When your website hosting service provider supplies live chat support, you'll be able to talk to a representative live and find out useful info or get a problem resolved in a timely manner. The key advantage of using chat rather than calling to talk to a live person is that you need only a computer with web access, which means that you will not pay any charges when you are in another state or country. Furthermore, it'll be quicker to copy and paste info such as domain names, usernames or error messages i.e. details which are sometimes difficult to provide to the other party on the phone. The live chat is also a considerably faster solution to contact your hosting supplier's support crew as compared to using a ticketing system. Last, but not least, if some situation requires a bit more time to be resolved, you'll be able to do something else while you wait for assistance on the live chat, so you won't waste time - something that is impossible in case you are on the telephone.