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Going live overview

Going live has three stages. Each is described on its own page.

1. Choose a plan​

Press Deploy (locked) or Upgrade to finish the site on a free preview. The Ready to go live? chooser shows the Starter, Professional and Enterprise plans with live prices. Pick one and pay by card. See Choose a plan.

2. Let Wigoh build the remaining pages​

After payment Wigoh builds the rest of the site, up to the plan's page allowance, and tells you when it is ready to review. See After payment.

3. Deploy​

Press Deploy to open the four-step Go live wizard: readiness, business, domain, confirm. Then watch the deployment progress. See The go-live wizard.

What deploying does​

  • Copies your finished site from the preview to production hosting managed by Wigoh.
  • Installs an SSL certificate.
  • Connects your domain if you chose one, and gives you the DNS records to publish.
  • Removes the preview environment once the site is live.
  • Creates your business account for the marketing tools, using the business details you confirmed.

What deploying does not do​

  • Change anything at your old website's host.
  • Move your email.
  • Charge you again: the plan you chose is the payment.

Paying is not deploying​

Paying for a plan unlocks the site and builds the remaining pages. You still review the site and press Deploy when you are happy. Nothing goes live until you do.