Migrating from Salon.io

Already have a site on the original salon.io? You can bring your pages, images, and text across to the new platform without rebuilding from scratch. Migration copies your content into a new site here — it doesn't touch your old site, which keeps working until you decide to switch off.

How it works

New Salon is a separate system — migration copies your old content into a site here, so the flow is:

Sign up on New Salon — a fresh account at new.salon.io. Your old Salon.io login won't work here.
Create a site — on your dashboard, click Create New Site. Migration happens inside a site. (Still seeing a getting-started video on your dashboard? You haven't created a site yet.)
Open Settings → Migration on that site, and find your account — look it up by the email or username you used on Salon.io.
Verify it's you — confirm with your Salon.io password (this also starts your 90-day Pro trial).
Select pages — choose which pages to bring over.
Import — watch your content come across, page by page.

The most common mix-up: linking your old account is not the same as creating a site. You must create a site first — that's where the Migration tool lives. You don't log into your old account to export; everything happens on New Salon.

What transfers

Pages — title, address (slug), order, and whether they're public or hidden (a page that's live but kept out of your navigation menu).
Images — your photos, with their captions, links, and sizing carried over.
Text — your text content and basic styling.
Videos — YouTube and Vimeo embeds found in your pages.
Layout — each legacy page's layout is mapped to the closest SalonEngine layout (see Membership carry-over for tier handling).

Password-protected pages can't be migrated — the Salon.io API doesn't expose their content. If you have password-protected pages, remove the protection on Salon.io before importing, then re-add it here afterwards if you still need it.

What is not migrated

Your custom domain's DNS — you'll reconnect your domain in site settings, it isn't set up automatically.
Account details from Salon.io (password, payment info, notification settings).

Next steps

Finding your account — look up and verify your Salon.io account.
The import process — selecting pages and running the import.
Membership carry-over — your 90-day Pro trial and what happens after.
After migration — reviewing and publishing your imported site.
Migration FAQ — quick answers to common questions.
Troubleshooting — common issues and fixes.

How it works

New Salon is a separate system — migration copies your old content into a site here, so the flow is:

Sign up on New Salon — a fresh account at new.salon.io. Your old Salon.io login won't work here.

Create a site — on your dashboard, click Create New Site. Migration happens inside a site. (Still seeing a getting-started video on your dashboard? You haven't created a site yet.)

Open Settings → Migration on that site, and find your account — look it up by the email or username you used on Salon.io.

Verify it's you — confirm with your Salon.io password (this also starts your 90-day Pro trial).

Select pages — choose which pages to bring over.

Import — watch your content come across, page by page.

What transfers

Pages — title, address (slug), order, and whether they're public or hidden (a page that's live but kept out of your navigation menu).

Images — your photos, with their captions, links, and sizing carried over.

Text — your text content and basic styling.

Videos — YouTube and Vimeo embeds found in your pages.

Layout — each legacy page's layout is mapped to the closest SalonEngine layout (see Membership carry-over for tier handling).

Next steps

Finding your account — look up and verify your Salon.io account.

The import process — selecting pages and running the import.

Membership carry-over — your 90-day Pro trial and what happens after.

After migration — reviewing and publishing your imported site.

Migration FAQ — quick answers to common questions.

Troubleshooting — common issues and fixes.