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title: Migrating Your Domain/Website With Zero Downtime
description: "Migrating your site without downtime is important for your visitors and traffic. Here's how you can do this. - Sign up for the new hosting plan - Migrate the files/database and site from the old hosting plan, while keeping the…"
url: "https://know.cynderhost.com/docs/migrating-your-domain-website-with-zero-downtime/"
updated: "2020-08-28"
category: Domain
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# Migrating Your Domain/Website With Zero Downtime

Migrating your site without downtime is important for your visitors and traffic. Here's how you can do this.

- Sign up for the new hosting plan
- Migrate the files/database and site from the old hosting plan, while keeping the old plan active and the original files there (Migration Guides for [cPanel](https://know.cynderhost.com/about/how-to-migrate-your-website-from-cpanel/), [Plesk](https://know.cynderhost.com/about/how-to-migrate-your-website-from-cpanel/), and [WordPress](https://know.cynderhost.com/about/how-to-migrate-a-wordpress-website/)).
- Change your nameservers or domain's Apex record to those of the new plan. ([Guide](https://know.cynderhost.com/about/adding-and-setting-up-domains/))
- Wait 24-48 hours for the DNS to propagate, then you can cancel the old hosting plan.

This way, you ensure that regardless of the status of DNS propagation for a user, they will either hit the new server or the old server, with both containing an active website, ensuring a seamless transition.