{"id":38853,"date":"2020-07-29T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.websitebuilderexpert.com\/?p=38853"},"modified":"2023-07-21T03:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T03:46:03","slug":"how-to-transfer-website-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.websitebuilderexpert.com\/web-hosting\/how-to-transfer-website-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Transfer Website Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]There are many reasons why you may wish to switch hosting providers &ndash; price, we&rsquo;ve found, is the most popular reason, followed by features. Whatever your thinking, you want to make sure you&rsquo;re leaving for a better deal than whatever you have now!<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&rsquo;t yet decided on a new hosting provider, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.websitebuilderexpert.com\/web-hosting\/comparisons\/\">hosting services comparison chart<\/a> is a great resource for finding your next provider. If you already have one in mind, and are ready to make the switch, we&rsquo;ll show you how to do just that:<\/p>\n<h3>How to Transfer Web Hosting in 9 Steps<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Sign up to a new hosting provider<\/li>\n<li>Save your website&rsquo;s files<\/li>\n<li>Export your database<\/li>\n<li>Create a new database<\/li>\n<li>Import your database<\/li>\n<li>Modify your website&rsquo;s files<\/li>\n<li>Upload your website&rsquo;s files<\/li>\n<li>Test your website<\/li>\n<li>Update your DNS settings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This article will walk you through how to manually transfer your website hosting using the steps above &ndash; but wouldn&rsquo;t it be nice if someone else just took care of that for you? Some hosts make it easier to move than others, and we&rsquo;ll also show you which providers offer to take on the site migration process for you.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Sign Up to a New Hosting Provider <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]The first step in moving to a new hosting provider is to identify where you&rsquo;d like to move to, and sign up for a plan.<\/section><\/p>\n<p>As we mentioned above, some hosting providers will transfer your website hosting for you, so these are the ones we&rsquo;ll be touching on here. Hosting is a competitive industry, and helping out with transferring a client site helps give some providers the edge over others. In fact, some of our top-rated web hosting providers offer this service:[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>1. Bluehost<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]Bluehost is our top-rated hosting provider (check out our full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.websitebuilderexpert.com\/web-hosting\/bluehost-review\/\">Bluehost review<\/a> to find out why), and has a team of experts on hand to migrate your site over to its servers.[\/vc_column_text]\n<\/p><div class=\"taco-highlighted-block secondary\">\n \n \n <strong>Price of migration:<\/strong> $149.99\n<p><strong>What&rsquo;s included:<\/strong> Fast total migration of up to five websites and 20 email accounts, with extra follow-up support. A lot of hosting providers which offer &lsquo;site migration&rsquo; actually expect you to do some of the technical prep work yourself &ndash; Bluehost doesn&rsquo;t, and this is reflected in the price you pay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exemptions\/requirements:<\/strong> Not available for reseller, VPS, or dedicated hosting plans<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to access:<\/strong> Add the migration option to your account, or get in touch via Bluehost&rsquo;s live chat<\/p><\/div>\n[vc_column_text]\n<h3>2. DreamHost<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]DreamHost is a good all-around hosting provider, with generous storage and low ongoing prices. While help and support isn&rsquo;t generally its strong suit, free migration (for WordPress sites) is a huge plus.[\/vc_column_text]\n<\/p><div class=\"taco-highlighted-block secondary\">\n \n \n <strong>Price of migration:<\/strong> Free for WordPress sites, $99 for others\n<p><strong>What&rsquo;s included:<\/strong> Total site transfer within 48 hours (provided emails are replied to quickly). Customers will have to transfer\/arrange for a new SSL certificate, although advice will be given on this. DreamHost also won&rsquo;t migrate emails.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exemptions\/requirements:<\/strong> WordPress sites must be using WordPress version 3.7 or above<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to access:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.dreamhost.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360027686731-Website-migration-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a ticket<\/a> to request a migration<\/p><\/div>\n[vc_column_text]\n<h3>3. A2 Hosting<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]A2 Hosting is a smaller hosting provider with great customer service. Offering free site migration, strong security measures, and an anytime money-back guarantee, it&rsquo;s no wonder A2 Hosting is consistently so well-reviewed by its customers.