Plan a move
from your website platform.
Before changing website platform, work out what you can take with you and what needs rebuilding. This planner helps you think through the pages, forms, connected services, domain and email, then gives you a brief to discuss with your next provider.
Free. No signup. Use the downloads with any provider.
Your platform.
Your next steps.
Answer what you can about the current site. The planner puts those answers into a brief, with jobs to assign and checks to make before the move. It does not inspect the website, verify exports, move data or authorize cancellation.
Your working brief
A clearer move starts here.
Choose a platform, then build your plan.
Get a platform-specific explanation, practical tasks and the decisions still to settle. Each task includes a role to agree and evidence to check.
Use the result with any provider. It does not inspect your site or declare a migration ready.
Decisions to settle
No unknown input choices remain. The work and checks below are still outstanding.
Your action plan
These are planned checks, not completed work.
Take the plan into the next conversation.
Download the complete brief and action list for your team or any provider. The enquiry button carries a concise summary into an editable message. You review it before sending.
Read or select the complete brief
An export is not always
a working website.
Each platform lets you take different things away. Check what the export contains, whether the next provider can use it and what will happen to the services your website relies on.
Wix
A Wix site depends on Wix hosting. Taking your content and domain elsewhere is different from exporting the working Wix website.
- What to retain or check
- Retain the content and assets you have rights to use. Record important page addresses and check exports separately for each service.
- What needs a separate plan
- A replacement outside Wix needs its own design, implementation and working services. Do not treat domain pointing as moving the Wix site.
Squarespace
Squarespace exports certain content in XML for WordPress import. That file is not a copy of the design or a complete working website.
- What to retain or check
- Review the actual export against the site inventory. The export supports one blog; retain excluded content, images and downloads separately.
- What needs a separate plan
- Style settings, custom CSS and several page or block types are excluded. Plan the visual rebuild and confirm each function separately.
Webflow
Eligible paid Workspace plans can export site code. A Site plan alone does not give code-export access, and static files are not all the site’s services.
- What to retain or check
- Check the Workspace export entitlement and inspect the files received. Inventory CMS content and other data separately from the code.
- What needs a separate plan
- Exported code does not retain working CMS, ecommerce, native form processing, search, localized content or password protection. Each needed service needs an agreed replacement.
Guidance reviewed 27 September 2026. Check the current provider documentation and your own plan or agreement before acting. For WordPress, distinguish a content export, a complete backup and the editing arrangement. Other platforms need the same practical questions answered without borrowing another platform’s export rules.
You may decide
to stay.
If the platform still suits the team’s editing and integrated services, improving the existing site can be a sensible option. A new visual design does not automatically require a new platform.
Compare the same outcome
Ask what each proposal includes: writing, design, content transfer, editing, integrations, launch checks and ongoing work. A software subscription and a complete replacement project are different purchases.
Compare the full quoted costsKeep a page-by-page record
Inventory the useful existing URLs, including articles and downloads. Keep addresses where practical. Give each changed or retired URL an explicit decision and a relevant destination.
Use the existing URL worksheetProve the working journeys
A form can look right while sending nothing, and a booking link can lead to a service that no longer works. Agree how you will try these important actions and who will confirm the result before you switch.
Assign requirements and launch responsibilitiesGoogle’s site-move guidance recommends mapping changed URLs and testing redirects. Search visibility can fluctuate during a move. The planner does not promise preserved rankings or certify readiness.
Plan the replacement
before ending the old service.
UpOnUp plans, writes, designs and builds new business websites and agreed replacements. Our current website scope includes up to 25 agreed responsive pages, original design and copywriting, an agreed enquiry route and 2 consolidated refinement rounds.
The work involved depends on what you need to bring across: content, page addresses, email arrangements and connected services. Talk that through before ordering so the price and scope reflect the move you actually need.
Questions before you switch.
Can I keep my domain when I change website platform?
Often the website can change while the domain stays under the same ownership. Domain registration, DNS, hosting and email are separate responsibilities. Confirm the actual setup and who is authorized to change it. A Wix-managed domain can point to an external website; that does not export the Wix-built site.
Does the planner check my website or accounts?
No. It uses the choices you enter on this page. It does not visit your URL, connect to a platform account, inspect an export, test a form or verify your access. Unknown choices become questions in the brief.
Are the downloads gated?
No. Download the complete Markdown brief and CSV action list without an account or email address. The CSV works as a task record in spreadsheet software. Keep the full brief for the platform context, sources and unresolved decisions.
Will moving platform improve speed or search visibility?
A platform name does not establish the performance or search quality of a particular website. Evaluate the actual implementation, content, hosting and third-party services. A replacement also needs a careful URL and launch plan; rankings and enquiries cannot be guaranteed.
Can I cancel the old platform once I have an export?
An export alone does not show that the replacement works or contains everything needed. Retain the old service until the responsible people have verified the replacement, the domain and email changes, required data and content, redirects and the agreed rollback arrangement.