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HostGator has a rating of 3.6 stars from 13,422 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with HostGator most frequently mention customer service, long time and many years. HostGator ranks 2nd among Web Hosting sites.

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California
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The process of resolving the issue I brought to HostGator's customer service was painful. I received a total of 67 emails related to my issue over the 53 days it took to resolve. The real humans I interacted with over those 53 days were helpful and nice, but the systems they were helping me navigate were convoluted, often contradictory, and manifestly poor.

Date of experience: August 23, 2024
New York
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It was very difficult getting my website up live and trying to connect with customer support. We kept getting give it 24 hours or 2 -3 days. This delayed us getting our website up and running for weeks.

Date of experience: August 22, 2024
Arkansas
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I had a recurring problem with my IP address getting blocked for a while, but that seems to be resolved.

Date of experience: September 22, 2024
Australia
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I have discovered on three occasions while being with HostGator that my site has gone off-line... it is only when I go to look at it that I discover this. It was due to some security certificate issue.

Date of experience: August 10, 2024
New York
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Reliable and timely support
September 26, 2024

Reliable and timely support. I really don't need a whole lot from HostGator but I also have few issues.

Date of experience: September 16, 2024
Canada
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My site has 404 errors in it but I do not use the site on a daily basis. At some point I should speak with a rep.

Date of experience: September 21, 2024
Kuwait
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All went well in the migration process, except for some misunderstandings/conflicts. But all settled now.

Date of experience: September 22, 2024
Washington
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The site is live but some parts that I had hidden now are visible. It is not exactly how it use to be.

Date of experience: September 18, 2024
California
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I have a lot of problems with hostgator
October 12, 2024

I have a lot of problems with hostgator. So much so I'm actually thinking about switching to somebody else. Your customer service is terrible, your people are poorly trained, I supposedly have an SSL certificate that you guys loaded onto my page but people are constantly having problems saying there's no SSL certificate. You guys need to do better

Date of experience: October 2, 2024
New York
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Good site to navigate
October 17, 2024

Good site to navigate - I don't like that the first page is an ad for additional services and it keeps coming back even if I click that I'm not interested

Date of experience: October 7, 2024
California
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The services offered are great and competitive
October 6, 2024

The services offered are great and competitive. They set up process is fairly quick and easy, even for someone like me who is not an expert. Unfortunately, the customer service experience (for me at least) has not been the best. I have had to call on issues only to get wrong and unclear information.

Date of experience: September 26, 2024
North Carolina
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I often get a lot of spam emails
October 13, 2024

I often get a lot of spam emails. I wish so much that this issue could stop.

Date of experience: October 3, 2024
Greece
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Generaly speaking it is good
August 10, 2024

Generaly speaking it is good. However the continuous update of SSL certificate after the website is not visible any more, and when I am reassured by the help line that this problem is fixed permantly, caused me in the past a lot of frustration

Date of experience: July 31, 2024
Alabama
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In the past I've had a lot of issues with not getting emails from Hostgator when my payment doesn't go through, with the automatic payment not going through, and not being notified. But i think that issue has finally, after several years of problems, been resolved.

Date of experience: September 26, 2024
Michigan
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So far, it's been a good service, but we're coming up for renewal and we'll see how things go. Overall, Hostgator has come through in spite of some bad experiences from colleagues of mine.

Date of experience: August 14, 2024
New York
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I'm not very tech savvy and in the beginning I had some misunderstanding/small issues with the hosting service but tech support was able to help me remedy the issues and get my website working properly. Service has been great since.

Date of experience: July 21, 2024
North Carolina
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I had some weirdness with email
September 23, 2024

I had some weirdness with email. Roundcube Webmail and Outlook clients both. I'll keep my eye on them as at times I cannot successfully send email.

Date of experience: September 13, 2024
California
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I like the on line service guy
August 25, 2024

I like the on line service guy. It's a pretty quick response. I left my request and when I came back, my website was come into life again. Thank you guys. Such professional.

Date of experience: August 14, 2024
North Carolina
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Sorry
September 17, 2024

Sorry. It has been a while since I have talked with the tech support person. My memory is that it went very well and all my issues were resolved.

Date of experience: September 7, 2024
Oregon
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While HostGator has been a reliable web hosting provider, I am disturbed about seeing the price of services double in two years.

Date of experience: September 26, 2024