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Founded in 2002
Houston, Texas, United States
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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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Bangladesh
1 review
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Your support is extremely poor
August 18, 2022

Your support is extremely poor. I tried several time to chat with a person with my problem but I did not find any. Waiting waiting and waiting. Even there is no emailing system. Very fade up.

Date of experience: July 19, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Md,

We would love to look into this issue. We will send you a private message.

DJ
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North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great customer service via phone
July 15, 2022

Great customer service via phone. Chat isn't the best.

Date of experience: July 15, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Jason,

Thank you for your feedback!

DJ
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Ghana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent and Perfect option
July 14, 2022

Excellent and Perfect option. Very much secured compared to others.

Date of experience: July 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Mohammed,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I didn't have a specific reason in particular, though the starting discount proved a good argument.

Date of experience: July 12, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Ren,

That's okay, we are just happy to have you!

DJ
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Guatemala
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Es una muy buena experiencia, puedo editar mi sitio y hacer actualizaciones de manera fácil y rápida.

Date of experience: July 11, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hola Walter,

¡Gracias por tu reseña!

DJ
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Hey Walter,

Thank you for you review!

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Ghana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I saw lots of ads and ratings and i actually chose HostGator due to their highly advertised 24/7 Live Support. But now, i dont get attended to

Date of experience: July 7, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Outline,

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

DJ
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AE
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Email not working for last 72 hours. Tech support is not giving any ETA. This is very bad

Date of experience: July 6, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Al,

The email issue should be resolved by now. If it is not reach out and we will see what is going on!

DJ
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Peru
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A veces mi sitio se pone lento, pero luego se solucciona. Al menos es rapido para poder subir mis archivos.

Date of experience: July 5, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hola Daniel,

¡Gracias por tu reseña!

DJ
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Hey Daniel,

Thank you for you review!

DJ
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Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I chose HostGator because it was advertised as the Best and Easiest way to create and host your website.
For me it's only been frustrating to the point that I don't even want to try anymore.

I can't afford to have a site built so I will approach other avenues to achieve my goals.

Date of experience: July 4, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey John,

We would love to see how we can help make this better. We have asked for an Escalations Manager to reach out!

DJ
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California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy to use and I figured I have enough experience with WordPress to compare. It's just as easy.

Date of experience: July 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Nathaniel,

That's what we want to hear. Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Ecuador
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I love your service
July 2, 2022

I love your service. I'm a beginner using this kind of tool and creating a blog but I'm satisfied with the service

Date of experience: July 2, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Katherin,

We are so happy to hear this. Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator.com

Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I forgot my pin. They asked for a new email to verify. 2 days letter. They have asked me for a court letter from a judge. Bank statements. Articles of incorporation. Business licenses. I have been hung up on twice. Promised to be called by managers - no responses. I have told them I need my email to work for critical work issues, and for my kids school. No response. Its a holiday weekend and they are still asking for more and more information. They told me to pay more for more storage and that would solve the issue. I paid more money it didn't work - but they asked me for a court order from a judge to prove I am the owner of the company. Unbelievable. Run don't ever do business with this company - their customer service is the worst I have ever experienced in my life on this planet. Not even close.

Date of experience: July 2, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Mark,

Something isn't right here. Let us fix this. We have sent you a message asking for more information.

DJ
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Honduras
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Its hard because the Tech Support just in English, i can speak english, especifically tecnical words

Date of experience: July 1, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Jose,

Thank you for your review! We will definitely look into this and see what we can do.

DJ
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Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Neverending Outage for an "Upgrade"
July 29, 2022

Host Gator has no clue how to handle a server updgrade. Our VPS server was down for 33hrs while the tech support kept saying 5-30min. They had no insight or updates, just "we're performing a migration to upgrade". After 33hrs of downtime the server was back up for about 24hrs and now it's down again. Tech support said the migration will be over "today". So, that's another day of missed revenue and angry clients. 4 days to perform a migration is just awful. Once the server is back up I'm getting a refund and moving my sites elsewhere.

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

Hey James,

We would love to make sure things are fixed. We have asked for more information so we can better assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Nearly no one at tech support knows what is going on with anything at all. The one consistent answer is, I don't know what went wrong but it will take 7 business days before it will be fixed. This went on for well over a month. 6 weeks and then I finally had enough. Nearly every tech support person didn't know what was going on, they couldn't fix it, I was often hung up on when they realized it wasn't going well, and those who stayed until we finished the call pleaded for a great review. Ugh.

Date of experience: June 28, 2022
NL
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have used it in the past for other websites and I really like how helpful the customer service can be.

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

Hey Nancy,

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

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very easy and intuitive
June 26, 2022

Very easy and intuitive. Would recommend for anyone

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

Hey Clayton,

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

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Used you before years ago and knew you were reliable

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

Hey Alexandre,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So I've had hostgator for about 2 years and had no problems but then my business name changed and I've had all these problems and nothing working. Ive needed help every day since and no one fixes the problem. The answers I get are it will take 2-4 hrs and the site will work and its been over a week and still the same problem.

Date of experience: June 24, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey April,

We want to get you the help you deserve and get this problem resolved once and for all. We have sent you a private message so we can better assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Switzerland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am on HostGator since many years' am very happy with the support and services, but please since tow days all my Emails are not connected to the servers can't send attachement or open my mails.
Thank you

Date of experience: June 24, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Marey,

We're happy that you're happy! Thank you for your kind review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator