How to Transfer a Hosting Account from GoDaddy to WP Engine
One of the most frustrating things about being a web designer is having to start from scratch every time you want to launch a new website. Even worse, each time you start a new site you have to spend a good chunk of time making sure that everything is set up just right. Of course, this is all before you even begin to code.
Thankfully, there’s a better way. If you have a hosting account with GoDaddy, you can use their automated website builder to easily and effectively launch a new site in just a few minutes. Not only that, but you can also use their automated WordPress installer to get a fully-functioning WordPress site up and running in no time flat.
Here’s how you can do it.
Step One: Set Up Your Automated Website Builder
GoDaddy’s website builder is one of the most popular and simplest web tools to use, especially if you’re just starting out. With it, you can easily create and launch a professional-looking website in just a few minutes. Plus, you can use their drag-and-drop interface to build out your site’s design in no time at all.
To get started, visit https://builder.godaddy.com/ and click on the Get Started button.
This will direct you to their free website builder. From here, you can begin creating your first website or app.
When you’re ready to launch, simply click on the green Get Site button on the top right corner of the screen.
This will take you to a popup where you can either choose to go with the free option or pay $2 for an annual subscription. For the purpose of this article, we’ll go with the free option.
Step Two: Set Up Your Automated WordPress Installer
GoDaddy provides a powerful automated WordPress installer that can easily be accessed from within their website builder. All you need to do is follow their simple steps and you’ll have a fully-functioning and customizable WordPress website in just a few minutes.
To get started, visit https://builder.godaddy.com/ and click on the Get Started button.
This will direct you to their free website builder. From here, you can begin creating your first website or app.
When you’re ready to launch, simply click on the green Get Site button on the top right corner of the screen.
This will take you to a popup where you can either choose to go with the free option or pay $2 for an annual subscription. For the purpose of this article, we’ll go with the free option.
Step Three: Visit Website » Create Your First Site or App
Once you’ve set up both of the above-mentioned tools, you can finally start creating your website. GoDaddy’s website builder makes this easy by giving you a fast and simple way to build out a professional-looking website.
While you’re there, you can also use their drag-and-drop interface to build out the rest of your site’s design. For more information, visit https://web.manifestationtechnology.com/design/. Once you’re done, you can click on the Save button at the top right to save your work or click on the Publish button to post your site publicly in just a few minutes.
Step Four: Activate WordPress
To finish the process, you need to visit https://godaddy.com/wordpresstelemetry and enter your domain name in the space provided. You’ll need to do this for both your website and your app. Once you do that, click on the Activate button to finish the process. This will take you back to your dashboard where you can login using your username and password.
From here, you can begin designing your site and adding content to it using the WordPress dashboard.
The great thing about this whole process is that once you have a functioning WordPress website you can launch any number of additional sites from the same dashboard. Plus, if you want, you can transfer your existing content from the original site to the new sites without having to re-import it from scratch.
Overall, GoDaddy’s website builder is a great tool for quickly and effortlessly creating a professional-looking website. Their automated WordPress installer even gets rid of the hassles of having to manually install WordPress on your hosting account.