Website Migration Planned to Keep Your Site and Email Running

Moving your website without the usual surprises

Businesses move websites for many reasons: slow hosting, unhelpful support, rising renewal costs, a redesign or the need for a server that can handle more traffic. The move itself is where problems tend to appear, such as missing images, broken contact forms, lost emails or a drop in search visibility. Friend Tech plans each migration so your website and email keep working and the switchover happens at a time that suits your business.

Our migration process

1. Review — we check the current hosting, platform, PHP and database versions, email setup, DNS records and integrations such as payment, booking or WhatsApp chat plugins.
2. Prepare the new environment — we set up web hosting or a VPS with matching software versions and SSL.
3. Copy and test — files and databases are transferred, and the site is tested on the new server through a temporary address before anything changes publicly.
4. Plan the switch — we lower DNS cache times in advance and schedule the change for a quieter period, outside your peak trading hours.
5. Go live — DNS is updated, a final data sync is run for sites with recent orders or form entries, and we watch the site closely after the change.
6. Clean up — once everything is confirmed, we help you close the old account without losing anything you still need.

What we migrate

We move WordPress and WooCommerce websites, Laravel and custom PHP applications, static websites and complete cPanel accounts. Email is often the most sensitive part of a move. When mailboxes are included, we migrate existing messages where the source server allows it and coordinate the MX change, or move your team to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace as part of the project. Domains can also be transferred to a registrar account in your company name.

Protecting search visibility

A like-for-like hosting move should not affect your URLs. If the migration also includes a new domain, URL structure or platform, we map old addresses to new ones, set up 301 redirects, keep page titles and meta descriptions and update Google Search Console. This helps search engines understand the change. Rankings can still fluctuate for a while after major changes, and our SEO services team can review the site once it settles.

Getting started

Every migration is quoted after a short review, because a five-page company site and a store with thousands of products need very different effort. Send us your website address and a summary of what you want to move through our quote request form, and we will explain the approach, the expected timeline and what we need from your current provider.