# How do I move a website to a new host?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-move-a-website-to-a-new-host/210027>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-move-a-website-to-a-new-host/210027 "2003-10-28T14:58:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-move-a-website-to-a-new-host/210027/1 "2003-10-28T14:58:39Z")

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I need to move my uncle’s website from his existing host to a new one. Is at as simple as transferring the data (which isn’t much) from one ftp site to another? Also, can you recommend a good, but inexpensive company?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-move-a-website-to-a-new-host/210027/2 "2003-10-28T15:04:27Z")

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You’ll need to go to your current host control panel and change the nameserver entry to the nameserver(s) of the new host, then transfer your data. It will take two to three days for the new DNS information to propagate. Untill then, you’ll need to access your site by IP address.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-move-a-website-to-a-new-host/210027/3 "2003-10-28T18:44:39Z")

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often, your new provider can do the work of cutting over DNS. And yes, you’ll ftp it off, and ftp it to the new site.