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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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Virginia
1 review
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My domain briellelandscaping.com is VERY SLOW. It's brand new and it takes over 30 seconds to load each page. Can someone please help me? Email is: *******@jinett.com and *******@jinett.com

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
GB
1 review
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Customer service is not great
May 27, 2023

Customer service is not great. Technical support is not great. Extremely long wait times for chatting. When I do talk to someone they frequently do not understand what I am asking. They have given me incorrect information and often cannot actually help.

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
New York
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I was unable to get into my website and the chat person was very patient in helping me get in

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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As my domains expire I will be transferring them to another hosting service. I have never experienced such incompetence, poor customer service or unwillingness to assist with a timely resolution. The only resolution I seem to be receiving is updating my validation token which is absurd! No real solution to my issues in establishing and accessing two primary domains which is costing me time in getting the rest of my services done. As soon as I can, I will be transferring my service and saying good bye to Bluehost.

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Not going well
May 27, 2023

Not going well. It is hard to figure out how to set everything up for my blog.

Date of experience: April 26, 2023
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Subscribed due to the advertisement of one free Wordpress migration; however, when the Bluehost migration plug-in did not work, it directed me to a phone number to call, whereupon the rep stated she was not trained to migrate a site but that I could pay $149.99 to have professional assistance. Not enjoying my experience thus far.

Date of experience: April 26, 2023
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I recently created a BlueHost account. However, I received errors any time I tried to purchase a domain name or create a site. Google searches for advice led to 90% broken links on their website, the chat bot couldn't answer even very basic questions, and I talked to 5 people who alternated between saying it was a verification issue and it was not a verification issue. Not a single person was able to help me and they all requested that I send them information I had sent all the previous people. This issue is still not resolved and I am still being handed off to different customer service reps after days of attempted resolution. If you don't ever encounter any technical errors with Bluehost, it's probably a great service, but if you have any problems at all, prepare to feel like you've entered customer service purgatory and question both your sanity and your desire to ever create a website.

Date of experience: April 26, 2023
Texas
1 review
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Sometimes i can't access my domain. It's kind of a nightmare. I can't seem to find out how to contact actual support either.

Date of experience: April 26, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Excellent support service
April 26, 2023

Excellent support service. Representative very knowledgeable. Note 5 for Erica, Nireeksha and Thalik as well. Very amazing and kind people!

Date of experience: April 26, 2023
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I dont know why the site i migrated to disappeared. And now some other wordpress thing shows. And now i dont have access to original site

Date of experience: April 25, 2023
Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Greatly experienced agent
April 25, 2023

Greatly experienced agent. She/he exactly did what I wanted to do.

Date of experience: April 25, 2023
Virginia
1 review
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I am new to website management
April 25, 2023

I am new to website management. I am learning and I will keep you posted to my progress.

Date of experience: April 25, 2023
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I'm a first-timer so, naturally there are some things to learn along the way, but so far the customer service chat has been helpful with the issues as they arrise.

Date of experience: April 24, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Site transferred and then dropped. Customer service has missed two appts and site is still down. Not happy.

Date of experience: April 24, 2023
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Doesn't appear to be as simple as the website leads on. Had I known that I would have experienced this much difficulty I would not have subscribed.

Date of experience: April 23, 2023
Oklahoma
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Quick to take your money, but still trying to determine how to check my email.

Date of experience: April 23, 2023
District of Columbia
1 review
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Terrible customer service
May 23, 2023

Terrible customer service. I have been trying to contact someone to cancel my service (close my account) and has been impossible. Never else.

Date of experience: April 23, 2023
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very easy to navigate and lots of helpful information

Date of experience: April 23, 2023
Oregon
1 review
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I'm having a difficult time logging into the site to work on it. It has taken me to two different "sites".

Date of experience: April 23, 2023
Oklahoma
1 review
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I have tried to get my domain taken care of so I can set email up and they have made it almost impossible to do so. Way to much to type….

Date of experience: April 23, 2023