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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
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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
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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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UK2 Group has joined Your.Online
TL;DR - this adds another established UK hosting platform to the group. No product changes were announced. The deal fits Your.Online’s ongoing UK consolidation pattern. What actually happened On 2 February 2026,
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EuroDNS updated its prices for 29 domains, including .ai and .health, after registry changes.
TL;DR - EuroDNS updated retail prices for 29 domains, including .ai and .health, following registry changes. The new prices take effect between 1 March and 1 April 2026, depending on the domain.
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S&P Global believes that Newfold lost over 1 million subscribers (roughly 17%) since 2023
TL;DR - On January 26, 2026 S&P Global, one of the three largest rating agencies in the world, published its latest report on Newfold Digital: “Upgraded To 'CCC+' Following Debt Restructuring” One
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Hosting.com deploys Monarx security across its entire server fleet
TL;DR - Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) has rolled out Monarx security across its full global server fleet. Hosting.com runs infrastructure serving more than 3 million websites across 40+ locations and this deployment
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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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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Public Cloud is growing 16%, but it’s too small to save the quarter for OVHcloud
TL;DR: We went through OVHcloud’s Q1 revenue update press release, the January 8 revenue deck presentation, and Investor Day materials to see what’s really changing and what isn’t.Revenue is up, the plan
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Shared Hosting Tips in Greece
Europe's mature shared hosting markets offer valuable insights. In Greece, Enartia's Marianna Siouti explained their market experience.