Help me understand the billing process

[winter_again]

Hello, as I understand it, if I sign up for a VPS service, I can pay for it month by month using my credit card or paypal. My question is, how exactly does it work?

I mean, I pay for the first month, and then I cannot pay for additional months, so at the end of the month am I sent an invoice or email to pay immediately? Can I pay for my service prior to the billing due date, or must I wait until the day my account will expire and pay the bill then?

My main concern is forgetting to pay it, or being unable to pay it on that exact day, and then having my service suspended.

Could I pay my VPS hosting bill a few days before it was due?

[eLIANT]

I do not work for HostGator, but, like most companies, I'm sure HG would be happy to accept early payments.

HG sends an email each month several days in advance of your due date. Plus you have a 10-day grace period after the due date. If you don't pay, they send reminder emails. They are not going to let you "forget". However, if you don't pay by the end of the grace period, you *will* be suspended.

BTW, if you have a PayPal account, you can set up a subscription payment that will pay HG automatically each month.

[winter_again]

Thanks, that's what I was looking to find out.

[annaitech]

You can always pay in advance to stop worrying about the Monthly bill by paying in advance. Just login into your billing area at https://gbclient.hostgator.com/ and at the Bottom Right you can find the link ' Add Credit '

Using it you can keep credits in your account and the upcoming invoices will get paid automatically !