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Website migration services in Dubai exist for one reason: moving a website is easy to do and expensive to do badly. Tomsher moves platforms, content, data and integrations as one managed project, with the SEO planning, testing and launch support handled by the same in-house team that writes the code. That covers a hosting transfer, a CMS replatform, a domain change, an ecommerce store move or a full rebuild on a new technology stack.

We serve businesses across Dubai and the wider UAE, including Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, as well as clients operating across the GCC. Send us the website and what you want to change, and the first thing you receive is an assessment, not a quotation.

Website migration company in Dubai, moving your site to a clear plan

A website migration company in Dubai should start with the reason you are moving, because the reason decides the scope. The triggers we see most often across UAE businesses are a platform that has run out of room, maintenance and licence costs that keep climbing, a rebrand or domain change, hosting that goes down at the wrong moment, a CMS the marketing team cannot use without a developer, and integrations that will not connect to the current build.

Each of those leads somewhere different. A hosting problem is a transfer. An editing problem is usually a CMS change. An integration problem is often a rebuild. Our assessment establishes which of those you actually have, then defines the migration scope around it rather than selling the largest option.

Website migration services for platforms, hosting and domains

Website migration services in Dubai and the UAE are not one service. These are the distinct projects we deliver, and a single engagement often combines two of them.

Migration type	What changes	What the project covers
Hosting migration	Server or hosting provider, URLs unchanged	Environment setup, file and database transfer, DNS and TTL planning, mail record checks, performance verification
CMS and platform migration	Content management system or platform	Content modelling, content and media transfer, template rebuild, editor training, redirects where URLs change
Domain migration	Domain or subdomain	URL mapping, permanent redirects, Search Console Change of Address, internal link updates, brand asset updates
URL restructuring	Site structure and page addresses	Old-to-new URL map, redirect implementation and testing, internal linking, sitemap updates
Content consolidation	Which pages exist	Content audit, merge and retire decisions based on performance data, redirects to relevant destinations
Custom rebuild	The application itself	Requirements, data modelling, development, integration rebuild, content migration, full test cycle
Ecommerce replatform	Store platform	Catalogue, customer and order data, payments, shipping, tax, integrations and checkout testing

SEO migration services in Dubai to protect existing visibility

SEO migration planning identifies what your current website already earns before anything is rebuilt. That is the part most migrations skip, and it is why traffic disappears. Our SEO migration service runs alongside development rather than after it.

• A full URL inventory from a crawl, your sitemaps, server logs and analytics, so pages that are linked but rarely visited are not lost.
• A performance baseline from Search Console and GA4, recorded before work starts, so recovery can be proven rather than assumed.
• Content decisions with evidence, marking each page to keep, improve, merge or retire based on clicks, links and enquiries.
• A redirect plan using server-side permanent redirects, mapped one to one to the most relevant destination, with no bulk redirect to the homepage.
• Metadata and structured data carried across page by page, not reset by a template default.
• Internal links updated to new addresses rather than relying on redirects.
• Indexability checks, covering robots.txt, noindex directives, canonical URLs and sitemaps on the live site.
• Post-launch monitoring of clicks, impressions, indexing, crawl errors and enquiries against the baseline.

On expectations, we follow Google's own position rather than a sales promise: temporary ranking fluctuation is normal during a significant site move, and Google recommends keeping migration redirects in place for at least a year so signals transfer. We plan for that period, monitor through it and fix what surfaces. Our website redesign SEO checklist sets out the same process in detail if you want to review the method before engaging anyone.

CMS migration services in Dubai, platform and framework options

CMS migration services in Dubai and platform migration projects depend entirely on what you are moving between, so this table shows the routes and, more usefully, what transfers directly against what needs rebuilding.

