What IHS Telekom does

IHS Telekom is a privately held, ICANN-accredited domain registrar and web hosting provider founded in 1999 and headquartered in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, with a US corporate entity in Wilmington, Delaware. The company operates its own Tier III data center footprint inside the Vodafone Data Center facility in Istanbul, running NVMe SSD infrastructure on CloudLinux OS with LiteSpeed Web Server (including LSCache) and offering multiple control-panel options (cPanel, Plesk, ihspanel, CyberPanel, Zimbra). Its core product set covers domain registration and transfer across global, country-code (notably .com.tr) and new gTLDs (including .istanbul/.ist), shared web hosting (Linux, Windows, cPanel, WordPress, Corporate), VPS and VDS server rental with configurable CPU/RAM/storage, SSL certificate resale (RapidSSL, GeoTrust, DigiCert, Let's Encrypt), the SiteBAZ no-code website builder, and complementary services (Exchange and Zimbra email hosting, Kangal Anti-Spam, OwnCloud file server, TMCH trademark clearinghouse registration).

The business model is subscription-based and self-serve, with a product-led growth motion: customers search, select, and purchase directly through ihs.com.tr with automated activation, freemium trials on SiteBAZ, and monthly-to-annual billing cadences. Pricing is published in USD with Turkish Lira equivalents (1$ = 46.73 TL), with entry-level shared hosting from $0.58/month and VPS from $3.45/month, alongside corporate/reseller tiers reaching $50/month. GTM relies on localized Turkish-language content marketing (blog, knowledge base, free SEO tool suite), social media, referral/affiliate programs, and seasonal promotional campaigns. Customer segments span individuals/SMBs and mid-market businesses as primary, with resellers/web professionals and high-traffic enterprise sites as secondary; the company self-identifies Turkey's largest brands as customers but discloses no per-customer revenue concentration. The company remains founder/management-controlled with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or public-market participation.

Name

IHS Telekom

Legal name

IHS Software & Telecommunication FP LTD.

Website

https://ihs.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IHS Telekom is a privately held, ICANN-accredited domain registrar and web hosting provider founded in 1999, serving individuals, SMBs, mid-market businesses, and resellers primarily in Turkey. It offers domain registration, shared/VPS/VDS hosting, SSL certificates, and the SiteBAZ website builder via a self-serve, subscription-based model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Hosting Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Service Chaining & Multi-Domain Interconnect (Transport SDN, Segment Routing, Cross-Domain Orchestration) (HDAIAIAL)

Keywords

• Web hosting services
• Domain registration
• Cloud server rental
• SSL certificates
• Managed hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Famagusta

HQ country

Cyprus

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Domain Registration: Annual domain registration fees for various TLDs including .com, .net, .org, country-code domains like .com.tr, and new gTLDs. ICANN accredited registrar.
2. Web Hosting Services: Monthly and annual hosting plans including shared hosting (Linux, Windows, cPanel, WordPress), corporate hosting, and reseller/webmaster hosting. Recurring subscription model with monthly and annual billing options.
3. VPS/VDS Server Rental: Virtual private server and virtual dedicated server rental with configurable resources (CPU, RAM, storage, traffic). Monthly billing with optional managed services add-ons.
4. SSL Certificates: Sales of SSL certificates from RapidSSL, GeoTrust, DigiCert brands including EV SSL, Wildcard, and Multi-Domain certificates.
5. Website Builder (SiteBAZ): Ready website creation tool with subscription-based access. First 30 days free trial.
6. Professional Services: Optional paid services including server management, technical support, backup services, and additional IP addresses for VPS servers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

IHS Telekom provides shared web hosting (Linux, Windows, WordPress-optimized, and corporate variants), VPS/VDS/cloud server rentals, ICANN-accredited domain registration and transfer services, SSL certificates, business email hosting (Exchange, Zimbra, anti-spam), and a freemium website builder (SiteBAZ). The company bundles free domain names with hosting plans and offers a 30-day money-back guarantee across its catalog, targeting individual website owners, SMBs, mid-market businesses, resellers, and high-traffic enterprise sites from a Tier III certified data center.

Product overview

IHS Telekom operates as a comprehensive domain and hosting services provider offering a multi-product platform. The core offerings include domain registration and transfer services supporting hundreds of extensions (com, net, org, country-code domains like com.tr, and new gTLDs like .istanbul); web hosting services built on NVMe SSD infrastructure with multiple management options (cPanel, WordPress-optimized, Linux, Windows, and Corporate packages); SSL certificate reseller services from RapidSSL, GeoTrust, and DigiCert; and server rental products including VPS, VDS, and Cloud Servers with customizable resources. Additional services include SiteBAZ website builder for no-code website creation, Whois lookup and SEO analysis tools, Exchange and Zimbra email hosting solutions, Kangal Anti-Spam protection, and OwnCloud file server. The company operates its own Tier III data center in Istanbul and provides 24/7 support with 30-day money-back guarantees on hosting services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SiteBaz: Ready website builder platform allowing users to create websites without coding knowledge. First 30 days free trial available.

