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Website migration services

Move hosts, CMS, or platforms without losing rankings, URLs, or sleep — with redirect maps, QA checklists, and a calm cutover window.

Problems

What problems does website migration solve?

Hosting that’s outgrown you

Shared plans choke under traffic or fail PCI/security expectations for growing brands.

Platform lock-in

Leaving WordPress, Shopify, or a legacy CMS needs content, URL, and integration mapping — not a zip upload.

Broken redirects

DIY migrations scatter 404s and soft-404s that erase years of SEO equity in a weekend.

DNS anxiety

TTL, SSL, and email on the same domain make cutovers scary without a runbook.

Data and media gaps

Posts migrate; media, redirects, and form endpoints don’t — until users complain.

Process

Our website migration process

01

Inventory

URLs, content types, redirects already in place, integrations, DNS, and SSL ownership.

02

Target architecture

Hosting/CMS plan, environments, and success criteria (parity, speed, SEO checks).

03

Staging migration

Content and media move to staging with a full redirect spreadsheet.

04

QA

Crawl comparison, form tests, checkout or lead paths, and hreflang/canonical review when relevant.

05

Cutover

DNS/SSL, monitoring, Search Console sitemap resubmit, and a rollback path if needed.

06

Stabilize

404 watch, redirect patches, and a short warranty window post-launch.

Benefits

Benefits of a managed website migration

SEO protection

Planned 301s and parity checks beat “hope the plugin got it.”

Lower downtime risk

Runbooks, TTL planning, and staging reduce public failure modes.

Cleaner stack

Leave legacy hosts and brittle plugins behind with a modern baseline.

Documented handoff

You keep redirect maps, DNS notes, and environment access — not tribal knowledge.

Explore packages on pricing, see selected work, or start from web development.

Industries

Industries we serve

Strong internal links into our healthcare authority cluster — start at the healthcare hub.

FAQ

Website Migration — frequently asked questions

What kinds of migrations do you handle?

Host-to-host, WordPress-to-WordPress, WordPress-to-custom, Shopify theme/store moves, and domain merges — scoped after inventory.

Will our site go offline?

We plan for minimal downtime. Some DNS changes are inevitable; we schedule them and monitor aggressively during the window.

Do you migrate email too?

We coordinate DNS carefully when email is on the same domain. Mailbox migration itself is usually handled by your email provider with our DNS guidance.

How do you protect SEO during migration?

URL inventory, 301 maps, canonical checks, sitemap updates, and Search Console monitoring after cutover.

Can migration include a redesign?

Yes. Many clients migrate and redesign in one program. We still separate cutover risk from UX scope in the plan.

How long does migration take?

Simple host moves can be days; platform changes with large catalogs take weeks. Timeline follows content volume and QA depth.

Do you migrate multilingual sites?

Yes — with hreflang and locale URL rules explicitly tested, including our UAE and Saudi Arabic-first projects when relevant.

Where we work

Web & app development worldwide — teams in six countries.

We work with clients worldwide remotely over Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Slack. Our senior team is based across the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Australia, Canada, and Saudi Arabia — so you get timezone-friendly delivery and local market understanding wherever you operate.

Looking for a web development agency in Dubai, London, New York, Sydney, Toronto, or Riyadh? Explore our country pages to see how we support founders and brands in your market.

Ready for a website migration with a real runbook?

Tell us source, target, and must-not-break URLs. We’ll propose a fixed-fee migration plan.

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