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Your whole site moved across, switched over out of hours, with nothing lost.

Your whole site moved across, switched over out of hours, with nothing lost. Migrations go wrong in predictable ways: a missed database table, a botched DNS change, email routing left behind. Any one of them means downtime.

From £400 Price agreed upfront No hidden extras
SPECIFICATION — MIGRATION SERVICE Hosting & Infrastructure
What you get

Everything included, nothing hidden.

WHAT YOU GET — INCLUDED Hosting & Infrastructure
Full site and database migration
Staging copy tested before switching
DNS cutover scheduled out of hours
Old host kept live until the new one is proven
Email routing preserved
Post-move checks and confirmation
SCOPE6 deliverables included
The detail

You get the full site and database migrated, a staging copy tested before anything switches, a DNS cutover scheduled out of hours, your old host kept live until the new one is proven, and your email routing preserved. Keeping the old host running is the detail that matters most. It means there is always somewhere to go back to, which is what turns a risky evening into a controlled one.

This is the job in this group with the most real risk attached, and it is priced accordingly rather than cheaply. A bad migration means a client's site is down and it is visibly our fault. It is also free when you take Hosting and Maintenance together, which is the honest answer for most people moving to us anyway.

Who this is for

You are leaving a host that is slow, unresponsive or about to put its prices up, or you are consolidating several sites in one place. Or you have inherited a site sitting somewhere nobody has access to. You need it moved without a gap in service and without losing anything, and you would rather it was done out of hours than during your working day.

When this is not the right answer

If your site is old enough that you were considering replacing it anyway, moving it first is money spent twice and a rebuild, the Basic Website to the Professional Website, or the Website Refresh may serve you better. We will look and tell you honestly which one you are, because moving a site that is about to be thrown away helps nobody.

How it works

Step by step.

01
Audit current site and host
02
Copy to new host
03
Test on staging
04
DNS cutover out of hours
05
Verify and monitor
Typical timescale
Around 1 week, once we have what we need from you.

Common questions

The plan is for none that anybody notices. The site is copied and tested on the new host before anything switches, the cutover is scheduled out of hours, and the old host stays live until the new one is proven, so there is always somewhere to fall back to.
Email routing is preserved as part of the job, and it is one of the things migrations most often break. It gets handled deliberately rather than being assumed to carry over, because losing email during a website move is far worse than losing the website.
When you take Hosting and Maintenance together. If you are moving to us anyway, that is usually the sensible route, and it means the move itself costs you nothing. Bought on its own, without a hosting plan, it is priced from the standard rate.
It happens, and there is normally a way around it. We have moved sites away from hosts who made it difficult and from setups where nobody knew the logins any more. Tell us what access you have and we will tell you honestly how straightforward it will be.

How we make money

We charge for work, and that is all. Your ad spend, your software subscriptions and anything else bought on your behalf go on your own accounts at cost, with nothing added by us.

Our prices are published and they are the same for everyone.

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Talk to us about hosting.

Straight answer, no obligation. Tell us what you need and we will tell you what it takes.