Web Hosting News & Industry Updates
Breaking news, M&A deals, pricing moves, security alerts and in-depth analysis for the web hosting industry — 643 articles across 14 categories.
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M&A
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
Memory market alert: hosting industry on the brink of revolution
In early December 2025, Micron announced a shockwave in the hardware world: the company is officially exiting the consumer memory business — i.e. it will stop selling RAM, SSD and other memory/storage products under its once-ubiquitous Crucial label.
Industry reports
State of the Word 2025 Recap
The 2025 edition of State of the Word wrapped this week in San Francisco, and for the first time, the keynote synced with a major WordPress release. That’s right. WordPress 6.9 dropped live during the event, adding a dose of adrenaline that no blog post could replicate.
Expert's Voice
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.
Industry reports
Critical Grafana Enterprise SCIM Flaw Hits Hosting Providers: Why Staying Updated Matters
Grafana has released a set of emergency security patches after discovering a critical vulnerability in its Enterprise editions. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-41115, carries the maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and affects environments where the SCIM feature is enabled and used for automated user provisioning.
Industry reports
Transparency Over Tactics: A Closer Look at INBS.software’s Black Week Offer
As part of our research into Black Week behavior in the hosting industry, we looked at INBS.software's uniform approach across ModulesGarden, EasyDCIM, MetricsCube, and PanelAlpha. Our pricing review confirmed that the current discounts match the lowest levels recorded this year, structured within a single cross-brand format.
M&A
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.
Expert's Voice
Domain Registries & Registrars, Here’s What We Should Learn from Barcelona’s New Generation Kiosks
Barcelona is such a tourist destination. We see the signals EVERYWHERE. You don’t need to live 10 minutes away from Sagrada Família or Passeig de Gràcia to identify people from all over
Industry reports
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
Interviews
Exclusive interview with Bluehost CEO
In the hosting industry, real strategic shifts are rare. Most providers talk about innovation, but only a few make moves that genuinely change their long-term trajectory. The decision by Bluehost to migrate
M&A
group.one moves deeper into CEE with acquisition of Estonia’s Veebimajutus.ee
group.one is expanding its foothold in Central and Eastern Europe with a new deal to acquire Elkdata OÜ, the company behind Estonia’s well-known hosting brand Veebimajutus.ee. The agreement strengthens group.one’s position in one of Europe’s most digitally mature markets and follows the company’s earlier move into the region through the acquisition of Webglobe.
Industry reports
X, Spotify, ChatGPT Down – when Cloudflare falls, the web follows
A major outage at Cloudflare is currently causing widespread disruption across the internet, affecting many high-traffic platforms and online services. Users around the world are unable to load websites that depend on
Stock reports
GoDaddy delivers steady growth and a clear direction in the AI transition
GoDaddy’s third quarter 2025 results show a company that continues to balance growth, profitability, and technological transition with discipline. Total revenue reached $1.3 billion, representing a 10% year-over-year increase, while operating income rose 17% to $296.7 million. The company’s free cash flow climbed to $440.5 million, up 21% from the same period last year.
Industry reports
Hostinger Mail: When AI Meets Email, Bytes Turn Into Time Saved
Most people spend more than an hour every single day just dealing with emails. Think about it - replying, sorting, deleting, searching for that one message from two weeks ago... it all adds up. And that’s the problem Hostinger wanted to solve. Instead of trying to patch up what’s already out there, they built something completely new: Hostinger Mail - a business email service created from scratch, with AI at its core.
Industry reports
Nobody wants to build websites
“Most people want to have a website, but almost nobody wants to make one.” - This short sentence says a lot about where the hosting industry is today. For Dallas Kaszuba, one
Hostinger ranked second in Europe for long-term growth by the Financial Times
Hostinger has landed on the podium among Europe’s long-distance growth rockets. In the latest Financial Times and Statista report, “Long-Term Growth Champions: Europe 2026,” the company took 2nd place across all of
Industry reports
Domain Days Dubai 2025 – The Bar Just Got Higher
This was our second time at Domain Days Dubai, and honestly - it just keeps getting better. You could feel it from the moment you stepped into the venue. The buzz, the
Expert's Voice
From Head of Network at STRATO to Leading IPv6 Consultant for Enterprises
BalticNOG – short for Baltic Network Operators Group – is the first event of its kind connecting network professionals across Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, but also opening doors to neighbors like Poland
Expert's Voice
How Web Hosts Are Leaving Cash on the Table
Working with hosting providers day in and day out, I’ve seen one pattern repeat itself: the way upsells are handled makes all the difference. They can either be a quiet driver of loyalty and long-term revenue, or they can chase customers away before the transaction is even complete.
Industry reports
WHMCS 2026 price increase: stability comes at a higher cost
Change is coming to the world of web hosting automation - and it’s going to affect nearly every WHMCS user. Early in 2026, specifically on January 1st, WHMCS will roll out a new pricing structure that marks one of the most significant adjustments in recent years. For many hosting providers, developers, and digital agencies, this announcement has already sparked conversations and some concern about rising operational costs and long-term sustainability.
Industry reports
Plesk announces price and billing model changes effective January 2026
January 1, 2026. According to industry sources and partner communications, this update will introduce an average price increase of approximately 26%, alongside a structural change in how subscriptions are billed. These updates follow Plesk’s established pattern of annual price adjustments and reflect broader changes within the WebPros group’s commercial strategy.