Is your website becoming slow, difficult to maintain, technically limited, or no longer meeting your current needs?
Website migration allows you to transfer your site to a more modern technology, a new hosting provider, a new CMS, or a more powerful infrastructure, while preserving your content, data, and search engine rankings.
At VR Agency, we support businesses, institutions, associations, and organizations with their website migration projects—whether it’s a simple technical migration or a complete redesign—with a particular focus on preventing losses in visibility: 67% of poorly prepared migrations result in a loss of organic traffic exceeding 20%.
Website migration involves moving all or part of an existing website to a new environment; therefore, migrating a website requires thorough preparation from the very beginning.
Depending on your project, this may include:
Migration to a New Hosting Provider
Migration to a New CMS
Migration to a New Domain Name
Migration to a cloud infrastructure
Migration to a more powerful server
Migrating an Outdated Website to Modern Technology
Migration with a graphical redesign
Migration with SEO Optimization
The destination of the migration—whether it’s a new host, a new platform, or a new environment—must be confirmed from the outset.
Migrating your website is a process divided into several steps, designed to ensure business continuity while preparing your website for future needs.
Is your WordPress site slow, outdated, or hosted on a low-performance infrastructure?
We provide:
Many companies still use Joomla despite the platform’s declining popularity.
We provide:
Reproduction of Content
Page Migration
Migration of Articles
Preserving the Tree Structure
SEO Redirects
Possible redesign
Drupal remains powerful but is often complex to administer.
We are migrating:
Contents
Users
Media
Taxonomies
Existing URLs
Business Features
with a particular focus on maintaining organic search rankings.
Do you want to go beyond the limitations imposed by Wix?
We handle the complete migration of your Wix site to WordPress to provide you with:
More freedom
Improved scalability
Better SEO optimization
Complete control over your website
We are transferring:
Pages
Blog posts
Images
Referencing
Site Structure
while modernizing the user experience on the new website.
Migration to a new Shopify store or a complete overhaul.
Transfer:
Complete e-commerce migration with preservation of history and sales data.
For complex e-commerce projects, we provide:
Migrating from Magento 1 to Magento 2
Migrating from Magento to Shopify
Migrating from Magento to WooCommerce
Migrating from Magento to Prestashop
We support :
Prestashop to Prestashop
Prestashop to WooCommerce
Prestashop to Shopify
Prestashop to Magento
including a complete update of the catalog.
Do you have a custom-built platform?
Our developers can migrate:
Laravel Applications
Customer Portals
Extranets
Intranets
Business Platforms
to a new infrastructure or a newer version of the framework.
We also support migrations of:
CRM
ERP
Extranet
Customer Portal
SaaS Platform
Business Software
with data recovery and business continuity.
Does your current housing no longer meet your needs?
We provide:
OVH Migration
Infomaniak Migration
Combell Migration
O2Switch Migration
AWS Migration
Google Cloud Migration
Azure Migration
Dedicated Server Migration
The quality of the web server and hosting space directly affects performance, and a successful migration can improve loading speed by 35%.
A website migration often involves migrating your email system and email accounts.
We cover:
Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
Exchange
IMAP
POP
including the migration of email accounts, contacts, calendars, and history, while ensuring uninterrupted email service during the transition.
Are you rebranding or looking to update your online presence? Changing your domain name is like a digital move for your brand.
We provide:
Domain Change
DNS Configuration
SSL Certificates
301 Redirects
Maintaining Search Engine Optimization
Switching from HTTP to HTTPS improves the security of the website’s data. A 301 redirect can pass on up to 90% of the SEO authority from the old URLs.
The biggest concern during a migration is the loss of traffic.
That is why we systematically include:
Our goal is to maintain—or even improve—your search engine rankings after the migration.
A website migration involves transferring an existing website to a new technical environment. This may include switching hosting providers, CMS, domain names, or servers, or a complete redesign of the website while retaining the content, data, and SEO.
A migration becomes necessary when your website is slow, difficult to maintain, technically obsolete, or limited in functionality, or when your company wants to switch hosting providers, CMS, or digital strategy.
