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The GoDaddy Website Builder alternative
you actually own.

GoDaddy's Website Builder — its Websites + Marketing product — runs roughly £7–£17 / month, forever, for a templated, limited site you never own and can't meaningfully export. We do the opposite: we rebuild your existing GoDaddy builder site as a clean codebase you own outright — same content and look, forms and interactions still working — that loads ~3× faster and hosts for £0 / month. Keep your domain at GoDaddy if you like; just stop renting the builder.

Get a migration quote

Send us your GoDaddy site URL and what you want done. We'll come back with a fixed one-off price and a timeline.

Why people leave the GoDaddy builder

A monthly rental, forever

GoDaddy's Website Builder plans run roughly £7–£17 a month — and you pay it for as long as the site exists, for a templated site you don't own. A migration is a one-off; after it, hosting is free. Note this is the builder subscription only — your domain can stay at GoDaddy untouched.

No ownership, no real export

The Website Builder gives you no meaningful export — you can't take the site with you. Your pages, layout and content stay locked inside GoDaddy's system. Leaving means rebuilding from scratch — unless someone rebuilds it for you.

Templated and limited

Websites + Marketing is built around a fixed set of sections and templates, so it's hard to make a site look genuinely bespoke or do anything the editor doesn't already offer. Rebuilt as owned code, the design is yours to change without asking the builder's permission.

Standard code anyone can maintain

We rebuild on standard HTML/CSS/JS that any developer — or AI editor — can pick up and change, hosted free. No proprietary editor, no monthly fee, no one company holding your site hostage.

How the migration works

Three stages. You can stop after any of them. One-off pricing — no subscription, no lock-in.

1

Squash

We capture your GoDaddy Website Builder site and rebuild it as a clean, structured codebase — same pages, same content, same look. Contact forms still submit, galleries still work, the mobile menu still opens. Load is ~3× faster, and you own the files. Your domain can stay right where it is at GoDaddy.

£200–£500 one-off · quoted up front by site size

2

Redesign (optional)

If your GoDaddy template has dated, we produce a fresh redesign on top of the squashed baseline — mobile, SEO and modern layout patterns rolled in.

+£300 one-off · ~24 hours

3

Designer polish (optional)

Our designers do a polish pass so the result has real personality rather than a stock-template feel — about 2 designer hours instead of 10.

+£500 one-off · ships with the redesign

Pay once, then pay nothing

The GoDaddy builder is a bill that runs forever for a site you don't own. Our model: pay once, keep the site, owe us nothing.

Just squash it

From £200 one-off

  • Your GoDaddy builder site rebuilt as a clean working codebase
  • Forms, galleries, menus — all still work
  • Free Cloudflare Pages hosting (we help you set it up)
  • Keep your domain at GoDaddy · your files, your repo, no lock-in

At roughly £7–£17 / month, the GoDaddy Website Builder costs most owners around £85–£200 a year, every year — forever, for a site you never own. Our cheapest migration is a one-off from £200, hosting is free after, and you walk away with a real codebase instead of a rental.

Leaving the GoDaddy builder — common questions

Do I have to move my domain away from GoDaddy?

No. You keep the domain at GoDaddy exactly as it is — this is only about the Website Builder subscription, not your domain or DNS registration. We replace the builder with owned code on free hosting, then point the domain's DNS at it. Your registrar account stays untouched.

Can I export my GoDaddy Website Builder site?

Not in any usable way. Websites + Marketing gives you no meaningful export — you can't take the site with you, so leaving means a rebuild. That rebuild is exactly what we do: we recreate the whole thing — look, layout and working interactions — as a clean codebase you own.

Do my contact forms and interactive blocks still work?

Yes. The migrated site is fully working, not a frozen snapshot. Forms are re-wired to a third-party handler (Formspree, Basin, Netlify Forms) so submissions still reach you after you leave, and galleries, lightboxes and menus are rebuilt cleanly so they keep working without the GoDaddy runtime.

What about a store I built on GoDaddy?

Simple product catalogues and Stripe Checkout links migrate cleanly and keep working. For a larger store we'll talk through the best owned-code path (a lightweight cart, Stripe, or a headless setup) before quoting — send us the URL and we'll advise.

How do I edit the site after migrating?

It's standard HTML/CSS/JS in a normal git repo, so any developer — or an AI coding tool — can edit it. Hire a freelancer for an hour, use your own team, or send changes back to us as a paid one-off. Nothing ongoing.