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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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New Zealand
1 review
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Poor options to manage domains, should have never clicked add domain later

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have tried all day to figure out how to use this site. I am a complete beginner and most of it goes over my head. I don't know what I need or don't need. I am hesitant to subscribe to a service when I don't even know what Services I will need yet. I really just need someone who knows what they are doing to set up my site for me.

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
Canada
1 review
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Awesome experience
October 10, 2022

It was great. Serviced the person we needed for a good price.

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
Alaska
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am having trouble figuring out the process of what to subscribe to and what I don't need

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
Wisconsin
1 review
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I've called and asked for them to change my primary domain twice now and it's still not changed. They also did not migrate my website.

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
District of Columbia
1 review
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I have had nothing, but technical troubles since starting. I bought a domain and hosting services and from the beginning I have not been able to publish my front page with the modern editor. I spent a half hour on chat to have my editor reverted back to the classic editor which let me publish my page, but I want to use the most up to date tools that seem more intuitive. Now, I have to probably spend another half hour in chat or on the phone to get them to revert the tools back to the most recent versions and get them to work.

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
Guatemala
1 review
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Excelente
October 10, 2022

A tiempo y muy buena, sin tomar mucho tiempo, respuesta adecuada

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
Oregon
1 review
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I have had trouble both with signing in yesterday and getting photos onto my site.

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
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So far I find trying to edit with the website builder very hard. I just keep going in circles and every YouTube video works different than this site builder. I'm stuck going in circle and it costs to much money to ask for help. I may just cancel my account. It said things have to be so hard to have a good site. My go daddy website took nothing to learn how to do it. But simple means very limited. Tried to build a site to better match my needs but I'm ready to work away from what i find impossible to use and get ant where.

Date of experience: October 9, 2022
Germany
1 review
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Information is the same money!
October 10, 2022

Two weeks ago I decided to make myself a website... For blogging! Prior to that, I knew almost nothing about creating websites. But last night the site was published and its filling with materials began. I am 65 years old, I don't know the language... So draw your own conclusions! Obviously, I will be contacting them for SEO support. I want to make it myself, there is no finance for third-party development!

Date of experience: October 9, 2022
Texas
1 review
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I cannot edit my site
November 9, 2022

I cannot edit my site. The word press will not login because my "site cannot be reached" to customize my business website

Date of experience: October 9, 2022
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I can't get onto my blog because I keep getting "Website Not Secure", and now I'm pessimistic that I'll have to spend more money to fix this even after I trusted bluehost and paid over a hundred dollars for a domain name--a domain name I'm not even sure I actually have, now.

Date of experience: October 9, 2022
Massachusetts
1 review
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This was suppose to be easy to navigate and build a page but not true. Also, in every corner is something with a price tag.

Date of experience: October 9, 2022
California
1 review
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Slightly different support model, but problem was resolved quickly.

Date of experience: October 9, 2022
Japan
1 review
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Having massive problems designing a site. This isn't intuitive at all

Date of experience: October 8, 2022
Australia
1 review
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I'm finding the search feature a nightmare. I'm literally trying to link the pages on my site with hyperlinks, and I can't find up-to-date resources. It's extrememly frustrating. Plenty of up-selling ads though...

Date of experience: October 8, 2022
Illinois
1 review
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Email set up
October 9, 2022

I called because I thought I had an email included with my Bluehost account. I was correct and they did help me set that up step by step! She was so kind and helpful!

Date of experience: October 8, 2022
Ohio
1 review
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Too much confusion about changing/updating my domain name. Should have been more clear how much a pain it would be if you don't choose one when signing up.

Date of experience: October 8, 2022
Virginia
1 review
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It's difficult to understand and navigate the designing tools as a novice blogger.

Date of experience: October 7, 2022
California
1 review
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I want to upload a custom site but I started to set an under construction home page and the system will not allow me to publish. It looks like it publishes but it just does nothing from you editor

Date of experience: October 7, 2022