Step 1. Download all your files so you have the most recent version. If your site is using a database use the backup function in Cpanel (if you use Cpanel hosting) or have your host do it for you (they should be able to pull that one off, it’s not that difficult.)

Step 2. Login to your new hosting account and add the site you’re transferring to that account. After you add it, it should tell you what the FTP login details are. If not, just go into the FTP function of your hosting account and it should be there. Write down the FTP username and password as well as the IP address that the site will be running on and the nameservers of the new host. If you don’t see the IP in your account, or if you don’t know the new nameservers for some reason just contact the new host and ask them. If they can’t answer you, find a new host!

If your site is using a MySQL database, use the backup option to upload it into the new account. If you don’t have that option have the new host upload it for you.

Step 3. Connect to the new FTP account with the new login details, but instead of using the domain as the host name, use the new IP. Using the domain will not work because the nameservers are still pointing to the old host. Once you’ve connected just upload all the files.

Step 4. Login to the account from wherever you registered the domain. Go into the DNS settings of that domain and change the nameservers to your new nameservers that you wrote down previously. If you can’t find where to do this, just contact the registrar.