Web Design
Website migration for Australian businesses moving to a new platform, CMS or host, with every page, post, form and old address carried across.
Moving your site
Rock Solid Marketing provides website migration services for Australian businesses moving to a new platform, CMS or host, run from our office in Mildura. Your site mostly works. It’s the platform under it that’s slow, costly or hard to edit.
A web migration rarely fails in one big way. It fails in small ones: a dead booking button, a missing image, or an old newsletter link that now shows an error. We find those before your customers do, by listing everything on the old site first.
A move to a new platform is priced like our website packages, from $5,000 + GST. If your new host includes a move with its plan, we’ll tell you before we quote.
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Years serving Sunraysia and the Mallee
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Years’ minimum experience for every specialist
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Marketing specialists on your team
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Core digital channels, one joined-up strategy
What we move
Most moves fall into one of three kinds: a new CMS, a new host, or both at once. Each needs the same care with the content that crosses over.
Stuck with a page builder that slows every edit, or a platform you’ve outgrown? We rebuild the site on WordPress or the Rock Solid Marketing CMS, then move your content in, page by page.
Your host is slow, expensive or closing your plan. When you migrate website files and a database, the site is tested on the new server before the domain points at it.
For Tristate Tours we moved 36 travel posts into 6 Travel Insights categories, and 157 images, each with alt text. Prices, dates and names stayed exactly as written.
Links to your site sit in emails, social posts and other websites. Every address that changes gets a 301 redirect to its new page, and we test the whole list after launch.
Tristate’s WeTravel booking buttons came across unchanged. Older links to closed Rezdy booking pages now go to the matching tour, so no visitor hits a dead end.
A site transfer service that copies files can leave product details behind. For Aline Trading we imported the existing product listings into a new CMS and searchable catalogue.
Your specialists
Saimul IslamDeveloper & AI expertBendigo VIC
Lindsay BuckleyDigital MastermindSydney NSWHow it works
Five steps, and your old site keeps taking bookings and orders until the new one is tested.
A free 30-minute call about where the site lives now, where it’s going and what has to keep working on moving day.
We list every page, post, image, form, booking link and outside link on the old site, then agree what moves, merges or goes.
Saimul builds the new site on a staging copy while the old one stays live, so customers keep booking and buying as normal.
Content and images come across, changed addresses get 301 redirects, and we test forms, bookings and phones before anything switches.
We point the domain at the new site, test the old addresses again and fix anything that breaks during the follow-up support period.
The inventory
Before anything moves, we list every page, post, image, form and outside link on the old site. That list becomes the checklist: each item gets a new home, a redirect or a decision to drop it. The best website migration service is the one that shows you this list before it starts.
For Tristate Tours, the old WordPress site, built with the Elementor page builder, held 18 pages, 36 travel posts and 173 images. Twenty-four redirect rules cover the pages that moved. On 23 October 2026 we checked all 116 old page addresses, and each one opened the right page.
Nothing moves until it’s on the list.
On every platform move
Hosting-only moves, where the site itself doesn’t change, are quoted separately at $175 + GST an hour. New copywriting, pages beyond the package and integrations are quoted too. The search side of a move (benchmark crawl, Search Console checks) is a separate SEO service.
Pricing
A move to a new platform is a rebuild, so it uses the package that fits your page count. Care plans and hosting look after the site once it lands.
Essentials
From
$5,000+ GST
Up to 5 pages for a complete website design. Theme designed based on your industry. 3 rounds of feedback revisions.
Enquire NowE-commerce
From
$6,000+ GST
A customised e-commerce website, designed to attract, with an online store, shopping cart and online payment gateway integration.
Enquire NowStandard
From
$6,500+ GST
Design a comprehensive website, themed to suit your industry with all the necessary plug-ins to ensure security and SEO.
Enquire NowAdvanced
From
$12,000+ GST
Design a bespoke industry specific website, with all necessary plug-ins to ensure security and SEO.
Enquire NowWebsite maintenance
From
$275+ GST a month
We’ll keep your plugins and certificates up to date, monitor your website activity, fix any bugs or breaks that may arise, and keep your website backed up and secure.
