Web Hosting News & Industry Updates
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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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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
M&A
11:11 Systems Acquires Ntirety
The acquisition of Ntirety by 11:11 Systems, announced in January 2026, is not an isolated transaction. It is another clear indication that the VMware services market is entering a phase of accelerated consolidation following structural changes introduced after Broadcom acquired VMware.
Industry reports
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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Season 3 of the webhosting.today podcast is starting very soon. And a lot is changing
New year, fresh energy and… a brand-new season of the webhosting.today podcast. Season 3 kicks off next week, and it’s safe to say this is the biggest change the podcast has gone
Industry reports
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
M&A
Com Laude + Markmonitor: A Quiet Deal
At first glance, the acquisition of Markmonitor by Com Laude looks like another solid but unremarkable consolidation in the domain space. Look closer, though, and it becomes clear that this is one
Stock reports
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
Expert's Voice
Shared Hosting Tips in Greece
Europe's mature shared hosting markets offer valuable insights. In Greece, Enartia's Marianna Siouti explained their market experience.
Expert's Voice
How Tailwind’s success became an AI-mediated discovery problem
On January 6, 2026, Tailwind Labs laid off approximately 75% of its engineering team, despite continued growth in adoption across SaaS products, WordPress ecosystems, and modern web stacks. According to founder Adam
Expert's Voice
Designing Scalable Cloud Infrastructure
Real-World Lessons for Building Modern, Hybrid, and Multi-Cloud Hosting Platforms Building scalable infrastructure in the hosting industry requires a fundamentally different architectural mindset than designing traditional IT systems or cloud-native stacks. Hosting
Expert's Voice
Shared Hosting Tips in Lithuania
Every market is different, but also the experiences of different companies in the same market can be different. And learning those different experiences can be fundamental for the growth of your company, whether it’s shared hosting or another industry.
Expert's Voice
Proxmox VE and the Market Shift Shaping Virtualization
A research-driven overview of why Proxmox VE is gaining traction as organizations reassess virtualization strategies, and how WHMCS providers can translate this momentum into a structured, automated service offering using the Proxmox VE VPS & Cloud For WHMCS module by ModulesGarden.
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Founder Spotlight: Raquel Manriquez
Raquel is the founder of WonderlandCurious, a tech event consultancy dedicated to creating innovative, people-first experiences. With over a decade of leadership and contribution in the WordPress ecosystem, she brings deep community
Expert's Voice
Lessons from .ART
Launched a decade ago in 2016, the .ART domain set out to build a digital community for the art world. While open to everyone, it has become a structured ecosystem for artists,
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Web Hosts Are Sitting on a Goldmine of Data.So Why Aren’t They Using It?
Before the automobile, striking oil was an inconvenience. Farmers didn’t know what to do with it. Only when the internal combustion engine was invented did oil become the world's most valuable resource.
Industry reports
The Rise of Revenue-First Operations
As agencies face rising costs and tighter budgets, revenue-first operations are reshaping how growth is achieved. By prioritizing profitability, delivery efficiency, and white label partnerships such as models used by Seahawk Media agencies are scaling sustainably without increasing headcount.
Industry reports
Verisign May Regain the Option to Raise .com Prices in 2026
Verisign may again be able to raise wholesale prices for .com domains in late 2026, despite earlier assumptions that such an increase would not be permitted during that year. A closer reading of the company’s contractual framework suggests that the timing of past price increases has blurred how the pricing rules actually work.
Industry reports
The hosting market is entering a bot-first reality – key takeaways from WP Engine’s 2025 traffic report
WP Engine has released its 2025 Website Traffic Trends Report, based on first-party data and external sources like Google CrUX and Cloudflare. This is not another vision piece. It is a snapshot of what is already happening on production websites — at scale.
M&A
team.blue announces Macaly acquisition
team.blue has publicly announced the acquisition of Macaly, an AI-driven web application builder, sharing the news first through its official LinkedIn channel. The move marks another step in the group’s steady expansion beyond traditional hosting services and into AI-assisted website and application creation.
Industry reports
Bluehost makes a clear move toward AI leadership
In the hosting industry, executive changes often signal more than just a new name on the org chart. This week, Bluehost made such a move by appointing Antonis Papatsaras as its new Chief Technology Officer. This is not a symbolic hire. It is a strategic one. Bluehost is openly positioning itself as an AI-first platform for small and medium-sized businesses, and this appointment confirms that direction.
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