WooCommerce to Shopify migration
We move your products, blog posts and old links. Plugin updates, servers and security stop being your problem on Shopify.
Your store comes over as it is
We handle the whole move. Before launch, you browse the new store and check it.
Products and catalogue
Your products come over with their photos, descriptions, prices and variants.
- Photos and descriptions
- Prices, stock and variants
- Categories and menus
Customers
Your customer list moves to your new store. Customers sign in with a code sent to their email, so nobody has to set a new password.
- Customer list
- Saved addresses
- Newsletter subscribers
Instead of plugins
We set up the Shopify equivalent of the jobs your WordPress plugins did.
- Blog posts and pages
- Payment and shipping settings
- SEO titles and descriptions
Worth knowing before you leave WordPress
WooCommerce's own exporter gives a CSV with your products. These three points come up in almost every store.
If your links end with a slash
Both forms get redirected/product/linen-cushion/ and /product/linen-cushion open the same page. We add both to the redirect list and test the one Google has.
If an SEO plugin holds your titles
Export the custom meta tooWith "Export all custom meta" ticked, plugin fields come out as meta: columns. Your SEO titles and descriptions move to Shopify's SEO fields.
If products vary by many attributes
Shopify allows 3 optionsVariations come out as rows linked to their product by the Parent column. Anything beyond 3 options becomes product details.
Sources: WooCommerce product CSV importer and exporter, Shopify product CSV, URL redirects.
Your old links go to their new addresses
On WooCommerce, the link structure is a setting: the defaults are /product/ and /product-category/, stores in other languages often translate them, and some remove the base entirely. Most links end with a slash. We take your site's real structure from its sitemap and redirect every link to its Shopify equivalent, one by one.
- Product
/product/linen-cushion/→/products/linen-cushion - Category
/product-category/cushions/→/collections/cushions - Post
/blog-post/→/blogs/news/blog-post
Your Google rankings, and the links in your old posts and ads, keep working.
Your sales don't stop for a single day
The move happens in three steps.
- Free demo
Your new store's home page and one product page, built with your own products and photos.
3–5 business days - Setup and migration
We set up the new store and move your data. Meanwhile, your WooCommerce store stays open and selling.
2–4 weeks - Your domain is connected
Your domain stays the same. In a short launch window we connect it to Shopify and switch on the redirects.
Launch day
Two things we promise
The design you approved
If, at delivery, your store isn't built with the design from the demo you approved, you don't pay the second half.
30 days of Google monitoring
We watch Search Console for 30 days after launch. If an address errors, we fix it the same day.
Shopify stores we've designed
All selling today. Each one's story is on its own page.
Things you might be wondering
What will replace my plugins?
On Shopify, the basics such as payments, shipping, discounts and a blog come built in. For anything more, there's Shopify's app store. We list the plugins you use and set up the Shopify equivalent of each one during setup.
Will I have to deal with servers and updates?
No. Shopify takes care of hosting, security and updates. No more pages broken by a plugin update, and no server bills.
Will my blog posts come over?
Yes. We move your posts with their images to Shopify's blog and redirect their old links to the new addresses, so traffic from Google isn't lost.
Is the demo really free?
Yes. We don't ask for payment or card details for the demo, and if you don't like it you owe nothing.
How much does it cost?
It depends on the number of products and the features you want. After the demo, we send the scope and a fixed price in writing within 48 hours. Payment is 50% upfront, 50% on delivery.