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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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Australia
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Have not been able to transfer hosting. Live chat no help. No response to emails

Date of experience: January 4, 2023
Wisconsin
1 review
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I have paid for bluehost to develop a website. I have transferred my domain to bluehost. I am unable to reach the develop a website.

Date of experience: January 3, 2023
Texas
1 review
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I am trying to customize my site, but the web page is not loading. It could very well be that it is not you, but in the case that it is I would like to resolve this issue. It could be my browser also, but I just want to make sure.

Date of experience: January 3, 2023
Florida
1 review
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I needed to reach out to customer service and they were very helpful.

Date of experience: January 3, 2023
California
1 review
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Still waiting for everything to change over to my the...
February 2, 2023
Updated review

Still waiting for everything to change over to my the domain I purchased thru Bluehost. For some reason it assigned a temporary domain and I had to call in to request it to be changed. Very inconvenient and sets my schedule back!

Date of experience: January 3, 2023

It's Great!
July 20, 2022
Previous review

It's Great!

Date of experience: July 19, 2022
New York
1 review
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Nothing on the site loads
February 2, 2023

Nothing on the site loads. How do i get my money back or fix the site

Date of experience: January 3, 2023
Nebraska
1 review
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The navigation is nice but, it is a bit hard to understand as of right now. I'm sure after a bit I will be able to navigate it perfeclty

Date of experience: January 3, 2023
California
1 review
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The wordpress blog pages and the shortcut pages won't connect, so its like I have 2 blogs, which is very confusing.

Date of experience: January 3, 2023
Florida
1 review
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I love the detail available to make my website more professional!

Date of experience: January 3, 2023
Nebraska
1 review
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Super complicated and the $60 theme I purchased crashed my whole website. 8 hours trying to get a site set up and now I'm out $200 + time. Super disappointed.

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Michigan
1 review
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Templates are difficult to navigate
February 2, 2023

Templates are difficult to navigate. 3 months later I still haven't made progress

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Pennsylvania
1 review
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I am completely confused
February 2, 2023

I am completely confused. Have no idea how to set up blog.

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Alabama
1 review
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I thought I would have more help to create a website, but I am struggling in part because I have no knowledge of what to do or all the terms that are used to create a website. This may be my own issue, but I can't seem to get them to call or walk me through a process to begin to build a website.

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Illinois
1 review
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Pricing is excellent but setting up the website is difficult.

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Colorado
1 review
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I have struggled navigating, but support has been fabulous at walking me through any challenge!

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Colorado
1 review
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Surprised at the great value to speed ratio with Bluehost compared to Godaddy or Hostmonster. Will use it for every non-enterprise site from here on forward!

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Arizona
1 review
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Chat was hard to use and took 20 minutes to be connected with someone live

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Indiana
1 review
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Getting my theme I purchased to install has been difficult

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Indiana
1 review
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Overly complicated
February 1, 2023

Overly complicated. 2 days and I still can't get my blog how I like it.

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Mexico
1 review
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At the beginning was hard and now i think it can become easier

Date of experience: January 1, 2023