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HostGator (866-96-GATOR) is a leading provider of web hosting, VPS and dedicated servers. Discover why over 9,000,000 websites trust us for their hosting needs.
Overall, the company has established a reputation for providing reliable services and competitive pricing, with many customers noting ease of use and effective technical support. However, concerns regarding customer service persist, particularly related to inconsistent support experiences and delays in response times. While some users have had positive interactions with knowledgeable representatives, others reported frustrations with unresolved issues and inadequate communication. Despite these challenges, a significant number of long-term customers express satisfaction and loyalty, indicating that while improvements in customer service are needed, the core offerings are generally well-regarded.
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It appears by the hundreds of phone calls I have had since I registered 4americans2day,net. You have sold my phone number to every wordpress designer in the world, I have 10 more domains to transfer, but I am sitting on that until I find a better solution, And don't forget this, I have literally owned hundreds of domains in my life time. But I never had this kind privacy invasion. I can't afford privacy on all my domains.
Frustrating to try and resolve something on chat with agents who are not very helpful. Only 2 of the 4 who i dealt with were a bit helpful.
I've never had the exact problem I had with getting this site migrated to Host Gator - in fact, I gave up on trying to migrate it and I'm just rebuilding the site from the ground up which has been tedious and frustrating.
Highly recommended. User Friendly interface. Professional Customer Services
I've found Wordpress kind of hard to work with and you guys haven't been the greatest at helping me to figure it out. Very much hit and miss with your technical people with some of them obviously not being very motivated to help...
Non-existent customer support. Waited over an hour for a rep in online chat. They require you to pay for hosting just to be able to modify your DNS records. I have never heard of that before in all my years reserving domains! - David Shapiro (I always put my name as I stand behind any review I would post)
UPDATE
In my second interaction with their support, they were amazingly helpful, very responsive and knowledgeable. I spoke to a colleague who also uses their service and she raves about them so I will attribute my first bad experience as an anomaly and change my review from 1 star to 5 stars.
Subject: Thank you for your excellent hosting services
Dear HostGator Support Team,
I am writing to express my appreciation for the outstanding hosting services provided by HostGator. As a customer for the past year, I have been consistently impressed with the reliability, speed, and ease-of-use of your hosting platform.
Not only have I experienced fast loading speeds and minimal downtime, but your customer support team has been incredibly helpful and responsive whenever I have had questions or issues. The control panel is user-friendly and has allowed me to manage my website with ease.
I appreciate the variety of hosting options you offer, and the affordable pricing has been a great value for the quality of service I have received. Overall, I am extremely satisfied with my experience with HostGator and would highly recommend your services to others.
Thank you again for your excellent hosting services and your commitment to customer satisfaction.
Sincerely,
HANANE BOUACHRIA
Because their support is great... truly. I am taking all my clients from Hosting company to HostGator because HostGator actually helps me. Thank you
I was a customer before for years. I left for about a year when I retired for a lower cost program. Big mistake! So now I am back on HostGator. Not been perfect, but a huge improvement.
It's been super easy to set up my website with Hostgator. I recommend it 100%
I thought it was a good choice, but instead of a stable service we received almost a month of websites full of errors, just now it appears that the sites are working fine, but no one mailed me to tell me the fix is already done.
Accidently chosen the wordpress. Becuase it does not offer the services metnioned in their plane on the website.
Business Plan now e-Commerce Plan has been following offerings:
1.Unlimited disk space: It is limited to 20 GB and 100,000 files which.
2. $500 Google Ad spend match credit AND $100 Microsoft Advertising credit: It is a joke
3. Cloudflare CDN​: yet not configured
4. Dedicated IP address​: I have enabled after requesting the support.
Where do I begin? I wanted to have 2 domains transferred from GoDaddy to Hostgator but wanted to have the emails migrated first. Was not successful in getting that done and all I keep getting sent is a migration document where I have no website for these domains just emails. Then I was told after paying over $300+ I could not use Weebly so I was charged more money to get a downgraded version that cost me more. I was told no money I could use the credits but I was still billed. Then I Was told to process through Paypal and when that didn't work I was told to wait for a while to try again. I still have not received any credits, my emails or any working domains. I got a call from someone who said they were from Hostgator and when I unleashed on them about my problems they dismissed it and offered web design services which I don't need. I am NOT HAPPY and am considering taking my business elsewhere as of now I feel all my information and materials have been hijacked and it makes me feel vulnerable that I have been scammed out of unnecessary money and time. Please Change my mind before I go elsewhere. The recommendation I was given to switch to host gator has not been a pleasant experience at all and I am truly disappointed.
We have 2 domains we are trying to get transferred and no one seems able to get back to us. We know we need a redirect on one domain so it reaches the other domain.
While troubles are sometimes unavoidable, hostagtor provides very good follow up from trouble shooting to dig up root causes to fixing things well.
You MUST update your website with clear guidance if live chat does not work, "try another browser in incognito mode!". I spend hours trying to figure out how to get help. Getting the ancient 'documents help'. Please. I'm sure other people have had this issue. I had to go to facebook to complain and got help from your Facebook team. I want Hostgator to do well. This is a communication issue that should not be there.
Answer: SITEGROUND FIXED IN HOURS WHAT HOSTGATOR DID NOT OR COULD NOT FIX IN 9 DAYS
Answer: The chat will get you to someone but they will never know what to do to help you. Courteous but useless.
Answer: Hi Bill, We are most definitely a legit company. We've been in the web hosting business since 2002. We've recently been rated in #2 in the top 10 web hosting companies but The Top 10. https://web-hosting.thetop10sites.com/ You can also see our current web hosting offerings here: https://www.hostgator.com/ Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks! Erinn Reputation Manager for HostGator

