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Hosting Is the Next Layer AI Will Transform – Vito Peleg, CEO of Atarim
Vito Peleg of Atarim on why he reads AI as the biggest opportunity hosting has had in fifteen years, how today's vibe coders mirror the server-in-the-bedroom generation that built today's hosting market, and why reactive agencies feel like a tax while proactive ones win.
Hetzner Has Now Raised Prices Three Times in 2026. This One Is Different.
Hetzner announced its third price move of 2026 on May 27, effective June 15. New orders only, portfolio standardised into -1/-2/-3 tiers, and a new Limited tier introduces hardware segmentation as a structural market shift. Other European hosts will face pressure to follow.
Cloudflare Called It AI Restructuring. Every Hosting Company Faces the Same Decision.
Cloudflare cut 1,100 employees (20% of headcount) on a $639.8M record revenue day and used a "builders, sellers, measurers" framework that maps directly onto hosting operations. Billing, support triage, and compliance are where AI closed the gap. The advantage goes to who acts first.
WordCamp Europe 2026: A Hosting Industry Guide to the Schedule
WordCamp Europe 2026 opens June 4 in Kraków with Contributor Day plus two conference days. The Inside WordPress 7.0 panel anchors Friday. Hosting-specific sessions cover stress testing, secure hosting, DDoS, and CERN's 800-site migration. Over a dozen hosting companies sponsor.
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Gandi’s 20% CAGR growth story in 2025
TL;DR - Gandi reported crossing €70M in revenue in 2025 and growth at roughly 20% CAGR. That alone isn’t unique. What is worth noting is how it’s growing: slowly, internationally, and by moving away from cheap domains toward corporate-grade infrastructure services. What happened Gandi is part of the former Total Webhosting Solutions group, now operating
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Why Ghana’s move to take back back .gh is important for domain and hosting execs
TL;DR - Ghana’s government wants full control of the .gh country-code domain. After nearly 30 years of private operation, the state is moving to nationalize it. This isn’t just a local political story but another clear signal that governments are reasserting control over internet naming infrastructure. If you sell domains, run registrars, or depend on
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Secure hosting is a myth – real data finally exposes it
For years, “secure hosting” has been treated as a given in the hosting industry. It appears everywhere: product pages, comparison tables, sales decks. The implicit message is simple - if you host your WordPress site on a serious provider, security is largely handled. Patchstack, a security company focused on real WordPress threat prevention published results
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Team Internet Group shares 50% down YoY. Will it manage to reshape its business after a difficult year?
TL;DR - shares of Team Internet Group are down more than 50% year-on-year after a difficult 2025, mostly caused by a sharp reset in the domain monetization market. The company is now openly talking about the sale of their domains business. The move follows changes driven by Google’s advertising policy shifts, which undermined the economics
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NameSilo crosses 6 million domains
TL;DR: NameSilo has surpassed 6 million domains under management, placing it in the top ~1% of ICANN-accredited registrars worldwide. This is not a flashy product story, but a scale and execution signal that stands out in an otherwise mature and highly competitive registrar market. What actually happened NameSilo announced that it has crossed the 6
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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 people who know how to make a service work. One of the key figures behind this effort is James Grierson, whose decades-long career
Season 3 of the webhosting.today podcast is here and it marks a new chapter
A new year, fresh energy, and a new chapter for the webhosting.today podcast.Season 3 is officially live and it’s the biggest evolution the podcast has gone through so far. If you’ve been listening to previous seasons, you’ll notice the change immediately.And if you’re discovering the podcast for the first time, this is the perfect moment
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IONOS: How to do cross-sell on shared hosting without selling BS
TL;DR - Many companies focus their growth narratives around cloud, platforms, or AI layers on top. Against that, IONOS stands out, mainly because it never tried to reinvent shared hosting. Instead, IONOS quietly turned shared hosting and domains into a highly efficient cross-sell engine and continues to expand ARPU while keeping churn flat. The company’s
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How Wix Harmony can be a real threat to hosts
