How complex or what to consider when moving from a .aspx webdeveloper to my own wordpress.org website?

[CoGri]

Basically my current web developer is not providing me with what a modern website should need to fully utilize online marketing and SEO in terms of blogging, social media widgets, e-commerce and so on. Because of this I have thought of moving to a wordpress.org website run and built by myself.

Is this a good idea?

What is the best way to migrate and save existing authority (Re-directs etc)?

Is there any potential risks or problems that I could encounter that aren't immediate obvious?

Many thanks!

Tom

[Felip3]

HI Tom...

You will have to do 301 redirect, Same thing as Moz did when they stop being Seomoz and became Moz.

The task will get more complex based on how much content you have.

The flow for a small site would be:

1 - Move all the content for the new platform:

2 - Make a spreadsheet with old url and new url.

3 - Create a 301 redirect.

301 do not guarantee you will keep 100% of your traffic, I noticed the most times the sites lost about 15-20% on traffic right after the 301.

Also I think that if you self host your WordPress you will have more freedom than if you just use WordPress.com

Felipe