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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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Industry reports
H1 2026: The Six Months That Repriced Hosting
H1 2026 synthesized from forty pieces of verified reporting: renewal spreads past 5x, RAM and storage up 50–300%, domain escalators restarted into record demand, the acquisition funnel measurably broken, $850B of leases off balance sheet, and the machine customer arriving. Growth by invoice.
Software reviews
WooCommerce 10.9 Ships Seven Agent Abilities in Core
WooCommerce 10.9 reaches stable June 23 with seven canonical abilities, five of them write operations, exposed through the Abilities API and MCP. The permission callback is the new security boundary; a Store API change that cuts draft-order writes is a quiet win for hosting economics.
Other
Automattic Turns the WordPress Admin Into a Desktop Software
Automattic's Desktop Mode turns /wp-admin into a desktop OS: resizable windows, a dock, virtual desktops, and AI search. Built in three days during Radical Speed Month, it signals the same UX rethink behind WordPress 7.0 and WooCommerce 10.9.
Industry reports
WooCommerce 10.9 Ships Agent Abilities. The Hard Part Now Belongs to the Hosts.
WooCommerce 10.9 (stable June 23) ships canonical, MCP-exposable abilities for products and orders across 4.3M live stores. Shopify flipped agentic storefronts on for 5.6M merchants; WooCommerce has no central switch, making agent access the hosting industry's next managed-service battleground.
Security
FunnelKit Plugin Flaw Actively Exploited to Skim Credit Cards From WooCommerce Checkout Pages
Every customer who checked out on a WooCommerce store running an unpatched FunnelKit plugin may have had their card number, CVV, and billing address stolen. The attack is active across more than 40,000 sites. Patch to version 3.15.0.3, released May 14, 2026, and assess breach notification obligations.
Expert's Voice
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