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Latest Expert's Voice news, updates and analysis from the web hosting industry — 51 articles.
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Thirty Deals in Six Months: The H1 2026 Hosting Consolidation Map, and the Two Clocks Driving What Sells Next
H1 2026 produced a US$1B Polish hosting-commerce merger, a $450M registrar champion, serial buyers closing two deals apiece within a fortnight, and a $40B data-centre record, while Google's AdSense shutdown forced Sedo and Team Internet to market. The map, the multiples, and the debt walls pushed to 2028-2029.
GoDaddy Q2 2026: More Revenue From the Same Customers
Industry reports #airo#arpu
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.
The Hosting Price Squeeze, Part 3: The Playbook
Expert's Voice #control-panel#pricing
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.
The Renewal Multiplier Index: What Hosting Costs After the Intro Price
Pricing updates #bluehost#hostinger
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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The Hosting Price Squeeze, Part 3: The Playbook
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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The Hosting Price Squeeze, Part 2: Should You Actually Pass It On?
Part two of the hosting price squeeze series tackles the decision that keeps founders up at night: pass rising costs on, absorb them, or find a middle path. A segment-by-segment guide to raising prices without breaking customer trust.
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The Hosting Price Squeeze, Part 1: Why Your Costs Keep Climbing
Almost everything hosts depend on has gone up fast: energy, hardware, consolidation, and above all software licensing, from cPanel's post-2019 climb to Broadcom's VMware reset. Part one of a three-part series on what is really driving hosting costs up.
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What Indian Hosting Customers Are Teaching the Global Hosting Industry
India crossed 950 million internet users in 2025. Indian hosting customers are forcing the industry to rethink what "good hosting" means: simplicity, transparency, bundled support, AI-assisted onboarding, and a focus on business outcomes over infrastructure specs.
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AI Makes Smaller SMBs Serviceable
AI is making micro-SMBs easier to serve by reducing the effort needed to launch, support, and grow their online presence.
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Hosting Has a Gap, and It Is Not Infrastructure
The gap in hosting has never been infrastructure. It has been ownership - who is responsible for the full stack once a system goes live. Servebolt and Crowd Favorite are closing that gap together.
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How to Sell Security in Hosting (Without Scaring Your Customers)
There’s a moment in the hosting sales flow where everything can quietly fall apart. The customer has picked a plan, they’re ready to buy, and mentally they’re already there. It should be
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Is the hosting industry stuck in the past? The problem of legacy security
The hosting industry has gone through a major transformation in recent years. Infrastructure is faster, tools are more mature, and automation keeps improving. AI is also starting to reshape how services are built and managed.
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Building Growth with SEO and AI‑Enhanced Search
AI-enhanced search is reshaping search. Here's how to stay visible in both traditional and AI-powered results and convert that traffic into revenue.
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When Is the Right Time to Sell Your Webhosting Business?
In the hosting industry, the “right moment to sell” often feels like a distant point on the map: first I’ll grow, then I’ll hire, then I’ll organize processes — and only then
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Value Selling in Web Hosting
Playing the Long Game Previously, we discussed how hosting providers focus on upsell revenue opportunities and fail. This is not due to a lack of features or traffic, but rather because they
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The 3 Waves of WordPress AI: Why “Vibe Coding” Will Destroy Your Support Team
Hosting has a simple job description: keep websites online, fast, and fixable. “Fixable” is the part most AI demos conveniently skip. A site can look impressive in a screen recording and still be a nightmare the moment a real customer opens a ticket that starts with, “Something broke - can you help?”
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Reducing Churn with Proactive WordPress Maintenance: How Seahawk Media is Helping Hosting Providers
Customer churn has become one of the most persistent challenges for web hosting providers, particularly those serving WordPress-based websites. As competition intensifies and switching costs remain low, hosting customers are increasingly quick
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The “Hello, world” churn nobody budgets for
If you run a hosting business, you already know this story, even if you’ve never named it. A customer buys a plan, logs into WordPress, clicks around for a minute… and then you see the ticket. “Please cancel.” When you check their site, it’s still the default post. Nothing built, nothing launched, nothing connected to a real goal.
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Why Hosting Companies Are Expanding into SaaS, E-commerce, and Ecosystems
For years, the value proposition was simple: rent space on the internet, keep it online, keep it fast, keep it safe. And that still matters - immensely. But it’s no longer where most of the value is captured. In 2026, the most ambitious hosting companies are no longer competing primarily on CPUs, storage, or even performance benchmarks. They’re competing on something much messier and far more powerful: the customer’s workflow.
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Can event sponsorships provide measurable ROI for hosts?
This is the fair question hosting companies ask. Field marketing is an interesting entry on the budget sheets. Events serve as a great place to build relationships, earn trust, and reinforce brand
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Google introduces a new e-commerce protocol for AI agents and WordPress is not part of it yet
TL;DR - Google published a new commerce protocol designed for AI agents, not humans. Major SaaS platforms are already aligned. WordPress and WooCommerce are not part of the process yet. The issue
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A Look Behind the Scenes of WordPress Global Expansion
From Industry Veteran to Global Expansion Lead WordPress is no longer ignoring global expansion efforts. It is no longer a future agenda item; rather, it is a current, actionable step motivated by
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The Inflection Point of WordPress
Conversation With Jesse Friedman of Automattic and WP Cloud The WordPress ecosystem is always evolving, but right now the pace of change feels faster than ever. Nowhere was that more obvious than
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Jose Ruiz Launches Vector Datacenters
A Purpose-Built Platform for the AI Era A new player is making waves in the hyperscale world, and those familiar with digital infrastructure will recognize the name. Jose Ruiz, a seasoned data