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HostGator Reviews Summary

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.

Date of experience: April 12, 2023
New Zealand
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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.

Date of experience: April 10, 2023
New York
1 review
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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.

Date of experience: April 10, 2023
GB
1 review
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Much speedier website
April 8, 2023

Much speedier website - thank you! Very pleased. Would recommend.

Date of experience: April 8, 2023
Missouri
1 review
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There were consecutive days my site went down at the worst possible times but customer support was very helpful in restoring it.

Date of experience: April 7, 2023
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Good but Host email can be easier to go to I have to check it daily

Date of experience: April 5, 2023
Uruguay
1 review
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The host gator representative gave an easy solution to the problem. Thank you

Date of experience: April 5, 2023
Pakistan
1 review
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Highly recommended
April 5, 2023

Highly recommended. User Friendly interface. Professional Customer Services

Date of experience: April 4, 2023
North Carolina
3 reviews
12 helpful votes
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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...

Date of experience: April 4, 2023
New York
1 review
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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.

Date of experience: April 3, 2023
Morocco
1 review
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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

Date of experience: April 3, 2023
California
1 review
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Because their support is great...
April 3, 2023

Because their support is great... truly. I am taking all my clients from Hosting company to HostGator because HostGator actually helps me. Thank you

Date of experience: April 3, 2023
Illinois
1 review
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I was a customer before for years
April 3, 2023

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.

Date of experience: April 3, 2023
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It's been super easy to set up my website with Hostgator. I recommend it 100%

Date of experience: April 3, 2023
Argentina
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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.

Date of experience: April 2, 2023
Pakistan
1 review
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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.

Date of experience: April 1, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
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Where do I begin?
April 29, 2023

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.

Date of experience: March 29, 2023
Minnesota
1 review
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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.

Date of experience: March 24, 2023
Hong Kong
1 review
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Good supports
March 26, 2023

While troubles are sometimes unavoidable, hostagtor provides very good follow up from trouble shooting to dig up root causes to fixing things well.

Date of experience: March 23, 2023
Arizona
1 review
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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.

Date of experience: March 21, 2023