Moving to a new hosting provider may seem intimidating, but the right steps and support can help you migrate your website to ecHOST.io seamlessly, without any downtime. ecHOST provides free migration services so that the transfer of your website will be smooth and hassle-free. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to migrate your website to ecHOST while keeping it online throughout the process.

Select Your Hosting Plan

Choose the hosting package that suits you best before launching the migration. If you need shared hosting, VPS hosting, or even complex solutions that best fit business purposes, ecHOST has multiple options.

Back-Up Your Website

You need to backup your site before you move. This is if something goes wrong as you will have copies of your files, databases, and emails. Backup or moving your website files and database is either done using a plugin or manually.

Ask ecHOST for Free Migration

Free site migration by ecHOST is given to our new customers without any charge. You just need to mail our customer support team or through the ecHOST dashboard. The migration process will then be taken care of by our experts ensuring that your website is moved over smoothly.

Prepare Your Domain

Your domain needs to be prepared for migration. In case you already have the same name, then it will require to be updated after your website has been migrated to ecHOST. The team will also advise you to ensure that this step does not cause any downtime.

Migration of Your Website

Now, our migration team will begin to transfer your website to ecHOST. This will include all of your website files, databases, and configurations being copied over to the new hosting environment. Your old website will remain live, so no visitors will even know there’s a hitch.

Test Your Website

After the migration, the next task is testing on ecHOST. Verify all pages, forms, and functionality to ascertain that all works as expected. If issues arise, our support staff will be there to assist you 24/7.

Update DNS Settings

Once all the tests are completed and verified, update your DNS to point to the new ecHOST server. This is the final step of the migration, and it will ensure that visitors reach your new hosting environment.

Monitor Website Performance

After the migration, one should keep an eye on performance issues because everything should have gone smoothly from the ecHOST side – uptime and rapid loading speeds but it is never a bad time to keep tabs on the website for any migration-related issues arising during the changeover period.

Why Choose ecHOST For Website Migration?

Free Migration: We take complete care of this process for free.
Zero Downtime: Our migration service ensures your website remains live throughout the process.
Expert Support: We are here to help you each step of the way. Support is from an experienced support team.
Reliability: With ecHOST, you enjoy fast, secure, and reliable hosting.
Migration to ecHOST.io doesn’t have to be a stressful process. Our free migration service, along with step-by-step instructions, will make it easy to move your website over to our secure and reliable hosting platform without downtime. Contact us today to start your migration and experience the power of ecHOST hosting.

The bottom line: It’s painless and simple to migrate websites when you use ecHOST. We handle the technical end, so you can concentrate on running your business.