Website & Application Migration for Breweries & Taprooms

We support migrations of CMS platforms (including WordPress, Drupal, Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, and custom), migrations of e-commerce platforms, hosting migrations, domain transfers, as well as legacy application modernization. If your brewery is required to transfer any digital assets between locations, we are the right people to call.

Backing up and moving simple sites (brochure websites with basic content) should only take 2-4 weeks. If there is e-commerce, custom functionality, large databases, or multiple integrations, the migration could take between 4 and 12 weeks. A lot depends on the scope of work, data volume, and how fast your team can review and approve.

We schedule and carry out the migration work in a way that results in very little or no downtime. Normally, parallel environments are used, and the new site stays in development mode while the old one is still online. The point at which everything is changed - DNS propagation - is generally 24 to 48 hours and usually is quite invisible downtime for most users. If it’s a vital e-commerce site, however, we could arrange for zero-downtime migration.

Not if the migration is conducted with due care. We compile thorough redirect maps, keep URL structures intact wherever possible, transfer all SEO metadata, and post-launch we track search performance. Of course, after such changes, the rankings might fluctuate, but if done correctly, migrations can at least maintain the visibility in search and in some cases even improve it.

Before migrating, all customer data is carefully backed up and then migrated to the new platform in stages with validation to ensure that nothing is missing, accounts, orders, memberships, registrations, etc. We cross-check the number of records, test the quality of data, and only when we have confirmation that all customer data is available in the new system do we go live.

Of course. Platform-to-platform migrations occur frequently - WordPress to Shopify, Squarespace to WordPress, custom systems to modern CMS platforms, etc. We first assess your needs and suggest the most suitable platform for your brewery, and then we take care of the entire migration.

Throughout the migration process, we back up everything completely. If anything breaks, we will have the original website up and running in no time. Also, part of our migration process is setting up a staging area where you can check everything before the final deployment; this lowers the risk of problems making it to production.

It is very likely that the majority of the following will require disconnection and reconnection after the migration: POS systems (Square, Toast), email marketing (Mailchimp, Constant Contact), payment processors (Stripe, PayPal), reservation systems, and analytics tools. We identify all of your integrations during the evaluation and check that they work correctly on the new platform.

It really depends on what kind of work needs to be done. A simple CMS migration might cost $2,500-$5,000. An e-commerce migration with customer data and order history could be between $5,000 and $15,000. A complicated migration with custom applications, large databases, or multiple platforms might cost $15,000-$40,000 or more. Please contact us to get an exact quote for your migration.

Contact us for a no-cost consultation. We’ll go over your existing platform, the platform you want, data needs, and schedule. Next, we’ll gauge the difficulty of your migration and offer you a comprehensive proposal with scope, timeline, and price that fits your brewery, taproom, or beverage brand.