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How Do I Change Hosts?

Due to problems with your current webhost (such as downtime, poor support or not having the features you need) you have decided you would like to change webhosts. But how can you do this?

Here are the six easy steps on exactly how to do this.

  1. Find your new host. Ask for recommendations for hosting companies, or find out what hosting company is being used by sites you admire.

  2. Register your new hosting account, and submit your payment. It may take as little as a half hour, or as long as a day to set up your new hosting space.

  3. Find out how you can upload your website before the DNS values resolve. It can take DNS about 48 hours to propogate. If you don't understand what this means, you just need to know that people won't be seeing your site on the new host for up to 2 days after you make the final switch. (Read our article What is DNS & How Does It Work for more information on this.)

    Many hosts have ways (such as uploading by IP, or uploading into your username web folder) so you can have your site completely on the new host's server before the propgations ("switch") takes place. I always make some tiny change on the index page I upload to the ner server, so I know whether I am viewing the old hosting company's server, or the new one.

  4. Change the DNS on your domain name to point to your new hosting company. You MUST be able to login to your domain name at your registrar (such as GoDaddy) in order to complete this step. If you don't know the username and password for your registrar account, you will need get it, such as by using the "Request your password" feature.

    When you login, choose the option for domain name management and select the domain name you are switiching hosts for. Then you should see the section for updating your DNS nameservers. It will be clearly labeled as something such as "Change Your DNS Servers" or "Change your Nameservers". You will need to change the DNS servers to the ones your new hosting company provide. There will be two, named something like ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com This is likely in your welcome email, and you can probably find the information on the hosting company's help section as well.

    If you are unable to complete this step please read the article Are you your domain name's administrative contact? Check! for some possible solutions.

  5. Save your DNS changes and logout of your registrar.

  6. Within 48 hours, you will be seeing your site on the new server.

  7. About a week after you change hosts, it is safe to cancel your old hosting account. Don't cancel it right after you have signed up with a new host, because while most people will see the new host within 48 hours, some stragglers may take 72+ hours.

These are the easy steps to change your hosting company. Now, if you are ready to start promoting, head over to our Search Engine Optimization section, where we have over 80 articles waiting for you!

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