Overall Satisfaction with Bluehost
Bluehost is a well-known website hosting provider that I decided to move over to as it also hosted Wordpress. After 3 years with our previous provider, I was looking for a company that provided a more cost-effective plan that had some of the essential features required to host an e-commerce website that our clients could trust. After a few months of researching along with checking out comparison websites, it was clear Bluehost was the one that suited the direction we wanted to go.
- Bluehost provides a cost-effective website hosting bundle for WordPress.
- Transferring a domain name was super easy and saved me money on the domain name and domain privacy renewal.
- Provides a basic free SSL certificate for all websites and offers unlimited websites on the pro plan.
- Setting up wasn't difficult but I think for some having tutorial videos would have been better than screenshots.
- Provide more than one free domain on the Plus plan.
- Offer site migration - not an option I saw when I signed up.
- Peace of mind - The positive with Bluehost is that it's cost-effective if you take out a 24 or 36-month plan as you get a greater discount. Knowing you have nothing to pay for a certain length of time means I can focus and invest in other areas of your business.
- More savings - I found that I was able to save on the transfer of my domain renewal, domain privacy renewal, and SSL certificate by joining Bluehost.
- The negative is that your renewal will be on the full price on the same length of the plan you initially signed up for so it's important to keep a note and reminder somewhere handly closer to the time.
Prior to moving over to Bluehost, I was using GoDaddy for 3 years which initially suited me but as I wanted more features and planned on selling products online I noticed the add-ons started adding up. For example, I had to find a free SSL certificate outside of Godaddy as they were charging more than I wanted to pay for. That free SSL was only free for a year and so I was at the mercy of paying or my website would appear as unsecure and untrustworthy. With Bluehost, they provide a basic free SSL certificate and premium ones to suit your business needs. I found out that even their premium SSL certificate was still cheaper than what GoDaddy was offering their loyal customers.