[\/vc_column_text]\n<\/p><div class=\"taco-highlighted-block secondary\">\n \n \n <strong>Price of migration:<\/strong> Free\n<p><strong>What&rsquo;s included:<\/strong> Total site transfer within 24-48 hours<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exemptions\/requirements:<\/strong> None known<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to access:<\/strong> Follow this step-by-step guide to filling in the A2 Hosting site migration form<\/p><\/div>\n\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Save Your Website's Files <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]Next, you&rsquo;ll want to save your website&rsquo;s files. This may sound intimidating, but it&rsquo;s actually super simple.\n<p>The goal of this is to take a digital image of your site exactly how it is right now, in order to transfer the whole thing &ndash; uploads, plugins, the works &ndash; over to your new site. It&rsquo;s super important that you don&rsquo;t mess around with the files after they&rsquo;re downloaded &ndash; this could wreak havoc on your site&rsquo;s structure, and lead to broken internal links.<\/p>\n<p>You will be downloading your website files using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service. FileZilla is widely considered to be the best FTP tool, and is free to use.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>1. Create a file on your desktop<\/h3>\n<p>This is where your website will be stored later on. It&rsquo;s worth including a date within the file name to differentiate it from any future downloads you make.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Download the FileZilla Client<\/h3>\n<p>Be sure to download the <a href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FileZilla Client<\/a> rather than the FileZilla Server, as this works across all operating systems.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Create a new FTP account with your current hosting provider<\/h3>\n<p>You need to make sure your hosting account is set up to allow FileZilla to access your files. They will generate a new login and password for you to use within FileZilla as an extra security step. <strong>Some hosting providers do not require this extra step, and will just use your normal login details<\/strong>. Your best bet is to Google &lsquo;[your current hosting provider] FTP&rsquo; to find out if this extra step is required, and how you can complete it.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Link FileZilla up to your current hosting account<\/h3>\n<p>Open FileZilla and add your domain name to the <strong>Host<\/strong> field, along with whatever username and password you need to use in the fields next to it. In the <strong>Port<\/strong> field, enter the number 21. Press <strong>Quickconnect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Download files to the folder you created earlier<\/h3>\n<p>On the right hand side of your screen, you should see something similar to your hosting portal. On your left, you should see your desktop files. Now it&rsquo;s just a simple case of selecting all your website files on the right, and dragging them into the new folder you created on the left.<\/p>\n<p>A progress bar will appear so you can easily see what percentage is left to download, and a message will appear when this is complete. The downloaded files will now be visible in your desktop folder.[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Export Your Database <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]Not all websites have to complete this step (or the two below), because not all websites actually have a database. Hopefully you know whether or not yours does &ndash; if you&rsquo;re unsure, it might be worth checking in with your current hosting provider, who should be able to tell you.\n<p>Static websites (where the content remains largely unaltered) may not have a database. Any site that allows for user generated content (e.g. comments), or dynamic pages (which change automatically based on where they&rsquo;re accessed from, or information from other pages\/sites), will have a database associated with them.<\/p>\n<p>The most common type of database is MySQL. This is exported using the app phpMyAdmin, which you can easily access from any hosting account using the standard cPanel dashboard.[\/vc_column_text]\n<\/p><div class=\"taco-highlighted-block secondary\">\n \n \n If you know your database is not a MySQL database, or you can&rsquo;t find the phpMyAdmin option in your current hosting account control panel, it&rsquo;s best to check in with your hosting support team.<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Here&rsquo;s how to export your database:\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your current hosting account<\/li>\n<li>Open the <strong>phpMyAdmin app<\/strong> (stored under &lsquo;Databases&rsquo; in your account control panel)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Click on the correct database for your website from the list on the left hand side.<\/strong> If you only have one website, you&rsquo;ll only see one database<\/li>\n<li>Select the<strong> Export<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Go<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<li>Find the SQL file you&rsquo;ve downloaded and move it to the same folder as your website files to keep everything in one place<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Create a New Database <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]Before you import your database into your new hosting dashboard, you need to make a blank database first.[\/vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"taco-highlighted-block secondary\">\n \n \n First, log into your new hosting account. Again, we&rsquo;re assuming your database is a MySQL one, and that your new hosting provider uses the standard cPanel dashboard.