Why Import My Content to My Own Self Hosted WordPress Site?
Many of our clients have been paying high hosting fees each and every month for years and are sick and tired of paying anywhere from $39-$99 per month to live & play by others rules. When your content is hosted on a server or network that you do not control, you have to obey their rules, change things when they say to do so, or wait till they want to make the change to allow you to add new features.
Hosting your own site does two main things for you. First, you are able to cut down expenses dramatically each month. Most hosting companies offer great deals where you can get great service for under $10 each month. The company we love is Bluehost. (affiliate link) They give you the ability to host your own domains for only $6.95 per month. You have unlimited space, unlimited emails, and can host as many domains as you own all for under $7 each month. They offer some great technical support and offer a 99.9% guarantee of up time. So in a years time you could save anywhere from $350 to over $1,000 per site you own! This is money that stays in your pocket instead of spending it on a webhost.
The Second thing hosting your own site allows is for you to be in complete control. You don’t have to follow the community terms of service, or wait for a webhost to allow for upgrades. Nor do you have to be bothered by those server down for maintenance screens you see from time to time. The possibilities of plugins and features are unlimited when you are hosting your own WordPress Site. A recent client was amazed by the number of plugins and widgets that were available when she switched over from a basic WordPress.com to a self hosted WordPress site.
What about my Content? Can you import it into a new WordPress Site?
The simple answer is YES! We can import the content from just about any blogging platform that exists. If you give us the access to your current blog, we can normally export the content out & import it into a new site for you. Here is a list of some of the places we can import from:
- WordPress.com
- Blogger
- LiveJournal
- ActiveRain
- TypePad
If you are using a blogging platform outside of these listed, contact us and we will see if we can assist in importing your content over. If you are ready to start the importing of your content over to your own blog, sign up now!
