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Website Migration

Platform moves with content migration, redirects, and controlled cutover.

Website migrations between CMS platforms, hosts, or frameworks—planned so SEO equity, content fidelity, and downtime risk are managed deliberately. We inventory URLs, map redirects, migrate content, and run a cutover with rollback options rather than a hopeful DNS flip.

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Who it’s for

  • Teams leaving legacy CMS or page builders
  • Companies replatforming to Next.js or headless CMS
  • IT and marketing jointly owning a high-risk cutover

Problems we address

  • Previous migrations lost rankings or broke inbound links
  • Content models do not map cleanly between systems
  • Cutover plans lack rollback and verification steps

Expected outcomes

  • URL inventory and redirect matrix before launch
  • Content migration scripts and sampling QA
  • Staged cutover with DNS, SSL, and smoke-check checklists

Capabilities

Concrete engineering capabilities included in a typical engagement for this service.

Source platform audit and target architecture

Content and media migration

Redirect implementation and testing

SEO parity checks for key templates

Post-cutover monitoring window as scoped

Technology

Representative technologies used for this service. Final stack depends on your estate.

  • Next.js
  • WordPress
  • Contentful
  • Sanity
  • Cloudflare
  • Vercel

Architecture

Web application flow

Browser traffic through CDN and API into application and data layers.

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Deliverables

  • Migrated site on the target platform
  • Redirect map and verification results
  • Content QA sampling report
  • Cutover and rollback runbook

Out of scope

  • Guaranteed search ranking outcomes
  • DNS registrar account recovery

Timeline

Typical timeline

2–8 weeks

Timeline depends on scope, access, and dependencies—not a delivery guarantee.

Process

A clear delivery path from discovery through handover and optional support.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    Goals, constraints, success criteria, and current-state review.

  2. 02

    Architecture

    Target design, interfaces, risks, and delivery sequence.

  3. 03

    Implementation

    Incremental build with visible progress and documented decisions.

  4. 04

    Testing

    Functional checks, failure paths, and acceptance criteria validation.

  5. 05

    Deployment

    Controlled release to staging and production with rollback paths.

  6. 06

    Handover

    Runbooks, access notes, and operator/admin walkthrough.

  7. 07

    Support

    Optional hypercare window or retainer continuity after go-live.

Custom engagement

Pricing depends on architecture, traffic profile, and integration depth. Share your requirements for a scoped quote.

Related work

Example / concept projects shown for illustration unless otherwise verified.

FAQ

Yes—lift-and-shift visual parity is possible. Many teams also take the opportunity to improve IA and performance during the move.

Through URL mapping, redirects, metadata parity checks, and post-launch monitoring of crawl errors on priority URLs. Rankings still depend on search engines.

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Tell us about your environment, constraints, and target outcomes. We’ll recommend a package or a scoped quote.