Shopify Migration

What we do

A structured, low-risk migration to Shopify: data intact, SEO protected, trading throughout.

Platform migrations fail when they're rushed or treated as a technical exercise. We treat them as business-critical projects: planned thoroughly, executed carefully, and validated at every step before anything goes live.

Whether you're moving from Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or a custom platform, we've done it before and we know where the risk lives.

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We migrate from

Platforms we move from

Magento / Adobe Commerce

Complex catalogues, custom EAV attributes, and intricate pricing rules. We've migrated from Magento many times and know where the edge cases live.

WooCommerce

WordPress-based stores with custom plugins, order data, and subscription products. We map the WooCommerce data model to Shopify's and handle the gaps.

BigCommerce

API-first migration from BigCommerce. Products, customers, orders, and metafields, transferred cleanly and validated before you cut over.

Custom platforms

Bespoke ecommerce systems, legacy catalogues, or anything else you're running. If there's a database and an API, we can migrate from it.

What transfers

Everything we migrate

Products & variants

Full product catalogue migration including variants, images, metafields, tags, and collections, structured for Shopify's data model from day one.

Customer data

Customer accounts, addresses, and order history migrated and linked, so your customers don't notice the platform change.

Historical orders

Order history imported for reporting continuity. Your team's view of the business doesn't start from zero on launch day.

SEO continuity

Full 301 redirect mapping from old URLs to new. We protect your organic rankings and ensure Google follows you to Shopify without a traffic hit.

Why it matters

What you get

No data loss

Products, customers, and orders migrate with full integrity. We validate every dataset before and after migration, so nothing gets left behind or corrupted.

SEO protection

We build a complete redirect map before launch. Every old URL resolves correctly so you don't lose the organic rankings you've spent years building.

Zero trading downtime

Phased go-live strategy means your store keeps trading through the migration. We cut over at a low-traffic window with rollback options in place.

Clean slate on Shopify

Migrations are an opportunity to tidy up years of accumulated product data, rationalise your catalogue, and start fresh, structured for Shopify from day one.

Integrated from day one

Your existing third-party tools (ERP, 3PL, loyalty, email) are reconnected to Shopify as part of the migration, not an afterthought.

Team ready for Shopify

We train your merchandising and operations teams on Shopify admin before go-live. Nobody is learning on the job from day one.

How we work

Our process

Audit & data mapping

We audit your existing platform, covering data model, integrations, custom functionality, and SEO footprint, and produce a migration plan before any work begins.

Shopify setup

Theme selection or build, apps configured, payment providers and shipping set up. Shopify is ready to receive data before migration starts.

Data migration

Products, customers, and order history migrated and validated. Multiple dry runs before the real migration, so we know the data is clean before go-live.

Redirect mapping

Every existing URL mapped to its Shopify equivalent. 301 redirects configured and validated so Google and your customers land in the right place.

Integration reconnection

ERP, 3PL, loyalty, reviews, email: all third-party integrations reconnected to Shopify and tested in a staging environment before launch.

QA & go-live

Full pre-launch QA checklist. Phased go-live with monitoring. Rollback plan ready. We don't flip the switch until everything has been verified.

FAQs

Common questions

A typical migration from WooCommerce or BigCommerce runs 6–10 weeks. Magento migrations, or those with large catalogues and complex integrations, often run 10–16 weeks. Timeline depends heavily on data complexity, the number of integrations, and how quickly we can get access to the source platform.

Not if the migration is handled correctly. We build a full redirect map so every old URL resolves to its Shopify equivalent, preserving link equity and ensuring Google follows you to the new platform. We've never seen a well-executed migration cause long-term SEO damage.

Yes. We run the migration in parallel, so your existing store keeps trading throughout. We only cut over when everything is validated and ready.

Customer accounts and addresses are migrated to Shopify. Customers are prompted to set a new password on first login, as Shopify doesn't allow migrating password hashes for security reasons. Order history is linked to their account.

Yes. Most migration projects include a new Shopify theme, either a customised premium theme or a bespoke build. We scope the design and development work alongside the migration so you go live on Shopify looking better than you did before.

Yes, and it's often the right time to do it. Legacy stores frequently have thin, duplicated, or poorly structured product descriptions and category copy. Refreshing that content alongside the migration is far more efficient than returning to it post-launch. We offer in-house ecommerce content writing as part of a migration project. Ask us about it when you get in touch.

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Our team is happy to answer any questions you have. Get in touch and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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Moving platforms?
Let's do it right.

We've migrated stores from Magento, WooCommerce, and custom platforms to Shopify, with data intact, SEO protected, and trading throughout. If you're planning a move, let's talk about what's involved.

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