Yesterday, IslandHosting clients got this in their inbox:
We wanted to email you ourselves regarding the upcoming transition for IslandHosting.com. We have enjoyed building the company, along with former partners, into the business it has become. However, after many years, it is now time for us to move on to other endeavours. We have had new opportunities arise that we would like to give our full attention to, but we didn’t want to leave IslandHosting.com without strong leadership at the helm. We feel it is the right time for another company to take over. We have decided to hand over and transition IslandHosting.com to Exact Hosting which is part of the Tucows organization. This will allow their strong leadership to better serve you and facilitate the future growth of the company with you as their top priority.
Exact Hosting and the Tucows team have the same priority as we do, and that is YOU. We are confident that they will handle all of your support questions and technical problems quickly, kindly, and competently. Tucows has assured us that they will make sure the transition goes smoothly, and aside from a few changes in logos, billing and login details, it will be business as usual. We have seen a good deal of the process working with Exact Hosting and are confident you will be well supported in your domain and hosting needs.
We thank you for the time you have been our customer and wish you all the best.
Steve & Catherine Morley
Owners of IslandHosting.com
Although customers have been assured that “it will be business as usual,” this has left some clients wondering. Migrations to large conglomerate hosts can mean slower support queues, price creep, and a one-size-fits-all infrastructure that isn’t tuned for WordPress. Web Hosting Talk users have already catalogued malware-flag issues and long wait times after previous Exact Hosting acquisitions. Here’s a link to the TrustPilot profile for Exact Hosting.
The good news? You don’t have to ride out that uncertainty. John Overall’s WP A-Z Hosting was built from the ground up for WordPress performance, security, and real human support. Below is a clear-cut look at why switching now makes sense and how painless the move can be. They have data centers in Canada, near Montreal. WP A-Z’s head off is on Vancouver Island. When you deal with WP A-Z, you’re dealing with an expert who has over 20 years experience with web design and WordPress.
Web321 has been hosting sites with JohnOverall.net and WP A-Z Hosting for five years now. The performance and support has been outstanding. In full disclosure, we don’t put all our eggs in one basket and Web321 will sometimes keep a site where it is when we start working with a client for our WordPress support, but our default hosting solution is always WP A-Z. It’s the best service we have encountered.
1. Performance That’s Actually Optimized for WordPress
| WP A-Z Hosting Plan | SSD Storage | Bandwidth | WP Toolkit | Backups | Key Extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget | 10 GB | 20 GB | Basic | Twice a week & are available on demand | WHM Xtra, multi-user, 30-day guarantee |
| Small-Biz Standard | 25 GB | Unmetered | Basic | Twice a week & are available on demand | Same extras |
| Premium | 40 GB | Unmetered | Deluxe | Twice a week & are available on demand | Same extras |
All plans run on WordPress-tuned LiteSpeed servers, include cPanel + WP Toolkit for
one-click staging and cloning, and let you roll back to any nightly snapshot in seconds.
2. Real WordPress Experts—No Support Guesswork
- WP A-Z Hosting routes every ticket to technicians who specialize in WordPress and co-host the WP Plugins A-Z podcast. They can resolve plugin conflicts, performance bottlenecks, and theme issues daily—so your question reaches the right person on the first try.
- Exact Hosting operates within a large network where support staff juggle dozens of platforms. While their agents are friendly, they may not have deep WordPress expertise on tap, which can add extra steps before you reach a specialist.
- Web321 is available to offer dedicated WordPress support to clients who need updates, expert advice and solid solutions.
Why it matters: When a critical plugin update breaks your checkout at 9 p.m. on a Friday, you’ll talk to someone who already speaks functions.php, not a generalist who needs to escalate.
3. Transparent Pricing—No Renewal Surprises
WP A-Z keeps its fees flat year-to-year and lists every cost up front. Large network hosts often lure customers with discounted first-year rates, then raise renewals by 200 % or more. With WP A-Z, the price you sign up for is the price you’ll keep.
4. Ready to Migrate Your Site
- Full cPanel copy—including email, databases, and SSL. We tried working with dotEasy recently and they wanted $120/yr. upgrade to add a database to their client’s site, bringing that client’s bill to over $300/yr to host three page WordPress site!
- Temporary staging URL so you can test everything before DNS change.
- DNS cut-over timed for low-traffic hours; propagation is typically under 30 minutes.
5. Security You Don’t Have to Babysit
- WordPress-tuned web-application firewall that blocks XML-RPC and REST-API brute force by default.
- Daily malware scans with auto-quarantine.
- Free Let’s Encrypt SSL issued and renewed automatically.
6. Features Not Commonly Found on the Mega-Hosts
| Feature | WP A-Z Hosting | Exact Hosting (Tucows) |
|---|---|---|
| One-click staging | ✔ | Only on high-tier plans |
| Git over SSH on all plans | ✔ | Limited |
| Per-directory PHP versions | ✔ | Global only |
| Custom server-side cron intervals | ✔ | Limited |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days | 7–14 days |
7. How to Move in Three Simple Steps
- Choose the WP A-Z plan that matches or exceeds your current storage.
- After set-up make a Support request for migration to with your Islandnet credentials.
- Review the staging copy, approve the DNS switch, then cancel Islandnet once SSL and email are verified.
Ready to Migrate?
WP A-Z Hosting will transfer your site, optimize it on arrival, and back it up nightly.
Click here to lock in flat-rate pricing before your next Islandnet renewal.
Your site, your performance, your peace of mind—move it to WordPress experts at WP A-Z.
