Move from Webflow to Astro without losing rankings
Every old address redirects to the new one, so Google finds your pages again. CMS content, images and language versions come along, and new languages or seats cost nothing extra afterwards.
What comes along and what gets rebuilt
I pull your content through Webflow's API. Whatever lives in the Designer I rebuild in Astro, one to one if you like.
- CMS collections such as blog, team and case studiesto: Content types with the same fieldscomes along
- Images, videos and fonts on Webflow's CDNto: Your own storage in your Cloudflare accountcomes along
- Titles, descriptions and Open Graph imagesto: the same details on every pagecomes along
- Language versions from Webflow Localizationto: Your own language paths, no fee per languagecomes along
- Pages from the Designerto: Astro pages, the design one to one or newrebuilt
- Interactions and animationsto: CSS and GSAP, only where they add somethingrebuilt
- Webflow formsto: Your own forms, submissions by email or into your CRMrebuilt
- Every addressto: the same, or a 301 redirect to the new onecomes along
If your team should keep editing content itself, the site gets the EmDash CMS on top.
What can go wrong in a move, and how I prevent it
With Webflow there's one extra danger that many only notice after cancelling.
Images vanish after you cancel
Images, videos and fonts sit on Webflow's servers. I copy them into your own storage first. Only then do you cancel.
Rankings drop
I list every address beforehand, including collection pages and language versions, and 301-redirect every one that changes. Then I check Search Console.
The site is down for days
The new site is ready on a preview address. Only the domain gets switched, and Webflow keeps running until then.
The team loses its editor
With EmDash your team keeps changing text, images and posts in the browser. I show everyone how.
How your move works
You see every stage on a preview address before the domain moves.
- 01InventoryI list the pages, collections, languages and every address of your Webflow site.
- 02TransferI pull content through the Webflow API and copy images and fonts into your storage.
- 03RebuildPages, animations and forms are built in Astro, exactly as today if you like.
- 04Redirect and hand overEvery old address redirects, the domain moves, and only then do you cancel Webflow.
Fixed price after our intro call
You get the price for your move in writing before I start. Hosting on Cloudflare is free for most company websites.
Moves where no address got lost
From three client projects. No names, just the results.
From Webflow to Astro, all 570 addresses work
An art studio moved its shop from Webflow to Astro and gained a 3D configurator along the way.
More than 250 pages in two languages moved
A Berlin software company moved its entire German and English site without a gap.
Eight language versions set up cleanly
A Munich tech company edits pages for four countries itself, with redirects from its old site.
From client projects
“Christian did a major Webflow migration for us on a project that had never had true oversight. […] Everything was delivered on time even with minor delays on our end.”
When you're better off staying on Webflow
A move doesn't pay off for every site. Then I'm happy to keep looking after your Webflow site.
Your team builds pages in the Designer
If you assemble new layouts in the Webflow Designer yourselves, Astro takes that away. Content editing stays, layouts are then my job.
The costs work for you
One language, a few seats, a plan that fits: then a move saves little, and ongoing support is the better path.
Everything runs and your team is happy
If the site loads fast and your team gets on well with it, there's no reason to rush a move.
Questions about moving from Webflow
Christian Schmitt answersYour site then lives in your own account instead of a site builder's plan. New languages and more people on the team cost nothing extra, and you can add features Webflow can't do, such as calculators, a client area or a CRM connection.
Christian Schmitt answersYes. With the EmDash CMS your team changes text, images and posts in the browser, with drafts, scheduled publishing and earlier versions. What goes away is clicking new layouts together in the Designer.
Christian Schmitt answersContent and addresses stay the same or get redirected. I set up a 301 redirect for every changed address, carry over titles and descriptions, and check in Google Search Console afterwards that Google finds every page.
Christian Schmitt answersOnly once the domain has moved and every image, video and font sits in your own storage. I'll tell you when it's time. Cancelling earlier is the biggest risk in a move.
Christian Schmitt answersOnly if you want it to. I can carry the design over one to one or use the move for a refresh. We settle that in the written quote.
Christian Schmitt answersHow long a move from Webflow to Astro takes depends on the number of pages, collections and languages. You get the schedule together with the fixed price in the written quote, before I start.
