So You Want To Move Your Website?
By Dianne Reuby

Just like moving home, moving your web site can be stressful and traumatic. But their are times when you have no choice. Your current host doesn't provide the services that you want to start using; you outgrow your bandwidth; you want better reliability or customer service; the reasons are many.

You don't want to loose sales or potential customers during the move - if possible, the change should be completely transparent to your visitors.

First, choose your new host, and open an account with them. When your new hosting company confirm that your account is ready to use, set up your FTP program with the new details - but DON'T remove your old host's details yet!