Website migration services that move your site to a better host without losing a page or an email.
I move WordPress sites and WooCommerce stores between hosts the careful way: copied, counted, checked, then switched while visitors keep browsing. The old host stays untouched until the new one has proven itself.
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Websites I have built for Kentucky businesses
A host move rarely fails on the day. It fails quietly a week later.
Copying a website looks easy, and most migration plugins will happily report success. The trouble shows up later: contact form emails that stop arriving, a backup job that never runs again, a cache setting still pointing at the old server, a tool that lived outside WordPress and never came across.
Good website migration services catch all of that before your customers do. Every move I make is counted and verified against the original, and nothing at the old host is canceled until the new server has run cleanly.
What my website migration services move, beyond the files.
A business website is more than WordPress. These are the pieces I list, move and check on every migration.
Files and database, counted
Every file and every database table copied, then compared with the original by count before anything switches. Pages, products, orders, customers, form entries and media all come across.
Email and DNSÂ records
Mail records, SPF, DKIM and DMARC are recorded before the move and checked after it, so forms and mailboxes keep working. If your mailboxes live at the old host, they get their own plan.
Redirects and HTTPS
Every public address, redirect, parked domain and certificate carried over, with HTTPS working on the new server before visitors arrive. Google finds the same site at the same addresses.
Everything outside WordPress
Standalone tools, scheduled jobs and old subfolders get listed too. This year a fabrication calculator that lived outside WordPress was skipped by a WordPress-only migration and had to be restored, so now nothing is assumed.
Caching set for the new server
Page caching, image handling and the PHP version are configured for the new server instead of copied blindly. Stores keep cart and checkout pages out of the cache.
Backups that run on the new host
Offsite backups are set up and the first one is checked at the destination. A move is exactly when old backup jobs stop without telling anyone.
More than twenty client websites, moved and counted.
In September 2026 I moved more than twenty client websites from older shared and reseller hosting onto my own dedicated server. Before each switch, the new copy was checked against the original by file count and by database row count.
Todd Lewis Law came across with all 41 pages verified and its homepage response down from as much as 1.95 seconds to 0.16. Field of Screams Kentucky kept its database, media library, mailboxes, redirects and every public address, with all 23 sitemap URLs checked on the new server before the old one was retired. Heimerdinger Cutlery moved its WooCommerce store on 3Â September.
The same moves turned up problems nobody had noticed: backup jobs that had silently stopped, an SPF record missing the mail relay so Google was quietly discarding a client’s form notifications, and caching that served compressed files the wrong way. Each was fixed as part of the move.
Four steps, with the old host kept as a safety net.
Read the old site
I list every file, database, domain, mail record, scheduled job and anything living outside WordPress, and tell you what I found before anything moves.
Copy and count
The site is copied to the new host, compared with the original file by file and table by table, then tested on a private address.
Switch the domain
When the copy matches, the domain is pointed at the new server. Visitors move across as DNS updates, planned so there is no gap and no maintenance page.
Verify and keep the rollback
Pages, forms, checkout and mail are tested live, monitoring and backups start, and the old account stays intact until you are sure.
Moving hosts yourself? Check these six things.
Whether you move the site yourself or hire someone else, these checks catch most of the problems. None of them needs special tools.
- Count before and after. Note how many pages, posts, products and media files WordPress shows before the move, and compare on the new host before you switch the domain.
- Write down your DNS. Export or screenshot every DNS record. Mail records are the ones that go missing, and losing them breaks email rather than the website.
- Lower the TTL ahead of time. Google’s own site-move guidance suggests lowering your DNS TTL to a few hours at least a week before the move, so the switch spreads faster.
- Know where your email lives. If your mailboxes are on the old host, they need a new home before you cancel anything.
- Send yourself a test form. After the switch, submit your own contact form and confirm the email lands in an inbox, not spam.
- Keep the old host running. Google suggests waiting until traffic to the old server reaches zero before shutting it down. Until then, it is your rollback.
A short dip in how often Google crawls the site right after a move is normal, and Google says it recovers over the following days. Changing platforms, such as Wix or Squarespace to WordPress, is a different job with more rebuilding, covered on move to WordPress. Moving a store to a new website rather than a new host follows the WooCommerce migration guide.
What a host move can and cannot fix.
A broken site stays broken
If the site is hacked or failing, moving it moves the problem. I repair first, then move. WordPress repair comes before migration.
Heavy pages stay heavy
A better server improves response time. Oversized images and bloated pages need their own work, and I will tell you which problem you have.
Email is its own move
Moving the website keeps your mail records pointing the right way. Mailboxes that live at the old host are a separate job: the mail itself has to be copied to its new home before the old account closes.
DNS takes time to settle
A domain switch reaches visitors over minutes to hours, depending on how long DNS answers are cached. Until it settles, some visitors still reach the old server, which is why both copies keep serving the same site.
Live orders need a plan
A store or booking site keeps taking orders and form entries during that window. Anything written to the old copy after it was copied has to be carried across, so I time the switch and check both copies for new data afterward.
Your domain stays yours
I never take ownership of a domain. It stays in your registrar account, and only where it points changes.
Website migration services, answered.
Will my website go down during the migration?
It is planned so it does not. The new copy is built and checked while the old site keeps serving visitors. Then the domain is pointed at the new server, and both copies serve the same site while DNS updates. The old host stays live until the switch has settled.
Will changing hosts hurt my Google rankings?
A host move keeps the same domain and the same addresses, so there is little for Google to relearn, and Google says a short dip in crawling right after a move is normal. What causes damage is a botched move: missing pages, broken redirects or a site that is down. Checking every page before the switch is how that is avoided.
Will my email keep working?
Yes, when it is planned. Email depends on your domain’s mail records and on where your mailboxes live. I record every mail record before the move and check it after, and mailboxes at the old host get their own plan before anything is canceled.
Can you move a site somebody else built?
Yes. Most of the sites I look after were built by someone else. I read the site first and tell you whether it is healthy enough to move as it is or needs repair before it moves.
Do I have to move to your server?
No. I can move a site to a host you choose and run the same checks. If you move to my server, the person who moved the site also looks after it afterward, with monitoring, backups and updates.
How much does a website migration cost?
It depends on the site: how large it is, whether it is a store, how many domains and mailboxes are involved. I quote it from a short written scope after one conversation, so the number matches the work.
Tell me where your site lives now.
Send me your domain and your current host. I work from Louisville, Kentucky, and move sites for businesses anywhere in the United States. I will tell you what a move involves and what I would check, whether or not you hire me.
Connect with me
Tell me about your move.
What happens next
- 01I reply, usually the same day. Every message comes straight to me, not a ticket queue.
- 02A short call. What the site needs to do, who it is for, and what has not worked before.
- 03A written scope and flat quote. Before any work starts, with hosting and ongoing care listed separately.
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