Launch the new site without the mystery downtime
Migrating a website is stressful enough without guessing whether everything still works afterward. PingPuffin's uptime monitoring gives you a lightweight checklist: add the URLs that matter, set keyword checks for key copy, and let us watch response times with website monitoring while DNS propagates. With uptime monitoring, you can track website monitoring and API monitoring to ensure critical pages stay online during migrations. Downtime alerts notify you immediately if anything breaks.
It's the handy 80/20 toolkit for migrations—enough observability with uptime monitoring to keep the launch calm, minus the enterprise overhead that would slow the project down. You'll get downtime alerts if anything breaks during the migration. As an uptime monitor, PingPuffin provides reliable website monitoring and API monitoring during critical migrations.
Double-check the essentials
Flag every critical page—home, pricing, login, checkout—and PingPuffin will verify status codes, response time, and the words you expect to see. You’ll know immediately if a redirect broke, a CMS asset vanished, or the new CDN isn’t keeping up.
Schedule maintenance windows to warn customers ahead of time, and invite agency partners as viewers so they can follow along in real time without pestering you for updates.
Keep stakeholders informed
Status pages and automated updates keep marketing, support, and executives aligned. When something slips, the right people see it instantly. When the launch completes, recovery messages close the loop.
Let customer success subscribe, send updates to Slack or Teams in one click, and export the timeline for post-launch retros. It’s enough structure to impress leadership without requiring a war room.
Website migration FAQ
How soon before launch should we set up monitors?
We recommend creating monitors before QA begins. That way you catch staging issues early and can compare baseline performance to production once the switch happens.
Can we monitor redirects and vanity URLs?
Yes. Add each important redirect as a monitor and we’ll confirm the final destination remains correct, even if you’re juggling multiple domains.
How do we involve our agency partner?
Invite them as viewers so they can follow incidents in real time. They’ll see status, response times, and annotations without touching your configuration.