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How Tariffs Can Affect the Hosting Industry (And Why It Matters to You)

hosteons April 10, 2025 April 10, 2025 Leave a Comment

Most people associate tariffs with the prices of cars, electronics, or imported goods — not web hosting. But behind the scenes, tariffs and trade restrictions can have a big impact on how much you pay for hosting, how fast your site runs, and whether your favorite provider is even available in your country.

In this tutorial-style article, we’ll break down what tariffs are, how they affect the hosting industry, and how Hosteons stays resilient even when the global landscape gets rocky.

🌍 What Are Tariffs?

Tariffs are taxes or duties imposed by governments on imported goods and services. They’re often used for:

Protecting local industries
Retaliating in trade wars
Generating revenue

When applied to hardware, software licenses, or data center infrastructure, these tariffs can increase operational costs for hosting companies.

🏢 How Tariffs Impact the Hosting Industry

The hosting industry relies on a global supply chain — servers, storage, networking gear, energy, and support services are often sourced internationally. Here’s how tariffs can shake things up:

🔺 1. Increased Hardware Costs

Tariffs on processors, SSDs, memory, and networking equipment can raise the cost of setting up or expanding data centers. Providers may:

Delay upgrades
Increase plan pricing
Reduce performance per dollar

🔺 2. Software Licensing & Control Panels

Some countries may place tariffs or access restrictions on imported software like:

Control panels (e.g., cPanel, Plesk)
Security tools
Enterprise management systems

This can lead to higher licensing fees or fewer features for customers.

🔺 3. Restricted Access or Payment Barriers

Tariffs are often accompanied by sanctions or export restrictions, meaning:

Providers may block access to customers in certain countries
Users may be unable to pay using local or international methods
Entire services may be geo-blocked or legally unavailable

🔺 4. Slower Supply Chain & Hardware Delivery

Increased customs inspections and import duties delay data center expansions — which impacts:

Server availability
Provisioning speed
Cloud reliability in high-demand regions

💡 Real-World Examples

In past years, US-China trade tensions led to increased costs for server components, affecting global pricing.
Sanctions on Iran, Russia, and other regions caused many hosting companies to withdraw services entirely.
Brexit led to complications in data flow, payment processing, and legal compliance for hosting in/from the UK.

✅ How Hosteons Remains Resilient

At Hosteons, we built our infrastructure to withstand global instability, including tariff risks.

Here’s how:

🏢 Singapore-Based Operations

Singapore is known for its political neutrality, stable trade policies, and being a tech-friendly hub — making it an ideal base for global operations.

🌐 Global Server Locations

We deploy servers in multiple countries, so we’re not dependent on one market or jurisdiction. If one region faces restrictions, your services stay online.

🔄 Multiple Payment Gateways

We support over 15+ payment options, including:

Credit/Debit cards
PayPal
Crypto (BTC, USDT, ETH, DOGE, etc.)
Alipay, UnionPay, Dragonpay, QRIS, and more

This ensures clients worldwide can still access and pay for our services even if traditional methods are blocked.

💻 DirectAdmin Over cPanel

Unlike some providers, we use DirectAdmin, a lightweight and cost-effective alternative that avoids high licensing tariffs and offers full control without inflating costs.

🧠 What Can You Do as a Hosting Customer?

Choose providers with multi-region presence (like Hosteons)
Prefer those who accept alternative payments (like crypto or local gateways)
Understand where your server is hosted and how it might be affected by geopolitical events
Consider self-hosting or using VPS options for more control during unstable periods

🚀 Hosting You Can Rely On — Even When Markets Aren’t

Tariffs, trade wars, and restrictions aren’t going away — but that doesn’t mean your online presence has to suffer.

Hosteons is built to be resilient, globally accessible, and future-ready — no matter how the world shifts.

👉 Explore our VPS and Reseller Hosting plans today:

https://hosteons.com

📨 Have questions? We’re happy to help:

https://my.hosteons.com

How to Turn Your VPS from Hosteons into a Unix Shell Account for IRC (with ZNC, Bots, IPv6 vHosts, and Identd)

hosteons April 9, 2025 April 9, 2025 Leave a Comment

If you’re an IRC enthusiast looking to replicate the classic Unix shell account experience, a VPS from Hosteons gives you everything you need — and more.

With support for ZNC bouncers, IRC bots, custom vHosts using IPv6, and Identd (for network compliance), you can build a full-featured, personalized IRC setup in minutes.

🚀 Why Use Hosteons for IRC?

