{"id":604,"date":"2023-11-15T07:21:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/11\/15\/8591902-how-to-move-a-hostinger-builder-website-to-another-hosting-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:01","slug":"8591902-how-to-move-a-hostinger-builder-website-to-another-hosting-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8591902-how-to-move-a-hostinger-builder-website-to-another-hosting-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Move a Hostinger Builder Website to Another Hosting Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">&#10071; <b>IMPORTANT NOTES<\/b> &#10071;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The procedures below apply to websites created with&nbsp;<b>Hostinger Website Builder<\/b>,&nbsp;and they&nbsp;explain how to move a site from one hosting plan to another <b>within the same Hostinger account<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Moving a builder-based website to another Hostinger account isn&rsquo;t available yet.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>A duplication fee applies when moving a website builder site between different hosting plans.<\/strong> You&rsquo;ll see the fee amount when you select the destination plan during the duplication process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h_e47202b42b\">Moving a website to another hosting plan while using the same domain name<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To move a builder-based site to another hosting plan while keeping the same domain name, follow the steps below &#128071;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">1. On the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a><\/b> page, find the site in question, click on the <b>ellipsis &#8943; button<\/b>, and select <b>Duplicate website<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/11\/60ee5df3-cb4d-45ee-aa6f-fe23c12650b3.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">All the website&rsquo;s content and settings are duplicated <b>except for the online store and its content<\/b>: products and all the store settings are not copied &#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">2. In the pop-up, choose the preferred hosting plan from the dropdown, and click on <b>Select plan<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/11\/18250c71-b317-45b9-9ac0-e336b5b4ecdd.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting a preferred hosting plan while duplicating a builder-based site at Hostinger\" width=\"500\"><\/div><div><\/div><div>3. You&rsquo;ll see a duplication fee displayed for moving the site to the selected plan. Select the payment method, then continue the payment.<\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/01\/2026-01-05_18-38_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/01\/2026-01-05_18-38_1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/01\/2026-01-05_18-38_1-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">A randomly generated domain name &mdash; <b><code>xxx.builder-preview.com<\/code><\/b> &mdash; will be automatically assigned to the duplicated website:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/11\/a269a75b-351e-4d70-8fb2-8aafe502ea79.jpg\" alt=\"The randomly generated preview domain of a builder-based site\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">4. <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delete<\/a> the original builder-based website &mdash; this way, you&rsquo;ll release the domain name and will be able to connect it to the duplicated website in the next step.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">5. Replace the preview domain with your actual domain name this way: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6807580-website-builder-how-to-change-a-domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website Builder: How to Change a Domain<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">6. Finally, <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6475340-website-builder-how-to-publish-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publish<\/a> your website.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_d9e97d3c3c\">Moving a website to another hosting plan and another domain name<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To move a builder-based site to another hosting plan and another domain name, follow the steps below &#128071;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">1. On the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a><\/b> page, find the site in question, click on the <b>ellipsis &#8943; button<\/b>, and select <b>Duplicate website<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/11\/60ee5df3-cb4d-45ee-aa6f-fe23c12650b3.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">2. In the pop-up, choose the preferred hosting plan from the dropdown, and click on <b>Select plan<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/11\/18250c71-b317-45b9-9ac0-e336b5b4ecdd.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting a preferred hosting plan while duplicating a builder-based site at Hostinger\"><\/div><div>3. You&rsquo;ll see a duplication fee displayed for moving the site to the selected plan. Select the payment method, then continue the payment.<\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/01\/2026-01-05_18-38_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/01\/2026-01-05_18-38_1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/01\/2026-01-05_18-38_1-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">A randomly generated domain name &mdash; <b><code>xxx.builder-preview.com<\/code><\/b> &mdash; will be automatically assigned to the duplicated website:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/11\/a269a75b-351e-4d70-8fb2-8aafe502ea79.jpg\" alt=\"The randomly generated preview domain of a builder-based site\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">4. Replace the preview domain with your actual domain name this way: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6807580-website-builder-how-to-change-a-domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website Builder: How to Change a Domain<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">5. Finally, <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6475340-website-builder-how-to-publish-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publish<\/a> your website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving a builder-based site between hosting plans within the same Hostinger account<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-website-builder"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8591902-how-to-move-a-hostinger-builder-website-to-another-hosting-plan\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/8591902-como-trasladar-un-sitio-web-del-constructor-a-otro-plan-de-alojamiento-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/8591902-como-mover-um-site-do-criador-de-sites-para-outro-plano-da-hostinger-mantendo-o-mesmo-dominio\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7214,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/7214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}