Bolt site migration
You built it with Bolt in an afternoon. Now make it easy to find.
Bolt turns a prompt into a working site, but what it builds is a web app: your words only appear after code runs in the visitor's browser. Many search engines and AI assistants never run that code, so they find an almost empty page. I rebuild your site on Redline as plain, fast pages that look the same, and you stop paying in prompts for every small change. Enter your address to see what your move would involve.
Typical level
Move + some custom work, including sites where people sign in. Big sites are a redesign and move.
Typical price
$2,800–4,000 for most Bolt sites, $4,000–6,000 for big ones. Hosting and care is $150 a month.
Time
Usually 2–3 weeks. Your Bolt site stays live until the new one is ready.
After the move
Edit text and photos yourself in a simple editor, with no prompts or tokens, or let me: an hour of edits a month is included.
Why Bolt sites struggle in search
Bolt usually builds with React and Vite, tools made for web apps. Each page your server sends is a title, a script and an empty box, and the visitor's browser runs the script to fill in your words. That's fine for people, and a problem for anything that reads your site to rank or recommend it:
- AI assistants often see an empty page. The tools that ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity use to read websites mostly don't run scripts, so there's nothing for them to quote. When I built the same site six ways, the React, Vue and Angular versions showed these tools one generic title and none of the content, on every page.
- Google gets to it late. Google can run the script, but later and not every time, so new pages and edits can take weeks to show up.
- One title for every page. Unless each page was set up for it, every address shares the same title and description in search results and link previews.
- Small edits are risky. Changing a phone number by prompt spends tokens, and a prompt can change more than you asked. Someone has to check the whole site after each one.
The free check above shows whether your pages are drawn by code. On Redline every page is sent complete, with its own title, description and words.
What moves over
Comes over
- Every page, with your words and images.
- Your design: same layout, colors and fonts, rebuilt as plain pages.
- Contact and sign-up forms, set up again in Redline.
- Your domain, and every page address you have now.
- Logins and free members-only pages: Redline supports sign-in and different access levels.
Needs a closer look
- Pages behind a login, and who is allowed to see each one.
- Data kept in Supabase or Bolt's database beyond simple form entries.
- Calculators, dashboards or other tools people use on the site.
- Payments, paid memberships and online stores, which aren't covered yet.
I can't see pages behind a login from outside, so for sites with logins I work with whoever built your site to list every one and who can see it. Each is tested before we switch over.
How the move works
- Check your siteEnter your address above. You'll see the level, and I'll reply with a fixed price.
- I rebuild itI work from your live site, so there's nothing to download from Bolt. If you have the project on GitHub, that helps with any tools on the site.
- You review itYou see the new site before anything changes, and I test that every old address still works.
- We switch overI point your domain at the new site. Your Bolt project stays yours, untouched.
If you ever leave, here's what you take with you
Your website
As standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript files that any web host can run.
Your data
If your site keeps records such as members, bookings or form entries, you get a complete copy in a format other tools can read.
Your code
Anything built just for your business is yours. I don't own it and I won't keep it.
Your domain
It was always yours, and it goes wherever you go.
The Redline engine stays with me. Everything else goes with you. Your files, data and code are always handed over free. If you'd like help setting them up somewhere else, that's billed at my normal rate.
Questions about moving from Bolt
Why isn't my Bolt site showing up in Google?
Bolt builds sites as React apps, so each page arrives almost empty and the words are drawn by code in the browser. Google can run that code, but later and not always, and every page often shares one title and description. Plain pages, each with its own words and search details, fix that.
Can ChatGPT and other AI assistants read my Bolt site?
Often not. The tools AI assistants use to read websites mostly don't run scripts, so a Bolt page can look empty to them. On Redline every page is plain HTML with your words right there, so they can read and recommend it.
Do I need to export my project from Bolt?
No. I rebuild from your live site. If the site has tools or saved data, access to the project's code or GitHub repository helps me get those right, but it's not required for the pages themselves.
How much does it cost to move a Bolt site?
Most Bolt sites are $2,800–4,000 and take 2–3 weeks. Big sites, or ones with several tools to rebuild, are $4,000–6,000. Hosting and care is $150 a month, or $1,500 a year, with an hour of edits a month included. The free check on this page shows your site's level.
Can my site keep its logins?
Yes. Redline supports sign-in and different access levels. Because pages behind a login can't be seen from outside, I work with whoever built your site to map every one and who should see it, then test each before we switch over. Paid memberships, where people pay for access, aren't covered yet.
How do I make changes after the move?
In Redline's editor: change pages, posts, photos, menus and search titles directly, with no prompts, tokens or code. Or send me the change: an hour of edits a month is included in hosting and care.
Will my domain and links stay the same?
Yes. Your domain stays yours, and every page address you have now keeps working. I test each one before we switch over.
Who's behind this
I'm Brad Simon, and Coder B Dev is my one-person studio. I've been writing software for more than 30 years: enterprise systems, web applications and SaaS platforms, for companies from startups to large enterprises. Redline is the platform I built so small business sites can get that same engineering without the upkeep. I take on a small number of sites at a time, so each one gets my full attention.
I'd rather you stay because you want to. I've seen too many business owners stuck with a platform because leaving meant losing their site. I don't work that way. Your words, images and data are yours, and so is any code written for your business: I don't claim any rights to it. If you ever decide to move on, I'll hand you your site as standard files, a full copy of your data and all of your own code, with no runaround. The only thing I keep is the Redline engine itself.