Website migration
Move your site off Wix or WordPress to one of your own
If you pay a platform every year and the site is still slow, or whoever built it no longer answers, I move it to a site of your own: fast and in your name. Without losing what you already have on Google, without losing your email, and with the domain in your account.
From
€890
+ VAT (€1,076.90 incl. VAT). For brochure sites, with a fixed price after the free review of your current site. If there is a shop, bookings or payments, I give you the price once I have seen it.
What you keep
- Google: every old address redirects to the new one, and I watch Search Console for the weeks after.
- Your email: before touching anything I write down every domain setting, copy them as they are, and on the day of the switch I test that your email sends and receives.
- Your domain: if it is in the name of the platform or of whoever built the site, I move it to your name once the new site is working, because a transfer can take a few days.
- Your text and photos: I bring them over and check what has gone stale on the way.
How it goes
- I review your current site for free: what is there, what is used and what sits behind it (email, forms, bookings). I tell you whether it is worth fixing or replacing.
- If it needs replacing, you get a fixed price and a date.
- I build the new site without touching the current one, which keeps working meanwhile.
- On the day of the switch I point the domain to the new site and test your email. It can take up to a day to show everywhere.
- Once everything works, I move the domain to your name and tell you that you can now cancel the old platform. Not before: that is what makes going back possible if something fails.
Questions
- Will I be left without a site?
- No. The old site stays until the new one is ready and tested. When I point the domain to the new one, for a few hours (up to a day) some people see the old site and some the new, but nobody sees a site that is down. And if something fails, it goes back to the old one in minutes.
- What about my email?
- It is what needs the most care, because it lives on the same domain. Before the switch I write down all its settings and copy them exactly, and on the day I check that it sends and receives. If your email is with Google, Microsoft or another provider, it stays where it is.
- Can I export my Wix site?
- Not really: Wix does not let you take the design or the pages elsewhere. Text and photos are moved by hand, and that is part of the job.
- What if I have WordPress?
- The content exports without trouble. What usually weighs is the plugins and the theme: the new site does not need them, so you stop having to update them.
- What if someone else holds the domain?
- For the switch it is enough to be able to change its settings. The transfer to your name comes afterwards and depends on whoever holds it now: if they do not answer it can drag on, but the new site is already working meanwhile.
- Will I drop on Google?
- There can be a small wobble in the first weeks, as with any change. With the redirects done properly, you normally get your position back and, if the new site is faster, improve on it.
- How much does it cost?
- From €890 + VAT, the same as a new website, with a fixed price before anything starts. If your site only needs a few fixes, I will say so and it costs less. If it has a shop, bookings or payments, I set the price after the review.
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