Technology	Typical migration scenarios	What we assess before committing
WordPress	Hosting moves, domain changes, rebuilds, moving another CMS into WordPress	Content, media, custom fields, theme logic, plugin dependencies, forms, SEO settings, user roles
WooCommerce	Hosting transfers, store rebuilds, moving to Shopify or a custom store	Products, variations, stock, customers, orders, coupons, checkout and plugin-dependent features
Shopify	Moving in from WooCommerce, Magento or another platform	Product and collection mapping, customer access, order history, app replacements, redirects, integrations
Adobe Commerce (Magento)	Infrastructure migration, version upgrades, replatforming	Store views, catalogue attributes, customer groups, pricing rules, extensions, ERP connections
OpenCart and PrestaShop	Hosting migration or a move to another commerce platform	Product options, categories, extensions, orders and URL behaviour
Laravel	Hosting changes, modernising a legacy backend, phased replacement	Database structure, file storage, scheduled jobs, queues, authentication, integrations
MERN stack	Rebuilding a WordPress or custom CMS site, or moving an existing MERN application	MongoDB data mapping, Express and Node APIs, React routes, admin workflows, authentication, SEO rendering
React and Next.js	Replacing a client-rendered frontend or rebuilding a traditional site	Routes, rendering strategy, metadata, status codes, canonical URLs, API connections
Vue.js and Nuxt	Frontend redevelopment or application migration	Rendering, routing, content access, metadata, backend compatibility
Yii and legacy PHP	Modernisation, hosting changes, phased redevelopment	Existing business logic, database relationships, dependencies, modules needing replacement
Python applications	Hosting migration or redevelopment	Framework in use, background tasks, storage, database dependencies, deployment requirements
Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Drupal, Joomla	Moving to WordPress or a custom build	Export availability, content structure, media, URL restrictions, features that must be rebuilt

One distinction worth stating plainly, because it changes the quotation. WordPress is a CMS, Laravel is a backend framework, React is a frontend library and MERN is a stack. Moving from WordPress to a MERN application is not copying an installation. The content model is rebuilt, plugin-driven features are redeveloped, and anything that depended on a WordPress plugin needs a replacement decision. We set that out in the assessment so nothing surfaces as a surprise mid-build. Our web application development team handles that side of the work.

Ecommerce website migration services in Dubai

Ecommerce website migration involves far more than product data, which is why it is scoped separately from a content site move. A store carries records that customers and finance both rely on, and the migration has to reconcile rather than approximate.

• Catalogue: products, variants, options, categories, attributes, images, descriptions and SEO fields, with counts reconciled after import.
• Customers: accounts, addresses and group or tier membership, with a clear position on password portability, which depends on both platforms.
• Orders: order history, statuses, invoices, refunds and credit notes.
• Commercial rules: prices, customer-specific pricing, discounts, coupons, tax and shipping rules.
• Inventory: stock levels at variant level, and multi-location stock where it applies.
• Integrations: payment gateways, courier and shipping APIs, ERP connections, accounting, marketing tools and analytics.
• Checkout testing: live test transactions across payment methods, delivery options, emirate-based rules and tax, plus refund and cancellation paths.

The part that catches most replatforming projects is the gap between the first data export and go-live. New orders, new customers and stock movements keep happening. Our plan includes a delta import and a reconciliation step at launch, so nothing created during the move is lost. Our ecommerce website development team owns that work.

Website migration services across UAE industries

Website migration services across UAE industries have to respect what each sector actually earns from. These are the workflows we protect, with the acceptance check that proves it.

Industry	What is at risk	Acceptance check
Retail and ecommerce	Catalogue, orders and connected stock systems	Product counts reconcile; order, refund and fulfilment paths work end to end
Real estate	Listing pages, filters and enquiry routing	Listings stay reachable; enquiries arrive with the property reference at the right team
Education	Course pages, prospectuses and application forms	Course URLs and documents resolve; application submissions are received
Healthcare and clinics	Appointment enquiries and practitioner pages	Booking paths work and access permissions are validated
Hospitality and travel	Booking engine links, seasonal pages and multilingual content	Booking paths and language switching both work
B2B and industrial suppliers	Datasheets, specifications and quotation requests	Document links resolve; RFQ submissions reach the sales inbox and CRM
Professional services	Service pages that rank and lead routing	Valuable pages stay reachable; forms reach the CRM
Logistics	Quote forms, tracking lookups and customer portals	Tracking and quotation functions respond correctly
Enterprise and government-linked	Large bilingual sites with approvals and permissions	Agreed accessibility, permission and workflow checks pass

For healthcare, enterprise and government-linked projects, any migration involving sensitive personal data is scoped separately, with the handling, access and processing requirements agreed in writing before work begins.

Website data migration, integrations and enquiry tracking

Website data migration in the UAE fails most often in the places nobody demonstrates at launch: a form that submits but never arrives, analytics that stop recording, a CRM handoff that silently breaks. We test those as deliverables, not assumptions.

• Backups and rollback. Full file and database backups before any change, with a documented recovery procedure and criteria for using it.
• Access and permissions. An access inventory covering hosting, domain registrar, DNS, CMS, repositories and third-party accounts, with ownership documented in your name.
• Forms and email delivery. Every form submitted on desktop and mobile and confirmed in the destination inbox, with routing by service or department where that applies.
• CRM connections. End-to-end tests that an enquiry becomes a record with the right fields and owner. Our guide to connecting website enquiries to a CRM covers how that is set up.
• Analytics and conversion tracking. GA4, tag manager and conversion events verified on every template before launch.
• Business integrations. An inventory of every connected system with a test case for each.
• Email hosting. Website hosting and email hosting are separate services. We check and preserve mail records during a hosting or domain move, and if mailbox migration is needed it is scoped as its own piece of work.

