What Happens If I Want to Leave Basalt?

You take your site with you. Your content belongs to you. Your repo is yours. There are no exit fees and no lock-in. If you want to leave, Basalt helps you leave with everything intact.

This matters, and here is why: trust requires knowing the exit is clean.

What do I get when I leave?

You get your repository. That is the folder of files that makes your site run. You can give it to a developer, take it to another compatible host, or use it however you want.

Your content is in those files. Your text, your structure, your pages. It is yours.

Your domain is also yours. It has always been yours. You point it wherever you want after you leave.

Are there any exit fees?

No. You cancel your subscription. You request your repo. It is handed over. That is it.

No “transfer fee.” No “export fee.” No waiting period designed to make leaving inconvenient.

How does this compare to Wix or Squarespace?

This is worth knowing before you commit to any platform.

Wix does not let you export your site. The site you built on Wix stays on Wix. If you leave Wix, you leave the site. You keep your domain and your content in theory, but the site itself cannot be exported. You would need to rebuild from scratch elsewhere.

Squarespace has limited export options. You can export some content as an XML file, but the design, the layout, and the structure do not travel with you. Again, a rebuild would be required.

Basalt’s position is the opposite. Your repo leaves with you. A developer can take that repo and deploy it. You are not starting over.

Why does Basalt offer this?

Because the business model does not depend on trapping you.

Basalt makes money when you stay because you love the product, not because you are stuck. An open exit policy means the only reason you stay is that the service is worth paying for. That is the right incentive structure.

Knowing you can leave makes it easier to join. That is the point.

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