Wix to WordPress Website Conversion – South East Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula & South Gippsland
Quick answer: A website conversion moves your existing website off a do-it-yourself website builder such as Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy Website Builder or Weebly and rebuilds it on WordPress – a platform you own and fully control. Web Marketing Angels converts websites for businesses across South East Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and South Gippsland, carrying across your content and setting up redirects so customers and Google can still find you.
Free and low-cost website builders are a great way to get started. But as your business grows, many owners find their site is harder to customise, slower than it should be and not performing in Google the way they’d hoped. In our experience, moving to a professionally built WordPress website gives local businesses far more control over the things that influence search rankings.
Why Website Builders Can Hold You Back in Google
- Limited technical control: you can’t always fine-tune code, page speed, URL structure or structured data (schema) the way you can on WordPress.
- Heavier pages: builder sites often load extra scripts you don’t need, which can slow pages down on mobile.
- Restricted SEO tools: advanced redirects, local business schema and detailed on-page optimisation can be limited or locked behind higher plans.
- You rent rather than own: your website lives on the builder’s platform, and moving away later can be difficult.
- Ongoing subscription costs that rise as you add features such as online stores, bookings or extra pages.
- Fewer integrations with the CRMs, booking systems and marketing tools your business may need.
Platforms We Convert From
We convert websites from Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy Website Builder, Weebly and Square Online, Webflow, Jimdo, Site123, Shopify (to WooCommerce), and older Joomla, Drupal or hand-coded HTML websites. If you’re not sure what your website is built on, we can check it for you.
What’s Included in a Website Conversion
- Migration of your text, images, blog posts and page structure to WordPress.
- The option to keep your current look or refresh the design at the same time – see our website redesign service.
- Page-by-page URL mapping and 301 redirects from your old addresses.
- Help moving your domain name and DNS, with checks to keep your email working.
- Page titles, meta descriptions, local business schema and an XML sitemap set up properly.
- Google Search Console and Analytics connected, and your Google Business Profile linked to the new site.
- Contact forms, maps, social links and, for online stores, product migration to WooCommerce.
- Training so you can manage your new WordPress website with confidence.
Our Conversion Process
- Review: we audit your current site, its pages and its Google performance.
- Plan: we agree on the pages, features and design direction for the new site.
- Build: we rebuild your website on WordPress on a staging site while your current site stays live.
- Launch: we move the domain, switch on redirects and submit the new sitemap to Google.
- Monitor: we watch Search Console after launch and fix anything that needs attention.
You can read more about moving an online store in our article on converting a Wix or GoDaddy site to a WooCommerce store, or explore all of our local website services.
Website Conversion FAQs
Will I lose my Google rankings if I move from Wix to WordPress?
Not if the move is planned properly. We map every important page to its new address, keep your best-performing content and set up 301 redirects, which tells Google where each page has moved. Many businesses see improved visibility once the faster, better-structured site settles in.
Can I keep my domain name?
Yes. Your domain name stays the same. If it’s registered through Wix, GoDaddy or another builder, we’ll help you transfer it or point it to your new website.
What happens to my website builder subscription?
Keep it running until your new website is live and your domain has moved. Once everything is working we’ll let you know it’s safe to cancel.
Can you keep my current design?
Yes. We can recreate your existing design on WordPress, or use the conversion as an opportunity to modernise it.
Ready to move off Wix or another website builder? Call (03) 9038 8663 or contact us for a free review of your current website.