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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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Connecticut
1 review
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Terrible experience with hosting uptime, time to first byte metrics and support help. 0/10, would not recommend to anyone looking for a reliable host.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Ohio
1 review
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I would provide a 5-star, however, I have been pretty disappointed in customer service for the past 2 years.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Bangladesh
1 review
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Good, excellent, nice, beautiful service and i love it

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Ghana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Keep the good work but try and reduce the cost of ur products

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Un explained delays in send/receive cycle get annoying

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
GB
1 review
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I had to restart my whole website on WordPress as Bluehost didn't have the simple overlay feature for the carousel section, which I needed. So now I'm a week behind. I spoke with three people from Bluehost who told me they could fix it, but couldn't, the last lady I spoke with said she would help me delete my old page so I could use WordPress but never did that. It's been long-winded to get through to an agent and having to repeat the same issue over and over, then to be cut off and no follow up.
So I think I finally worked out how to remove the Bluehost builder site I had started making myself, and now I'm having issues with WordPress as I'm not sure if I've done it correctly.

I'm very frustrated, still trying to work out now why the site I started to create on WordPress is now not loading the page I started making yesterday. And I'm already a week behind schedule. I'm very frustrated and the thought of having to explain this time and time again, being passed to a new agent each time is very jarring.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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New customer trying to create a blog site for my company and your CMS is crashing constantly. VERY, VERY UPSET

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I've had error messages on my website that hasn't been resolved. The person suggested upgrading from a shared server. I feel like this is a hidden fee. I feel as though there wasn't the necessary help from sales to properly choose the best services for my business. The website builder was not helpful. The email wasn't connected to my account. I've made three phone calls so far and support has resolved some of the issues but I feel like there are a lot of things that are not clear about the services or processes.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Bangladesh
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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It is good for domain..
May 17, 2022

It is good for domain. But in sometime it is not work properly

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Thank you for making it easy to purchase a new domain

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Michigan
1 review
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I purchased a domain name and a email for the domain, only to find out several days later that neither one was working, the start up for a small company is both the most critical and the most laborious, and to have something as important in today's world not work and not be informed or mitigated in some way by the host is completely catastrophic.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Uzbekistan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hosting is really slow and good stylish websites working really slow. Another option is my website not appearing in Google Search. I tried a lot of things and waiting but not appearing.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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We constantly have SSL security certificate issues. I spent two hours last month to make sure we would be rock solid for our large virtual fundraiser (kicking off today, May 17th) and now if you are on a MAC computer and access our site, it states that the site is unsecure and you should not use credit cards, etc. Please call me directly@ *******552 as we need this addressed today. John Rorke, Baby Space - Board Chair.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Serve in time regarding my issues. Always prompt and in time.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Ohio
1 review
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I love using Bluehost; however, the site is weighted and slow and needs to speed up a lot.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
France
1 review
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It's easier than the french server to understand.
The assistance was poor but better than the french service.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Stellar
May 17, 2022

Stellar. Only 42 more characters to make your standard review into a featured review!

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A few challenges learning how to use the site. Takes awhile to get through or get a call back from the help center.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
RU
1 review
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On various occasions when there has been problems they have not been resolved and I have been told to contact Google, or contact someone else, and then I have had to come back to Bluehost and the problem has been resolved by a different representative. Overall, the service is not bad but you need to vet your support staff.

Date of experience: May 17, 2022
Kenya
1 review
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Excellent
May 17, 2022

Great services and amazing team. I have easy time creating my site with just one click, login to WordPress is the easiest

Date of experience: May 17, 2022