Cost & planning
Migration pricing changes most when public URLs, data volume, ecommerce state or external services change. A simple host move with identical URLs is fundamentally different from a domain migration with redirects and email/DNS changes.
Direct answer
WordPress migration cost depends on whether URLs change, how much data must move, how long downtime can be, which external services depend on the old environment, and how much verification is required after cutover.
Answer scope
If the public URLs stay identical, the project mainly concerns files, database, configuration, DNS and verification. If the domain or URL structure changes, redirect mapping and search migration become major additional responsibilities.
Combining redesign, host move and domain change into one launch increases the number of possible failure causes.
Large uploads, WooCommerce orders, membership records and active forms can change during migration. High-change sites may need a final delta sync or a short freeze window so records are not split between old and new servers.
The plan should state which system is authoritative during the cutover period.
SMTP, DNS, payment webhooks, CRM callbacks, CDN rules, cron, object storage and IP allowlists can depend on the old environment.
Inventory these integrations before quoting so the migration does not succeed technically while business messages or payments fail.
Google recommends consistent canonical signals across redirects, sitemaps and canonical annotations. A domain migration should map old pages to equivalent new pages, not redirect everything to the homepage.
Internal links and XML sitemaps should use the final canonical URLs after launch.
The migration is not finished at DNS propagation. Check important URLs, forms, login, orders, email, scheduled jobs, analytics and Search Console after the new environment is receiving real traffic.
A rollback point should remain available until those checks pass.
Questions
There is no universal figure. Cost increases with data size, URL changes, ecommerce activity, external integrations, email/DNS changes, downtime constraints and post-launch testing.
Usually, because a host move can keep every public URL unchanged. A domain or URL-structure change adds redirect, canonical and search-migration work.
No. Where URLs change, redirect each valuable old URL to the closest equivalent destination. Unrelated homepage redirects are a poor substitute for correct mapping.
Evidence
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