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How to transfer your website to GMOHosting.COM with zero downtime

We assure you that if you follow our instructions below, you will not face any problem during the transfer and you will face ZERO DOWNTIME.

DO NOT CHANGE YOUR NAMESERVERS NOR DELETE YOUR CURRENT WEB HOST!

Do not tell your current web host that you are going to change to our hosting company unless you transfer all the files to our servers.

Establish a hosting account with us

You will then be able to access your new account via the server's hostname that you will get on your Welcome email with all details for setup.

Start uploading your website files to your domain folder through FTP or any other site publishing software (FrontPage, Dreamweaver, HomeSite, etc.)
In your welcome email, you will get a temporary link to access your NEW web site before anything goes live. Verify that everything is working on your NEW site (graphics, web pages, links, etc.)

Once verified, go to your registrar and change your "name servers" to those that are mentioned in your setup email such as ns1.GMOHosting.com - ns2.GMOHosting.com

Your site will be updated WORLDWIDE within 24-72 hours. Note: although you may be able to see your site on the new server within possibly 12 hours, please allow a complete 72-hour cycle before you delete your old host.

Enjoy your hosting experience with us

If you have any problems during the transfer, pleas email our our support staff and let us know what you've done so far, and we'll help you finish it all up! EVEN IF YOU DO IT RIGHT, drop us a line and let us know that you love the speed!

First step is to establish a web hosting account with us

Start by ordering any of our web hosting plans ORDER HERE

When paying by credit card ,after the payment is verified, you will receive a setup email within 30 seconds with all the usernames / passwords to grant you server access via your assigned server hostname. Proceed to upload your files to the server via the server's hostname. MAKE SURE YOU PUT EVERYTHING IN YOUR DOMAIN FOLDER UNDER YOUR PUBLIC-HTML FOLDER and MAKE SURE YOU RENAME YOUR HOMEPAGE "index.html", ALL LOWER CASE. Then use the temporary link provided inthe email to view your site.
Once you have everything verified, return to the place where you originally registered your domain (your registrar).

In your setup email(s) there will be a pair of DNS or Nameservers

Use those DNS to change them for your domain. If you don't have a domain control panel (that is where you usually make these changes) please email your registrar or call and tell them to change your name servers to those provided to you in your setup email from us such as ns1.GMOHosting.com - ns2.GMOHosting.com

After the DNS changes have been made, your domain will now begin to point to your server with Hostblow.com This will take 24-72 hours to resolve worldwide as every ISP updates their DNS at different times. If after 48 hours you cannot access your domain via www.yourdomain.com, please email us .

Enjoy your hosting experience with GMOHosting.COM