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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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I opened my account 24 hours ago and my experience is extremely smooth. Thank you.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Missouri
1 review
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Everything is terribly confusing and i cant get anything to work.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Georgia
1 review
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Date of experience: August 10, 2022
France
1 review
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I purchased the plan and when I started working on WordPress within a minute it starts showing errors. And talked with customer care they said DNS not working, we started it again and it will take 2 days. I just wasted my money. Moreover my time.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Georgia
1 review
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It has been very helpful, I have had trouble learning how to text on the page but I'm sure I will understand it better soon.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Wisconsin
1 review
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This is far more complicated than WIX
September 9, 2022

This is far more complicated than WIX. It's impossible to find the simple PUBLISH button so I can push my draft webpage to my own domain. It should not be this difficult.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Minnesota
1 review
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I've found everything clunky and counterintuitive. I've received nearly 20 emails today from Jetpack, which was an addin to my WordPress service, and I can't seem to make that stop.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
California
1 review
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Just trying to figure things out
September 9, 2022

Just trying to figure things out - a little too simplistic of an approach for me, but probably great for most users. I'm looking to have segmented management layers, so dns, registration, content hosting not managed by the same entity, which is what your documentation and web actions are geared towards.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Mississippi
1 review
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Having a hard time getting an overall "startup" guide.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
South Africa
1 review
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I am struggling to get support on a critical error from a newly purchased theme "Caboom"

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Nevada
1 review
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Help is very easy to find
August 10, 2022

Help is very easy to find. Really feel like I am walked through the whole process

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Quality service with a friendly UI
August 10, 2022

Quality service with a friendly UI. The communication between Bluehost and Wordpress could be simplified.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Texas
1 review
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Kristin is super, helpful and very patient. Thanks!

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Texas
1 review
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I can't figure out how to use this service. It's too difficult for a first time user.

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Virginia
1 review
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Cant get my emails to work and bluehost is very hard to understand tech support

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
GB
1 review
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I'm still having problems migrating, but keep being told by tech support that it will do it itself - this is not proving to be the case

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
Hawaii
1 review
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Great but confusing!
August 10, 2022

Great but confusing! Even for an expert technologist!

Date of experience: August 9, 2022
Maryland
1 review
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My understanding was that bluehost was supposed to host my website, utilizing the domain name that I already own. However, the instructions are not clear on how I can go about doing that and every link seems to be pushing me toward WordPress, which I am not interested in using. I would just like to host the files I already have created as a webpage.

Date of experience: August 9, 2022
Colorado
1 review
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You are guiding a boomer through website building and I am grateful.

Date of experience: August 9, 2022
Canada
1 review
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I am upset about subscribing to a bunch of stuff I didn't want for the first time because I didn't realize it was all selected before I went to check out. So instead of spending $70 for my first year until I was more versed, I ended spending $185 for things I will probably not even use. That is very disappointing to me.

Date of experience: August 9, 2022