Tech fixes · Websites

# How to Move Your Website to a New Host Without Downtime

Copy the site to the new host first, test it there on a temporary address, lower the DNS TTL, then switch DNS. Keep the old hosting active for a week so nothing is lost while DNS updates, and move email separately if the old host also handled it.

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- **Starting price:** From $200

- **Where:** Remote, anywhere in the U.S.

- **Quote:** Fixed price before work starts

## Try this first

- Take a full backup of files and the database
- Find out whether your email is hosted with the old host
- Copy the site to the new host and test it on a temporary URL
- Lower your DNS TTL a day ahead
- Point DNS to the new host and confirm SSL works
- Cancel the old host only after a week of everything working

Common causes

- Rising prices or poor support at the current host
- A slow or unreliable server
- Email hosted with the website, which complicates the move
- Site files and a database that need to move together

## When it’s more than a quick fix

If email, an online store or custom apps run on the same hosting, plan the move so orders and messages aren’t lost during the switch.

### How we fix it remotely

We move the site, database, email and DNS with no downtime, then check speed, SSL, forms and email before the old host is cancelled.

### In-depth guides

- [Moving Off Wix or Squarespace Without Losing Your Google Rankings](https://wisconsintechshop.com/guides/move-off-wix-squarespace-without-losing-rankings/)

Get it fixed

## How a remote fix works

1. **Tell us what’s happening:** Two minutes with the form on this page. No account needed.
2. **Get a fixed price:** A personal reply within one business day, with the price agreed before any work starts.
3. **We fix it remotely:** You approve access, follow progress and pay in your private client portal.

## Related services

- [Move Your Website to a New Host](https://wisconsintechshop.com/hosting/website-hosting-migration/): Move your website, email and domain to faster, better hosting with zero downtime, carefully planned and fully tested. (From $200)
- [Managed Website Hosting](https://wisconsintechshop.com/hosting/managed-website-hosting/): Fast, secure, fully managed hosting on Cloudflare's global network, with SSL, backups, monitoring and a real person to call. (Monthly, quoted per site)
- [Domain & DNS Management](https://wisconsintechshop.com/hosting/domain-dns-management/): Untangle domains and DNS: transfers, renewals, subdomains, email records and the "who has the login?" problem, all documented and in your name. (From $100)

## Questions

### Will moving hosts hurt my Google rankings?

Not if the URLs and content stay the same and the site stays online through the move.

### How long does a hosting move take?

A typical small business site takes a day or two, including testing.

### Can you fix this remotely?

We move the site, database, email and DNS with no downtime, then check speed, SSL, forms and email before the old host is cancelled.

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Tell us what’s happening. Most problems like this are fixed remotely, often the same day, and every request gets a personal reply within one business day.

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