Leaving Moonfruit? How to move your website in an afternoon

Moonfruit's website builder closed at the end of 2021. If your business had a Moonfruit website, or you have only just found out it is gone, the good news is that getting a new one is quick. With Moon Websites, most businesses can go from nothing to a finished website in an afternoon.

Here is how, step by step.

Why now is the right time to move

There is no Moonfruit website builder to sign up to today. A website that cannot be kept up to date soon starts costing you work: old opening hours, old prices, a phone number that has changed.

Moon Websites is open now. Every feature is on every plan, help is there 24/7 with a free phone line, and you can see your new website before you pay a penny. The full side by side is on the Moon vs Moonfruit page.

Step 1: Gather what you have

Spend twenty minutes pulling together what you already have:

• Your words. What you do, the areas you cover, your opening hours.
• Your photos. Pictures of your work, your shop, your team or your products.
• Your logo, if you have one.
• Your domain name, and where it is registered.
• Your reviews. What happy customers have said about you.

If your old site is gone and you have nothing saved, that is fine. A list of your services and a few photos taken on your phone are plenty to start.

Step 2: Answer a few questions

Go to moonwebsites.co.uk/build. Answer a few short questions about your business: what you do, where you are and how customers should get in touch.

Your new website appears straight away. It is free to build and look around, and no card is needed. There is nothing to install and nothing to design from a blank page.

Step 3: Make it yours

Add your words and your photos. Change anything from Moon HQ, as often as you like, at no charge. Changes are unlimited on every plan, and free design updates arrive for every site.

This is the part where Moon really pulls ahead. Moonfruit's editor started life in the Flash era, and most of its templates were not responsive. Every Moon website is built for phones from the start, with your number one tap away on every page.

Step 4: Set up the business side

A Moon website comes with Moon HQ. It keeps every enquiry, review, email and social post in one place, so nothing slips through the cracks between texts, emails and voicemails.

Moon Super Intelligence (Moon SI), Moon's AI, does the busy work while you get on with the job.

If you sell online, card payments through your website are on every plan.

Step 5: Go live on your own domain

When you are happy, go live. Use the domain you already own, or buy a new one in Moon HQ. Your content stays yours, and a domain bought through Moon can be moved out whenever you like, once nothing is owed for it.

You only pay when you go live. Plans start at £9.99 a month, in pounds, with no set-up fee, no contract and no exit fee.

Step 6: Let Google know

Moon sets up every live site for search: page titles, descriptions, a sitemap, structured data and llms.txt for AI assistants. A daily health check spots problems early.

Moonfruit's SEO tools were basic: settings on each page and links to Google's tools. With Moon, the groundwork is done for you, at no extra cost.

Need a hand?

Moonfruit's help was a contact form and live chat on weekdays, with no phone line. Moon's help is there 24/7: Moon SI answers any time, our team is on chat and email, and you can call 0800 055 4707, free from UK landlines and mobiles. Help is there to walk you through any step.

Your afternoon, in short

1. Gather your words, photos, logo and domain details.
2. Answer a few questions at moonwebsites.co.uk/build.
3. Add your content and change anything from Moon HQ.
4. Set up Moon HQ for enquiries, reviews, email and posts.
5. Go live on your own domain.
6. Let Moon handle the search set-up.

Want to compare options first? Read the best Moonfruit alternative in the UK. Ready now? Build your website free.

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