To migrate a WordPress site to another domain is quite a task especially if you are new to WordPress or your domain name is not actually working for you as expected. A good domain name is very important because of SEO and your site visitors. Many of us have experienced the trial and error of finding the right domain name for our websites.
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Reason for migrating a website
- You want a new domain after you have done your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) research
- You want your audience to find your site easily.
- You want to change the domain that it’s currently pointed to
- Maybe you just want to switch hosting companies
There are a lot of reasons one would want to migrate WordPress site to another domain but whatever the reason may be, it is important for you to know that migrating your WordPress website to a another domain might be challenging. So, while it’s not the most fun and a little time-consuming, it doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
Buy a domain
Before you even start thinking of migrating or changing a domain name of a website you need to make sure you have that new domain name ready. There are plenty of domain registrars or web hosts out there that are very reliable and suitable to serve you in any niche, but before you even begin the steps below, you need to make sure that you have that new one ready to go and that the WordPress hosting cost works for you and your needs just the way you want.
Recommendations
I’ve heard too many stories of people losing their domain names because they forgot to pay their yearly payments as at when due because they didn’t have the automatic payments turned on and before you even have a chance of saying jack Johnson or figure out your domain isn’t live anymore, someone else could have bought it, and you will have a frustrating experience trying to get it back
Why tune on your automatic payment
We all know how the mind works especially if you are the busy type, you might forget that your domain is due for renewal, so turning on your automatic payment can save you that stress of losing your domain or transferring your website traffic to the new owner
Final thought
Now that you are convinced and ready to migrate your WordPress site to another domain on a different hosting company with a different name, here is a complete video tutorial that explained everything you need to get it done without stress but don’t forget to set your payment status on automatic payment
That you for reading and happy migration, let’s get your thought in the comment section, and please do subscribe to our YouTube channel for more quality tutorials and turn on the notification bell… SHALOM
