easy to transfer your site to your new hosting account. We can transfer website files, databases, scripts, and one free domain registration transfer.

What qualifies me for a free transfer?

HostGator provides free transfers for new accounts within 30 days of sign-up, and to newly upgraded accounts. For upgraded accounts it must be an inter-server upgrade to qualify. Please note that downgraded accounts do not qualify for free transfers.

Depending on which type of account you sign up for, we offer differing numbers of free transfers. Please refer to the chart below to see what we include for new packages.

Full cPanel Transfers is the number of cPanel to cPanel transfers that are included.

Max. Manual Transfers is the maximum number of Manual Transfers that are included with your account.

Total Free Transfers is the total number websites that we will move for you.

Account Type	Total Free Transfers	Full cPanel Transfers	Max. Manual Transfers
?Shared	1	1²	1
?Reseller	30	30²	30
?VPS	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	10 per VPS level
?Dedicated (Basic)	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	75
?Dedicated (Standard, Elite, Pro)	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	100

¹While we can do unlimited cPanel to cPanel transfers for you, depending on your account, you will have a limited number of Manual Transfers.

²Full cPanel transfers include all domains, Addon Domains, Subdomains, and cPanel settings. This will also include your emails and email accounts. Please note that this does require that your old host's cPanel backup generator to be active.

A few examples: An Aluminium Reseller account includes up to 30 free transfers. Out of this 30, you can have 20 cPanel to cPanel transfers and 10 Manual Transfers, or any combination of the two that totals 30 or less websites. Another example: A Pro Dedicated server includes unlimited cPanel to cPanel transfers, this means you can have 150 sites (or even more) moved. Also since there is an unlimited total number of transfers, you can utilize up to 100 Manual Transfers.

For more information please see ourTransfers Support Article, contact our transfers department at transfers@hostgator.com, or call 866.96.GATOR