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How do I migrate my website, Instagram, and TikTok?

Open Add New Site. Select Add New Website. Add your website under Existing website and your podcast or social links in the channel fields, choose the Site Language, then select Build my site. Left on English, the site uses the language your posts or pages are written in when it is clearly another one. Podspun reads your links and builds the site. When it is done, the site is in Website Builder, where you can change anything. There is no plan to approve first.

Each page keeps its own shape: headings, paragraphs, pictures and bullet lists stay as they were, an FAQ where questions open to their answers becomes an FAQ block, and a contact or question form becomes a form in your site's Forms section with the same questions, placed where it was. Newsletter sign-up boxes, search boxes and logins are not copied, since your new site has its own.

Every blog post from your old website comes across, before and after you pay. A large blog opens once its newest 100 posts are in, and the older ones keep arriving after that; the Imports screen shows how many are left. Each podcast or social channel brings in its newest 10 items with transcripts and search. A Substack pasted in a channel field is connected to the new site: its posts are listed in the site's News and the site's search reads them. When your existing website is itself a Substack, its pages (About, Work With Me and the rest) come across as pages and its posts arrive through that same connection. Your website address works with or without www. Nothing is charged until you turn the site on, and turning it on imports the rest of each channel.

To start manually, select Add a site by hand, enter a Website Name, and select Create my site. Your account's layout is selected already; Change starting layout shows the other options. The new site includes its pages, navigation, and a contact form, and opens in the visual editor. Existing websites are unchanged. You can edit the private preview before choosing a domain and reviewing the price to publish. No payment is required to create the preview.

Data & Integrations · Full walkthrough

Give your existing work a new home.

Start from your website and channel addresses, build a private preview and review what was brought across.

Before you start

Use a website and channel sources you own or manage. Gather their addresses and decide on the language for the new site. An imported preview still needs a careful review against the original site before activation.

Step 1

Choose how to start

Website & channel imports: Choose how to start
Choose how to start

Open Add New Site. Start from an existing website and channels, or choose the manual website option when you want to build from scratch.

An existing website URL describes the site to bring across. Podcast or social channel fields describe content sources; keep those separate.

A manual site asks for a Website Name and lets you choose a starting layout. Use the option that matches the work you already have.

Step 2

Add sources and language

Website & channel imports: Add sources and language
Add sources and language

Enter the website address and supported channel addresses in their own fields. Choose Site Language, review the detected sources and choose Build my site when ready.

Check addresses for redirects and similar names. Your source should be the intended site or channel, not a screenshot or a search-results page.

Read the import/activation terms displayed for your account. A private preview and turning a site on are separate stages.

Step 3

Review the private preview

Website & channel imports: Review the private preview
Review the private preview

Follow the build status and open the preview when ready. Compare the original and imported site: pages, navigation, order, images, text and important links.

Check for duplicated or empty blocks and verify that images match the relevant content. Do not accept a generic-looking page simply because the build completed.

Latest content can be available while older material continues importing. Review the build and channel processing states separately.

Step 4

Finish setup before turning it on

Website & channel imports: Finish setup before turning it on
Finish setup before turning it on

Edit the preview, verify forms and destinations, and choose the hosting/domain setup. Turn the website on only after the review and the account's activation terms are clear.

Check the narrow-width layout, social links and key visitor actions. Keep the site's main purpose easy to recognize.

A private preview does not mean the custom domain is configured. Finish the displayed DNS steps when using your own domain.

Review checklist

  • Website and channel addresses are correct.
  • Imported pages, menus and images match the source.
  • Forms and important links work in the preview.
  • Hosting and activation terms were reviewed.

If you get stuck

The preview looks unlike my source

Compare specific pages and images, fix the draft and review it again before activation.

Older content is missing

Review channel import progress and exclusions; historical processing may continue after the site preview is ready.

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