Web Hosting News & Industry Updates
Breaking news, M&A deals, pricing moves, security alerts and in-depth analysis for the web hosting industry — 812 articles across 14 categories.
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A Vercel for Africa? HOSTAFRICA’s HCode Runs in South Africa
HOSTAFRICA launched HCode on November 5 as its answer to platforms like Vercel, with prices in local currencies across six African countries. The apps run in South Africa. HCode, a rebranded version of the Zanode platform HOSTAFRICA bought in May, starts at R50, or about $3, a month.
Monarx Reviewed 65 Hosts: 10 of 12 Large Hosting Brands Sell Website Security Add-Ons
Partners #cybersecurity#monarx
Monarx's review of 65 hosting providers finds 37 including advanced website protection at no extra cost, 31 selling a separate security product and 18 doing both. Mass-market brands lean toward add-ons, while managed WordPress hosts mostly build protection into the plan.
Who Owns Europe’s Largest Hosting Markets: IONOS Controls the Leader in Germany, Poland and Spain
Industry reports #domains#europe
The four largest Swiss-owned hosts hold 39.8% of .ch domains, while the UK has one British-owned operator among its eight largest. We matched the leading operators in Europe's eight largest domain markets with their owners, and IONOS owns the leader in three of them.
DreamHost Confirms File Manager Breach. FTP/SFTP and Some Webmail Credentials Were Exposed
Security #cybersecurity#dreamhost
A security breach prompted DreamHost's October 23 File Manager shutdown and password resets. An attacker exploited third-party software behind the tool and could access FTP/SFTP credentials of users who signed in, plus some webmail logins. Well under 10% of email and FTP/SFTP accounts were affected.
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Industry reports
Why AI will not replace support – and why that is good news
For the past two years, the same prediction has been repeated across tech media. AI will replace customer support. Chatbots will answer everything. Support teams will shrink or disappear. It sounds convincing in theory. In practice, companies that actually run AI in production are discovering something very different.
Expert's Voice
When Is the Right Time to Sell Your Webhosting Business?
In the hosting industry, the “right moment to sell” often feels like a distant point on the map: first I’ll grow, then I’ll hire, then I’ll organize processes — and only then
Events
PressConf 2026 : The Business of WordPress
After CloudFest: Don’t Miss PressConf 2026 CloudFest draws the top global players in hosting and infrastructure. Big announcements and back-to-back meetings keep the industry’s leaders center stage. After a much-needed post-CloudFest reset,
Partners
Unlocking Hidden Revenue in Web Hosting Through Compliance Services
Web hosting providers work in a legal landscape that’s constantly evolving. These regulatory changes present compliance challenges, but there are also hidden benefits that unlock revenue opportunities overlooked by most hosting providers.
Industry reports
Web Hosting Trends in 2026: Insights from the CloudLinux Industry Report
The web hosting market continues to grow, but running a hosting business is becoming more complex each year. A global survey of 446 hosting providers shows that 65% of companies reported revenue
Industry reports
AI in Customer Support at Scale – How Hosting.com Handles One Million Conversations a Month
When people talk about AI in customer support, they usually imagine a chatbot answering simple questions. But in reality, the most interesting implementations go much deeper than that. A good example is Hosting.com - a global hosting company with more than 900 employees and around a million support conversations every month.
Expert's Voice
Value Selling in Web Hosting
Playing the Long Game Previously, we discussed how hosting providers focus on upsell revenue opportunities and fail. This is not due to a lack of features or traffic, but rather because they
M&A
team.blue buys Czech lead generation company Saleskit
European digital services group team.blue has announced the acquisition of the Czech B2B sales platform Saleskit. The company shared the news in a post published on its official LinkedIn profile.
Industry reports
Why Newfold Digital’s Debt Struggles Matter to the Hosting Industry
In 2025 and early 2026, Newfold Digital, the private equity-backed company behind major hosting brands like Bluehost, HostGator, and Network Solutions, moved from being an infrastructure giant to a headline name in the corporate debt markets.
Security
Webhosting.Today February 2026 Security Update
Security doesn’t stand still, and neither should the hosting industry. Welcome to the February 2026 WebHosting.Today Monthly Security Update, created in partnership with our trusted security sponsors, Monarx and Patchstack. Together, we’re
Industry reports
March 15 Changes SSL Forever – What Hosting Teams Need to Know
Nothing explodes on March 15 at 00:00, and existing certificates keep their original expiry dates. The change hits when you issue or reissue certificates from that point on: the maximum lifetime drops to 200 days, and the industry is already committed to shrinking it further.
CloudFest
CloudFest 2026 grows bigger as organizers announce the new “CloudFest Village”
CloudFest, one of the largest events focused on internet infrastructure, will return in 2026 with a larger footprint and new areas for attendees. The organizers say the event will welcome more than
Industry reports
Fire and power cuts at an AWS data centre in the UAE trigger a long cloud outage
A major outage hit Amazon Web Services in the United Arab Emirates after “objects” struck a data centre building, causing sparks and a fire. Local emergency crews cut power to the facility as they worked to put out the fire. What started as a problem in one Availability Zone later spread into a wider regional failure, with two zones impaired and the company warning recovery would take at least a day.
Expert's Voice
The 3 Waves of WordPress AI: Why “Vibe Coding” Will Destroy Your Support Team
Hosting has a simple job description: keep websites online, fast, and fixable. “Fixable” is the part most AI demos conveniently skip. A site can look impressive in a screen recording and still be a nightmare the moment a real customer opens a ticket that starts with, “Something broke - can you help?”
Expert's Voice
Reducing Churn with Proactive WordPress Maintenance: How Seahawk Media is Helping Hosting Providers
Customer churn has become one of the most persistent challenges for web hosting providers, particularly those serving WordPress-based websites. As competition intensifies and switching costs remain low, hosting customers are increasingly quick
Expert's Voice
The “Hello, world” churn nobody budgets for
If you run a hosting business, you already know this story, even if you’ve never named it. A customer buys a plan, logs into WordPress, clicks around for a minute… and then you see the ticket. “Please cancel.” When you check their site, it’s still the default post. Nothing built, nothing launched, nothing connected to a real goal.
Plus Hosting Group Initiates Strategic Evaluation of Adminbolt as Next-Generation Control Panel Across Its European Hosting Portfolio
Denver, Delaware – February 2026 Plus Hosting Grupa, a leading Croatian cloud and hosting group, has entered into a structured pilot program with Adminbolt to evaluate Adminbolt as a potential control panel
Industry reports
Hetzner raises prices from April 1, 2026 – cloud increases reach up to 37%
Hetzner is raising prices across its portfolio beginning April 1, 2026, and the change doesn’t only hit new customers. The company confirms the new pricing applies to both new orders and existing products, and even orders placed before April 1 can be billed at the new rates if delivery happens after that date.
CloudFest
CloudFest 2026: 10 Speakers that you can’t afford to miss
CloudFest 2026 will take place between March 23 and 26 at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany. This year's theme - “The Sustainability of Everything” isn't just about green energy. It's about whether the
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Is PrestaShop’s February 2026 security alert linked to over 21 million records allegedly leaked from the Addons Marketplace?
A community-led forensic investigation links the attacks to a reported breach of 21 million records from PrestaShop's own Addons Marketplace. PrestaShop has not confirmed or denied the connection, only issued a security