Moving ALLOWLIST off GoDaddy with zero downtime, tighter security, and faster pages.
ALLOWLIST curated a shortlist of security-focused companies — and Codo Digital was the only website hosting company on it. So when their WordPress site needed to move off GoDaddy, the bar was set by their own audience: it had to be secure, fast, and handled without drama.
We rebuilt and tested the site on our platform in-house, hardened it with proper security headers, and switched DNS with no downtime. This is how the project ran.
GoDaddy to Codo Digital, WordPress to WordPress
Zero downtime, validated in-house before the DNS switch
Security hardened with Content-Security-Policy and HSTS
ALLOWLIST sat on a curated list of security-conscious businesses, so the hosting had to live up to the brand it carried. A live WordPress site on GoDaddy needed to move to a platform with a stronger security posture, faster delivery, and a real person on the other end of support — without users ever seeing a gap.
The goal was not just to migrate the site. It was to move it so cleanly that the only things anyone noticed were that it got faster and safer.
The migration was judged on outcomes the client could feel, not on process. Three stood out.
Zero downtime on cutover
We rebuilt and tested the site on our platform before touching DNS, so the switch from GoDaddy happened with no visible interruption for users.
Hardened security posture
We added Content-Security-Policy and HSTS and served a clean HTTPS redirect, so the site matched the security-first standard ALLOWLIST is known for.
A real human on support
The client deals directly with the person doing the work, plus the instant failover that keeps the site up during updates — the personal touch Stuart describes below.
The numbers after the move
Same monitoring tool, same test, before and after the switch from GoDaddy — measured over a full 24-hour period, with zero downtime through the cutover.
Average response time
4.15s→0.52s
~8x faster
Worst-case response
13.67s→1.31s
~10x faster
Throughput
57 KB/s→415 KB/s
~7x higher
How the migration was handled
A straight GoDaddy-to-Codo move, run so the risk stayed in-house instead of on launch day.
Rebuild and test in-house
We stood the WordPress site up on our platform and tested it end to end while GoDaddy still served live traffic, so nothing was proven in production.
Harden, then switch DNS
We added Content-Security-Policy and HSTS, set the clean http://allowlist.io to https://www.allowlist.io redirect, and only then pointed DNS at us — cutting over with zero downtime.
Stay on after go-live
We kept ownership of the platform after launch, including the instant failover that keeps the site available during updates.
Client feedback
"The process to move was seamless and the site just works."
“It is incredible value for money for hassle free hosting and blistering fast website speeds. This is a great service in a market that is over populated with offerings that do not provide the personal touch. The fact that Mark engages with you and you can speak to a real human is amazing. The instant failover is a life saver that means the user never experiences down time in those short windows where the site needs to be updated. Highly recommend.”
Stuart Barker, ALLOWLIST
Download the full migration guide.
If you want the fuller breakdown, the PDF covers the migration approach in more detail.
