HostPapa

HostPapa
Company typePrivate company[1]
IndustryWeb hosting, SSL certificates, small businesses, Information Technology
Founded2006
FounderJamie Opalchuk
HeadquartersBurlington, Ontario, Canada
Websitehostpapa.com

HostPapa is a Canadian-based privately owned web hosting company that provides shared, reseller, and virtual private server (VPS) hosting. It operates in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Mexico, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, European Union, France, Ireland, Belgium and Spain. In 2023, the company provided hosting services to more than 500,000 websites.[2]

History

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HostPapa entered the dedicated and hosted applications' market in 2002, and began offering web hosting services to customers in 2005, through its first registered domain.

It was officially founded in Canada by Jamie Opalchuk in 2006. In 2010, HostPapa was accredited by the Better Business Bureau.[3]

The previous company logo, including the "Papa" character, was the result of a 2012 "Who's Your Papa?" logo design contest. The current logo was designed and launched in 2022.

In June 2012, HostPapa partnered with Cloudflare, a website performance optimization company.[4][5] Also in 2012, HostPapa announced a partnership with SiteLock Website Security.[6]

HostPapa appeared on the PROFIT 500 ranking of Canada’s fastest-growing companies based on five-year revenue growth for 5 consecutive years, from 2013-2017.[7][8][9][10][11] On February 9, 2015, Dropmysite announced multi-language partnership with HostPapa.

HostPapa has received several awards since the company was founded, including Uptime Awards from NCM Online and WHTop.[12][13] In 2021[14] and 2022,[15] HostPapa placed #329 and #348, respectively, on Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s top growing companies.

Acquisitions

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  • In 2020, HostPapa purchased 9 other hosting companies, including Korax, Lunarpages, PacificHost, Santa Barbara Hosting and Canvas Host.[16][17]
  • In 2020, they purchased Data Deposit Box, a provider of cloud backup and recovery technology.[18]
  • In April 2021, they purchased Silicon Valley Web Hosting from Denetron LLC.[19]
  • In June 2021, HostPapa acquired the web hosting companies LFC Hosting[20] and iHost.[21]
  • In July 2021, HostPapa acquired UptimeMate,[22] keeping it as a standalone solution while also intending to offer it as a part of their PapaCare+ plan.[23]
  • In January 2022, HostPapa acquired web hosting provider Osiris Communications.[24]
  • In February 2022, HostPapa acquired web hosting provider WooCart.[25]
  • In March 2022, HostPapa acquired the Californian company, Cloud 9 Hosting.[26]
  • In January 2023, HostPapa acquired the web hosting and logo design operations from Deluxe Corporation for an undisclosed sum.[27] This acquisition includes ColoCrossing's flagship BUF1 data center in Buffalo, New York.[28]

Infrastructure

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HostPapa has web hosting infrastructure, including Hewlett-Packard hardware and servers, networked by Cisco equipment, in various tier one data centers in Canada and around the world. The company operates North American-based call centers for customer support in English, French, German, and Spanish. Its hosting services use Sucuri server software and CloudProxy.[29]

The company uses MailChannels SMTP relay anti-spam technology to analyze outbound email behaviour in order to limit unwanted emails and ensure email delivery to its customers. Customers use cPanel control panel to access HostPapa's web hosting software.[30]

In July 2017 CEO Jamie Opalchuk said the company plans to broaden its data center coverage with servers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.[31] In 2020, the company launched two new data centers,[32] in Amsterdam and California respectively.

Services

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HostPapa offers several shared website hosting plans[33] which provide unlimited domains and subdomains, with 500 to 1000MB limited individual email,[34] MySQL, cPanel access, and private name services.[35][36] They also offer VPS hosting, reseller hosting, and Managed WordPress hosting.[37]

Incidents

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On May 7, 2015, Fergal Gallagher from Tech Times reported a worldwide hacking issue that endangered millions of websites.[38] WordPress software (content management system) vulnerabilities could have allowed hackers to gain control of websites using the default theme and plug-in if the website owner or administrator clicked on a malicious link. At the time of publication, major web hosts, including HostPapa, had already fixed the vulnerability.[39]

Philanthropy

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In 2011, through the Love Trees charity, HostPapa donated 10,000 trees in Africa for Earth Day.[40][41] HostPapa was given the Love Trees Partnership award of Merit.[42] That year, HostPapa held a promotion in which it donated $5 to Save the Elephants for every GoDaddy customer who transferred to HostPapa.[43][44] In 2016, HostPapa began supporting Kiva.org,[45] a microfinance crowdfunding platform.

