Website Migration
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Q: What does the web site migration service entail? Will my web site be secure?
A: The website migration service available at Start My eBiz Now is entirely free of cost and consists of transferring all your website files, databases and emails from your present web hosting provider to your new web hosting account with us. We’ll also modify all the settings needed for your websites to be fully operational on our innovative cloud hosting platform.Our technicians are fully capable of transferring any sort of web site. With years of practical experience behind their backs, they are experts in the inner workings of our cloud hosting platform, our Control Panel as well as all other popular Control Panels. For them, moving a custom application with a lot of custom libraries is as easy as moving a plain WordPress weblog.
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Q: How much time will the website migration process take?
A: There are many aspects to take into consideration – the overall number of web files, the physical size of the database, the complexity of the website itself and the present workload of our web site migration experts, etc. Nevertheless, we do our best to perform all web site migrations in a 48–hour window. Smaller web sites are migrated faster – usually within 24 hours.
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Q: My privacy concerns me. What information do you need?
A: We do not gather any private info. We will need, however, the login info for your old hosting account along with the name of the web site that you would like to transfer.
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Q: I give you access to delicate data. How can I be sure that you won’t misuse it?
A: Before we can begin the transfer of your web hosting account, you must already have an account with us. Opening an account with us requires that you to disclose practically the same details you have provided to your old web host. We’ve also got an extremely rigorous Privacy Policy, which describes how private information is handled.
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Q: Will there be any outage for my site?
A: While we move your website, it will be available both in your web hosting account with us and in your account with your old web hosting provider. As soon as the transfer is completed, we’ll make sure that everything is working correctly and that the integrity of your web content is not jeopardized before informing you that the migration is completed. Then we’ll explain to you how to move the domain over to your web hosting account with us and how to change your DNS settings.
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Q: Will my old web hosting provider need to provide any information/help?
A: While we transfer your web content, your hosting provider won’t be aware of the migration at all. We won’t get in touch with them in any way.
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Q: Does it make a difference what platform my current hosting provider is using?
A: We support all Linux–based web hosting platforms. Generally, if we can acquire access to your Control Panel, we’ll be able to transfer your website.The only platforms that we do not support are closed–source web site creation platforms like Wix, BaseKit, Jimdo, Website Tonight, Four Square, Mr Site, etc.