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Find a Location

HostPapa Inc has 3 locations, listed below.

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    • HostPapa Inc

      102 - 5063 North Service Road Burlington, ON L7L 5H6

      BBB Accredited Business
    • HostPapa Inc

      1623 Military Road #1013 Niagara Falls, NY 14304

    • Host Papa, Inc.

      1623 Military Road #1013 Niagara Falls, NY 14304

    Business ProfileforHostPapa Inc

    Web Hosting
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    BBB accredited business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 7 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    23 complaints closed in last 3 years

    7 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 13/8/2010

    Years in Business: 17

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

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    Overview

    HostPapa, based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, is a web hosting and cloud services provider for small businesses around the globe.

    Products & Services

    HostPapa offers enterprise-grade solutions to small business owners worldwide in a one-stop-shop, including WordPress, VPS, & shared web hosting; domains; security products; & email/office productivity suites (incl. Microsoft 365, Google Workspace).

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    HostPapa Inc has 3 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • HostPapa Inc

        102 - 5063 North Service Road Burlington, ON L7L 5H6

        BBB Accredited Business
      • HostPapa Inc

        1623 Military Road #1013 Niagara Falls, NY 14304

      • Host Papa, Inc.

        1623 Military Road #1013 Niagara Falls, NY 14304

      Headquarters
      102 - 5063 North Service Road, Burlington, ON L7L 5H6
      BBB File Opened:
      10/8/2011
      Years in Business:
      17
      Business Started:
      1/1/2007
      Accredited Since:
      13/8/2010
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Business Management
      • Mr. Jamie Opalchuk, CEO
      • Mrs. Josey Devereaux, Controller
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Jamie Opalchuk, CEO

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Jamie Opalchuk, CEO
      • Mrs. Josey Devereaux, Controller
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (905) 319-9373
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Website Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      23 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      22/02/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Sales and Advertising Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      Worst hosting experience I have ever had and their services are all about gaining new customers and getting rid of existing customers by attempting to ****** unnecessary funds to continue providing services which were signed up for in the first place. I switched over to them in February 2023 and just shy of the 1 year anniversary of being with them they started bombarding me with emails saying I was using "too much" of their services, and I was the reason for causing server slow downs and even crashes. To let you know how frequently I was working on my blog hosted through these guys, like I said I joined in February 2023 and in total have written 28 blogs. Since October 2023 I have written all of 3 blogs: Oct 24th, Dec 24th and Jan 25th, 2024. The emails of over usage started coming in January or early February (got so many can't keep track) - suggesting I should upgrade and pay more. If a site that has written only 28 blogs in 13 months is "over usage" then that's the host's problem, not the users. Frankly there may be excess traffic of some sort, but it's nothing to do with customer usage. A snapshot of activities shows that in the last 7 days there were 1.5 thousand attempts to hack/access my website that were blocked. That is activity outside of the consumer's control and one for which the hosting company is responsible for maintaining. I personally have paid for my own extra protection to prevent hacking.
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      Customer Reviews

      7 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Rodney M

      1 star

      24/04/2024

      **** **** ** ********* ** ***** ******** ***** I originally signed up for Hostpapa because their prices were very affordable and my needs were simple. I had a simple, low-traffic ******** site and paid for three years of hosting. Two weeks before the renewal date, I started to receive messages from Hostpapa about a vague I/O overuse error, for which the only solution was to pay several hundreds of dollars more for a premium plan. They also invoiced me for this "premium" service that I had never agreed to—an invoice with no details, just a cryptic "service fee" that cost seven times as much as my original contract with them. *** ** ** ************ *** * **** ********** ** **** ******* With the tools available, I was unable to diagnose or even fully investigate the problem they claimed had occurred. They refused to cooperate with me when I asked for specific error logs, and meanwhile a different agent was trying to hard-sell me on the premium plan. * ********* **** **** **** ********** ** ****** *** *** I quickly migrated my site to a **** ********* service provider. I canceled all my services with Hostpapa and yet today, several days after my original renewal date, I'm still getting messages from their agents asking me if I've fixed the problem and threatening to suspend my website (which is no longer on their servers). They are completely unaware and unconcerned about their clients' actual situation. ******* *** **********  ** *** *** * ****** ** ******* * ******* *** **** ***** ** ***** **** **** *** ** **** **** ******* ******* *** **** ** *** **** ***** ****

      HostPapa Inc Response

      30/04/2024

      Thank you for the feedback, ******* I'm afraid that we could not track an exact experience that matched what you have described in our systems and the name used here on BBB. To confirm the legitimacy of the review and figure out what went wrong, please provide any identifying information, such as a ticket or client ID number, that would help us locate your account in our system. This will also ensure that we are looking at the right situation and have accurate and correct data regarding the feedback. Once we have more information, we will be better prepared to investigate these concerns further. Nicolae Customer Happiness Manager HostPapa Inc.

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