Q: Why do I need to transfer my website? What does web site migration entail?

A: The website migration service available at Reel Hosting is completely free and consists of moving all your web files, databases and emails from your current web hosting provider to your brand new hosting account with us. We will also revise all the settings needed for your web sites to be fully operational on our super–modern cloud hosting platform.Our techs are completely capable of transferring any type of web site. With years of experience behind their backs, they’re experts in the specificities of our hosting platform, our Control Panel and all other well–known Control Panels. For them, moving a custom application with a lot of custom libraries is as elementary as moving a simple WordPress weblog.

Q: Why do I need to transfer my website? What does web site migration entail?
Q: Website migration seems like lots of work. How much time is it going to take?

A: We strive to accomplish all web site migrations as fast as possible. Even so, we do not have a set time frame for website migrations. There are certain elements that you have to take into account – the mere size of your web site and the workload of our web site migration staff, etc. We always try to perform each migration in under 48 hours. With less sizeable sites, our staff typically manages to finish within 24 hours.

Q: Website migration seems like lots of work. How much time is it going to take?
Q: What data will I be asked to give to your Website Migration Department?

A: We don’t gather any personal data. We will need, however, the login information for your current web hosting account and the name of the site that you’d like to move.

Q: What data will I be asked to give to your Website Migration Department?
Q: The login details for my hosting account are delicate. How can I trust you?

A: In order for us to begin the transfer of your hosting account, you must already have an account with us. Opening an account with us will require that you to share exactly the same details you have given to your previous hosting provider. We’ve also got an extremely rigorous Privacy Policy, which specifies how delicate data is handled.

Q: The login details for my hosting account are delicate. How can I trust you?
Q: Will my site be offline during the transfer?

A: Your website will continue to work exactly like it did before with your old hosting provider. After we have finished the transfer, your website will be configured to work on our web hosting platform and we’ll alert you to preview it. If it is functioning correctly, all you will have to do is change the NS resource records pertaining to your domain name. Your site will be transferred to us with no downtime whatsoever.

Q: Will my site be offline during the transfer?
Q: Will my current web hosting provider discover that I’m leaving them?

A: While we transfer your website content, your web hosting provider won’t be aware of the migration at all. We won’t get in touch with them in any way.

Q: Will my current web hosting provider discover that I’m leaving them?
Q: Does it matter what platform my present hosting provider is using?

A: Yeah. We support all standard Linux–based web hosting platforms. We don’t support Windows–based web hosting platforms, as we don’t offer Windows web hosting solutions ourselves.In addition, we do not support proprietary website creation and administration interfaces such as Wix, BaseKit, Jimdo, Website Tonight, Four Square, Mr Site, etc.

Q: Does it matter what platform my present hosting provider is using?