<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your new hosting account<\/li>\n<li>Open the <strong>MySQL Databases<\/strong> section (stored under &lsquo;Databases&rsquo; in your account control panel)<\/li>\n<li>Under the heading <strong>Create New Database<\/strong>, fill in the chosen name of your new database (put this in the field labelled <strong>New Database:<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Create Database<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You&rsquo;ll then be prompted to create a username and password. Make note of these, and grant the user <strong>full privileges<\/strong> when prompted.[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Import Your Database <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]In this next step, we&rsquo;re taking the downloaded database file and adding it to the new database we just created in our new hosting account.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<ol>\n<li>In your new hosting account, navigate back to the <strong>Database<\/strong> section<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong> app<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>+<\/strong> button under your username on the left hand side to see all your databases (including the one you just created)<\/li>\n<li>Select the new database from this list. The message &lsquo;No tables found in database&rsquo; will appear (this is what we want!)<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Import<\/strong> tab in the top menu<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Choose File<\/strong> button, and select the SQL file you saved earlier. The name of this file should then appear next to the button<\/li>\n<li>Leave all other fields on this page unchanged, and click the <strong>Go<\/strong> button at the bottom when you&rsquo;re done<\/li>\n<li>Your database is now being imported &ndash; you&rsquo;ll see a loading wheel until this is completed, at which point you&rsquo;ll see a new screen with &lsquo;Import has been successfully finished&rsquo; across the top<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Modify Your Website's Files <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]Now your database is safely across with your new hosting provider, it&rsquo;s time to move your files across, too.\n<p><strong>But before we can do that, there&rsquo;s an extra step for websites with both files and a database. <\/strong>Basically, you need to edit the code of certain files to sync them up with the new database &ndash; more specifically its name, the user name you created, and the password.<\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t worry if you&rsquo;re not a confident coder &ndash; you don&rsquo;t need to understand what you&rsquo;re looking at in order to make these changes.&nbsp; We&rsquo;re going to be super specific about each edit.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s how you edit the files for Joomla and Drupal, two popular CMS platforms. WordPress is the most popular CMS platform, so we&rsquo;ve actually made a guide specifically for migrating these sites &ndash; switch over to that now if you have a WordPress site.[\/vc_column_text]\n<\/p><div class=\"taco-highlighted-block secondary\">\n \n \n <em>For these examples, we&rsquo;re using the following example information:&nbsp;<\/em>\n<p><strong>New database name:<\/strong> newdatabase<\/p>\n<p><strong>User:<\/strong> wbe123<\/p>\n<p><strong>Password:<\/strong> welovehosting<\/p><\/div>\n[vc_column_text]\n<h3>1. Joomla<\/h3>\n<p><strong>File name:<\/strong> configuration.php;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to edit: <\/strong>Using &lsquo;Ctrl + f&rsquo;, search the term &lsquo;localhost&rsquo; (this should appear not far down the page). Plug in the details for your new database, so the three fields underneath this line read:<\/p>\n<p>public $user = &lsquo;wbe123&rsquo; ;<\/p>\n<p>public $password = &lsquo;welovehosting&rsquo; ;<\/p>\n<p>public $db = &lsquo;newdatabase&rsquo; ;[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>2. Drupal<\/h3>\n<p><strong>File name:<\/strong> settings.php.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to edit: <\/strong>Using &lsquo;Ctrl + f&rsquo;, search the term &lsquo;$databases&rsquo; (this should appear not far down the page). Plug in the details for your new database, so the three fields underneath this line read:<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;database&rsquo; =&gt; &lsquo;newdatabase&rsquo; ,<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;username&rsquo; =&gt; &lsquo;wbe123&rsquo; ,<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;password&rsquo; =&gt; &lsquo;welovehosting&rsquo; ,[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Upload Your Website's Files <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]Now everything&rsquo;s synced up, we can go ahead and upload your website files across to your new hosting provider. Again, we&rsquo;ll do this with FTP.\n<h3>1. Create an FTP account with your new hosting provider<\/h3>\n<p>This is the first FTP action your new account has seen, so you need to create a new FTP user account (you may have had to do this earlier with your old site).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Files<\/strong> section of your dashboard, and select FTP accounts<\/li>\n<li>Create a new user and password when prompted. Take note of these, and of the <strong>Port number<\/strong> (which will probably be 21).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>2. Sync FileZilla to your new hosting account<\/h3>\n<p>This is the same process as we used to sync FileZilla to your old hosting account back in step 2.4, but with the details you just created for the new one.