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Bluehost

2.7

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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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Support is worse and they response time after starting the chat is 10 min for each and every reply I'm using bluehost from last 8 years all of the sudden they stopped my hosting account and I try to renew no one helped me

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I keep getting texts that my server is being changed by someone I don't know. It's very frustrating

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Some issues with posting prevents a higher rating
February 23, 2024
Updated review

Some issues with posting prevents a higher rating.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024

So far so good
May 18, 2022
Previous review

So far so good.

Date of experience: May 18, 2022
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Even though there is a lot to learn, whenever an issue has come up for me, the chat team has been super helpful and very friendly.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have top log into my Bluehost account, then click...
February 23, 2024
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I have top log into my Bluehost account, then click to Home, then click to cPanel then click to manage mail "EVERY TIME" just to check my mail. Then when I I logout of my mail accounts and try log off of cPanel, I can't logoff! I have to leave it open then log off my Bluehost account and hope cPanel is not just permanently left open. It's exhausting and frustrating!

Date of experience: February 16, 2024

I'm having trouble with uploading pictures to my website posts since the super-speed upgrade.

Date of experience: May 20, 2022
Virginia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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All is good
February 16, 2024

All is good. I have had occasional bad gateway timeouts and unable to connect to my account. But they have been temporary.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Poland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The admin interface is not well thought
February 23, 2024

The admin interface is not well thought - please invest in UX research :)

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wordpress Hosting support is worse
February 23, 2024

Wordpress Hosting support is worse. You guys are known to close the conversation without listening us

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Ohio
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Not an easy site to navigate
February 23, 2024

Not an easy site to navigate. Would rather not have to waste my time going past your advertising screens every time I want to get to my email.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Australia
1 review
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After speaking to one of your support crew they instructed us to delete some files to attempt to rectify a separate issue, which resulted in loosing all emails including inbox, sent, trash and all saved files across 7 different emails. These are first point contact for our clients and our business in general. This has impacted our business greatly. After a couple of different attempts talking to support personel the issue still is not rectified. We are unable to utilise emails 12 hours later, not good enough for a business' operations. It has caused anxiety and much stress between staff and clients. This should be a priority being the issue was created from very poor advice your end. Your customer service is appalling at best.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have my hosting plan for a about a year and as you could see I never even got to use it. Everytime I spoke with someone, they couldn't quite walk me thru fixing it or do it for me, they also wouldn't explain to me why I was told that what I paid would be enough to have A secure site. Everytime I tried to finish setting up a website (tried 3 different ones) I was not secure and was attempted at being charged for a SSL that initially was supposed to be included. Idk. I have never had such a terrible experience sand I just came back on today to rate the site so someone could not suffer like I have. To this day my hopes of having a store online or a blog website are still just a dream bc my experience with bluehost made me give up. Thanks.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Illinois
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I called about renewing and the customer service person told me there were no deals and the price increase was good.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
South Africa
1 review
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I am very happy with the service and all the support I have received from Bluehost since signing up with them as my hosting providers :)

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
GB
1 review
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My contract was changed mid-term, and I have had to spend hours transferring to a new host

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Canada
1 review
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Its been great
February 16, 2024

Its been great. Took a minute to figure out Wordpress, but once I got going it became easier. Support is quick and responsive. Great Service

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Kenya
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Websites diasapears and wp deletes in bacground and agents just promise it will be ok in 24hrs but nuthing

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Pakistan
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Chat support is very bad, they put you on hold for 10-15 minutes then transfer to another agent, then they either repeat this cycle or tell you that problem will be solved in 24 hours, which does not happen.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had a terrible experience with the support staff recently.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
New York
1 review
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Difficult to use, no Helpdesk support on WP, nightmare...will be moving to another platform soon...

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have an issue for few days already and it is still not been fixed.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024