Migration Check

GoDaddy Website Builder migration

Outgrown GoDaddy's Website Builder? Take your site somewhere you own.

GoDaddy's Website Builder gets a business online quickly, but the site only runs on GoDaddy, the layouts are fixed, and there's little control over how search engines see it. I rebuild your site on Redline as fast, plain pages that look the same, with your words and images, and every link kept. Enter your address to see what your move would involve.

I look at your public pages and page list, the same way a visitor would. Nothing is saved unless you ask for a quote.

Typical level

A quick move for small, simple sites. Booking tools, several forms or many pages add some custom work.

Typical price

$1,800–4,000 for most GoDaddy sites, $4,000–6,000 for big ones. Hosting and care is $150 a month.

Time

Usually 1–3 weeks. Your current site stays live until the new one is ready.

After the move

Edit your pages yourself in a simple editor, or let me: an hour of edits a month is included.

Why people leave GoDaddy's Website Builder

The builder is made to be simple, and that simplicity has limits that show up as a business grows:

  • You can't take it with you. There's no way to export a Website Builder site to run anywhere else. The longer you stay, the more there is to rebuild.
  • Fixed layouts. Sections can be rearranged, but not truly designed, so the site looks like many others.
  • Little search control. Page addresses, structured data and the details AI assistants read are mostly decided by the builder.
  • Bundled extras. Marketing, booking and store features are tied to plan levels, and the price changes when the plan does.

On Redline your pages are plain and fast, you set search details page by page, and if you ever leave, you get your whole site as standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript files.

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.
  • Search titles and descriptions, page by page.
  • 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.
  • Online appointments, matched with a booking tool that does the same job.
  • 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

  1. Check your siteEnter your address above. You'll see the level, and I'll reply with a fixed price.
  2. I rebuild itI copy your words, images and design from your live site. There's nothing for you to export.
  3. You review itYou see the new site before anything changes, and I test that every old address still works.
  4. We switch overI connect your domain to the new site. Your domain can stay registered at GoDaddy, and you can cancel the Website Builder plan.

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 GoDaddy

Can I export my GoDaddy Website Builder site?

No. GoDaddy's Website Builder doesn't offer a way to export a site to run elsewhere. Moving means rebuilding it, which is what I do: same look, same words and images, and every old link kept.

Do I have to move my domain away from GoDaddy?

No. Your domain can stay registered at GoDaddy and simply point at the new site. If you'd rather move it, I'll walk you through that too.

How much does it cost to move a GoDaddy site?

Most GoDaddy sites are $1,800–4,000: a small, simple site is a quick move, and booking tools, several forms or many pages add some custom work. Big sites 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.

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.

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