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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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Minnesota
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I am loving the flexibility to create my own site, but all of the options and the interface between bluehost and wordpress, bouncing back and forth is a little confusing for me being I don't know much about websites.

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Texas
1 review
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This is way to hard to follow for me
October 12, 2022

This is way to hard to follow for me. I don; t know if I; m in Bluehost or Word Press and all the other stuff isc onfusing,

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I would leave negative 10 stars if that was possible. Getting 20 spam calls, 10 emails and 5 texts everyday since signing up! I am on the DO NOT CALL LIST!

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am really struggling with knowing how to design and set up my website. It is not very user friendly.

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Nebraska
1 review
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Confusing
October 12, 2022

Confusing. Tried to set up email and can't log in.

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Massachusetts
1 review
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ExecDrector
September 12, 2022

Great. IT was great. Thank you very much. I appreciate it

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Love how I can edit wordpress online without having to download it! Amazing! (as a marketer I've gotta ask, are you targeting Chromebook users with this news? It's a drama and a half to install WP on a Chromebook

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Illinois
1 review
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Got stuck on screen Great work!
September 12, 2022

Got stuck on screen Great work! We're installing WordPress...

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Philippines
1 review
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There are some errors like not being able to use the custom html, this has been provided a ticket by the customer service

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wonderful Help Desk
September 11, 2022

The help desk walked me through (for me) a complex issue. They were kind, knowledgeable, and sensitive to my stress at doing something I wasn't trained to do.

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Ohio
1 review
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A bit of a learning curve but have only had it for a short while

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Oklahoma
1 review
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A few...
October 11, 2022

A few... but I can't log in through wp admin for 1

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very easy process but it was quite confusing as a beginner when I had a temporary URL. It would of been nice to have clarity that the URL will change after encryption.

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am trying to cancel this subscription. You will not even let me update my info and you send me way toomany emails. Please cancel my site and refund my money. This is way harder than you said it would be!

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Switzerland
1 review
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Quick and easy customer service
September 11, 2022

I participated in a live chat with a customer service representative. They were able to quickly and efficiently answer my question and resolve my request. The process was easy.

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Maryland
1 review
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It's frustrating when you get prompted by surveys every time you move from page to page.

Date of experience: September 10, 2022
Arizona
1 review
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Surprised I have not heard from email migration team

Date of experience: September 10, 2022
California
1 review
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Deem okay
September 11, 2022

It was quite difficult for the first representative was negligent in assisting. Therefore, it was necessary I phone a second time.

Date of experience: September 10, 2022
Hawaii
1 review
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I literally only want to create ONE page; with ONE image; and ONE line of text. I have spent the last 6 hours, and two phone calls to support, trying to do that. I have never seen something more over complicated in my life. This has been the single most complicated website building platform I have ever seen. I would NEVER, in ONE MILLION YEARS, recommend this site to anyone. I used to build websites back in the late 90's and I could've seriously written a whole robust site already in the time it's taking me to learn how to navigate this one. This is absolutely ridiculous. Complete morons have built this site/templates (WP). I'm the biggest idiot on the planet for paying for 36 months hosting on something I'm just gonna trash. I'm done.

Date of experience: September 10, 2022
Oman
1 review
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Thanks
September 10, 2022

I really liked it, user friendly with a lot of valuable features

Date of experience: September 10, 2022