Weebly is shutting down in your country? Here's how to move your website for free

A Weebly dashboard that still opens is really a countdown clock. Right now it reads about six weeks.

In 67 countries, published Weebly sites went offline on September 27. Accounts stay reachable until December 26, and then the door closes. Nothing in the notices promises an automatic move.

This guide shows you how to save what you can, protect your domain and get a new site live. "Free" here means no fee to move or rebuild. You'll still pay for hosting, and we'll show exactly where the free parts end. If you're still deciding where to go, our comparison of the best Weebly alternatives covers six options side by side.

What's happening, and what isn't

Weebly is ending operations in 67 countries, in three stages. Reported shutdown dates are June 29, September 27 and December 26. Each date removed something different.

On June 29, customers in the affected countries lost the ability to publish new pages. On September 27, their websites were unpublished. December 26 is the last day to access the account.

If your country isn't on the list, this notice doesn't apply to you. Check the banner in your dashboard or the email Weebly sent. The affected countries include Nigeria, Malaysia, Singapore, the UAE, Turkey and Chile.

Weebly isn't moving sites for you. Reports say it is ending operations in these countries entirely, so there's no transfer inside Weebly. That puts the job in your hands, which is why the order of the steps matters.

Your six-week plan at a glance

Work backward from December 26 and leave a cushion at the end. Six weeks sounds generous until a domain transfer stalls. The table below shows one realistic schedule.

Treat these dates as a guide, not a rule. If you're short on time, do steps one and four first. Your files and your domain are the two things you can't easily replace.

Step 1: Save everything before you do anything else

Saving your content comes first, because everything else depends on it. Weebly gives you two exports. Use both, since each captures something different.

For the archive, go to Settings, then General, then Archive, and download the ZIP. For your account data, open Account Settings, then My Data, and choose Download My Data.

Here's the full list of what to save before December 26:

• The archive ZIP. It holds your static pages, images and basic styling.
• Your data download. It captures account content that the archive may skip.
• Full-size copies of every image and logo. Download originals, not thumbnails.
• The text of every page. Copy it into a document so nothing depends on the archive.
• Every blog post. The archive can miss individual posts, so copy the title, body, date and author.
• Product details, if you sell. Record names, descriptions, prices, variants and photos.
• A list of embedded tools. Note any forms, maps, booking widgets and chat boxes.
• Custom code. Copy anything added through code blocks.
• Your page addresses. Open each page's settings and write down its address.
• Your contacts and form submissions. Export or copy anything people sent you through the site.

Be realistic about the archive. It's a one-way export of static files, and you can't restore it into Weebly. Store data such as orders and customer records usually isn't in it.

Don't click "Erase Data and Forget Me" yet. That option sits under My Data, and it can't be undone. Use it only after your new site is live and your files are safely stored.

While you're in the editor, decide what the new site needs. Old sites collect pages that nobody visits. Pick five that earn their place, such as home, services, about, contact and one more.

The free site covers up to five pages, so this list also becomes your brief for the team. Pages you drop can be merged into the ones you keep. A shorter site is easier to review and faster to launch.

A sitemap file lists the pages of a site, so it's a handy way to check you've captured everything. If yours exists, compare it against your notes. If not, your page list works fine.

Step 2: Get your new site built, free

A Weebly site has to be rebuilt, because it can't be copied. Weebly is a closed platform with no file manager and no portable database export. No host can simply copy your site, so Flashcloud treats a Weebly move as a rebuild.

Quick note: Flashcloud is our product, so weigh this section with that in mind. We've kept the details factual so you can check them.

A person on the team rebuilds your site as a real WordPress site, using the free starter website that comes with every plan. It's not a drag-and-drop builder and it's not an AI generator. Our Weebly moving guide covers the process in detail.

The short version goes like this. Choose any Flashcloud plan, then open Free Transfer in the portal. Enter your domain, name Weebly as your current provider, and share your login securely after your ticket opens.

Add notes about anything that won't carry over. That includes Weebly apps and embeds, a built-in store, and custom code. The team plans around those gaps instead of discovering them later.

Because your login still works, the team can see your pages. If you'd rather not share a login, send your exported files and images instead. Never paste a password into a public field.

Then send what you have. That means your colors, logo, images and text. If you have none of these, tell the team what your business does and they'll create them.

You can also pick a style first by browsing the example gallery. Choose "I want one like this" on any design you like. Your full-size photos from Step 1 save a round of back-and-forth.

What's free and what isn't

The build is free with any plan, but hosting isn't. Honesty matters here, because "free" gets stretched in this industry. Here's the breakdown.

On the annual term, Grow is $3.79 a month renewing at $11.99, and Scale is $8.49 renewing at $22.99. Start covers one site, while Grow and Scale cover unlimited sites.

The 3-year term has a lower renewal. Start is $2.99 a month, renewing at $8.99. The annual term wins year one, and the 3-year term wins on total cost after that.

The build usually takes one to two working days after you describe your business. Add the time you need for your review and revision, and plan around that in your schedule.