Our managed website migration process

Our managed website migration process runs through eight stages, and each one ends with something you receive rather than a status update.

Stage	What you receive
Discovery	Migration scope, access checklist and dependency inventory
Audit	Content and URL inventory with a baseline performance report
Planning	Data mapping, content decisions, redirect plan and a responsibility matrix
Build and transfer	Staging website and a migration exception log
Testing	Data reconciliation, SEO checks and results for every critical user path
Launch	Approved launch plan, backup and recovery procedure, and sign-off
Monitoring	Issue log and agreed reporting on visibility, functionality and conversions
Handover	Access ownership, documentation and defined support responsibilities

A migration rehearsal on staging is part of testing, not an optional extra. We run the full import, check the counts, test the paths, then do it again at launch with a delta import for anything created in between.

Website migration case study, WordPress to a MERN application

Our website migration case study documents a UAE business moving from a nine-year-old WordPress site to a custom MERN application on the same domain, with most URLs kept and a small number deliberately changed. It covers the content audit and baseline, the URL map, the content migration, the launch testing and the 90 days of monitoring afterwards, including the issues that surfaced in the first three weeks and how they were resolved. Ask us for it, or read the full write-up in our case studies section.

Website migration cost and timeline in Dubai

Website migration cost depends on scope, and anyone quoting before seeing your site is guessing. These are the factors that change both the price and the schedule.

• Your current platform and the target platform, and how far apart they are.
• The number of pages, products, customers and orders to move.
• The number of languages and websites involved.
• How much design or functionality is being redeveloped rather than transferred.
• Custom integrations, and how much data cleanup is needed first.
• URL and SEO complexity, including how many addresses change.
• Launch constraints, such as a seasonal window, and the support period you want afterwards.

We quote hosting transfers, CMS replatforming and custom rebuilds separately, because they are different projects with different risks. After the assessment you receive a scoped proposal with a staged timeline, rather than a starting price that changes later.

Website traffic dropped after migration, SEO migration recovery services

Website traffic dropped after a migration is one of the most common reasons businesses contact us, and it is usually fixable. We work through a fixed diagnosis order: analytics tracking first, then site availability, then indexing controls, then redirects, then canonical tags, then content and internal links that changed. Most losses are explained in the first four steps.

From there you get a written findings report with the fixes ranked by impact, the work carried out, and monitoring until performance settles. Google notes that it can take a few weeks or more for its systems to reflect changes on a medium-sized site, so recovery is measured over weeks rather than days, and we will not promise a date.

Choosing the best website migration company in Dubai and comparing top UAE providers

Choosing the best website migration company in Dubai comes down to evidence rather than claims, so ask every provider on your shortlist for four things in writing.

• A URL map from a real project, anonymised, showing one-to-one mappings rather than a blanket redirect rule.
• The content decision record, showing which pages were kept, merged or retired and the data behind each call.
• A launch checklist with actual outcomes, including the defects it caught, rather than a clean template.
• A written monitoring and support commitment, covering who watches performance after launch, for how long, and the escalation route.

Treat a promise of zero ranking loss as a warning sign. Google states that fluctuation during a significant site move is normal, so no provider can guarantee otherwise. What a provider can commit to is the method, the testing and the response time.

Why Tomsher is among the top website migration companies in the UAE

Top website migration companies in the UAE share one trait, and it is that one team owns the development, the SEO and the testing, because that is where migrations usually fall apart: between suppliers.

• A fully in-house team in Dubai, with a 0% outsourcing policy, so the people planning the URL map are the people writing the redirects.
• Over 14 years of web and ecommerce development, across WordPress, Shopify, Adobe Commerce, custom PHP and custom JavaScript applications.
• Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Google, from 192 reviews on our Google Business Profile.
• Clients in more than 30 countries, from multinationals and semi-government organisations to SMEs and start-ups.
• Documented handover, with access and ownership in your name and the documentation your team needs to run the site.
• Support after launch, with a defined monitoring period and a named contact rather than a ticket queue.

Website migration services in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and across the UAE

Website migration services in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman and the Northern Emirates are delivered by the same Dubai team, remotely or on site for workshops and launch days where that helps. We also work with UAE-based companies running separate sites for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and other GCC markets, where language versions and regional URL structures need handling together. Our wider website development services in Dubai cover everything after the migration too.

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