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We migrate your existing website to Tech Guru hosting free of charge, with near-zero downtime when done in this order:

The process

  1. Open a migration ticket with: current hosting provider, control panel type (cPanel/Plesk/other), and login details or a full backup file.
  2. We copy everything — files, databases and (where possible) email — to your new account. Your live site is untouched.
  3. You preview the migrated copy on a temporary URL and confirm it works.
  4. DNS cutover — we point the domain to the new server (lower TTL in advance to make this fast).
  5. Old hosting stays live during propagation, so visitors see the site throughout. Cancel the old plan only after 48–72 hours.

What we need from you

  • Old control panel login OR a full backup (files + database export)
  • Domain registrar access if the domain is elsewhere (for the nameserver change)
  • A maintenance window preference for database-driven sites (we sync the DB at cutover so no orders/posts are lost)

Email caution

If email currently lives on the old host, tell us before cutover — mailboxes must be recreated and devices repointed on migration day to avoid missed mail.


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