When your web hosting company offers live chat support, you're able to talk to an agent live and find out useful information or get a problem resolved in a timely manner. The key advantage of using chat as an alternative to calling to talk to a live person is that you need only a computer with Internet access, which means that you won't pay any fees in case you are in a different country or state. In addition, it will be easier to copy and paste information such as domains, usernames or error messages in other words details that are sometimes difficult to provide to the other party over the phone. The real-time chat is also a much quicker option to contact the web hosting provider's support crew compared to using a ticketing system. What's more, in case some trouble requires more time to be taken care of, you can do something different while you wait for support on the live chat, so you will not lose time - something that's not possible when you're on the telephone.
