Move From InMotion Hosting To Liberation
cPanel hosting migration without the triple-digit renewal jump.
How the move from InMotion Hosting works
We handle each step so you can keep working.
Manage your hosting in cPanel
The control panel most site owners already know: files, backups, databases, email, domains and security in one place.
The short answer
Moving off InMotion means your site: files, databases, and email if it’s hosted there. It all moves as part of one free migration, handled by a person on our team rather than a self-service import tool.
If you want to move from InMotion, the process is simpler than most people expect. A cPanel migration keeps the control panel you already know, so your team does not have to learn a new dashboard. We copy your files, databases and mailboxes to a new Liberation account, test everything on the new server, and only then change DNS.
Many customers start looking for an InMotion Hosting alternative when the renewal price arrives. When you move from InMotion to Liberation, the price you see is the price you keep. You also get a person who handles the work, which matters if you run a business and do not have an IT department.
Before you move from InMotion, it helps to know what the job involves. Your account may include websites, email, SSL certificates and scheduled tasks. We list each of these, move them in a planned order and check them afterward. You can read more about how cPanel handles accounts in the official cPanel documentation.
A planned move from InMotion usually takes a few business days, depending on the size of your site and how much email you have. We schedule the DNS change for a quiet time, so visitors rarely notice the switch. If you want an InMotion Hosting alternative that does the heavy lifting for you, tell us about your current setup and we will scope the work.
Teams that move from InMotion usually want to know three things: what moves, in what order, and when the old account can be closed. The graphic below summarizes the process, and the same steps are explained in more detail further down this page.
If you are weighing whether to move from InMotion now or wait, the timing is yours to choose. You can move from InMotion in one window or in stages, and the old account stays live until you confirm the new one works for everyone.
People who move from InMotion often ask about cost first. Our migration team walks through the plan with you before anything starts, so you know what it takes to move from InMotion before you commit.
InMotion is a long-running American host and a reasonable one. Most people searching for an InMotion Hosting alternative aren’t leaving over the servers — they’re leaving because the renewal invoice was two to three times the price that won the sale, a jump InMotion’s own published plan pages put at roughly 127% to 200% across the shared hosting range. We move everything — site, database, email — and land you on real cPanel hosting with flat, predictable pricing.
What Actually Happens When You Move
You share access
cPanel login or FTP/SFTP credentials for your InMotion account — whichever you have on hand. No downtime during the handoff.
We migrate everything
Site files, databases, email accounts, and DNS records all move to your new Liberation cPanel hosting account.
We cut over on your schedule
DNS changes happen once everything’s tested and verified — during a low-traffic window, with your old account kept live as a fallback.
That’s it. Genuine cPanel, the same workflow you already know, without the renewal-jump trap.
- Renewal pricing runs roughly 127% to 200% higher than the introductory rate across the shared hosting range
- Entry-plan renewal often lands around $12.99/month for just 2 sites and 10 GB NVMe storage
- Multi-site and reseller accounts feel the renewal jump even harder as you scale
Why Businesses Look For An InMotion Hosting Alternative
InMotion’s entry shared plans start low and jump hard at renewal — roughly 127% to 200% higher across the shared range, per InMotion’s own published plan pages and independent 2026 pricing reviews checked September 2026. A typical entry plan renews around $12.99/month for 2 sites and 10 GB of NVMe storage.
What Moves To Your New Account
Your full site
Every file, database, and configuration on your InMotion account — moved as-is, not rebuilt from scratch.
Your email
Mailboxes, folders, and settings if you’re hosting email through InMotion.
Your DNS
We handle the DNS cutover on your schedule, so your domain, mail, and any connected services keep working.
- Shared hosting from $7.99/month, cPanel license, free SSL, and a free domain on annual terms
- Flat, predictable pricing — no renewal cliff
- Genuine cPanel and WHM on every plan
What You'll Pay With Liberation
Shared hosting from $7.99/month with a cPanel license, free SSL, and a free domain on annual terms — flat, predictable pricing.
- Entry shared plans start around $4.99 to $7.99/month
- Renews roughly 127% to 200% higher — commonly $12.99/month or more for 2 sites
- Genuine cPanel and WHM included on every plan
What InMotion Actually Charges
Entry plans start around $4.99 to $7.99/month, then renew roughly 127% to 200% higher — commonly $12.99/month or more.
How We Move Your InMotion Site
Then We Test Before Anything Goes Live
- Tell us your current setup — shared, VPS, or reseller account, what’s running on it, and whether email is hosted there too.
- Send us cPanel login or FTP/SFTP credentials for your InMotion account.
- We provision your new Liberation cPanel account and migrate everything: files, databases, email, and DNS.
We test every site
Before DNS ever changes, we verify every page loads correctly on the new account — forms, checkout flows, email, the works.
We schedule the cutover
DNS changes happen on your schedule, during a low-traffic window, with your old account kept live as a fallback until you’re confident.
Curious where InMotion is actually the better buy? See the full InMotion Hosting comparison, including pricing, support, and plan details.
Leaving InMotion Hosting: your export steps
What the vendor documents for getting your data out, in order.
InMotion Migration Questions
Will my site have downtime during the move?
Do I need to cancel InMotion first?
What if I'm on InMotion's VPS or reseller plan, not shared hosting?
Is migration free?
Ready To Leave The Renewal Jump Behind?
Send us your current setup and we’ll quote your free migration — genuine cPanel, flat pricing from day one.
What actually makes leaving InMotion hard
The distinguishing feature of an InMotion account is usually the term. Plans are frequently sold as multi-year prepayment at a discount, which is a reasonable deal right up until you want to leave. Before anything technical happens, find out exactly how much paid term remains and what the cancellation terms say about it, because that number decides whether you move now or schedule the move for later.
In plenty of cases the right answer is to migrate the site now and leave the old account running until the term expires. Nothing is lost by letting a paid plan run out quietly, and it takes all the time pressure off the technical work. The alternative — cancelling mid-term and pursuing a prorated refund — is a conversation with a billing department rather than an engineering decision.
The migration itself is ordinary shared or VPS work: a standard control panel, files, a MySQL database, mailboxes over IMAP, and a DNS zone. If you are on a managed VPS the real handover question is who owns the server configuration going forward, and that is worth settling before the move rather than discovering it afterwards.
Email gets the usual care. Mailboxes are copied while the old server still accepts mail so nothing falls into the gap, and MX records only change once that copy is verified. We also publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC on your domain while we are in there, since a great many accounts have never had DMARC set and it costs nothing to fix during a migration.
How we handle it: we read the contract dates first and tell you plainly whether to move now or wait, migrate the site and mailboxes, test on a temporary address, then cut over DNS at a time you choose. Website Migration is included with hosting, email and Hub plans. If you are not on a plan, or you want a one-off move, it is $250. Book a call with your renewal date to hand.
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