Your hosting provider takes hours to respond when your site goes down. Your bills keep going up for no apparent reason. You’ve had two outages in three months. You know you should switch providers. But you’ve been putting it off for months, for fear of breaking everything during the website migration. That fear is understandable—and greatly overestimated.
Key Takeaways
- Website migration at Nindohost is free and included with nearly all plans
- The technical team handles the entire process from start to finish: you provide the access credentials, and they take care of the rest
- Your website and emails will remain accessible throughout the migration, without any downtime
- Items migrated include: files, databases, emails, and even entire servers
- Website migration usually takes anywhere from a few hours to a few days, depending on the complexity
Why It's a Mistake to Delay of a website
Sticking with a poor web host comes at a real cost. Every hour of downtime costs you visitors, sales, and credibility. Slow support forces you to resolve technical issues on your own that are beyond your control. Rising prices without any corresponding benefits eat into your budget.
The main reason website owners don't switch hosting providers is fear: fear of losing data, fear that the site will be inaccessible during the migration, and fear that something will "break" in the process.
These fears are based on a view of migration that belongs to a bygone era.
What Actually Happens During a Website Migration at Nindohost
Here is the actual process, step by step.
Step 1: You provide the access credentials
You provide the Nindohost team with the login credentials for your current hosting account. That's all you need to do. No technical steps are required on your part.
Step 2: The team takes care of everything
The Nindohost team will transfer all of your data:
- Files on your site: all the files that make up your website
- Databases: MySQL, MariaDB, or any other database
- Emails: Your email history and email settings
- Applications: WordPress, PrestaShop, or any other CMS
- Configurations: redirects, DNS, specific settings
For more complex migrations (entire servers, business applications), the team adapts on a case-by-case basis.
Step 3: Your site remains online throughout the migration
That’s the most reassuring part. During the website migration, your site continues to operate on the old hosting service. Your visitors won’t even know that a migration is underway. Your emails will continue to arrive.
The final step—when your domain name points to the Nindohost servers—takes just a few minutes. DNS propagation time varies from a few minutes to 48 hours depending on the ISP, but in practice, most visitors will be redirected within a few hours.
Migration is free with all major plans
This is the argument that definitively addresses the cost objection. Website migration is included free of charge with:
You don't have to pay for the migration in addition to your new hosting plan. It's included in the price.
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And for complex migrations: managed services
If you host a business application, a multi-server environment, or a complex infrastructure, a standard website migration isn’t enough. In this case,Nindohost’s managed services offering handles the entire migration project: an audit of the existing infrastructure, migration planning, validation testing, and post-migration support.
FAQ
How long does a website migration take?
For a standard website (WordPress, showcase site, blog), the migration usually takes a few hours. For more complex websites with large databases or specific configurations, it may take 1 to 2 days. Your website will remain online throughout the entire process.
Will I lose my emails during the migration?
No. Email migration is synchronized during the transfer. You won't lose any emails received during the migration.
Should I notify my former web host?
No, that's not necessary. Just retrieve your login credentials and send them to the Nindohost team. If your previous hosting provider has locked FTP access, the team will guide you through the process of resolving the issue.
Will my search engine rankings be affected by the migration?
A properly executed migration should not affect your search engine rankings. Redirects are maintained, and URLs remain the same. It may take Google a few days to recrawl your site on the new servers, but you won't lose any rankings.
Is migration really free?
Yes, for all shared hosting, Cloud, multisite, and Sitebuilder plans. The migration is included in the price of your new plan at no extra charge.
Sticking with a bad hosting provider out of fear of migrating means accepting the cost—in the form of outages, poor support, and wasted budget—for a situation you could change in just a few hours.
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Israe leads content strategy at Nindohost, crafting insightful articles and practical guides to help businesses and individuals turn web hosting, domains, and online tools into real growth opportunities.
