Moving a site or a domain in, without downtime.
Moving an existing website to us, moving a domain name to us, and doing either without the site going dark in the middle. The order of operations matters more than any single step — copy first, test second, switch DNS last — and these guides are written in that order.
No, not for a plain host change with the same URLs — there is genuinely nothing for Google to be told.
How long does a website migration take?A few hours to copy and test, then about a week of overlap while DNS finishes catching up everywhere.
How to copy a site to a subdomain for testingA subdomain copy gives you a real, public URL to test changes on without touching the live site at all.
How to keep your URLs working after a moveEvery URL that stops working after a move is a link, bookmark or search result quietly turning into a dead end.
How to migrate just the databaseExport, create an empty database on the new server, import, then point the application at it — the files do not need to move at all.
How to migrate a site from a cPanel hostGetting the files and database out of cPanel is the easy part — the order you copy, test and switch DNS in is what actually protects you.
How to migrate a static HTML siteNo database, no plugins, no configuration file — a static site is the easiest migration there is, if you still test before switching DNS.
How to migrate a very large websiteThe same order of operations applies, just stretched over more time and with a few extra tools to move that much data cleanly.
How to migrate a website with no downtimeZero downtime is not a special technique — it is what happens automatically when the steps are done in the right order.
How to migrate a website to new hostingCopy first, test second, switch DNS last. Get that order right and a migration is boring — which is exactly what you want.
How to migrate a WooCommerce storeA store keeps taking orders while you migrate, so the real challenge is not losing any of them during the handover.
How to move off a hosted website builderMost website builders do not export a working site, so leaving one is closer to a careful rebuild than a straightforward copy.
How to move a website to a new domainA domain change is a bigger job than a host change, because every URL changes and each old one needs a redirect to its replacement.
How to pick the right time to migrateThe best migration window is the quietest one you have, with enough slack afterwards that a surprise does not become a crisis.
How to preview a site with your hosts fileOne edit on your own computer lets you load the new server privately while every other visitor keeps seeing the old one.
How to roll back a migration that went wrongRolling back is simple if the old hosting is still running, which is exactly why you should never cancel it early.
How to test a migrated site before going liveThe whole point of testing before DNS switches is that mistakes are free to find and free to fix while nobody else can see them.
Is website migration free?Yes — website migration is included free with our hosting plans, with no separate charge for the move itself.
The seven things that go wrong in migrationsAlmost every migration horror story traces back to one of a small, predictable set of causes.
The website migration checklistEvery task a website move involves, grouped into before, during, on switch day, and the week after.
What to check after a migrationSwitching DNS is the middle of a migration, not the end — the week that follows is where the real risks actually surface.
Will changing host hurt my search rankings?Not on its own — search engines rank URLs and content, and a clean migration changes neither.
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