White-label hosting lets agencies sell hosting services under their own brand without managing servers. It creates recurring revenue and strengthens client relationships, but introduces operational overhead and liability.
Every hosting provider advertises uptime percentages. 99.9%. 99.99%. Some claim 100%. The numbers look similar but represent dramatically different amounts of acceptable downtime. Understanding what these percentages translate to in real time, and what the provider’s SLA actually commits to, is essential before you sign a hosting contract for a business-critical site.
Next.js has become the default choice for production React applications. Its flexibility supporting static generation, server-side rendering, and API routes makes it powerful, but hosting requirements vary dramatically based on how you use Next.js.
Most hosting partner programs promise recurring revenue and say very little about how they actually deliver it. This guide breaks down the mechanics: how partner programs are structured, what the economics look like at different client volumes, and the specific questions worth asking before you commit to a program.
Every agency founder reaches a point where the question of specialization becomes urgent.
Do you stay broad and take work across industries and service types, or do you narrow to a specific vertical, platform, or service? The honest answer is that both models can produce strong businesses, but they operate on different growth curves and require different infrastructure decisions.
The term ‘eco-friendly hosting’ gets applied to a range of initiatives: renewable energy data centers, carbon offset programs, and, in InMotion Hosting’s case, refurbished enterprise server hardware.
Creative agencies operate under deadline pressure that most businesses don’t experience. A client’s campaign goes live on a specific date. The site needs to handle traffic from a media mention, a paid campaign, or a product launch. When hosting fails at that moment, the agency bears the reputational cost.
Choosing between PostgreSQL and MySQL is one of the most consequential decisions in your application’s architecture. Both are mature, open-source relational databases, but they approach database design with different philosophies.
When Red Hat discontinued CentOS as a free, stable downstream distribution in 2020, AlmaLinux emerged as one of the leading RHEL-compatible alternatives.
AlmaLinux 9 ships with Linux kernel 5.14, a significant jump from AlmaLinux 8’s kernel 4.18. This newer kernel brings improved hardware support, better performance for modern CPUs (including latest gen Intel and AMD processors), and enhanced security features like kernel lockdown mode.
A VPS, or Virtual Private Server, is a type of web hosting that gives your website its own dedicated resources on a shared physical machine. Read More >
You’re not sharing CPU or RAM with other websites the way you do on shared hosting, but you’re also not occupying an entire physical server the way you would with dedicated hosting. It’s the practical middle ground, and for most growing businesses, it’s where performance, control, and cost intersect most favorably.
Not every CMS belongs on every website. The same platform that powers a solo blogger’s site can also run a global media operation — or quietly limit it. This guide breaks down the leading content management systems of 2026 by use case, covering everything from market share leaders to headless options, so you can match the right platform to the actual requirements of your project.
A traffic spike is when your server receives more simultaneous requests than it normally handles. For WordPress sites, the most common triggers are a product launch, a viral social post, a media mention, or a seasonal promotion.
Ubuntu is the most widely deployed Linux distribution for VPS hosting. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Long Term Support) is the standard for production deployments, with support until April 2027. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS extends through 2029. This guide covers what to know before provisioning, how to configure Ubuntu VPS for production workloads, and which InMotion plans support…
The term ‘bare metal’ gets used loosely in hosting. Sometimes it means a dedicated physical server with no virtualization layer. Sometimes it means unmanaged dedicated hosting. Sometimes it means something between the two.
Project revenue is unpredictable. One month you close three new clients; the next month you close none. Recurring revenue solves the cash flow problem that quietly limits most agencies’ growth: when your baseline income covers operating costs, every new project becomes growth rather than survival.