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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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Arizona
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Your support team needs better and more technical training. There should be more and better support efforts. Especially for those of us that have no experience in this type of thing.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Germany
1 review
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It has been a great experience with bluehost, hoping to grow and explore more with the Bluehost Company... Also thanks for your wonderful services, i really appreciate it.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
GB
1 review
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Very good
May 17, 2022

Very good. Provides everything needed for my requirements

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Canada
1 review
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I have requested help twice but my problem is still not resolved.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Ohio
1 review
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Excellent support
May 17, 2022

Damon did an excellent job helping me. I had to back out of a number of BH annual commitments and Damon led me through the process.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Overall I have enjoyed my experience using Bluehost. However, my Wordpress website often does not let me access the homepage and quite frequently will result in a 522 Error, which prevents me from viewing the website at all. It would be great if it was more reliable.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Connecticut
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Starting a business
May 17, 2022

Starting a business. Looking to control cost, but also impress potential customers. The website builder is intuitive and provides enough customizable features to be authentic to your brand. I got stuck on some details, and the service folks really helped me get back to building the website I wanted.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Site runs smoothly and the tech support is always helpful.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
AE
1 review
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We like your services and expecting more discounts on renewals

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
New York
1 review
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Created wordpress site with Temporary Domain.
Transferred domain to bluehost and was told I had purchased the wrong account and could not attach the domain.
Called back and was told all that was needed was to rename the temorary domain.
Rename completed and my wordpress site broke. Spent several 8hr days on phone with Tech support trying to get it fixed.
Site is now extremely slow.
I am also unable to purchase Google G-Suite. Put in a request and it has been elevated for days with no answer

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Zimbabwe
1 review
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Seamless, flawless, around the clock, team is knowledgeable

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Ohio
2 reviews
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I am old and wordpress is not simple for me. My husband wanted a custom website and it is somewhat difficult to maintain.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer service has a real hard time understanding questions.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Florida
2 reviews
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Extreme difficulty getting through to support. Very displeased.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
California
1 review
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Email service has been terribly spotty. Service techs are friendly & appear to be helpful in the moment. However, the issues are never resolved. My account currently has multiple spf, DMARC, MX, and DNS record issues. These are not settings that I have ever changed, so they must be inherent in the service. Opening yet another tech support tickets. One last chance before I switch to Google...

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
GB
1 review
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Any problems I have had have been resolved with patience and politeness

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
New York
1 review
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Great!
May 17, 2022

Great! Service is great, tutorials are clear and there's options for add-ons and services..

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
California
1 review
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I am having lots of problems with SSL certification. SSL plugins for wordpress that should work do not cooperate with my server.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Arkansas
1 review
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Has been great
May 17, 2022

Has been great. I love how the builder is user friendly

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
California
1 review
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The UI and UX aren't always friendly, but if I keep poking and digging, I can eventually find and access tools and information I need. 5 star for resources, 3 star for the experience - so 4 stars overall...

Date of experience: May 17, 2022