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Bluehost

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Overview

Bluehost has a rating of 3.5 stars from 21,510 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Bluehost most frequently mention customer service, many times, and easy access. Bluehost ranks 1st among Web Hosting sites.

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 43.6%
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Business's Favorite Review

“Happy Days Are Here Again!”

Captain A.
5/31/22

This is the second time calling for assistance and it was great/ your tech support also helping my developers solve the problem. It took some time but we got it resolved. I had Bluehost when if fist launched my website, and for reasons I can't figure out why SEO team decided to move my newly develop site. But it did happen!. Anyway, I'm glad to be back and looking for long and lasting relationship.

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Top Positive Review

“Excellent”

Randy O.
10/8/24

Our experience was great because of generous in terms of user numbers and unlimited storage, efficient processes, and a focus on customer satisfaction. The hosting excels at providing timely support and ensuring smooth operations, which made everything seamless. One area for improvement could be increasing proactive updates, so customers stay better informed throughout the process.

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California
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April 11th, 2024
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Your website still block my connection without any specific warning! I still have to use VPN to connect? How dare you still charge my money and block me at the same time!

Reason I chose this business:

Too lazy to move into another platform

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Washington
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March 23rd, 2024
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So many problems trying to set up this account and migrate the website only to experience a massive malware problem that Bluehost could not fix. Pro-migration did nothing to assist the migration and even deleted the website I had migrated. Very unhappy with the whole experience.

Reason I chose this business:

I have another account with Bluehost and had not experienced so many issues, but the account was established prior to my taking it over.

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Ukraine
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April 14th, 2024
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This is terrible service, I am sorry. I am trying to transfer my domain to another registrar. I have requested the authorization code twice without any success. This is not the way to keep customers.

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GB
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March 27th, 2024
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My subscription is due to expire in 1st April but why will my websites and domain be shut down before my current payment is due to run out. Also why will money be taken from my account before the current subscription ends without a notice of the amount and when they wish to take it out from my account? I received an email earlier this month that a payment of £146.80 precisely for a year's renewal. But today Bluehost took £397 from my account for the same renewal because they have access to my payment details. Calling the to restore the website, I am getting an email that it has been delated and I can call back if I have backups.

Reason I chose this business:

I haven't chosen Bluehost today. I am calling them to resolve my website and domain that they have taken down without owing them.

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Hawaii
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March 16th, 2024
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Nothing but a hassle trying to get to my email. Spent a couple of hours trying to resolve this with your tech person a week ago. He couldn't resolve it. I finally got in somehow, but now can't access once again. Very unhappy.

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Australia
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April 14th, 2024
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Bluehost support and product have always been at its highest standards. So far, the number of years I've been with them has been excellent. Thank you so much as always.

Reason I chose this business:

I chose Bluehost today because of the peace of mind I have with this company. I am a very satisfied and happy customer. Always an A+ service provider.

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Arizona
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March 20th, 2024
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I have difficulty every time I try to log in to this site. I have another site, and I don't have a problem. I have had to change my password several times. The system repeatedly tells me that my username is wrong. It tells me that my email is incorrect. And, it kicks out all my passwords until I have to call for assistance.

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Georgia
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March 20th, 2024
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- Site UI documentation needs to be updated before the UI is update.
- Burying setting behind pages orphaned pages is incredibly detrimental and needs to be fixed. DNSSEC is one page/setting that comes to mind that has had its setting page orphaned. Good thing that isn't used for anything important for a Domain Naming Service.
- Removing security security features and forcing in SMS notification only is dangerous in a world where AI can fake your voice.
- Removing feature accessibility for payed features if you are not using word press does not unfriendly and counter initiative.
- When your site is having a security issue, notifying the user that they have a security issue should be paramount. I should have to wait two weeks to find out what security issue my site is having from your support team while they do the fourth virus scan due to a DDOS attack.

Reason I chose this business:

I chose blue host as it allowed me to upload my own HTML files and not use Wordpress or another site creator. I have since found another alternative and will be disconnected service at the end of this renewal period.

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California
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March 10th, 2024
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I really have found the customer service to be far below what I expected. At Level 3 it is better, but still massive lack of commination and clarity onto what's going on. I have had my site deleted, I have had MX records removed, my site down for several days, found so many bugs between the front and back end. All in all it has been a nightmare.

Reason I chose this business:

The internet recommended them. It was wrong.

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GB
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March 4th, 2024
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My platform kept crashing and I was uploading content and it kept not staying there next time I checked. I finally contacted customer service that said they will deal with this and months (over a year?) later the issue still persisted.

Reason I chose this business:

Only as I am already signed up and cannot be bothered to change the supplier.

