FREE WEBSITE MIGRATION

Transfer Your Website to HostPapa at No Cost

Our experts ensure a quick, hassle-free, website migration experience that is Free of charge. Switch to HostPapa and get:
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Avoid downtime during your Free website migration!

We take downtime worries away. One of our migration experts will support you through the entire process, completely Free of charge. This is what we do every day! Our specialty is in migrating your website and emails to and from the following services:
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Don’t waste time on subpar services!

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Unhappy and frustrated with your current hosting provider’s inadequate support?

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Does your website experience frequent downtime?

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Want to do more with your website but feel limited by your host’s capabilities?

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Fed up with being overcharged for your hosting services?

If any of this sounds familiar, then it’s definitely time to move. HostPapa can help.

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What's Included?

Here’s everything included with HostPapa’s Free website migration service:
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Free migration of all website files, databases, and email accounts2 including:

  • All website HTML files and images.
  • All website media files.
  • All website scripts or applications; testing to ensure frictionless performance.
  • All MySQL databases.
  • Replication of your e-mail configuration.
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Modification of your domain name’s nameservers to direct it to your new HostPapa account.
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100% satisfaction guaranteed after the move – we test extensively to make sure everything looks perfect.
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cPanel server migration work is performed overnight to minimize any impact on your visitors.

Make Your Move in 3 Simple Steps

Follow these easy steps to move your website to HostPapa—completely Free!
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Sign up for a new HostPapa hosting plan.

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Open a support ticket from your HostPapa dashboard.

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Sit back and relax while our experts take care of everything for you.

To provide the highest service quality for you: Our team of skilled migration technicians will plan and migrate your website efficiently from your old hosting company to our high-performance servers.

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Can’t decide on the perfect domain name? Want to build an awesome website without breaking a sweat? Or maybe you need a hand configuring your business email? Whatever it is, our PapaSquad is always ready to save the day. So hit us up, and let us show you what we're made of!

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All your questions in one place! Whether it’s helping you choose a domain name, walking you through our website builder, or configuring your cloud email system for your business, we’re here to help!

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HostPapa offers their Free migration service to new accounts only. You must have signed with a confirmed account and received your welcome email. You have up to 30 days after receiving that email to initiate a Free website migration.

  • Moving all website HTML files and images.
  • Moving all website media files.
  • Moving any website scripts or applications and testing to make sure they continue to work without problems.
  • Moving any MySQL databases.
  • Replicating your email configuration.

Free migration services are only offered for "as is" transfers of website content and data.

There can be no updates to the website configuration (including website content, layout, navigation, etc.). The move is an exact replica of your website files from your previous web host. The exception is database connection details which may change. Copying an existing website to a brand new domain name or changing the URL of an existing website is not included with this service.

Accounts in the process of being upgraded that require a complete server change will receive a Free migration service.

By using the existing web host cPanel backup generator (must be active), full cPanel transfers include: all domains, add-on domains, subdomains, and cPanel settings. This will also include your emails and email accounts.

Manual transfers are categorized as transfers that are not from another cPanel web host. This would also include some unconventional elements of your website transfer. Some examples of manual transfer include:

  • Moving from a non-cPanel-based hosting company to HostPapa.
  • Splitting addon domains into cPanel accounts.
  • Moving from a shared hosting package to a Reseller plan.
  • Moving addon domains into new cPanel sub-accounts, addon domain to addon domain, cPanel account to addon domain, addon domain to cPanel account, and anything that cannot be packaged and then restored without any additional work.

Unfortunately, some websites cannot be moved, even by our experienced Migration team. This is either due to the technical limitations of your existing web host or because we simply cannot support some of the features or transfer your existing solution. Here is our current list of web hosts/website builders that we cannot transfer from:

  • VistaPrint
  • Intuit
  • Wix
  • Weebly
  • Website Tonight
  • Squarespace
  • Jimdo
  • Google Sites
  • Microsoft Office Live Small Business/Microsoft 365

HostPapa also currently does not support Windows-based shared web hosting.

SPECIAL NOTE: We also require access to your website files. If your web host or website builder will not provide us access (typically by FTP) then we cannot move your website files, databases, or email accounts. Without access, we cannot copy or transfer your information.

If you want to save your existing emails during the transfer, the easiest and fastest way is to set up a POP3 connection via Outlook or another mail client. As soon as you start using POP3, every email received is permanently saved to your local computer. To set up your computer to receive your emails and get them from your existing host's server, please review these instructions.

Some hosting providers have different email systems and configurations than HostPapa, and it may not be possible to transfer stored emails. If this is the case with you, our team will advise you in advance.

If you are moving from another cPanel web host, our website migration experts will use your existing email settings and accounts to set up in your HostPapa account.

If your previous host does not utilize cPanel, then you will need to create the new email accounts in your new HostPapa cPanel control panel. It is recommended that you set up the new email accounts as soon as you can log in to your HostPapa account.

Important Note: Be sure that all your existing email accounts are created in HostPapa prior to changing your nameservers or DNS of your domain name; failure to do so may result in lost, "bounced," or unreceived emails.

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