TL;DR - Wix Harmony, announced in January 2026, is Wix’s latest attempt to shorten the path from idea to live website by combining AI-driven generation with manual editing. In practice, it might deliver faster first results than more “traditional” setups, like hosting + WordPress, but our testing and early user feedback shows that speed drops
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DigitalOcean enters into a partnership with Character.ai
For years, DigitalOcean occupied a very clear place in the technology landscape. It was the cloud you chose when you wanted simplicity, speed, and clarity. A platform built for developers, startups, and smaller teams that didn’t want to wrestle with the complexity, cost structures, and bureaucracy of the hyperscalers. That identity was coherent, effective, and
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Web hosting industry events to watch in 2026
The web hosting industry enters 2026 at a noticeably different stage than just a few years ago. After a decade defined by consolidation, cloud expansion, and rapid experimentation with AI, the market is moving into a more mature phase, where operational efficiency, regulatory alignment, and infrastructure resilience matter as much as growth. Industry events reflect
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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 at State of the Word, This event has grown beyond a community event for developers and site builders. Today, it’s a strategic gathering
Mergers and acquisitions
team.blue acquires Windsor.ai, adds another SaaS to its growing portfolio
TL;DR - team.blue has acquired Windsor.ai, a Swiss-based marketing data integration and attribution platform. Even with significant customer growth over recent years, Windsor.ai remains “small”, relative to team.blue’s scale. This deal is not about short-term revenue contribution, only strengthening the portfolio of SaaS tools acquired by team.blue in recent years - this time with a
Mergers and acquisitions
Your.Online portfolio expands again with the addition of Dtch. Digitals
TL;DR - Your.Online portfolio now includes also Dtch. Digitals, an award-winning, AI-first digital agency from the Netherlands. The announcement emphasizes continued autonomy, though the exact deal structure was not publicly disclosed.Dtch. Digitals retains full operational independence while gaining access to shared playbooks, peer collaboration, and long-term strategic headroom.For Your.Online, the move fits a broader positioning
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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 center expert and former US Navy pilot, has launched Vector Datacenters, a platform designed to meet the unique and growing needs of the AI
Mergers and acquisitions
11:11 Systems Acquires Ntirety
The acquisition of Ntirety by 11:11 Systems, announced in January 2026, is not an isolated transaction. It is another clear indication that the VMware services market is entering a phase of accelerated consolidation following structural changes introduced after Broadcom acquired VMware.
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Acquired to be shut down: How WP Engine absorbed Big Bite for its know-how
TL;DR - WP Engine’s acquisition of Big Bite, a newsroom-focused WordPress agency, matters not because it “changes the market.” It is part of a long-term trend observed for over a decade: hosting companies increasingly acquire SaaS tools, software, services, and agencies to cover the entire customer lifecycle in their offering. This time, however, WP Engine
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Season 3 of the webhosting.today podcast is starting very soon. And a lot is changing
New year, fresh energy and… a brand-new season of the webhosting.today podcast. Season 3 kicks off next week, and it’s safe to say this is the biggest change the podcast has gone through so far. If you’ve been listening to previous seasons, you’ll notice the difference right away. And if you’re just thinking about jumping
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GoDaddy lost ~40% of its valuation over the past year
TL;DR: GoDaddy shares hit a new 52-week low in January 2026. The company beat quarterly estimates with revenue up 10.3% year over year, yet the market reaction remained negative. To understand that disconnect, we examined GoDaddy's latest earnings release, segment reporting, capital allocation disclosures, and recent investor materials. GoDaddy stock prices dropping down in last
Mergers and acquisitions
Com Laude + Markmonitor: A Quiet Deal
At first glance, the acquisition of Markmonitor by Com Laude looks like another solid but unremarkable consolidation in the domain space. Look closer, though, and it becomes clear that this is one of those transactions that says more about where the industry is going than about who bought whom. On January 12, 2026, Com Laude
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