{"id":7382,"date":"2016-04-11T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T08:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=7382"},"modified":"2022-01-20T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:44:44","slug":"domain-hosting-transfer-website-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/domain-hosting-transfer-website-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Have Peace Of Mind Before, During &#038; After Website Migration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over a hundred of customers are hosting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\/domain-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain transfer to Exabytes<\/a> each month, and through these experience in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/web-hosting\/hosting-transfer\">website migration<\/a>, we have been able to identify a few areas that need to be considered before, during and after the migration.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/migrate.png?resize=540%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"website hosting\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/migrate.png?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/migrate.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/migrate.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/migrate.png?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From our experience, the following are one of the most common <em><strong>reasons\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>for transfer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unacceptable support system<\/li>\n<li>The need to change the service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/ssd-vps\">VPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/dedicated-server\">Dedicated Server<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Over- pricing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Switching to a new website host can be a complicated process, and the decision to transfer is never an easy one.\u00a0Are you familiar with the transfer procedures? If you do, you will be able to make a more informed decision.<\/p>\n<p>Read on to find out the process of transfer, and how you can have a peace of mind <em><strong>before, during and after website migration.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Website Migration Process<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Evaluate and choose the right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/web-hosting\/business-web-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web hosting<\/a> for based on a number of factors, such as cost, required space, and server configuration etc. and choose the right hosting plan that fits your needs.<\/li>\n<li>Connect to the old host&#8217;s FTP and download all your files. Next, connect to the new host&#8217;s FTP and upload all your files (maintain the same file and folder structure)<\/li>\n<li>Backup any databases with your old host and upload the backup files to the new host via FTP.<\/li>\n<li>Restore your databases from those backup files via SSH or cPanel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpmyadmin.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">phpMyAdmin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Contact the new host to find out the new DNS settings for your domain name.<\/li>\n<li>Wait 48 hours (two days) before your site can be up and running again.\u00a0Contact your old host and cancel your hosting account with them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>OR..,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Take the easy way out<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Get a hosting provider with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Hosting Services<\/a> to get all the steps done!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u00a0have any doubt\/question regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/web-hosting\/hosting-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain and hosting transfer<\/a>, please feel free to send us an email at sales@exabytes.sg. We offer domain\u00a0and hosting transfer service and an extension of\u00a0your hosting period up to 12 months under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/web-hosting\/hosting-transfer\">Switch Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a hundred of customers are hosting and domain transfer to Exabytes each month, and through these experience in website migration, we have been able to identify a few areas that need to be considered before, during and after the migration. From our experience, the following are one of the most common reasons\u00a0for transfer: Unacceptable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[491,244,492],"class_list":{"0":"post-7382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sharing-tips-for-success","8":"tag-domain-transfer","9":"tag-web-hosting","10":"tag-website-migration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/migrate.png?fit=540%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbHhPQ-1V4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7382"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21862,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7382\/revisions\/21862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}