What changes when you move from Magento to Shopify
Magento can be powerful, but the cost and complexity of maintaining it can become a burden as your business evolves. Moving to Shopify can reduce technical overhead, simplify day-to-day management and free up more time and budget to focus on improving the customer experience. 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.
What we help you achieve on Shopify?
- Lower technical overhead - with less maintenance, patching, hosting and upgrade work
- More budget for growth - spend less on keeping the platform running and more on improving the store
- More control - manage everyday updates and promotions with less developer support
- Simpler technology - reduce reliance on custom code and overlapping extensions
- A smoother shopping experience - make product discovery, browsing and checkout easier.
Ready to explore a move from Magento to Shopify?
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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Migration results

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A clear path from Magento to Shopify
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.
Free Migration Audit
We review your store, discuss what’s holding you back and identify what a move to Shopify could mean for your business.
What you'll learn
- Is a move to Shopify viable?
- What could work better on Shopify?
- What might need to change?
- What risks need careful planning?
Your next step: Workshop
If Shopify looks like a good fit, we’ll propose a paid workshop tailored to your store. You decide whether to take it further.
Paid Migration Workshop
We work through your requirements and demonstrate critical solutions, so you know how the migration will work before committing to the full project.
What you'll learn
- Integration solutions
- Data migration approach
- SEO migration approach
- Site structure overview
- Rapid prototyping
- Custom UX requirements
- Roles & responsibilities
- Go live plan
The next step: Migration
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.
Frequently asked questions
How long does a Magento to Shopify migration take?
It depends on how much complexity sits behind the store.
A straightforward migration can take 4-6 weeks. Larger Magento stores with custom modules, ERP connections, international setups or unusual product data can take 3-4 months or even longer.
We normally start by auditing the current setup so we can separate the simple parts from the risky ones and give you a realistic plan before development starts.
Can you migrate all of our Magento data to Shopify?
In most cases, yes. That usually includes products, variants, customers, historic orders, collections, content and key product attributes.
We also look at anything that sits outside the obvious data set, such as custom attributes, subscriptions, reviews, B2B pricing, customer groups or data held inside extensions. Those parts often need a more considered migration approach.
What happens to our SEO when we move from Magento to Shopify?
A platform move always needs careful SEO planning because URL structures, templates and site architecture can change.
We map important URLs, preserve valuable content, plan redirects and check metadata, canonicals, internal links and indexing before launch.
We protect the organic visibility you already have, not start again from scratch.
Can Shopify replace our Magento extensions and custom functionality?
Often, yes, but we would not recommend recreating every extension one for one.
A migration is a good opportunity to look at what the store actually needs today. Some functionality may already exist in Shopify, some may be better handled by an app, and some may need custom development.
We review the purpose of each extension first, then find the cleanest way to support that requirement on Shopify.
Is Shopify actually the right replacement for Magento?
Not always. Shopify is usually a strong fit for brands that want to reduce technical overhead, simplify day-to-day store management and spend less time maintaining the platform itself.
But if your Magento setup depends on highly bespoke commerce logic or very specific technical requirements, those need to be assessed properly first.
That is exactly why we start with the migration audit. It gives you a clear view of what Shopify can simplify, what needs rebuilding and whether the move makes commercial sense.
Will my Magento store be disrupted during the migration?
No. Your Magento store can stay live while the new Shopify store is being built and tested.
The final switch is planned separately and usually involves a last data sync, domain changes, redirect checks, payment testing and analytics validation.
For higher-volume stores, we also plan the timing carefully to minimise any disruption during launch.
Where does experience make the biggest difference in a Magento to Shopify migration?
Magento migrations often involve complex data, integrations and custom functionality. Experience helps identify hidden dependencies, reduce risk and decide what should be retained, replaced or simplified on Shopify.
Have a question about Magento to Shopify Migrations?
Speak to our team about your migration plans, requirements or anything we haven’t covered here.
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Key migration partners
Successful migrations need more than development alone. We work with specialist partners across SEO, data and ecommerce growth to make sure every critical part of the move to Shopify is properly planned and supported.

Leftfield - SEO Agency
SEO migration support for brands that don’t just need to protect rankings, redirects, and organic visibility during the move to Shopify, but also want to optimise for growth.

Loncom - Data Specialists
Data migration support for brands that need to move, cleanse, transform, and reformat products, customers, and orders, ensuring data is accurate, structured, and ready for the new store.

Alvio - B2B Partnerships
B2B partnership support for brands looking to expand their product range, reach new audiences, and unlock new revenue opportunities by placing their products in new stores and retail channels.