References

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  1. ^ ""PrivCo-HostPapa"". PrivCo. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ "HostPaPa Usage Statistics". Built With. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. ^ "BBB Business Review". Better Business Bureau. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ Clark, Jack (1 March 2013). "CloudFlare's Railgun protocol gets buy-in from web giants". The Register. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (26 February 2013). "Cloudflare Partners With World's Leading Web Hosts To Implement Its Railgun Protocol, Speeds Up Load Times By Up To 143%". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. ^ von Wedel, Xenia (11 July 2015). "Complex Websites Are at Increased Risk for Security Breaches - Interview with Neill Feather, President of SiteLock". Internet of Things Expo. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ^ https://www.hostpapa.ca/about-hostpapa/pressroom/hostpapa-makes-the-2017-profit-500-for-the-5th-year/ [bare URL]
  8. ^ "#7 - HostPapa Inc". PROFIT 500 Magazine and Profitguide.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  9. ^ "#251 - HostPapa Inc". PROFIT 500 Magazine and Profitguide.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  10. ^ "#301 - HostPapa". PROFIT 500 Magazine and Profitguide.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  11. ^ "The 2015 PROFIT 500: Toronto's Fastest-Growing Companies". PROFIT 500 Magazine and Profitguide.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  12. ^ "100% Uptime Rating". NCM Online. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Hostpapa Review". Verified Business Hosting. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Canada's top growing companies 2021". The Globe and Mail. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  15. ^ "Canada's Top Growing Companies: Meet 430 businesses that will give you expansion envy". The Globe and Mail. 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  16. ^ Spadafora, Anthony (22 September 2020). "HostPapa continues US expansion with Canvas Host acquisition". TechRadar. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  17. ^ Spadafora, Anthony (21 October 2020). "HostPapa buys another Canadian web hosting company". TechRadar. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  18. ^ "Data Deposit Box Inc. Enters Into Agreement to be Acquired by HostPapa, Inc". finance.yahoo.com. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  19. ^ "HostPapa snaps up Silicon Valley Web Hosting". techradar.com. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  20. ^ "HostPapa Acquires Another Web Hosting Firm, Buys Canada-based LFC Hosting". Hosting Journalist.com. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  21. ^ https://hostadvice.com/blog/hostpapa-acquires-ihost-networks-as-part-of-its-expansion-strategy/ [bare URL]
  22. ^ "HostPapa acquires uptime monitoring software UptimeMate". HostPapa. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  23. ^ Mirchevska, Sara (2021-07-21). "HostPapa Acquires UptimeMate, Further Boosting SMB Dependability". HostAdvice. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  24. ^ "HostPapa Buys Web Hosting Provider Osiris Communications". Hosting Journalist.com. 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  25. ^ "HostPapa acquires web hosting provider WooCart | Feb 2022". WHTop. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  26. ^ Abigail Opiah (2022-03-24). "Hostpapa acquires Cloud 9 Hosting to boost SMB offering". TechRadar. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  27. ^ https://www.investors.deluxe.com/News/news/news-details/2023/HostPapa-Agrees-to-Acquire-Deluxe-Corporations-Web-Hosting-Logo-Design-Operations/default.aspx [bare URL]
  28. ^ "Deluxe Sells Web Hosting Business to HostPapa". LowEndBox. 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  29. ^ Fernandez, Alessia (2020-01-23). "5 Best managed wordpress hosting services compared 2020". HPLaptop.co Laptop Mobile Information News. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  30. ^ "Next Advisor web hosting guide: The cPanel". NextAdvisor. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  31. ^ "HostPapa – a One-Stop-Shop for Small and Medium Businesses | HostAdvice". HostAdvice. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  32. ^ https://www.hostpapa.ca/about-hostpapa/pressroom/hostpapa-launches-new-data-centers/ [bare URL]
  33. ^ "HostPapa Shared Hosting Plan Features". InsideHost. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  34. ^ "Shared Hosting Details". HostPapa, June 09, 2018.
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  37. ^ https://www.hostpapa.com/web-hosting-plan/managed-wordpress-hosting/ [bare URL]
  38. ^ "Hackers Target WordPress Bug, Putting Millions Of Websites At Risk 7 May 2015".
  39. ^ Southern, Matt G. (2015-05-06). "Millions of WordPress Websites Affected By Plugin Vulnerability". Search Engine Journal. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  40. ^ "Love Trees honours HostPapa with the Love Trees PARTNERSHIP AWARD OF MERIT for giving 10,000 children in Africa trees". Love Trees. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  41. ^ "Web Host HostPapa Donates 10,000 Trees in Earth Day Campaign". The WHIR. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  42. ^ "Love Trees honours HostPapa with the Love Trees PARTNERSHIP AWARD OF MERIT for giving 10,000 children in Africa trees". Love Trees. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
  43. ^ "Rivals go after Go Daddy". CNN Money. CNN. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  44. ^ "HostPapa Puts Its Support Behind Saving the Elephants in Africa". HostPapa. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  45. ^ https://www.hostpapa.com/about-hostpapa/pressroom/hostpapa-supports-kiva-org-to-empower-small-business-owners-around-the-world/ [bare URL]
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