Website Migration

A: The web site migration service on offer at Web Hosting Review is entirely free of charge and consists of moving all your files, databases and e–mails from your current web hosting provider to your brand new web hosting account with us. We’ll also revise all the settings needed for your web sites to be completely operational on our avant–garde cloud hosting platform.Our techs are fully capable of moving any kind of site. With years of work experience behind their backs, they are well–versed in the specificities of our web hosting platform, our Control Panel and all other famous Control Panels. For them, transferring a custom app with a lot of custom libraries is as easy as transferring a plain WordPress–based blog.

A: We strive to implement all web site migrations ASAP. Nonetheless, we do not have a set time frame for web site migrations. There are different variables that you need to take into account – the mere size of your site and the workload of our web site migration staff, etc. We constantly strive to accomplish each migration in less than 48 hours. With less sizeable web sites, our staff typically manages to finish in under 24 hours.

A: Yes. We’ll need the name of the website that you would like us to transfer. We’ll also need a way to log into your current web hosting account so that we can get the files associated with your site.

A: In order for us to begin the transfer of your account, you must already have an account with us. Opening an account with us requires that you to share exactly the same info you have provided to your previous web hosting provider. We’ve also got an extremely rigid Privacy Policy, which describes how sensitive information is dealt with.

A: While we transfer your website, it will be available both in your hosting account with us and in your account with your previous hosting provider. After the migration is complete, we will make sure that everything is working correctly and that the integrity of your web content is not compromised before telling you that the transfer is completed. Then we will instruct you how to transfer the domain over to your web hosting account with us and how to modify your DNS resource records.

A: While we move your web content, your web hosting provider won’t be aware of the migration at all. We will never touch base with them in any way.

A: We support all Linux–powered hosting platforms. Basically, if we can access your Control Panel, we will be able to migrate your web site.The only platforms that we don’t support are closed–source site creation platforms like Wix, BaseKit, Jimdo, Website Tonight, Four Square, Mr Site, etc.