Products and services

• cPanel Web Hosting Linux-based shared web hosting delivered through the cPanel control panel with tiered resource plans (Nano, Bireysel, Profesyonel) targeting individual website owners, bloggers, and small businesses. Includes bundled free domain registration, email accounts, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
• WordPress Hosting WordPress-optimized shared hosting built on LiteSpeed with preconfigured WordPress stacks, designed for bloggers, content publishers, and small business sites running WordPress.
• Linux Hosting General-purpose Linux shared web hosting supporting PHP, MySQL, and standard Linux web application stacks for developers and small businesses running custom web applications.
• Windows Hosting Windows-based shared hosting supporting ASP.NET, MSSQL, and other Microsoft-stack technologies for businesses and developers running Windows-specific web applications.
• Kurumsal (Corporate) Hosting High-performance corporate hosting package with high email quotas, multi-domain support, and Zimbra email server integration designed for businesses requiring professional email and multi-site hosting.
• Webmaster / Reseller Hosting Reseller-style hosting for web designers, digital agencies, and managed service providers that allows hosting and managing multiple client websites from a single account with cPanel/WHM-style controls.
• SSL Certificates SSL/TLS certificates resold from major certificate authorities (RapidSSL, GeoTrust, Symantec, Comodo, Thawte) with Let's Encrypt integration, providing website encryption and trust indicators for any hosting plan.
• VPS Server Virtual Private Server (VPS) rental in multiple resource tiers providing virtualized, isolated server environments with dedicated CPU, RAM, and storage allocations for small-to-medium workloads.
• VDS Server Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) rental providing higher resource guarantees and isolation than VPS, targeted at enterprises and high-traffic websites needing dedicated compute, memory, and storage.
• Cloud Server (Bulut Sunucu) Cloud-based virtual server rental offering scalable compute resources across four tiers for applications requiring flexible cloud infrastructure on IHS Telekom's Tier III data center platform.
• SiteBAZ Website Builder Drag-and-drop freemium website builder offered in three subscription tiers with a 30-day free trial, enabling non-technical users to create websites without coding.
• Exchange Email Hosting Microsoft Exchange-based business email hosting in three plans delivering professional email, calendars, and collaboration for SMBs and corporate users.
• Kangal Anti-Spam Anti-spam and email filtering service offered in three subscription tiers to protect inbound email from spam, phishing, and malware.
• Zimbra Email Server Zimbra collaboration suite-based corporate email hosting providing email, calendar, contacts, and collaboration features, integrated into the Kurumsal corporate hosting tier.
• OwnCloud File Server OwnCloud-based private file storage and sharing service offering self-hosted cloud file sync, share, and collaboration for business users.
• TMCH (Trademark Clearinghouse) Trademark Clearinghouse service that helps brand owners register and protect their trademarks during new generic top-level domain (gTLD) sunrise periods.
• Domain Registration and Transfer ICANN-accredited domain registration and transfer service offering a wide catalog of gTLDs and ccTLDs, available standalone or bundled free with hosting plans.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.9% uptime guarantee
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Vodafone Veri Merkezi (Vodafone Data Center)coreTechnology or IntegrationIHS Telekom's servers are hosted at Vodafone's Tier III data center in Turkey. The infrastructure is located in IHS Telekom's dedicated, isolated area within the Vodafone facility, accessible only by IHS Telekom.
• ICANNcoreTechnology or IntegrationIHS Telekom is an ICANN accredited domain registrar since 2007, enabling the company to register and manage all global TLDs with ICANN guarantees.
• cPanelcoreTechnology or IntegrationcPanel is offered as the control panel option for Linux hosting packages, providing customers with familiar interface for managing websites, databases, emails, and applications.
• PleskcoreTechnology or IntegrationPlesk panel offered as control panel option for Windows and Linux servers, providing web hosting management capabilities.
• LiteSpeed TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationLiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) technology with free LSCache used across all hosting servers for improved performance and speed.
• Let's EncryptcoreTechnology or IntegrationFree SSL certificates provided through Let's Encrypt infrastructure, included with all hosting packages at no additional cost.
• CloudLinuxcoreTechnology or IntegrationCloudLinux OS used as the hosting platform, providing isolation between accounts and improved stability for shared hosting environments.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Turhost: Turkish hosting and domain registrar owned by IHS competitor ecosystem. Directly competes with IHS across shared hosting, VPS, and domain registration with similar pricing tiers and target SMBs.
• Natro Hosting: One of Turkey's largest hosting and domain registrars, offering shared hosting, VPS, and SSL on infrastructure comparable to IHS Telekom's stack. Directly comparable as a Turkish-market web hosting provider targeting SMBs and resellers.
• Hostinger: Global low-cost web hosting provider with aggressive pricing and a built-in website builder, similar to IHS's SiteBAZ plus shared hosting portfolio. Competes head-on in entry-level hosting across Türkiye and emerging markets.
• IsimTescil: Leading Turkish domain registrar and hosting provider with deep incumbency in the Turkish market. Highly comparable on domain registration and small-business hosting.
• Hetzner Online: European hosting and cloud provider offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and cloud infrastructure with cost-effective pricing. Competes with IHS in the VPS/VDS and cloud server tiers for mid-market and prosumer customers.
• SiteGround: Premium managed hosting provider specializing in WordPress, shared hosting, and cloud hosting. Comparable to IHS on hosting platform quality and target SMB/agency customer base.
• Markum.net: Turkish hosting provider offering shared, reseller, VPS, and dedicated server services. Comparable mid-sized Turkish-market peer competing for the same SMB and reseller customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• OVHcloud: Large European cloud and hosting incumbent offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and public cloud. Overlaps with IHS's VPS/VDS/cloud stack but operates at much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• GoDaddy: Global domain registrar and hosting incumbent with a full SMB web presence platform comparable to IHS's combined domain + hosting + SSL + website builder stack. Significantly larger scale and global brand.
• Cloudflare: Major internet infrastructure provider offering domain registration, hosting-adjacent services, free SSL, and DDoS protection — directly competing with IHS's SSL, anti-DDoS, and domain registration offerings while bundling CDN capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ihstelekom
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/IHSTekom
• Facebookfacebook.com/ihstelekom
• Instagraminstagram.com/ihstekom

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about IHS Telekom