000webhost negative review #4188 by Maurice Snell (admin@t...)


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61 Lordou Vironos Street
Larnaca 6023
CY
Customer review #4188
1/10
Maurice Snell ( admin@t... )
Time Hosted 3 to 6 months
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I ran an experimental WP blog on 000Webhost for a few months and at first I was pleasantly surprised. Unfortunately it was very short lived. The affiliate program is a scam and it seems even those who reach the minimum payout level are not being paid. Iost so many commissions to cancelled accounts and can see why now.

I contacted them about 159 hours of downtime. I was lied to again and again by incompetent help desk staff (all documented on one of my websites) and suddenly without warning my account was unceremoniously deleted along with all files and databases. Appalling.

This service is nothing more than a loss leader, and laughably not one they can even run properly. Surely the idea is to provide a service and impress users enough to make them want to upgrade once you have proved your mettle. Instead, this crowd treat users with contempt and if their completely unsubtle sales messages fail, be prepared to be kicked off the service with the tired old, same old same old, TOS violation.

Every other support ticket answer is an attempted upsell of whatever paid hosting service these people are pushing - as if anyone in their right mind would pay money after the treatment they are dished out as a free customer.

TOS is a joke and I breached none of them. It seems that if you have the temerity to complain or ask too many questions they will close you down without a second thought, relying on their catch all "we can delete your website at any time for any reason" BS. They really are that terrible and any company who employs such tactics deserves nothing but ill will from all the people they ride over in their attempts to sell hosting to any sucker who signs up with them.

All in all - disgraceful - hugely unreliable, dishonest, sharp business practices and a company to be avoided at all costs. Do not waste your time, because you really will pay for your free hosting with these clowns. To be avoided like the plague.

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