The guardian of .COM and .NET just posted stellar first-quarter numbers. But domain holders might want to sit down before reading the fine print. Best Quarter in Five Years VeriSign, the administrator of the world’s two most popular domain zones, reported financial results for Q1 2026. The company logged 11.5 million new registrations across .COM and .NET – the highest since the first half of 2021. Someone clearly forgot to tell the internet that domains were supposed to be a mature market. Including...
Modified: 04/25/2026... hosting terms, that timeframe borders on unusual consistency. However, the current market conditions have made that approach increasingly difficult to sustain without affecting service quality Hosting provider 4VPS·SU has announced a significant price increase across its services. After maintaining stable pricing for five years, the company has decided it can no longer ignore the steady rise in operational costs—an issue that, until now, had been kept mostly behind the scenes. Why Prices Are ...
Modified: 04/05/2026The update touches multiple areas at once — from traffic limits to renewal pricing — and reads less like a full overhaul and more like a careful reshuffling of familiar pieces Hosting provider ELENAHOST has announced a set of changes to its тарифs and service terms, scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2026. The update touches multiple areas at once — from traffic limits to renewal pricing — and reads less like a full overhaul and more like a careful reshuffling of familiar pieces. Unlimited Traffic...
Modified: 03/31/2026The update touches multiple areas at once — from network performance to pricing logic and the way public IP addresses are handled Hosting provider Beget has announced a set of upcoming changes to its services, scheduled to take effect on April 9, 2026. The update touches multiple areas at once — from network performance to pricing logic and the way public IP addresses are handled. The overall picture looks less like a single upgrade and more like a systematic cleanup of how infrastructure is packaged...
Modified: 03/19/2026The developers behind 1C-Bitrix have disclosed updated pricing for license renewals, set to take effect on January 1, 2026. The adjustment applies across all major editions of the CMS and marks the first broad price revision in several years. What Changes in January According to the company, renewal prices had remained unchanged for roughly three years. From the start of 2026, they will increase by 14–15%, depending on the edition. The explanation follows a familiar industry script: ongoing development...
Modified: 12/26/2025... to be largely unused. According to the YaColo·NET team, clients showed little enthusiasm for tying up large sums of money upfront in exchange for future benefits. The calculator was impressive; actual demand, less so. “Lifetime” Servers to See a Price Increase The second change concerns a price increase for “lifetime” virtual servers, also effective from January. YaColo·NET has not provided a detailed explanation, but in hosting this usually points to familiar factors: infrastructure costs,...
Modified: 12/24/2025Hosting provider Timeweb Cloud has announced upcoming price changes for its Premium NVMe virtual server line. The new pricing will take effect on November 5, 2025 , as the company cites rising costs of hardware and data center services. Existing servers will stay on their current rates — the update applies only to new instances created after November 5. The new prices will also kick in when cloning or changing the configuration of a server. New Prices in Russia Plan Price before Nov 5 (no IPv4)...
Modified: 11/02/2025Hosting provider VDSina has updated the cost of its tiniest virtual server plan: 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, and 10 GB NVMe. The server now costs $0.07 per day, or roughly $2.10 per month. Back when the plan launched last August, it was just $0.75 per month. In other words, the price has almost tripled — a subtle reminder that even the smallest servers can develop a taste for luxury. When Budget Turns into Splurge Originally, this minimal configuration was designed as a “light starter” for testing projects...
Modified: 10/09/2025And the increases aren’t exactly symbolic — some will sting Starting October 6, Identity Digital, the largest operator of new domain zones, will raise registration prices across 231 TLDs. And the increases aren’t exactly symbolic — some will sting. The biggest price shocks Hikes will range from 6% to a whopping 220%. The steepest jumps will hit .forex, .shiksha, and .airforce, where costs will double or even triple. Luckily, each of these zones has fewer than 2,000 domains, so the drama will affect...
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