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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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Industry reports
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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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
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
Expert's Voice
Shared Hosting Tips in Greece
Europe's mature shared hosting markets offer valuable insights. In Greece, Enartia's Marianna Siouti explained their market experience.
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Shared Hosting Tips in Lithuania
Every market is different, but also the experiences of different companies in the same market can be different. And learning those different experiences can be fundamental for the growth of your company, whether it’s shared hosting or another industry.
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Lessons from .ART
Launched a decade ago in 2016, the .ART domain set out to build a digital community for the art world. While open to everyone, it has become a structured ecosystem for artists, galleries, museums, collectors, and creative organizations. As of this writing in 2026, .ART counts over 344,622 domain registrations and continues to expand. A
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Web Hosts Are Sitting on a Goldmine of Data.So Why Aren’t They Using It?
Before the automobile, striking oil was an inconvenience. Farmers didn’t know what to do with it. Only when the internal combustion engine was invented did oil become the world's most valuable resource. That’s where the hosting industry is with domain data. Every domain you host is a live, evolving signal. It tells you whether a
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Verisign May Regain the Option to Raise .com Prices in 2026
Verisign may again be able to raise wholesale prices for .com domains in late 2026, despite earlier assumptions that such an increase would not be permitted during that year. A closer reading of the company’s contractual framework suggests that the timing of past price increases has blurred how the pricing rules actually work.
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Shared Hosting Tips in Morocco
Hostoweb.com, founded in 2006, is a Moroccan hosting company with its own data center and international presence. Created Morocco's first data center in 2009, later ranked top nationally. One of fewer than 50 African data centers. Launched low-cost VPS platform in 2016. We met CEO Mehdi Tazi to understand Morocco's shared hosting market.
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Shared Hosting Tips in Sweden
The Nordic people were early adopters of Internet technology, and today, Sweden and other Nordic countries have very active, yet unique digital markets.
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CentralNic Reseller Announces Auth-Code Rotation After Suspicious Activity
A recent message from CentralNic Reseller addressed to its customers reveals that the company has observed “activity outside our operational systems that we are investigating” and is taking precautionary measures. The announcement states that while there is no confirmed impact on operational systems or customer data, the reseller will rotate all domain authorisation (auth) codes across its platform
Industry reports
Why Secure Hosting Alliance Matters for the Industry with David Snead & Brett Dunst (DreamHost)
The Secure Hosting Alliance is gaining momentum. More and more companies are joining including big names like Hostinger and DreamHost. So we decided to take a closer look at what this initiative actually is, what it stands for and why it matters for the hosting industry. To make it simple and straight to the point
Industry reports
New cPanel prices for 2026 released – The tradition continues
As has become tradition, cPanel has once again announced updated licensing prices — and, as usual, the hosting community’s reaction ranges from weary sighs to outright frustration. Starting January 1, 2026, new pricing will take effect, and while the increases aren’t surprising, they will certainly sting for many administrators and resellers.
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Why Hostinger Wins the Web Hosting Industry?
When you look at the hosting industry, you don’t expect much change. Most companies move slow, stick to old playbooks, and call it innovation when they add a new control panel theme. I even dedicated an entire article outlining Why Hosting Providers Are So Slow To Change? Understanding the reasons is one thing, but being
Expert's Voice
BalticNOG – the missing piece for the Baltics
When Konrad Keck sat down with Vincentas Grinius during BalticNOG 2025 in Vilnius, the conversation quickly revealed something important: this event was not just another tech conference. It was, as Vincentas himself put it, “the last missing piece” for the region.
Mergers and acquisitions
Com Laude acquires MarkMonitor
The domain management industry is changing again. Com Laude, a key player in corporate domain services, has announced it will acquire MarkMonitor from Newfold Digital. This deal, valued at around $450 million, marks a major shift in the competitive landscape. But what does this mean for the industry - and for hosting providers and corporate domain managers?
Expert's Voice
Shared Hosting Tips in Kuwait
Now it's time to talk about hosting in Kuwait. Population here is 4 plus million people. There is a lot of gas and oil in this area. You can meet two types of people. First: the ones who like oil, gas and everything that supplies them. And second: the rest of the people who come from Sri Lanka, India, etc.
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Shared Hosting Tips in Thailand
We have now reached the beautiful Thailand. The country has a population of around 70 million people and around 30,000 temples, which comes up to about 3 domains per single temple! But let’s talk about hosting now.
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Domain Strategy in 2025: Observations from the InterNetX Domain Summit
By Michiel Grotenhuis and Frederick Schiwek | Web Hosting Today When InterNetX announced its 2025 Domain Summit in Frankfurt, the initial buzz focused on domain portfolios, diversification, and digital security. As experts at Web Hosting Today, and long-time participants in the hosting and domain space, we saw it as more than just another event. This
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Shared Hosting Tips in Kenya
Africa’s digital boom offers huge potential for internet and hosting markets. Kenya, a leading tech hub, exemplifies this growth as it adopts digital technologies.
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