diff --git a/planetstack/importer/plclassic/site_importer.py b/planetstack/importer/plclassic/site_importer.py
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+from core.models import Site
+
+class SiteImporter:
+
+    def __init__(self, api):
+        self.api = api
+        self.remote_sites = {}
+        self.local_sites = {}
+
+    def run(self):
+        db_sites = Site.objects.all()
+        for db_site in db_sites:
+            self.local_sites[db_site.login_base] = db_site
+        print "%s local sites" % len(db_sites)
+
+        sites = self.api.GetSites({'peer_id': None})
+        print "%s remote sites" % len(sites)
+        count = 0
+        for site in sites:
+            self.remote_sites[site['site_id']] = site 
+            if site['login_base'] not in self.local_sites:
+                new_site = Site(name=site['name'],
+                                login_base=site['login_base'],
+                                site_url=site['url'],
+                                enabled=site['enabled'],
+                                longitude=site['longitude'],
+                                latitude=site['latitude'],
+                                is_public=site['is_public'],
+                                abbreviated_name=site['abbreviated_name'])
+                new_site.save()
+                count += 1
+                self.local_sites[new_site.login_base] = new_site
+        print "imported %s sites" % count