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Bluehost

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Bluehost has been empowering people to build and grow their online presence since 2003. As a leading web hosting provider trusted by over 5 million WordPress users worldwide, we specialize in making it easy to create, launch, and scale WordPress websites. With innovative tools, expert guidance, and powerful hosting solutions, Bluehost is your partner in building a professional online brand—without boundaries.


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Bluehost Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company reflects a mix of positive and negative sentiments. Customers frequently praise the reliability of the hosting services, user-friendly interface, and the quality of customer support, particularly highlighting the helpfulness and professionalism of staff during technical issues. However, concerns arise regarding inconsistent customer service experiences, with some customers reporting inadequate product knowledge among representatives and communication gaps during service upgrades. Overall, while many users express satisfaction and loyalty, there is a clear need for improvement in training support staff and enhancing proactive communication with clients.

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Ever since y'all change the layout i have issues connecting to my website

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
California
1 review
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I highly recommend everybody use any other service and Bluehost. I got a domain through them, and after I got it, I added more securities which I paid more for privacy and protection. Once I got it, they refunded me the money and said that it looked like a fraud after two weeks of me calling every single day to find out why. Once they found out what was going on, I had to email them saying go ahead and take the money back so they could activate it, and it's still inactive. It was the worst experience ever. If this was an active domain at this moment, I would be losing hundreds.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Alabama
1 review
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I transferred in a domain from GoDaddy. aradesignsllc.com. It's been over a month and at least 4 chat sessions and my site is still not funtioning correctly!

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
New York
1 review
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Your support staff is generally incompetent and has created more problems for me than they've solved.
For example, I called BH earlier today and spoke to Aiz. I had a very specific question about where to find a toggle switch and STATED VERY CLEARLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION "DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING."
Without asking me or telling me beforehand, Aiz chose to change the nameservers for my domain, thinking they were incorrect and they were not. This created a lot of problems for me, as the situation was not easily resolved by changing them back.
In general, your support staff will not allow an unhappy customer to take the survey at the end of the call. They only send the call to the survey if they are certain they will get a 5-5-1 score. Unhappy customers who ask to take the survey are told to hold for the survey and then disconnected before being able to take the survey.
Your support staff can't be trusted.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Nebraska
1 review
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Novice to this, and just frustrated leaning the system.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Colorado
1 review
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Since December 2023 Bluehost had PROMISED me that if I renew my hosting they'd reinstate ALL of my websites. I've paid...and have spent hours on chat etc. to hold Bluehost to their promise. Instead of keeping their promise, Bluehost keeps giving ME assignments - that I don't understand at all. I am NOT a tech person. I'm very angry with Bluehost for killing all of my websites and 18 years worth of business...and blaming ME for it all.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024

I'm still sick over loosing 2 old domain names I'd...
May 20, 2022
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I'm still sick over loosing 2 old domain names I'd kept with Bluehost, yet somehow Go Daddy got ahold of them and I lost both.

Date of experience: May 20, 2022
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have been having problems for almost two months. I have felt with numerous people who left the call with the expectation set that the problems would be fixed and they are not fixed. Between me and my staff over 40 hours of time has been spent and there is still problems and a lack of confidence in security, billing, and support. I have three different bluehost accounts, one of them for around twenty years. Now I am considering leaving. - Joe shea *******838

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Belgium
1 review
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You offer your hosting for ' normal' price of $8.99/month, yet you ask me to renew for $270/year

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It is so far beyond this available space for all I have to tell you all about my recent horrible experience. Firstly I want to speak to US help ONLY and you ONLY provide that if I select "new service" when phoning. I do NOT discuss ANY business with reps in other countries. PERIOD. Not my banking, not ANY of my accounts or business dealings. That's just the start. I don' t have the energy to go beyond that at this point. Your "representatives" already took hours of my time AND failed to do al they promised to do which resulted in you taking money from me AGAIN for a service I cancelled. NOW I have to wait for you to "refund" what you should never have taken the first place

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Colorado
1 review
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Worst hosting ever, every year my domain price keep increasing.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Kenya
1 review
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I have rang in five times today saying my emails are not responding and no help till now.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
California
1 review
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I have had a poor experience with email support. I've spoken with 4 different agents who have told me the problem will be solve and to wait but every time the issue persists.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Massachusetts
1 review
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Sub-par support
March 7, 2024

Sub-par support. Can't fix an email issue that has been going on for months.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Florida
1 review
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Overpriced for any service beyond the 1st year. Encryption and antimaleware should not each be sold separately!

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Ohio
1 review
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Love it!
February 26, 2024

Love it! I would certainly recommend Bluehost to anyone looking to build a website for their company.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Georgia
1 review
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Not happy with getting an issue resolved that has left me without access to my email since 12/7/2023. It has created issues with my entire existence on which I depended upon my email address.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
New Zealand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stop hammering me with upsells when I login! I already pay a hell of a lot for my hosting and it pisses me off!

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Difficult getting a website up for the first time, but making progress.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Virginia
1 review
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I just want to manage my site
March 7, 2024

I just want to manage my site. Stop trying to redirect me everywhere else to try and sell more product. I want to get in, make the necessary change, and get out. Changing the layout and pop-ups makes this difficult.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024
Texas
1 review
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Solid web hosting site
February 26, 2024

Solid web hosting site. Price is fair for services received. Interface has been clean and effective. Recommended.

Date of experience: February 26, 2024