Best way to switch hosts
I am currently hosting with ait.com, they suck so much. No one should ever use them as a host.I was wondering if anyone can give me any suggestions on the best way to swicth hosting companies.
I host about 50 sites.
I need:
Linux
MySQL
PHP
cURL
multiple ips
I have a few sites that proces credit cards and have ssl certificates
My regitrar is namecheap.com
I figured, first i would sign up with a new host. then transfer all my files to the new host. Then i would change the nameservers to the new host. Is this the best way to avoid any downtime? I'm just trying to avoid any downtime and make sure that all the web sites works after the transfer. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was also wondering if anyone had any good suggestions for a new host, thanks.