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WordPress expert James Lee talks about managed WordPress hosting, AI, and meeting the UX expectations of the “TikTok generation.”

In this interview, Robert Jacobi – Chief Experience Officer at Blackwall and a leading voice in the open-source and hosting community – speaks with Openprovider content editor Brendan Boyle about: Openprovider: To start off, what’s your view on the current web traffic landscape? What major changes have you seen in recent years, whether in traffic ...

Introduction In today’s competitive domain market, finding the right registrar partner as a Porkbun alternative can make the difference between a smooth, profitable operation and one bogged down by high costs, limited automation, and slow support. This guide doesn’t aim to discredit the mentioned brands, but to offer an objective comparison based on publicly available ...

If you manage hundreds or thousands of domains, you know the drill: scattered expiries, last-minute renewals, risky DNS changes, and tickets that pile up when something breaks. AI won’t replace your team, but it will streamline the busywork, surface risks earlier, and help you make better decisions faster. In this article, we’ll unpack how domain ...

Introduction Before writing this article, we’ve analyzed data from more than 355,000 transfers across over 1,400 companies (mainly hosting providers, MSP and web agencies) managing anywhere from hundreds to tens of thousands of domains, and performing hundreds of thousands of domain transfers. This is one of the largest studies in the industry, showing how critical ...

For domain resellers, IT service providers and hosting businesses, the choice of domain platform shapes margins and efficiency. When evaluating a HostPapa alternative, many businesses hit bottlenecks typical of hosting-centric platforms: built primarily to package hosting for end users, they often lack the reseller-grade pricing, automation, and billing controls agencies and providers need to sell ...

The web hosting industry is evolving at record speed and so are the economics driving it. Hosting companies, domain resellers, and digital agencies are facing a complex mix of rising infrastructure costs, intense competition, and growing customer expectations for up-time, security, and speed. As big players strengthen their grip on global infrastructure, smaller businesses are ...

Robert Jacobi, one of the most influential voices in the open source and hosting space, outlines the unseen security threats targeting domains and websites today.

Selecting the right domain registrar is critical, particularly for digital agencies, domain resellers, and businesses managing multiple domain portfolios. The market offers many choices, but today we will focus on Dynadot and Openprovider, two major players serving different yet sometimes overlapping market segments. Our comprehensive analysis covers pricing, user-friendliness, feature sets, support quality, scalability, and ...

Email is still one of the most essential services your clients need, yet many resellers leave this revenue stream in the hands of third-party providers. In this guide on how to set up and sell Openprovider Business Email, we’ll deep dive into how you can offer a professional, secure, and scalable mailbox solution directly through ...

Compounded data samples on US-based small businesses and republished by Hostinger in 2025 expose how 27% of small businesses don’t have a website yet, but the vast majority of them (87%) are planning to create one in the near future.  And, with the website being the primary digital point of contact of modern businesses, choosing ...

Choosing the right domain name is one of the most decisive steps in building an online presence: domain owners and resellers should know what it takes to do it, and should keep their customers informed on how to avoid common mistakes. In fact, domain name pitfalls create a domino effect that marks the future of ...

AI domain tools are reshaping the domain-name aftermarket.  For instance, AI-powered appraisal,-scraping, and keyword-trend tools now let investors identify undervalued names, predict fair market prices, and automate outreach faster than any human broker could manage. This is relatively important for a business registering a new domain, but extremely valuable for service resellers looking to increase ...

Transferring a domain name should be a straightforward task, but as many domain resellers, agencies, and IT service providers know, it rarely is.  At Openprovider, we support a wide variety of domain professionals who face domain transfer problems daily. From small agencies working on tight deadlines to enterprise resellers handling bulk domain migrations, we’ve clustered ...

In a digital ecosystem where milliseconds can define a customer experience, hosting providers and web infrastructure companies are turning to artificial intelligence to stay competitive: AI and automation in hosting mean growth when customer expectations, regulatory pressure and scalability are adjusting to new standards.   From smart resource allocation to instant threat mitigation, the shift is ...