The reverse-proxy cutover explained

The reverse-proxy cutover is the clever technique that lets Dirham A Day move your site with little or no downtime - and often without you needing to change your DNS at all until you are ready. Here is how it works in plain terms.

Normally, moving a site means changing your domain's DNS to point at the new host. But DNS changes take time to spread across the internet, and during that spread some visitors see the old site and some the new - which is risky if the two are not perfectly in sync, especially for a shop taking orders.

A reverse-proxy cutover sidesteps this. In simple terms:

• Your site is copied to our platform and kept ready.
• Your site stays live on its existing address while we work, so visitors always see a working site.
• We can route traffic to the correct copy behind the scenes, so the switch to serving from our platform is smooth and controlled - not dependent on DNS propagation catching up.
• Often, no DNS change is needed from you during this phase - we manage the transition.

The benefits for you:

• Continuous availability - your site does not go dark during the move.
• No messy in-between state where some visitors see an old copy.
• A controlled final switch, which we can time for a quiet period.

You do not need to understand the technical details to benefit - our team sets it all up. The takeaway is simply that you can move to us without fear of your site or shop going offline. Ask our UAE-based team about a low-downtime move at support@dirhamaday.ae or WhatsApp +971 58 553 6767.