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Can I leave Wix without losing Google or my email?
Yes. What you already have on Google is kept by redirecting every old address to the new one, and your email keeps working if the domain settings are copied before the switch. What you cannot take with you is the design: Wix does not let you export it, so the text and photos are moved by hand.
What you can take and what you cannot
- The domain: yes, even if you bought it on Wix. If it is a .com, it can be transferred 60 days after you bought it.
- Email: if you have Google Workspace through Wix, the account can be moved to paying Google directly without losing a single message.
- Text and photos: yes, but by hand. Wix has no button to export the site.
- The design and the pages: no. The new site is built from scratch.
How not to lose Google
Google has the address of every page of your site stored. On the new site, each one is redirected to its equivalent with a permanent (301) redirect, so Google understands the page has moved rather than disappeared. Then the new sitemap goes to Search Console and the site is watched for a few weeks.
How not to lose your email
Email does not depend on the website but on the domain settings. If the domain moves without copying them, email stops arriving. That is why they are all written down before anything is touched, and on the day of the switch email is tested both ways.
The order that avoids scares
- Build the new site without touching the Wix one, which keeps working.
- Point the domain at the new site and test the email.
- Move the domain into your name and your account.
- Cancel the Wix plan. Last, never before: while it is active, you can go back.
What I do
I review your Wix site for free and tell you whether it is worth changing. If it is, I move it to a site of your own from €890 + VAT, with a fixed price, the redirects done, the email tested and the domain in your name.
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