When your web hosting provider offers live chat support, you will be able to talk to an agent live and learn helpful information or get a problem resolved in a timely manner. The advantage of using chat instead of calling to talk to a live person is that you need only a computer with Internet connection, so that you will not pay any charges in the event that you're in another state or country. Furthermore, it'll be easier to copy and paste information for instance domain names, usernames or error messages i.e. details which are sometimes difficult to provide to the other side on the phone. The real-time chat is also a considerably quicker approach to contact your hosting provider's support team as compared to using a ticketing system. What's more, in case some problem needs some more time to be taken care of, you're able to do something different while you wait for support on the live chat, so that you won't lose time - something that's not possible if you're on the phone.