Q: Why do I need to transfer my site? What does web site migration consist of?

A: The website migration service provided by websitehosting.lat is entirely free and involves transferring all your files, databases and emails from your present web hosting provider to your brand new web hosting account with us. We’ll also edit all the configuration settings necessary for your web sites to be fully operational on our leading–edge cloud hosting platform.Our techs are fully capable of moving any sort of web site. With years of practical experience behind their backs, they’re well–versed in the specificities of our cloud hosting platform, our Control Panel as well as all other famous Control Panels. For them, transferring a custom–built web application with lots of custom libraries is as elementary as transferring a simple WordPress–based weblog.

Q: Why do I need to transfer my site? What does web site migration consist of?
Q: Web site migration sounds like lots of work. How much time does it take?

A: There are many factors to take into account – the overall amount of web files, the physical size of the database, the complexity of the site itself and the present workload of our website migration experts, etc. Yet, we do our very best to perform all website migrations within a 48–hour time frame. Smaller–sized websites are migrated faster – usually in under 24 hours.

Q: Web site migration sounds like lots of work. How much time does it take?
Q: Do you need anything from me before you begin transferring my web site?

A: Yep. We will require the name of the site that you’d like us to move. We’ll also require a means to log in to your current hosting account so that we can get the files pertaining to your web site.

Q: Do you need anything from me before you begin transferring my web site?
Q: I give you access to delicate data. How can I be sure that you won’t abuse it?

A: Our Privacy Policy is an inseparable part of the contract that we’ll have with you as a client. We’re focused on protecting the safety of the private data obtained from the customers. To do this, we use technical safety measures in order to avoid the loss, the misapplication, the modification or the illegal leakage of the private information under our control. The safety measures include, but are not limited to: physical, electronic and administrative methods to safeguard and secure the details that we gather online. When we ask users to provide financial information (such as a credit card number), this info is encrypted using the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption method.

Q: I give you access to delicate data. How can I be sure that you won’t abuse it?
Q: What about downtime? Will my website be offline?

A: While we transfer your website, it will be available both in your hosting account with us and in your account with your previous hosting provider. After the transfer is over, we’ll ensure that everything is working correctly and that the integrity of your content is not jeopardized prior to informing you that the migration is finished. After that, we will tell you how to move the domain over to your web hosting account with us and how to modify your DNS settings.

Q: What about downtime? Will my website be offline?
Q: Will my present hosting provider need to provide any information/assistance?

A: Nah. We will never contact your hosting provider about anything. They will not be aware of the website migration either.

Q: Will my present hosting provider need to provide any information/assistance?
Q: Does it make a difference what platform my present provider is using?

A: We support all Linux–based web hosting platforms. Basically, if we can receive access to your Control Panel, we’ll be able to transfer your site.The only platforms that we don’t support are closed–source web site building platforms like Wix, BaseKit, Jimdo, Website Tonight, Four Square, Mr Site, etc.

Q: Does it make a difference what platform my present provider is using?