When your hosting supplier provides live chat support, you will be able to speak to a representative live and find out useful info or get a problem resolved promptly. The basic advantage of using chat instead of calling to talk to a live person is that you will need just a computer with world wide web access, which means that you won't pay any fees if you're in a different state or country. In addition, it will be a lot easier to copy and paste details for example domains, usernames or error messages in other words details that are sometimes difficult to provide to the other side on the phone. The live chat is also a faster approach to contact the web hosting service provider's support team in comparison to using a ticketing system. Last, but not least, in case some issue requires more time to be resolved, you can do something else entirely while you wait for support on the live chat, so that you will not lose time - something that's not possible in case you are on the telephone.