Website and email migration, site cloning, and DNS transfers.
Domain and Hosting transfers, email migration, site clones and DNS cutovers. I plan the move, stage it on the destination server, then cut over with both machines running in parallel. That covers a single site or a full hosting account, along with the mailboxes, the SSL certificates, and the DNS or domain transfer that usually gets forgotten.
DELIVERABLES
Site move
Files, databases and configuration, from any control panel and any stack. WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Laravel, phpBB and plain PHP applications. Paths, URLs and database references rewritten to match where the site now lives, and SSL set up on the new host so it stays on https.
Email move
Every mailbox and every message, with the folder structure and read state intact. Between cPanel, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho and most other providers, with the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records updated to match.
DNS cutover
The switch itself, scheduled for a low-traffic window with the old and new servers both answering. TTLs lowered in advance so the change takes effect quickly.
Domain transfer
Moving the domain itself between registrars, not just pointing it somewhere new. Auth codes, unlock, and the transfer window handled, with DNS kept serving throughout so nothing goes dark mid-transfer.
Worth knowing: the old server is left exactly as it was. Nothing there is deleted or shut down unless you ask me to, so you have a working fallback for as long as you want one.
HOW IT WORKS
Audit
I take an inventory of what is actually moving: the sites you have named, their databases, the mailboxes, DNS records, cron jobs and SSL certificates attached to them. If the hosting account holds other sites that are staying where they are, I leave them alone. Most of the surprises on a migration are found at this stage rather than during the switch.
Stage
I stand up a full copy on the destination server and test it there while the old host keeps serving. You can review your site on the new server before the switch if you want to.
Cut over
DNS switches in a low-traffic window with both servers running. TTLs are lowered beforehand so the change takes effect in minutes rather than hours.
Verify and watch
I check the site, the forms, the checkout or the mail flow on the new server. The old one stays available as a fallback until you ask me to shut it down. Where there is anything worth recording, you get it in writing at handover.
HOSTS AND PANELS I HAVE MOVED SITES BETWEEN
Hostinger · SiteGround · Bluehost · GoDaddy · HostGator · DreamHost · Cloudways · Namecheap · IONOS · AWS · DigitalOcean · Hetzner · Vultr · Linode · Contabo · OVH · cPanel · WHM · Plesk · DirectAdmin · CyberPanel · HestiaCP · aaPanel
FROM MIGRATION CLIENTS
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CASE STUDY
All case studies →WHAT PEOPLE SEARCH FOR
- changing hosts
- The whole account moves: files, databases, mailboxes and DNS. The plan matters more than the copying does.
- wordpress migration
- A WordPress site onto new hosting, with the database, paths and URLs rewritten to match where it now lives.
- email migration
- Every mailbox and every message, moved with the folder structure and read state intact.
- connect domain
- DNS pointed at the right server. It is also where most migrations quietly go wrong.
- clone website
- A working copy of a live site on another host or a staging server, running independently of the original.
- move to vps
- A site coming off shared hosting onto a server of its own, which usually means setting the server up as well.
- dns and mail records
- MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC set up correctly on the new host so mail keeps being delivered after the move.
- server migration
- A whole server moved rather than a single site, including panels, users and services.
Tell me what needs moving.
Where it is now, where it is going, and roughly how big it is. I will tell you what the move involves.
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