Switching from 1&1 to Webflow Hosting

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Hi :wave:t2:
So I’m looking to take the plunge and move my site to Webflow.
I can’t see any clear guidance on how best to go about this.
What do I need to swap over from 1&1 to enable Webflow to host ?

Yours
Confused :woman_shrugging: Lou

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Hi Louise

This is straight forward if your website is already built in Webflow, its just a matter of editing the DNS records in your 1&1 account. I have several clients who’s domains were with 1&1 and configuring them to point to a Webflow project took less than a minute.

If your website is built in 1&1’s clunky website builder, you cannot move the project over. An entirely new project would need to be built in Webflow.

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Hi Thanks for the reply - it’s the 2nd part of sentence lol that’s a bit lost on me tbh
I intend to cancel my 1&1 hosting…
Sorry - still confused :woman_shrugging:
Lou

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Hi Louise

Is your website currently built in Webflow but hosted in 1&1?
or
Is you website built using 1&1’s website builder?

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Hi -
No website built in HTML CSS and Javascript then uploaded by Filezilla.

I vaguely remember the DNS part but as its not something I update on a daily basis then I’m not 100% on the best way to go about this.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks
Lou

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Sounds like you are trying to ‘Import’ a website into Webflow?

I’m pretty sure that is not possible. It would need to be built from the ground-up in Webflow, before editing the DNS records in 1&1 to point to the Webflow project.

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Thanks - I’ve basically recreated my site onto the io version of webflow.

I’ll speak to 1&1 and see how to cancel etc then set up with Webflow.

Thanks

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So you DO have a Webflow website built ready?

In project settings choose Hosting
Add a custom domain (your 1&1 domain)
Use the DNS records quoted by Webflow to create new records in your 1&1 DNS settings. Be sure to delete the old records.
This tutorial should help

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Ahhh so i would have to keep my contract with 1and1 ?
well that sucks if i do - don’t want to pay out more money.

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You have to pay ‘someone’ to be the registrar of your domain. You can always transfer your domain to another provider?

GoDaddy are not my favourite, but Webflow has a clever tool that makes integration of a Godaddy domains really easy (without the need to manually edit the DNS settings)

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Thanks I’ll shop around and your help is appreciated.

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