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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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Uganda
1 review
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March 25th, 2024
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It used to be a good service provider, but it is now expensive, prices keep on increasing day by day.

Date of experience: March 15, 2024

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Pakistan
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January 18th, 2024
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There is a malware in my domain for which i have been contacting the team Since October 2023 but the issue is not yet resolved

Date of experience: January 11, 2024

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South Carolina
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March 2nd, 2024
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The last provider could not keep me off the spam list. Your hosting is not either, but no one can tell me how to fix it. It hurts my business.

Date of experience: February 21, 2024

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New York
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March 23rd, 2024
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For pricing and ease of use. The site sucks now and so do the prices. Whomever redesigned this is $#*!ed.

Date of experience: March 13, 2024

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Florida
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July 13th, 2023

They always have great support and always update their products. Nothing but good things to say. Hosting and Domains.

Thanks for the support.

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Date of experience: July 12, 2023

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GB
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January 13th, 2023

I've been with them for many years and they're always quick to respond when you need help (and they're friendly and patient too).

Date of experience: January 12, 2023

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Arizona
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January 21st, 2024
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I'm trying to review my plans and your pop up chat window can't be closed. I can't see the billing info or get to manage my plan.

Date of experience: January 14, 2024

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Estonia
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April 11th, 2024
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You are not willing to take my money for hosting services and I have to move my sites to other hosting provider :(

Date of experience: April 1, 2024

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California
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January 13th, 2024
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A friend challenged me in graduate school to see who could figure out how to make a website fastest. I had heard about hostgator from a professor.

Date of experience: January 13, 2024

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California
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April 16th, 2024
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I have not had any problem until now when suddenly my website was offline because the subscription expired.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024

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New York
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March 31st, 2024
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I wanted a change from GoDaddy and found Host Gator. I appreciate their cost competitiveness and ease of use.

Date of experience: March 21, 2024

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Washington
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February 19th, 2024
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Cost. I'm upset by the limits placed on your pin. It needs to be a number I can remember and your system won't accept the one I want to use.

Date of experience: February 19, 2024

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Tennessee
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April 14th, 2022
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Cost and Reliablity I left Hostgator for about 2 years tried a few other host and came back 5 years ago because Hostgator has been the best for me and my company.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022

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Hey Anthony,

We are happy to have you back! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Washington
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April 15th, 2024
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Enabled auto-renew by default. After finding out that this was done and receiving a large charge to my card they would not reverse the change.

Date of experience: April 5, 2024

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Austria
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April 15th, 2024
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Slow interface; lots of incorrect and contradicting email notifications... poor layout / user experience

Date of experience: April 5, 2024

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New Jersey
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January 13th, 2024
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Cost and supposed ease. Although I am having issues because I am trying to learn wordpress on youtube while building this site.

Date of experience: January 6, 2024

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GB
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January 10th, 2024
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Found performance woeful, and hate how I am always prompted to sign up to something rather than getting straight to my portal

Date of experience: January 3, 2024

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Canada
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March 14th, 2024
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Your retention options, cost wise, are horrific and forced me off the platform minus the absolute essentials you had sunk your teeth into me for.

Date of experience: March 4, 2024

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Italy
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January 11th, 2024
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The new panel sucks and reminders of SSL subscriptions arrive every week despite the fact that payments have already been made

Date of experience: January 4, 2024

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Tennessee
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April 4th, 2024
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I cannot understand the support staff most of the time. I have to ask them to repeat what they said several times.

Date of experience: March 25, 2024

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Florida
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April 15th, 2023
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SCAM ALERT!
On 3/12, I purchased a domain from Hostgator, and my banking system confirmed the purchase date and time. However, as of 3/16/23, I still didn't have access to the domain as it was showing as "Pending provisions". I contacted a Hostgator representative via chat who informed me that my domain had been purchased by Sav.com on 3/13, and they now own it.
It's worth noting that I had previously owned the domain for over four years, but it had expired and was out of commission for less than 100 days. On 3/12, I searched for different websites to repurchase the domain and eventually settled on buying it from Hostgator, which charged me for the purchase. Either my search triggered Sav.com to buy the domain, or this is a scam involving both Sav.com and Hostgator.
I am now in a dispute with Hostgator to regain access to the domain, but they cannot assist me without the pin number on my account. I have used the same 4-digit pin number to access similar tech platforms for over two years, but Hostgator claims that the pin number I gave them is incorrect. They suggested resetting the pin by sending a link to the email address on file, which is associated with the expired domain.
Hostgator informed me that the admin department would have to handle this issue, but they could not provide a timeline for when they would contact me.

This situation is alarming because my account, which contains other products, is at risk of being stolen since my pin number has been changed and the domain I paid for has been stolen as well.

Hostgator's customer service used to be reliable, but it took me over 30 minutes to locate the chat box, and when I clicked on "Live chat," it only led me to articles with no link to an actual chat box. I would not recommend using Hostgator and I also advise not trusting Sav.com.

Tip for consumers:
dont!

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Date of experience: March 16, 2023

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Egypt
1 review
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March 22nd, 2024
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Systeam is deficaltie from update caird and rewe many steps to rewe domain or hosting and not say auth code derict other all hosting easy for all stepes

Date of experience: March 12, 2024

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New York
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November 9th, 2023
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I really am not a fan. The site's email server is besieged with spam and telemarketers. I'm going to switch once the contract is up

Date of experience: November 2, 2023

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Ohio
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February 22nd, 2024
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The Message Us box blocks my view of your website and I can't close it. There should be a way to close it if I don't need to contact you.

Date of experience: February 15, 2024

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Nevada
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January 1st, 2024
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Product seemed relatable to what we were working on. BLOG management is weak and SSL experience is sometimes full of issues.

Date of experience: January 1, 2024

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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.

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!

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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!

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