If you prepaid Weebly for months you won't use, you don't lose them. Flashcloud matches that time with up to 6 free months on your new plan. It applies to annual and 3-year plans, and you'd send a recent invoice or billing screenshot after signing up.

Step 3: Review the preview and fill the gaps

You'll get a preview link before anything goes live. Treat it like a dress rehearsal. Click through every page on a phone and a laptop.

Test what visitors actually do. Send yourself a message through the contact form, check each phone number and click every menu item. Look closely at images, since low-resolution photos hide in plain sight.

Our website migration checklist lists what's worth checking. Some items apply to any move. Others, such as email and forms, matter most for small business sites.

Open the preview on a phone with a weak connection too. Plenty of your visitors browse that way. If pages load slowly or text is hard to read, say so during your revision.

Use your free revision wisely. It can be a complete redesign, so it's fine to change colors, layout or direction. Collect all your changes into one message to make the most of it.

Remember the limits of the free site. It covers up to five pages. If your Weebly site had a dozen, decide which pages matter most and merge the rest.

Anything lost from Weebly's built-in tools needs a plan. A booking widget might need a replacement. A shop needs a separate quote, because the free site has no online store.

Step 4: Unlock and move your domain

Your domain is the one thing you can't rebuild, so get it out of an account that's about to close. It's your address, and your customers know it.

Check where it's registered. If Weebly registered it, you must transfer it out. If it's registered elsewhere, you only need to point it at your new host.

For a Weebly-registered domain, open your dashboard and go to Websites, then Domains, then Manage Domain. Turn off the registrar lock, and copy the EPP authorization code. Our guide on getting your EPP code explains what that code does.

Two rules trip people up. First, a domain can only move to a new registrar 60 days after registration. Second, changing your registrant contact details triggers a fresh 60-day lock, so leave those details alone.

Disabling the lock also turns off privacy protection. Re-enable it with your new registrar once the transfer finishes. Country-specific domains may need Weebly's support team to help.

On Flashcloud, a transferred domain on an eligible extension renews free, with free WHOIS privacy, for as long as your plan stays active. Eligible extensions include .com, .net, .org, .co.uk, .eu, .us, .ca and .in. If yours isn't on the list, keep it where it is and point it to Flashcloud.

Don't wait on this step. Start it by the second week of December, so a delay doesn't collide with December 26. Registrars can take several days to finish.

Step 5: Point the domain, set up email and redirects

Switch your domain only after you've approved the preview and confirmed the new site works. You can either change the nameservers to ns1.flashcloud.com and ns2.flashcloud.com, or complete the transfer in the portal.

Handle email as its own step. Set up your new mailboxes first, then confirm they receive mail. Update your email (MX) records only after the site is live.

If you bought email through Weebly, export your messages and contacts before December 26. Mailboxes tied to the account may close with it, so don't leave old mail behind.

Next, think about old addresses. If your domain is your own, your old Weebly page addresses may differ from the new ones. A permanent redirect tells search engines the old address has moved for good.

Map each old page to its closest new page. Don't send everything to the home page. That wastes the work you've already done on pages people find through search.

Finally, tell search engines about your new pages by publishing a sitemap. Check that your contact details and business name are consistent everywhere. Small mismatches confuse visitors and search engines alike.

Check the padlock before you celebrate. SSL is included on every plan, and it's what makes browsers show your site as secure. Visit your address on a phone and confirm there's no warning.

Step 6: Watch the site, then close the chapter

Give the new site a week of attention. Check the contact form again, and read your first few messages. Watch for pages that visitors reach by old links.

If something looks wrong, say so early. A quick message in week one is easier to fix than a long thread in week three. Flashcloud reports an average reply time under 15 minutes, and a real person answers.

Keep your exported files for at least a year. Store them somewhere other than your laptop, such as a drive you control. They're your only record of the old site.

After that, you can use Weebly's data-erasure option if you want your information removed. Do it only after you're certain you have everything. There's no undo.

Then update the places that link to you. Change your address on social profiles, directory listings and email signatures. Each updated link sends more visitors to the right place.

Send a short note to your customers too. Say your site has moved, confirm the address and ask them to update their bookmarks. A two-line email prevents a surprising number of confused messages.

Start here: the order that beats December 26

Six weeks is enough if you start now. Save your files this week, because that's the one step you can't redo later. Then protect your domain, and let someone else build the site.

The order matters more than the speed:

1. Export your archive, data, images and page text.
2. Request your new site and send your brief.
3. Review the preview and use your revision.
4. Unlock and transfer your domain by the second week of December.
5. Switch over, set redirects and test email.

Do those in sequence and December 26 becomes a deadline you've already beaten.

Get your Weebly site rebuilt with Flashcloud

Flashcloud's team builds your starter site free with any plan, as a WordPress site you own and can edit. Your domain can come across with free renewals on eligible extensions, on annual and 3-year plans. Migration is free, and a real person answers when you ask for help.

Want a new website without a rebuild bill? See how the free starter website works or compare the plans.

Weebly dates come from public reports, and Flashcloud prices come from our pricing page, checked in November 2026.