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5ionos.com+1.5%
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$227,000 to Apply for a New Domain Ending: The First ICANN Round Since 2012 Closes August 12
by Natalia Nowak · 31 Jul 2026
ICANN's first new gTLD window since 2012 closes August 12: $227,000 per application, country names banned outright, cities needing government letters. Bali wants .bali, and ICANN 87 lands on the island in October, where the bid is due to be announced.
Industry reports
GoDaddy Q2 2026: More Revenue From the Same Customers
by Natalia Nowak · 31 Jul 2026
GoDaddy's Q2 2026: revenue up 6.6%, EPS up 30%, customers up by just 22,000. ARPU, upsell and an $851.8 million buyback are doing the work, and the segment split shows domains and hosting growing slowest of all.
M&A
Infomaniak Goes Public Without Losing Control
by Natalia Nowak · 30 Jul 2026
The Swiss host is listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange by reversing into Perrot Duval, a company listed since 1905, to fund sovereign-cloud data centres. The twist: its foundation keeps majority voting rights, so Infomaniak reaches the market while writing permanent independence into its structure.
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The Hosting Price Squeeze, Part 3: The Playbook
by Michiel Grotenhuis · 30 Jul 2026
In the final part of the series, BrandForge CEO Michiel Grotenhuis turns to the practical question: what do you actually do about rising hosting costs? He borrows from streaming, SaaS, and retail, shares what the community is doing, and argues for reducing dependence on any single vendor.
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Two of cPanel’s Three New Flaws Cross the Line Between Accounts
by Natalia Nowak · 29 Jul 2026
cPanel patched three vulnerabilities on July 29, across every supported branch. Two matter most on shared servers: an unauthenticated request-smuggling bug that can alter other users' responses, and a database flaw that lets an ordinary account reach admin rights and possibly the host itself.
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The Renewal Multiplier Index: What Hosting Costs After the Intro Price
by Natalia Nowak · 29 Jul 2026
First edition of our quarterly index, measured July 29: SiteGround renews at up to 5.3x, the price-lock club at 1.0x, and GoDaddy, HostGator, and Namecheap mid-band at 1.7–3.7x. At every provider with a full plan range, the entry plan renews at a higher multiple than the top plan.
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