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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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New Jersey
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Marjun is EXCEPTIONAL!
January 7, 2023

Unbelievable support! Marjun was patient with me, and she walked me through the entire process of accessing my domain through the Hosting CPanel
Page when I thought my domain was locked. She knew exactly how to direct me step by step.Thank you Marjun!

Date of experience: January 6, 2023
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Mitch,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Since shifting my email hosting to HostGator I am unable to send e-mails. I can receive them and they "send" with no error, but they don't deliver to any e-mail accounts that I send them to.

Date of experience: January 5, 2023
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Megan,

Try giving us a call and we will fix that!

DJ
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California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Recommended by an online class
January 4, 2023

Recommended by an online class. So far it has been fairly easy to use and ver reliable.

Date of experience: January 4, 2023
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

HI Jessica,

Thank you for choosing us!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Friendly, patient and quick service
January 2, 2023

I was having issues with the registration and pointing of my new private name servers, because the registrar of my website was clueless. The tech support at Hostgator took the time to communicate via chat with the registrar until the issue was resolved. Thank you so much.

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Sylvia,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Awesome service
January 2, 2023

Great customer service provided by Chris
Thank you very much

Date of experience: January 1, 2023
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Victor,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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TEAM at HOSTGATER are GREAT!
January 2, 2023

TEAM at HOSTGATER are GREAT!
Very good support help. Easy to speak with and understand your issue right away!
Thank you. PRO HOSTGATERS. Much appreciated. I will contact again if needed.
However when I went to review them I had trouble posting on my iphone my review correctly. That was not their fault. Thanks

Date of experience: January 1, 2023
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Kathy,

Thank you for your great review!

DJ
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PS
1 review
0 helpful votes
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HostGator is a reliable and user-friendly web hosting provider. They offer a wide range of hosting options, including shared, VPS, and dedicated server plans, all of which come with a 99.9% uptime guarantee. The control panel is easy to navigate and the customer support team is always available to assist with any issues or questions. Overall, HostGator is a great choice for anyone looking for a dependable and affordable web hosting solution

Date of experience: December 30, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Moheb,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Exceptional Knowledge
December 30, 2022

I had Mayur help me out today regarding domain redirection, SSL, and SiteLock issues. I found some information along the way which I should have read the fine print regarding after one year of the free upgrade Postive SSL and SiteLock that I needed to pay for renewal. However, this experience is about the interaction between myself and Mayur. Mayur was very informative about the redirection as I did not think it was possible to have the domain.com redirect to domain.ca as the latter domain is from another webhost company due to Hostgator not being allowed to offer domain.ca domains. I am content that I am able to place the free SSL certificate on domain.ca and have the domain.com (purchased through Hostgator) redirected to it. Thanks to Mayur for your assistance! It is greatly appreciated!

Date of experience: December 30, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi William,

Thank you for your kind review!

DJ
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South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Unresolved problems
January 29, 2023

I have been in contact with your support team more than 10 times in the last 2 months and every person that I have been in contact with has been very sweet and helpful and I then always give a good review after the chat, but unfortunately after 2 months the problem is still there. Let me give you a quick summery of the problem I have
I have a website and hosting with HG peppstuckshop.com and I was in the process of creating another website but the domain name was with Godaddy and I wanted it all under one service provider so I transferred the domain guidetoketosis.com from Godaddy to HG and upgraded my hosting package with HostGator (big mistake)
The website that I wanted to load on that domain is a pre-built website purchased from thePLRstore,com my agent (web builder) and I tried numerous times to upload the website without success
So after a chat with one of your support team on the 27/12/22 and he assured me that it is all working fine now I was still not able to load the website
I was now at my wits end so I reopened my Godaddy account bought a new domain and hosting and loaded the website the same day the website is now ketosis4u.com I guess I won't need the domain guidetoketosis.com anymore.

Date of experience: December 29, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey James,

We are so sorry it came to this. If you would like to keep your account with us and have us host your sites give us a shout at [email protected].

DJ
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Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My site is live, which is important, and when I have needed customer service, I have been able to receive functional support through HostGator chat. Support has not been able to resolve my issue in the way that I would've preferred.

Date of experience: December 29, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Kate,

Thank you for your feedback!

DJ
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Bangladesh
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Yes, it is very helpul for me
December 29, 2022

Yes, it is very helpul for me. If auto save password then it will more suitable

Date of experience: December 29, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

HI Mehedi,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Philippines
1 review
0 helpful votes
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You need to improve your overall service. It was my big regret to choose this hosting. It's a pain in my neck. My gosh, my client's site is down for no reason. Your technical support could not solve the problem, and I was forced to migrate to different hosting.

Date of experience: December 29, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Louie,

We are sorry to hear this but we appreciate your feedback!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Recommended by Tyler Moore (YouTube) and ease of use. Also, great pricing.

Date of experience: December 28, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Jacqueline,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent
December 28, 2022

Thank you very much for your help and support, helping me solve such a problem

Date of experience: December 28, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Mohamed,

Thank you for the kind review!

Marissa
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Hong Kong
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent
December 28, 2022

I am too pleased to have chatted with Sharan who had been very very helpful in carrying out the whole transaction. She is quite patient in listening and rendering support, such support becoming more crucial, given the fact that I am computer illiterate. She deserves all appreciation

Date of experience: December 27, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Balwant,

Thank you for the wonderful review!

Marissa
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California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I emailed for help, and someone always emailed me back within a day and even called for more help.

Date of experience: December 27, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Robin,

Thank you for the great review!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Jordan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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17 years now, I experienced most of host providers but my experience with hostgator from 2017 up to now was sparkling awesome and having 5 websites hosted with them, literally you'd feel like family, they support you whenever you need effectively and efficiently from the first session. I highly recommend hostgator. The best ever.

Date of experience: December 27, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Karam,

Thank you for the awesome review!

Marissa
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Utah
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Recommended by my digital marketing and analytics instructor.

Date of experience: December 26, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

HI Brad,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great so far
December 25, 2022

Great so far. I love my site, everyone that I showed my website likes it.

Date of experience: December 25, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Fortune,

That is so good to hear. Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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From time to time, I have issues with my VPS website, which I've had for the past year. While its implementation hasn't been smooth, with many more outages than I would have expected, about half the time I can get decent help. Recently, I've learned about how to reset my server. While I couldn't do that on my own today, I set out for help from Host Gator -- in the early hours of Christmas Day. Not the way I wanted to spend my morning. However, Sherry was there quickly, and she was very fast to respond to my issue, providing me with quick questions and quick guidance that taught me a new path for resetting my server and ultimately fixing the problem that brought my server down. I'm not 100% certain the issue is fixed, but Sherry's help led to restoring my sites in about 10 total minutes. Past times sometimes take lengthy periods waiting for a reply from the support person, sometimes with our getting disconnected from timing out. Not this time. I'm really relieved I'm not spending all morning on this issue. Thank you, Sherry!

Date of experience: December 25, 2022
Reputation T. — HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Ben,

Thank you for your review on Sherry!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator