WordPress is the most used Content Management System (CMS) online today. Our McNair Media Website Platform is powered by WordPress and we provide a migrate to WordPress service. Below is a brief overview of what migrating to WordPress looks like, depending on your existing platform.
Wix
With over a half a million searches each month, Wix is one of the most popular website platforms for small businesses and DIY site builders. Wix is a very attractive initially with an entry level free tier. However you will find that taking the Wix branding off your site, and adding new functionality Wix through its ‘app store’ will quickly balloon the price beyond other website platforms.
How Hard is it to Migrate from Wix to WordPresS?
Wix is extremely locked down and doesn’t allow much in terms of exporting content out of your Wix account. Because of this, Wix is one of the most painful migrations and expensive migrations. Our recommendation is to migrate off of Wix is soon as possible.
Weebly
Weebly is similar in a lot of ways to Wix in its entry-level pricing and attractiveness to DIY website builders. While it’s not the best platform from an SEO standpoint and has most of the limitations as Wix does,
How Hard is it to Migrate from Weebly to WordPresS?
Migrating from Weebly to WordPress can be done faster and more effectively than with Wix. Content can easily be pulled into the WordPress database, with only the site design needing to be built out onto the WordPress build. We provide a site migration service, which also includes migrating your existing site design over as well.
SquareSpace
Squarespace is similar in a lot of ways to Wix and Weebly in being that it is a website builder, but it provides a lot of customization that is not possible on those previously mentioned platforms. We find that Squarespace is a good starting point for startups and DIYers just trying to get a simple informational website up and running. The low starting cost makes it an easy choice but more established businesses get frustrated with the fact you can only use Squarespace for hosting and how customizing the look and feel of your site, along with any purchasing capabilities is laborious and expensive.
How Hard is it to Migrate from Squarespace to WordPresS?
Migrating from Squarespace to WordPress can be done faster and more effectively than with Wix or even Weebly. Content can easily be pulled into the WordPress database and pictures can be imported in as well, with only the site design needing to be built out onto the WordPress build. We provide a site migration service, which also includes migrating your existing site design over as well.
Shopify
Shopify is a powerful e-commerce solution that many startups and small businesses use to get an e-commerce store up and running fast. The low starting cost makes it an easy choice but more established businesses get frustrated with the fact you can only use Shopify for hosting and how customizing the checkout experience or selling subscriptions is laborious and expensive.
How Hard is it to Migrate from Shopify to WordPresS?
Migrating from Shopify to WordPress is a little complicated. Pages and posts can be pulled into the WordPress database and pictures can be imported in as well. Products can also be imported into WooCommerce, the WordPress add on for e-commerce. Things like the site design, configuring payment processing and shipping are the only things that are needed to be done on the new WordPress build. We provide a site migration service, which also includes migrating your existing site design over as well.
ExpressionEngine
ExpressionEngine was a fairly popular alternative to WordPress in the early 2000s that lost a lot of support near the end of the 2010s. It was well liked by web developers in its dashboard customizations, but suffered a lot from licensing fees, a lack of plugin support and painful version upgrades. Many sites failed to get upgraded due to major differences between versions.
How Hard is it to Migrate from ExpressionEngine to WordPresS?
Migrating from ExpressionEngine to WordPress is quite complicated but doable. Because of the customization allowed at the building of the site and the significant differences between ExpressionEngine versions, data pulls from the existing ExpressionEngine database have to be cleaned up and imported in a series of data conversions. y. We provide a site migration service to our platform, which also includes migrating your existing site design over as well.