# Importa nel servizio ospitato
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-into-hosted-service/70615
**Category:** Migration
**Tags:** phpbb, hosting
**Created:** [22 Settembre 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-into-hosted-service/70615 "2017-09-22T23:09:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@cyphers72](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cyphers72)
#### Post date: [22 Settembre 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-into-hosted-service/70615/1 "2017-09-22T23:09:35Z")
Just trying things out here. We’re currently on phpBB 3.0. I started the free trial for hosted service.
Then I read this:
> [@Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb3/30810):
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> So, you discovered Discourse and want to know how to migrate from your existing phpBB3 forum? Great! Then keep on reading. This guide will show you how to use the [phpBB3 import script](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/script/import_scripts/phpbb3.rb) for importing from phpBB 3.0 up to 3.3. What data can be imported? Users Avatars (optional) Anonymous users (either as user “system” or as suspended users) Password hashes, which can be used with the [migratepassword plugin](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-migratepassword) (optional) User profile data (birth date, website, location, custom fields, etc.) G…
And it is talking about a myriad of complexities I hoped to avoid like installing Discourse manually and then using some crazy Docker stuff just to import from phpBB. Is the only way to import from phpBB by doing this all manually?
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [22 Settembre 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-into-hosted-service/70615/2 "2017-09-22T23:35:12Z")
If you [pre-pay for a year of Business class hosting](https://discourse.org/pricing), the team will import your old forum for you.
If you’re not interested in the hosted service, you’ll have to figure it out with the help available here on Meta and whoever else you can find (tech people you know, and #Marketplace, ~~but I don’t remember anyone exactly volunteering to do imports at a set price~~ ).
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [23 Settembre 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-into-hosted-service/70615/3 "2017-09-23T00:26:25Z")
I thought @pfaffman does them, you could visit his site to figure out the pricing.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [23 Settembre 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-into-hosted-service/70615/4 "2017-09-23T00:32:56Z")
Indeed he does, @cpradio! Thanks. For the past year my entire income has come from Discourse imports, installations, and support and a tiny bit of hosting.
Because every import and importer is different, it’s hard to tell from my site that typical imports run from $500-1000 (and up), depending on how big the forum is and how many things need to be changed (does the importer support your avatars, attachments, the broken import you did from some other forum) and how quickly you need things done.
I’ve never done a phpBB3 import; I can only presume that’s because it works so well.