For many years I lived in Germany and used a German web service provider. Now I live in the U and want to switch to an American provider. Can anyone tell me if there is a provider where it ispossible to copy the site without having to individually reload photos?
I’ve used IONOS for a long time. They’re actually based in Germany (I think) but have data centers in the US. You should be able to move your site via FTP download and upload without any problem.
Thanks for the suggestion kolohe280. Just for completeness, any other people have suggestions?
you might try searching the forum. This was one result:
I’m still using Dreamhost now for five years… No problems…
Ionos as well
In the interesting development category. I purchased hosting services from ionos and they subsequently informed me that they cannot transfer my site from Bluehost to their servers. They did not give a specific reason and declined to let me talk to one of their technicians. I think it should be fairly straight forward - copy all files, update database, transfer MX entries and transfer DNS.
Technically, probably a bit above my paygrade. Pricing and from this and other sites, reliability and storage seems superior particularly given the rather outsized storage often associated with photography websites.
Anyone with experience in this process? Anyone with a suggestion as to who may have the technical expertise to assist? Possibly for a fee?