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HostGator has a rating of 2.9 stars from 13,418 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about HostGator most frequently mention domain name, new interface, and credit card problems. HostGator ranks 2nd among Web Hosting sites.

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    85
  • Shipping
    36
  • Returns
    48

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 53.7%
Positive
3,166
Neutral
699
Negative
2,033
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customer service (713) tech support (137) support team (98) tyler moore (80) domain name (63) user interface (34) control panel (28) web designer (36)
Thumbnail of user jarrodb51
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 14th, 2022
Verified purchase

It's good. I doo ok my know what else to say but it's good

Reason I chose this business:

It’s good

Date of experience: April 14, 2022

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Hey Jarrod,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user luisd301
Costa Rica
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 13th, 2022
Verified purchase
Service

Date of experience: April 13, 2022

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Hey Luis,

Thank you for your review.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user stevem2529
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 14th, 2022
Verified purchase

My experience was great. I call host gator my problem and was solved quickly

fast and easy

Reason I chose this business:

The alligator

Service

Date of experience: April 14, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Steve,

Thank you for being apart of the HostGator community!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Bangladesh
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 13th, 2022
Verified purchase

Date of experience: April 13, 2022

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Hey Md,

We would love to get you the support you need. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user salaheddine
Libya
1 review
0 helpful votes
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December 13th, 2022
Verified purchase

Satisfied and appreciate all assistance. Kind team and really helpful.

Date of experience: December 13, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
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Hi Salaheddin,

Thank you for your kind review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user ericd1114
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 17th, 2022
Verified purchase

I used you in the past. I already had an account and I was in a rush.

Date of experience: April 17, 2022

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Hey Eric,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user davidh7091
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 17th, 2022
Verified purchase

Easy to work with! Very pleased with results. Looking forward to more months of posting with them.

Service

Date of experience: May 17, 2022

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Hey David,

That is so great to hear! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user paulc2648
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 5th, 2022
Verified purchase

Great products and Service! And you cant beat the price for all the services that you get.

Quality

Date of experience: May 5, 2022

Thumbnail of user robinl724
California
1 review
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December 27th, 2022
Verified purchase

I emailed for help, and someone always emailed me back within a day and even called for more help.

Very helpful

Reason I chose this business:

I heard of it on a YouTube video by someone explaining Wordpress.

Service

Date of experience: December 27, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Robin,

Thank you for the great review!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user jackiet248
Georgia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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April 30th, 2022
Verified purchase

They are always there for you! There prices are low and you get great customer support.

they fixed the problem

Reason I chose this business:

Service is great

Service

Date of experience: April 30, 2022

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Hey Jackie,

We will always be here for you! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user nanditae
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 16th, 2022
Verified purchase

We thought the server is good. After subscribing it, we found that service is not good.

Date of experience: April 15, 2022

Thumbnail of user atsushio1
Japan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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March 31st, 2022
Verified purchase

I can not receive any e-mail from out side even can send e-mail from my account!

Date of experience: March 1, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Atsushi,

We would love to get this solved for you! We have asked for an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user stj14
Ghana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 25th, 2022
Verified purchase

This service is awesome. Our website is always active

Reason I chose this business:

For good customer service and page speed

Date of experience: April 25, 2022

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Hey St,

Thank you so much for choosing HostGator!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user onebeg
Uganda
1 review
0 helpful votes
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January 3rd, 2022
Verified purchase

Date of experience: January 3, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Onebe,

Thank you for being apart of the HostGator community!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user carlosp488
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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January 31st, 2022
Verified purchase

No clear steps descriptions to follow. Problem to get to the WordPress dashboard.

* HostGator attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

Date of experience: January 1, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Carlos,

We can get you the help you need. We have asked for an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user jimc1265
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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October 17th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: October 17, 2021

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
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Hi Jim,

Thank you for being apart of the HostGator community!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user ahmedf66
Egypt
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 18th, 2022
Verified purchase
Reason I chose this business:

Good company

Service

Date of experience: April 18, 2022

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Hey Ahmed,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user lowells57
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 19th, 2022
Verified purchase

It was cheap and a forum I was on recommended it to me.

Date of experience: April 19, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Lowell,

Thank you for choosing HostGator!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user osamam17
Egypt
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 18th, 2022
Verified purchase

Everything is awesome, the service and the technical support

Date of experience: April 18, 2022

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Hey Osama,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user ronaldfelipep
Colombia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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December 6th, 2022
Verified purchase

Great service to the customers, the support agents are quickly to answer you.

Date of experience: December 6, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Ronald,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user susucayans
Nicaragua
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 18th, 2022
Verified purchase

They do not solve my problem as it should be, it seems that they do not understand me.

Date of experience: April 18, 2022

Thumbnail of user jasons2416
Kentucky
1 review
0 helpful votes
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January 9th, 2022
Verified purchase

Date of experience: January 9, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Jason,

Thank you for being apart of the HostGator community!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user thomasc2241
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 10th, 2022
Verified purchase

New to HostGator. Having trouble getting to my web page to edit it.

Date of experience: March 11, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Thomas,

Our escalations team will be reaching out soon to see what we can do to help. Thank you for letting us know!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user ronaldb992
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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January 18th, 2022
Verified purchase

Awesome! Great Service, Great Product and I love it

Date of experience: January 18, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Ronald,

We love hearing this! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user rethab8
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 29th, 2022
Verified purchase

Easy to work with and provided information and instructions

east to work with and provided useful instruction

Reason I chose this business:

Recommended by Apolomedia

Service

Date of experience: April 29, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Retha,

That is awesome. Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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From the business

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.

Business History

2002 - HostGator was founded by Brent Oxley, who was then a student at Florida Atlantic University.
2006 - HostGator had passed the 200,000 mark in registered domains, the company moved from the original office in Boca Raton, Florida to a new 20,000 square foot building in Houston, Texas and the company opened its first international office in Canada.
2008 - HostGator prepared for competition companies touting "unlimited" hosting services. Founder Brent Oxley was adamant about being able to back up an "unlimited" option prior to offering service named as such and increased staffing.
2010 - HostGator added an office in Austin, Texas.
2011 - HostGator started operations in India with a its office in Nashik, Maharashtra and a data center.
2012 - HostGator was acquired by Endurance International Group (EIG)
2021 - HostGator (All of EIG) was acquired by Clearlake Capitol Group and merged with Web.com and it's brands to become a part of Newfold Digtal.

The future - As we continue to grow as a company we are offering even more amazing services and world class customer support to meet all our needs, big and small. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with you!

Company Representative

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Customer Advocate at HostGator
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I am the Manager of Brand Reputation for HostGator (Newfold Digital) It's my job to ensure our customers are happy! What a great role huh? You'll be hearing from my team in response to your reviews, Marissa & DJ will take great care of you!

HostGator is a leading provider of web hosting and domain name services. Whether you’re a small business and are looking to improve your online presence, or you’re an individual looking for a hobby or portfolio website, we’ve got you covered. With our drag-and-drop website builder, and our application integrations with WordPress, Drupal and Magento, we have the website solution for you. Our award-winning, 24/7/365 support and seamless upgrades will ensure you never get stuck. Try HostGator today! https://www.hostgator.com/web-hosting

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