Ghost Migration · Durham
Ghost Migration in Durham
Migrating publications onto Ghost for Durham organisations, where the content is the straightforward part. Posts and pages import readily; members, their subscription status and the payment relationships behind them are the difficult half — and getting that wrong means charging people incorrectly or losing revenue silently.
Why this comes up
The problem
The posts imported cleanly, and eight hundred paying subscribers have to move with their billing intact.
What you get
What we deliver
- Content imported and verified, including images and internal links
- Members migrated with their tier and status preserved
- Payment relationships handled deliberately, with the provider's migration path used
- Free and paid segmentation reproduced, so access matches what people bought
- Email list and sending reputation considered, since a new sending setup starts fresh
- Redirects mapped, as post URL structures rarely match between platforms
Want this scoped for your business in Durham?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what ghost migration would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Durham
North East
Durham's economy is dominated by its university and cathedral, so the commercial base is small and much of the local demand comes from spinouts and suppliers attached to the institutions rather than from independent industry.
Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones.
Sectors we work with in Durham
- Higher Education
- Tourism & Heritage
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Research
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- Ghost
- Stripe
- WordPress
- Node.js
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Publishing
- Media companies
- Professional services
- Education
- Charities
Why us
Why Durham businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Ghost Migration in Durham — common questions
- Why are subscribers the hard part?
- Because money is attached. A member record is straightforward; the active subscription, its billing date, its price and its history live with the payment provider, and migrating those requires the provider's own process rather than an export from the old site.
- What happens to existing subscriptions?
- It depends on the route taken, and it must be established before anything moves. Options range from transferring the relationship to asking members to resubscribe, and the second loses people — so the choice deserves proper attention rather than being discovered mid-migration.
- Does sending reputation carry across?
- Not automatically. A new sending configuration begins without established reputation, so a first send to a large list can perform poorly — warming up gradually and authenticating the domain properly is what avoids landing in spam on the launch send.
- How different are the URLs?
- Different enough to need mapping. Post address structures vary between platforms, so a publication with years of archives needs redirects for each — and for a site whose traffic comes largely from older posts, that mapping is the migration's most valuable artefact.
- Do you work with businesses across County Durham?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout North East, including Durham and the surrounding County Durham area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Durham businesses do you usually work with?
- Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones. Beyond that we work across Higher Education, Tourism & Heritage, Public Sector, Retail and Research.
- Do you cover the areas around Durham?
- Yes — we work throughout North East, including Newcastle, Sunderland, York. Durham is an urban area of roughly 70,000+, and we take on work across the wider County Durham region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Ghost Migration in Durham
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise