How Do You Properly Shut Down a Website Without Losing Everything? (2025/627)

Whether you're retiring, selling your business, or just moving on — shutting down your website isn’t as simple as hitting “delete.” In this episode, Charly walks you through the smart, secure, and professional way to close a website without burning digital bridges or losing vital data.

📌 You’ll learn:

✅ Why your domain name and email might still stay active

✅ How to make a full website and database backup — and where to store it

✅ What services (like Mailchimp) you must shut down separately

✅ How to leave a respectful goodbye page for visitors

✅ The legal and privacy reasons to delete data properly

🔗 Peacefully ending a website is like locking up shop — do it with care and clarity.

🔗Join my locals community and strike up a conversation about the topic

About the Author Charly Leetham

Charly Leetham has been in technology for over 40 years - from earning her amateur radio license at 13 to founding and running Ask Charly Leetham, a digital services business serving small businesses worldwide. After losing $1 million in a franchise failure, she rebuilt from scratch and has kept her business running for nearly two decades through skill, systems, and relentless practicality.

She hosts the podcast Rise and Shine - Your Business Tech Boost with Charly Leetham and speaks about what it actually takes to build businesses that work and last - not just look good on paper.

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