A planned move for your website and its important functions
A planned move for your website and its important functions
A website move has to carry the things your business relies on, not just the design. The pages, the enquiries, the orders and every connected system need to keep working at the new location, and copying what is visible on screen does not prove any of that.
Establish what is moving
A hosting transfer keeps the website on its existing platform and changes where it runs. A platform change, such as leaving a hosted store builder for WooCommerce, means rebuilding the pages, data and functions on new software.
We look at the source, the destination and the access you can give us, then tell you which parts can be transferred as they are and which need rebuilding or a separate integration before we quote the move.
Two different moves
Hosting transfer
Same platform, a new place to run
Platform change
Pages, data and functions rebuilt on new software
We tell you which one you have before we quote
Prepare the checks before release
A transfer plan should account for the following:
- Existing pages, URLs and important customer journeys.
- Content, accounts and data needed at the destination.
- A test environment and recovery steps if the release fails.
- Representative pages, forms and transactions to check.
- Final updates, release timing and approval owners.
- Live checks and redirects after the move.
A form that displays correctly can still fail to deliver an enquiry, and a moved product can still carry the wrong option or price rule. We test by following each action through to its result, so the check is whether the enquiry arrived in your inbox, not whether the form appeared on the page.
We explain the expected interruptions and any remaining dependencies before release. Zero downtime and unchanged search positions cannot be guaranteed.
Choose the relevant transfer
For a WordPress hosting transfer or rebuild, see WordPress migration. For a store platform change, see moving to WooCommerce.
What this does not include
A move transfers what exists. Design changes, substantial new writing, repairs to existing faults, new integrations and ongoing care are each quoted on their own.
Questions about a website move
Will existing links still work?
The URL map lists every retained page and its new address, with redirects for anything that changes, and we test that map as part of the move.
Can everything move unchanged?
Not always. Some data and functions depend on tools that only exist on the old platform, and those need a different tool or some development at the destination.
What happens after release?
The proposal sets out the launch checks, the defect period and any hosting or care arrangement that follows.
Tell us where the website is moving
Send us the website address, the current platform, where it is going and any deadline. We will get back to you.