Basic care for 3 to 5 page sites. Larger sites: Essentials $395 + GST a month; e-commerce and complex sites: Premium $549 + GST a month (minimum 6 months).
Enquire NowWeb hosting
From
$400+ GST a year
Flexible Australian hosting for businesses just starting out, growing fast, or running a high traffic e-commerce site. cPanel or VPS, with unlimited support.
Enquire NowOur work
Broken Hill NSWRock Solid Marketing designed and built a new website for Tristate Tours, a small-group Outback tour company in Broken Hill NSW. Its 36 travel posts and WeTravel bookings came across, and every old page address still works.
Rock Solid Marketing built a new website and content management system for Aline Trading, with a complete product catalogue the team can update themselves, searchable by category, price and specification.
Rock Solid Marketing rebuilt the Shopify online store for Exposed Signage and Apparel after technical issues stalled the original build, giving the business a working way to sell its products online.
Illawarra Shoalhaven NSWRock Solid Marketing helped the Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation (ISJO) refine its messaging, redesign its website and run community campaigns to show its regional impact to councils, partners and residents.
We approached Rock Solid Marketing to build our online store for our retail division and to look after our existing website. The professionalism of Sean and his team from day one was incredible, they took the time to sit down with us to discuss our exact requirements and they offered suggestions for the build which would improve the overall running of the store.
The finished result of our online store is nothing short of fantastic- it integrates with our point of sale software, it is very easy to navigate, and presents and operates as a professionally made web store should. Since completion and hand over, the back up support we receive from Rock Solid Marketing is remarkable- nothing is too much trouble and we can contact the team at any time with any questions we may have. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Sean, Janine and the team from Rock Solid Marketing for building or revamping a website, creating an online store to suit your business or with online marketing.
Resources
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FAQ
Can’t find what you’re after? Call us on 1800 842 022 or browse every answer on our FAQ page.
All FAQsA move to a new platform starts from $5,000 + GST, the price of our Essentials package for up to 5 pages. Larger sites use Standard ($6,500 + GST, 10 to 25 pages) or Advanced ($12,000 + GST). A hosting-only move, where the site doesn’t change, is quoted separately at $175 + GST an hour. You get a fixed quote after the discovery call.
It depends mostly on how much content moves, not on the design. Tristate Tours’ site, with 18 pages, 36 travel posts and 173 images, was built and moved between 10 and 22 October 2026. Stores with large ranges, sites with hundreds of posts and custom forms take longer. Your old site stays live until the new one is ready.
We migrate a website in 5 steps. List everything on the old site, build the new one on a staging copy, move the content, redirect changed addresses, then switch the domain over and test. The inventory matters most. Skipping it is how images, forms and old links go missing without anyone noticing until a customer complains.
Copy the site’s files and database to the new host, test it there, then point your domain at the new server. Keep the old hosting running until the change has settled, so nothing goes offline. On WordPress, a migration plug-in or your new host’s tools can handle the copy. The domain step is where most mistakes happen.
Yes, if you’re comfortable with files, databases and your domain’s DNS settings. Ask your new host first, because some include a move when you sign up. If yours does, we’ll tell you before we quote. Bring us in when the site is changing platform too, or when it takes bookings or payments you can’t afford to lose.
Yes. We can move your site onto our web hosting, which starts from $400 + GST a year. The first 12 months come with our website packages. On a hosting-only move we copy the site, test it on the new server, then switch the domain. The site looks and works the same, just from a new home.
It can, when old addresses break or valued pages are dropped. Every changed address on our moves gets a 301 redirect, and titles and descriptions carry over. If search brings in most of your work, our separate SEO service for site moves adds a benchmark crawl and weeks of Search Console checks.
They should, because we list and test them before the switch-over. For Tristate Tours, the WeTravel booking buttons came across unchanged, and old links to closed Rezdy pages now go to the matching tour. The site’s 4 forms are new and pass every enquiry to one CRM workspace.
Nothing, as long as your domain’s settings are changed carefully. The same DNS settings that point to your website also route your email. Before anyone edits them, list where your email is hosted and keep those records as they are. A rushed hosting move that wipes them is the most common cause of lost mail.
Let’s start by scheduling a free discovery call so we can get to know each other and see if we’re a good fit for your marketing needs.