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GB
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March 17th, 2024
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Its very hit and miss. I find you are seekign new customers rather than helping current clients. If it is a simple task things are done perfectly, or if I tell you what to do it gets done. But problem solving I find i get fobbed off and sent in circles

Reason I chose this business:

I originally choose it up good uptime and a good deal on packages and willingness to negotiate on those packages, but these qualities have become less and less over the years and also the email system is very old fashioned and I can get no help in sorting out deliverability

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Hawaii
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March 8th, 2024
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Every time I log on, the Message Us box pops up-blocking access to important items/links. This is for a long time now! I can not even log out. I have complained several times. I have cleared cookies/cache, restarted- used different browsers. Nothing gets rid of the Box.

Reason I chose this business:

Because I have an account, But am ready to move all 3 accounts...

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Michigan
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February 20th, 2024
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The chat pop up window and notification bell are a distraction when not in use. I can also do without the large ads for purchases before going to account manager. Otherwise, this experience has been great!

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Canada
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March 22nd, 2024
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I called and chatted with your experieneceeeed agents several times during last month but non of them (NON OF THEM) couldnt solve my Email problem,
Iam just paying monthly fee for professional email and i dont have any yet. What fo you call it? Customer service? For not solving the issues?

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New York
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March 14th, 2024
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I can't add anything at all to my site or update it in anyway without it throwing my whole site off. The color, text, images and everything start to overlap each other. It's pathetic and it's unprofessional.

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California
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March 9th, 2024
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Its been around 4-months and I have never received the free help that was promised me to assist with my website when I made the purchase.
Several customer service personnel said someone was to contact me but that never happened.
So I'll just try doing it myself, without the help bluehost promise, otherwise another 4 months will pass by without my website being published.
Thanks.

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Canada
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April 12th, 2024
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I have spent far too much time trying to launch the site. "Cannot upload you appear to be offline." Telephone help the first time wasn't helpful. Told me they didn't see a problem with my site. But all of my friends and I can't see anything but an error on the site. Searching the web for answers is not helpful for a newbie like me. I'm going around in circles, and the Wordpress editor drives me batty. Doesn't like Chromium, I'll try Firefox. OK never mind, I'll try Safari. Nope let me double check and see if this works on my PC. This is not what I call streamlined nor bug free. So frustrated! Even clicking on help couldn't even get me to the help menu. Wordpress should be separate from wpforms should be separate from bluehost.

Reason I chose this business:

I deeply regret it. I went by price and should have gone with the domain registry company instead,

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New Jersey
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March 2nd, 2024
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Confusing interface. Web Builder is a poor tool. Customer service is taking too long to respond (you overwhelm them with too many clients at a time). Overall, just waiting for my subscription to expire and I am outta here.

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GB
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April 14th, 2024
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Email is frequently bounced back with this sort of error.
Perioodically this makes the Bluehost emaiul service iunfit for prupose.

Host eig-west.smtp.a.cloudfilter.net [34.223.136.48]
MTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
550 185.216.146.27 is listed on Cloudmark CSI-Global.

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Florida
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March 23rd, 2024
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I'm so irritated with the new login and how bluehost continuously tries to trick me into buying add-on services. I shouldn't have to continually tell bluehost I don't want the privacy add-on during the log-in process. When my contract is up, I'm out of here.

Reason I chose this business:

I didn't. I'm sucked into a 3-year contract.

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Colorado
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March 30th, 2024
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I hate that I can't cancel the users I no longer need for Google workspace. I'll be transferring my service away from this overly squeezed POS business model you have going on. Cheers.

Reason I chose this business:

Because I am locked out of my email and didn't want to pay ANOTHER $100 for the only 2-3 users I use vs 7 I had at one time and didn't realize I was signing a year long contract for. I didn't chose bluehost, you forced me into sticking with you past my point of satisfaction. How that's not extortion, I'll never know. Ah, capitalism.

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Mexico
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April 12th, 2024
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Excellent service, I really liked that you immediately resolved the problem and in a very courteous manner, you have a very well-trained person, I am very happy to be with you

excellent service, I really liked that you immediately resolved the problem and in a very courteous manner, you have a very well-trained person, I am very happy to be with you

Reason I chose this business:

Because, I know that you are a serious company with a lot of experience.

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Arizona
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March 2nd, 2024
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Ease of use, and support is often good, but sometimes they give less than helpful guidance. Is this a training issue or lack of experience on the part of tech staff? Likely. Overall, the experience has been good.

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California
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March 31st, 2024
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I've been pretty disappointed in the load times of my site and why should I have to pay extra for privacy? I don't need people knowing my personal info

Reason I chose this business:

Coming to deactivate my account.

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India
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March 7th, 2024

I have been struggling to get my sites up. These are down for the whole day. They dont understand the technicality of the issue and do not let you talk to the technical person and just suspend the account. This is just hooliganism as i have already paid them in advance and can do nothing. I am shifting to another provider.

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