The cost depends on the type of website, the volume of data, the CMS used, and the features to be migrated. A simple migration can start at a few hundred euros, while a complex migration involving a business platform or an e-commerce site can cost several thousand euros.
Yes. A poorly planned migration can lead to a significant drop in organic traffic. That is why it is essential to set up 301 redirects, maintain the SEO structure, and monitor indexing after the site goes live.
To maintain your search engine rankings, we recommend conducting a comprehensive SEO audit, mapping existing URLs, setting up permanent redirects, checking SEO tags, and monitoring Google Search Console after the migration.
Yes. In most cases, it is possible to perform a migration with minimal downtime—or even one that is completely transparent to visitors—thanks to proper preparation and planning.
A migration primarily involves the technical transfer of the site to a new environment. A redesign is primarily aimed at modernizing the design, user experience, or features. Both operations can be performed simultaneously.
Yes. It is possible to migrate an entire WordPress site to a new hosting provider while retaining the existing content, databases, media, plugins, and settings.
Yes. Pages, posts, images, menus, and SEO content can be migrated to WordPress while taking advantage of a more modern and easier-to-manage admin interface.
Yes. Content, users, media, taxonomies, and URLs can be migrated to WordPress to take advantage of more flexible management and a broader ecosystem.
Yes. Many companies are migrating their Wix sites to WordPress to take advantage of greater customization options, better performance, and improved SEO potential.
Yes. Content, pages, blog posts, images, and SEO settings can be migrated to WordPress while improving performance and scalability.
Yes. Products, categories, customers, orders, and e-commerce data can be transferred to Shopify to simplify the management of the online store.
Yes. Migrating from WooCommerce to Shopify allows you to transfer your product catalog, categories, customers, orders, and key SEO elements.
Yes. Product data, customers, orders, and the catalog structure can be transferred to Shopify while optimizing the user experience.
Yes. Laravel platforms, CRM systems, ERP systems, extranets, intranets, customer portals, and line-of-business software can be migrated to a newer or more powerful infrastructure.
Yes. Migrating to a more modern hosting solution or infrastructure can significantly reduce load times, improve the user experience, and boost SEO performance.
Yes. Email inboxes, contacts, calendars, and history can be transferred to Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Exchange, or other business solutions.
Large websites require specific preparation, including a detailed audit, URL mapping, and a tailored redirect strategy to maintain their visibility in search engines.
Depending on the complexity of the project, a migration can take anywhere from a few days to several weeks. E-commerce platforms and business applications generally require more preparation and testing.
A migration involves technical, SEO, security, and business continuity considerations. A specialized agency can help minimize the risk of data loss, traffic loss, search engine ranking loss, or service interruptions.
Comprehensive site analysis, including preparation of the technical access points required for the audit:
CMS
Accommodations
Database
SEO
Features
website files to be inventoried
A full backup is essential before any migration: you must back up the entire site and export the database before making any changes.
Develop a detailed migration plan that includes a timeline, backup procedures, and an operational guide, incorporating—if necessary—a backup tool provided by the hosting provider and verifying access, passwords, and IP addresses if required by the target environment.
Secure data transfer using the technical solution selected to migrate your website to the correct destination. A poorly executed migration can leave the site vulnerable to attacks.
Validation:
Features
Performance
Security
Mobile Compatibility
Verification of validation results, including user experience
Check for compatibility issues, as plugin compatibility problems can affect the site’s usability
Business impact: A 0.1-second improvement in speed increases spending by 10% and can also boost the conversion rate
Migration to the new environment.
Technical audits and SEO checks after the site goes live, including monitoring search engine visibility and SEO results in the weeks following the migration, as a poorly executed migration can lead to a decline in SEO visibility. It may then take several weeks to return to the original position.
Let’s meet to bring your project to life!
Whether it’s a quick and convenient videoconference, or directly in our Brussels office, we’ll adapt to your preferences. We’re out and about in Brussels every day, at your convenience. Use our contact form to tell us when and where.
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