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Upload your website&rsquo;s files to your new hosting account<\/h3>\n<p>Again, you&rsquo;ll see your desktop files on the left hand side, and the website setup on the right. Your files will have come from the folder labelled public_html, so this is where you should move them now. Just be sure to keep the original structure of the files, i.e. don&rsquo;t start combining any that weren&rsquo;t originally combined.<\/p>\n<p>Once this has been successful, you should see the files in the correct place on the right hand side.[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Test Your Website <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]Now it&rsquo;s time to test your website. As soon as you go any further in the process, you&rsquo;ll be unable to do this in a private, &lsquo;risk free&rsquo; environment &ndash; in other words, any errors will be live for the world to see!\n<p>Each new host will handle this a bit differently &ndash; some will generate a whole &lsquo;staging&rsquo; environment, while some will make a temporary URL &ndash; so this is a good time to jump back over to check in with their support team, or to search for relevant articles (try googling &lsquo;testing URL&rsquo; + [your new hosting provider]).<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, however you test your website, be thorough about it. Make sure all the internal links are pointing to where they should be, that the menus are configured correctly, and that smaller details &ndash; like the 404 page &ndash; have carried across properly.[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n Update Your DNS Settings <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]You&rsquo;ve now reached the final step of transferring your website to a new host: updating your DNS settings to point your domain DNS to your new host.\n<p>DNS stands for Domain Name System, and it basically translates IP addresses (random selection of numbers &ndash; hard to remember) into domain names (not-so-random selection of letters &ndash; easier to remember). We have a whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.websitebuilderexpert.com\/web-hosting\/what-is-dns\/\">DNS guide<\/a>, but you don&rsquo;t need to know exactly how they work to make these changes.<\/p>\n<p>Again, the process varies depending on where your domain is registered. What you will need in all circumstances, though, is the nameservers of your new hosting provider.<\/p>\n<p>These often arrive in your welcome email from them, or failing that, you may be able to find them in the <strong>General Information<\/strong> section of your cPanel dashboard. There will be a primary and secondary nameserver, and you&rsquo;re looking for something that looks like &lsquo;fg4531.[yourhostingprovider].com&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have these, look up the guide to changing your website DNS with your current domain name provider. Once requested, you&rsquo;ll need to wait anywhere between a few hours and a full day for the transfer to complete.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the stage where you&rsquo;re likely to experience some downtime<\/strong>, so it&rsquo;s a good idea to action this at a quieter time for your site, and also give your readers a heads up in advance.[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"taco-content-section \" id=\"section-0\">\n <header class=\"taco-section-header no-number\">\n\n <div class=\"taco-section-heading\">\n <h2 class=\"taco-section-title primary\">\n \n How to Transfer Website Hosting: Summary <\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/header>\n\n \n\n [vc_column_text]Now you have successfully transferred your site to your new hosting provider. And it wasn&rsquo;t as bad as you thought it would be, was it? Let&rsquo;s recap the steps we&rsquo;ve taken to get to this point:\n<h3>How to Transfer Web Hosting in 9 Steps<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Sign up to a new hosting provider<\/li>\n<li>Save your website&rsquo;s files<\/li>\n<li>Export your database<\/li>\n<li>Create a new database<\/li>\n<li>Import your database<\/li>\n<li>Modify your website&rsquo;s files<\/li>\n<li>Upload your website&rsquo;s files<\/li>\n<li>Test your website<\/li>\n<li>Update your DNS settings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The week after switching, you should carefully monitor your site, and note any periods of downtime. Also make sure you cancel your contract with your previous hosting provider once you&rsquo;re satisfied that everything has moved across successfully.[\/vc_column_text]\n <footer>\n <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/section>\n\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]There are many reasons why you may wish to switch hosting providers &ndash; price, we&rsquo;ve found, is the most popular reason, followed by features. Whatever your thinking, you want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-how-to.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-hosting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>How to Transfer Website Hosting | 9 Simple Steps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;ll walk you through how to manually transfer your web hosting from one provider to another, as well as showing you some providers which offer this service for free\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.websitebuilderexpert.com\/web-hosting\/how-to-transfer-website-hosting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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