Questions about transferring my websites & domains to a new web host please?
I’ve had several domains and websites at a particular host for many years. Unfortunately, they charge premium fees and I’m looking for a cheaper option. There are other hosts offering the same services at cheaper rates. I can save all my current web directories locally and upload them to a new host but I am concerned about any down time needed to transfer registered domains, many email accounts, Apache based applications, PHP, MySQL databases, etc. What will the problems be?
Will my websites be unavailable for very long during the transfer to another host?
Will my SEO ratings decline if Google and other bots cannot find my sites during the down time?
What about my transferring my dedicated IP address and SSL certificate?
What kind of difficulties can I expect?
Is it worth the transfer in order to save money?
Thanks for your help.
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You will lose the dedicated IP address but you can keep the SSL certificate as long as the domain is the same you can move them over. You’ll need to have the private key and ssl hash files.
You will not have any downtime if the moving is done right.
I switched hosts to www.zigzag-hosting.com and they transfered my site for free and I had no down time at all.
They have a guide in support section
The only downtime that you should expect is the time it takes for your new nameserver settings to propagate through the various DNS caches on the net. This can take anywhere from as little as 12 hours to as much as 36 hours for some DNS caches.
Since you’re moving to another hosting company, your dedicated IP address will change from one in your old host’s IP range to a different one in your new host’s IP range. Sorry, I don’t know how that change would affect your SSL cert. (I’d certainly expect that there would be some fairly easy way to switch over the IP address for it.)
I’m thinking it might be best to switch your sites over first and transfer your domain registrations later. (I don’t see any benefit to making all of the changes at once.)
Whether it’s all worth it or not really depends on how much you’ll be saving per month. Do you have solid recommendations on your new host? I’d hate to go through all that effort only to find myself disappointed with the new host and having to do it all over again after a short time.
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You will lose the dedicated IP address but you can keep the SSL certificate as long as the domain is the same you can move them over. You’ll need to have the private key and ssl hash files.
You will not have any downtime if the moving is done right.
I switched hosts to http://www.zigzag-hosting.com and they transfered my site for free and I had no down time at all.
They have a guide in support section
References :
http://www.zigzag-hosting.com
http://www.zigzag-hosting.com/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=102#
Go to http://www.runner99.com and find the ways how to do it.
Don’t transfer both domain and hosting at once. First buy a hosting from http://www.runner99.com (Deluxe hosting plan) and take a copy of your websites and uploaded to this new hosting. Configure everything required like database, scripts etc. Make sure everything is working fine. Once it’s done, change the nameservers of your existing domain names to this new hosting computer. Now you’ll see your websites are running fine exactly as it was. But now you’ve changed your hosting. Then think of domain transfer. Domain transfer is easy and there will be no problem at all. So, do it after the hosting things are done. It is worth or not, it depends on you and the pricing structure. And your website may run for many years from now. Little saving will be a great saving in long run. But if you find problem in the new hosting, what’s the purpose of changing it? That’s why I want you buy a hosting and test it first.
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http://www.runner99.com
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