Hosting
Moving hosts sounds risky and rarely is. The trick is to build the site fully at the new host, test it there, and only then send visitors across.
Published 29 April 2026 7 min read
Two minutes now avoids a bad afternoon.
Download the website files and a database export, and keep a copy off both hosts. Even when your new host migrates for you, an independent copy is your safety net.
Upload the files, import the database, update the configuration and open the site on a temporary address or by editing your own hosts file. Click through the important pages, submit a form and, if it is a store, complete a test order.
Create the mailboxes at the new host, copy existing mail across by IMAP, and only then change the MX records. Email interruptions are what people actually notice.
Our engineers handle the migration, the email and the DNS switch, then check every page before we call it done.
Lower the TTL on your records a day ahead, then switch nameservers or A records during your quietest hours. Keep the old plan running for a week so nothing is lost while the change spreads.
A short list, worth doing the same day.
Our engineers migrate websites and email free of charge, schedule the switch around your quiet hours and stay with it until everything is confirmed working.
Our engineers answer setup and migration questions in plain language, 24 hours a day.