🧠 Full root access on all VPS plans
🌍 Global server locations with great latency
🧾 rDNS support for both IPv4 and IPv6
🧮 Up to 20 IPv6 IPs per VPS — perfect for vHosts
💳 Crypto and global/local payment options supported
⚡ Instant setup via https://hosteons.com

🛠️ Step 1: Choose Your OS & Access Your VPS

We recommend Debian or Ubuntu for IRC-related software.

After provisioning, connect to your VPS:

ssh root@your_vps_ip

Update packages:

apt update && apt upgrade -y

👤 Step 2: Create a Non-root IRC User

For security and shell access:

adduser ircuser
usermod -aG sudo ircuser

Switch to your new user:

su - ircuser

🔄 Step 3: Install and Configure ZNC (IRC Bouncer)

ZNC keeps you connected to IRC even when you’re offline.

Install ZNC:

sudo apt install znc -y

Create configuration:

znc --makeconf

Follow prompts to:

Set admin user/password
Choose a port
(Optional) Bind to a specific IPv6 for vHost use

Start ZNC:

znc

Access via web panel:

http://your_vps_ip:port

Edit config later at:

~/.znc/configs/znc.conf

🤖 Step 4: Install an IRC Bot (Optional)

🐍 Option 1: Sopel (Python)

pip install sopel
sopel configure
sopel start

🥚 Option 2: Eggdrop

sudo apt install eggdrop -y
eggdrop -m eggdrop.conf

🧭 Step 5: Assign IPv6 for vHost (Up to 20 Per VPS!)

List your available IPv6 IPs:

ip -6 addr

Bind ZNC to an IPv6:

Edit ~/.znc/configs/znc.conf:

<Listener listener0>
    Port = 6697
    IPv6 = true
    BindHost = your_ipv6_here
</Listener>

Restart ZNC:

znc --reload

🔁 Step 6: Set Reverse DNS (rDNS) for IPv4 and IPv6

Go to https://vps.hosteons.com
Select your VPS → Network tab
Set rDNS records for both your IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
This helps your vHost appear clean and improves IRC acceptance

🧾 Step 7: Install and Configure Identd (Required by Some IRC Networks)

IRC networks often require an Identd response on port 113.

🔧 Install oidentd:

sudo apt install oidentd -y

Edit config:

sudo nano /etc/oidentd.conf

Example:

global {
    default {
        deny spoof
        deny spoof_all
        allow random
    }
}

user "ircuser" {
    default {
        force "ircuser"
    }
}

Enable and start:

sudo systemctl enable oidentd
sudo systemctl start oidentd

🔓 Open Port 113 in Firewall (if applicable)

sudo ufw allow 113/tcp

Or:

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 113 -j ACCEPT

🧪 Step 8: Test Your Setup

Connect to IRC from your local client using your VPS
Ensure your vHost and ident show up correctly
Use services like mxtoolbox.com to verify RDNS

🧠 Extra Tips

You can install screen or tmux to keep sessions running in the background.
Use crontab -e to auto-start ZNC or bots on boot.
Set up fail2ban or a firewall like ufw to secure your VPS.
Always use strong passwords and keep software updated.

✅ Ready to Get Started?

Choose a VPS plan and start building your IRC shell-like environment today:

👉 https://hosteons.com

Need help? Contact us via https://my.hosteons.com

cPanel Alternative – Reliable and Affordable

hosteons June 28, 2019 June 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

With recent cPanel price increase, it is not affordable anymore especially for VPS and even Dedicated Servers, this recent cPanel price increase is going to force a lots of Web Hosting providers to switch to other Control Panels.

There are very few good alternatives to cPanel as cPanel is feature rich, stable and was not very expensive until now. Some of the alternatives to cPanel are:

Plesk
Direct Admin (Free with Hosteons VPS)
VestaCP (Free)

Plesk is also owned by same parent company as cPanel, so it’s not big deal that even Plesk follows same path as cPanel hence it’s no brainer to switch to Plesk

Direct Admin is a very old, mature and stable web hosting control panel, it just does not have all the good looks of cPanel but it is very stable and secure and also provides regular updates, also unlike cPanel it works not only on CentOS but also many other linux variants like Debian, Ubuntu and many more, it even supports FreeBSD

Direct Admin is much cheaper then cPanel infant we at hosteons provide it for free with most of our VPS Packages, just use coupon code “DA” to get Direct Admin for free with your VPS

VestaCP is another web hosting control panel, but its a free control panel and had some vulnerabilities in past, so it’s OK to use for personal use, but commercial or production use is not recommended.