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Blesta articles
Open-source billing platform for hosts — invoicing, gateways, provisioning modules for cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin and the major registrars.
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Set up the Blesta Support Manager for ticketing and email piping
Install Blesta's bundled Support Manager, build departments, wire up email piping or IMAP import, and stop the two failures that silently drop customer tickets.
2026-07-09
6 min
Sell domains in Blesta with the Domain Manager and registrars
Wire a registrar into Blesta's Domain Manager, import TLD pricing with markup, and start selling domain registrations, transfers, and renewals alongside hosting.
2026-06-26
7 min
Block fraudulent hosting orders in Blesta with anti-fraud
Hosting is a carding magnet — instant provisioning plus stolen cards equals chargebacks and a wrecked IP reputation. Wire MaxMind or FraudLabs Pro into Blesta's order system and gate signups on a risk score.
2026-06-17
7 min
Set up EU VAT, VIES validation, and tax rules in Blesta
Blesta gives you two tax levels plus VIES and HMRC VAT-ID validation, but no OSS reporting or GeoIP — here's how to configure tax rules correctly for an EU hosting business.
2026-06-03
12 min
Connect Blesta to Plesk for automatic subscription provisioning
Wire the Plesk module in Blesta to a Plesk server using an API key, map service plans to packages, and get orders creating real subscriptions without manual touch.
2026-05-30
9 min
Set up the Blesta cron for billing and provisioning
A working Blesta cron configuration — the crontab line, per-task scheduling, how to confirm tasks are firing, and the five failure modes that account for most "Blesta is broken" tickets.
2026-05-17
10 min
Connect Blesta to cPanel/WHM for automatic account provisioning
Wire the cPanel module in Blesta to a WHM server with a scoped API token so new orders create accounts on their own, complete with package mapping, nameserver swap and suspension hooks.
2026-05-17
4 min
Set up Stripe Payments in Blesta without the rounding bug
How to install the Stripe Payments gateway in Blesta, set the payment_intent webhook correctly, and avoid the rounded-amount bug from extra events.
2026-05-16
4 min
Set up PayPal Payments Standard in Blesta with refunds
How to install and configure PayPal Payments Standard in Blesta, locate the Classic API credentials, and enable refunds from the admin panel.
2026-05-16