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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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You Don’t Own Your .io or .ai. You Rent a Country’s Politics.
RFC 1591 says a country-code domain is held in trust, not owned. Build a brand or infrastructure on .io, .ai, or .ly and you rent a foreign government's politics, with a retirement mechanism, seizures, and price ratchets to prove it. The .io Chagos scare was a reprieve, not a resolution.
1 million registrations of .ai domains – 20× increase over 5.5 years
TL;DR - the .ai country-code domain needed roughly five years to scale from ~40,000 registrations in early 2020 to over 1M in early 2026.This TLD, managed by Identity Digital, has a huge
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Lovable’s Acquisition of Molnett Signals a New AI-Led Era in Hosting
If you’ve been tracking the hosting space in Europe, you already know Molnett has built a solid rep for secure, scalable, compliant, and dead-simple cloud infrastructure. This isn’t just about growing footprint, it’s about laying claim to the future of infrastructure in a world where AI is no longer just a feature, it’s the foundation.
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Identity Digital joins forces with Government of Anguilla to manage .AI domain
Identity Digital announced on their LinkedIn profile that they have entered into a significant partnership with the Government of Anguilla (GOA) to manage the .AI domain. This deal is a key move
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The number of .ai domain registrations surpasses 500,000
The .ai domain, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Anguilla, has reached a major milestone by surpassing half a million registrations. According to the latest data, as of October 1, 2024, there are 533,068 .ai domains registered.
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Projections: half a million .ai by year-end
The .ai domain, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Anguilla, has been experiencing a meteoric rise in popularity. Since our last update in April, the number of registered .ai domains has surged, reflecting the growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications. This trend underscores the significance of the .ai domain in the tech industry, making it a hot commodity for businesses and innovators.
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The surging popularity of .ai domains
The .ai domain, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Anguilla, has seen a significant increase in its registration numbers. From December 20 to April 12, the number of registered .ai domains rose from 353,928 to 425,060.
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GoDaddy .AI transfer issues
In a surprising move, the overseer of the increasingly sought-after .ai country code top-level domain (ccTLD) has issued a stark warning to registrants, advising against the transfer of their .ai domains to GoDaddy, the leading domain registrar.