The Ultimate Shopify Migration Guide
Everything you need to know about planning a successful move to Shopify.
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Everything you need to know about planning a successful move to Shopify.
Read the guideMoving platforms is an opportunity to rethink your store, not simply recreate it. We use our migration experience to protect your data, SEO, integrations and customer experience, while making better decisions about what should move, what should change and what comes next.
Moving platforms touches almost every part of your ecommerce operation. Your products and customer data need to move, but the migration also needs to account for your functionality, integrations, content, URLs and the workflows your business relies on. A successful migration protects what works and creates the opportunity to improve what doesn’t.
While the technology keeps changing, our experience helps us make sense of what matters. We’ve spent more than 17 years learning, evolving and seeing what works across different platforms, businesses and customer journeys. That experience helps us recognise patterns, cut through noise and get to the right decisions faster.
We’ll review your current setup, identify the main risks and opportunities, and give you a clear view of what a move to Shopify would involve.
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Start with a free audit to understand whether Shopify is right for your business. If it is, a paid workshop helps us test the important details and define the scope, cost and timeline of your migration.
We review your store, discuss what’s holding you back and identify what a move to Shopify could mean for your business.
If Shopify looks like a good fit, we’ll propose a paid workshop tailored to your store. You decide whether to take it further.
We work through your requirements and demonstrate critical solutions, so you know how the migration will work before committing to the full project.
With the key decisions made and critical solutions validated, we’ll agree the scope, costs and delivery timeline with you, then move into building and launching your Shopify store.
Free, no-obligation audit. Understand the opportunities, risks and realities of moving to Shopify.
Shopify is a strong fit for many ecommerce businesses, but we don't assume it's right for every store. We look at your current platform, operational requirements, integrations, growth plans and what's driving the move. Our free migration audit is designed to establish whether Shopify is a good fit, what you could gain from moving and any challenges that need to be considered before you commit.
In many cases, yes, although the solution may work differently on Shopify. We review the functionality and integrations your business relies on and determine what Shopify can handle natively, what needs an app or integration, and where custom development may be required. The goal isn't to recreate your existing platform unnecessarily, but to find the right approach for Shopify.
Changing ecommerce platforms can affect SEO if the migration isn't carefully planned. We map existing URLs, plan redirects, preserve important content and metadata, review internal linking and technical SEO, and monitor the site after launch. The aim is to protect existing organic visibility while giving the new Shopify store a strong technical foundation.
We migrate established ecommerce stores to Shopify from platforms including WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Kentico and custom-built systems. Each platform has different considerations, so we plan the migration around your existing data, functionality, integrations and technical setup.
A Shopify migration is more than moving products from one platform to another. We plan your data, SEO, integrations, functionality, content and customer experience, then build and test the new store before managing the move to Shopify. The exact approach depends on your existing platform and how your business operates.
Products, variants, customers, order history, collections, content and other store data can usually be migrated to Shopify, but what can and should move depends on your existing platform and setup. We audit your data first, identify anything that doesn't map directly to Shopify and agree the migration approach before development begins.
The timeline depends on the size and complexity of your store, including data, design, integrations and custom functionality. Your existing store can normally continue trading while the new Shopify store is being built. We plan the final data migration and launch carefully to keep disruption to your customers and team to a minimum.
The cost depends on what needs to move and what needs to be built. Data complexity, design and UX requirements, integrations, custom functionality, international requirements and the condition of your existing store can all affect the scope. We start with a free migration audit and, where appropriate, a paid workshop to define the requirements, approach, costs and delivery timeline before you commit to the full migration.
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Speak to usEvery move to Shopify starts from somewhere different. Your current platform has its own data structures, integrations, functionality and ways of working, and they all need to be understood before deciding what comes with you. We don't simply recreate your existing store on Shopify. We protect what's working, rethink what isn't.
Magento / Adobe Commerce can support a complex ecommerce operation, but maintaining it can demand significant time and investment. A carefully planned migration can help you simplify your store and build around what your business needs next.
As your WooCommerce store grows, managing plugins, updates and integrations can become more demanding. A migration is an opportunity to simplify the day-to-day work and give your store a stronger foundation for growth.
If your business has outgrown its current BigCommerce setup, a migration can help you move towards a better fit. We help you review what’s working, address the limitations and plan a move around your commercial goals.
Changing business needs can leave your Kentico website feeling complex or difficult to manage. A migration gives you the opportunity to rethink your content, simplify publishing and create a website that better supports your team.
Drupal offers extensive flexibility, but a heavily customised website can take specialist support to maintain. A planned migration can help you retain the functionality you need while making your website easier to run.
Wix can be a useful starting point, but your business may eventually need more flexibility or functionality. A migration can help you build on what you’ve established and create a website that supports your next stage of growth.
As your business evolves, you may find your Squarespace website no longer supports everything you want to do. A migration is an opportunity to keep the strengths of your brand while expanding what your website can offer.
We’ll review your current setup, identify the main risks and opportunities, and give you a clear view of what a move to Shopify would involve.
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