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Shopify Migration

Move to Shopify with data, URLs and search planned for, not patched after. Everything is mapped before anything moves.

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01 — Who it is for

When you call us

  1. 01

    Leaving WordPress or WooCommerce

    The catalog has outgrown the site.

  2. 02

    Leaving Magento or Adobe Commerce

    Licence, hosting and development cost more every year.

  3. 03

    Leaving a custom platform

    Every change has become a development project.

  4. 04

    Bringing stores together

    Several sites or markets onto one Shopify.

02 — The problem

When the platform holds the store back

  1. 01

    The platform costs more every year

    Licences, hosting and custom code take the budget meant for growth.

  2. 02

    Every change is a project

    Simple updates need developers and long release cycles.

  3. 03

    Moving feels too risky

    Fear of losing data, rankings and orders keeps the store where it is.

What staying costs

Channels don't follow
The site serves neither B2B, nor retailers, nor other markets.
Complexity piles up
Every price list, catalog and channel adds work the platform cannot carry.
Each market is a project
Languages, currencies and taxes, rebuilt site by site.
03 — Method

How we migrate

Every record and every URL has a place before the switch. The switch is rehearsed, with a way back.

  1. Step 1

    Diagnose

    We list the data, URLs, apps and integrations, then name the risks.

    Initial audit
    From USD 7,999
  2. Step 2

    Map

    Every product, customer, order and URL gets its place in Shopify, every old URL a redirect.

  3. Step 3

    Rehearse

    We migrate to a copy, test it with your team and fix what breaks.

  4. Step 4

    Switch and watch

    We switch on the agreed day, then watch orders, search and errors closely.

Also in the plan

  • Channels and markets

    Mapped from the diagnosis, not added after.

  • A weekly review

    With your team: where the move stands, what is left.

  • SEO, end to end

    Redirect map, checks after the switch, rankings followed.

  • Clean data

    Cleaned before it enters Shopify.

04 — Deliverables

What you get

Diagnosis
The problem, what it costs and the plan, in writing.
Migration map
Data, apps and integrations: what moves, what changes, what goes.
Redirect map
Every old URL sent to its new page.
Rehearsal
A full test migration, checked with your team.
Launch
Switch checklist and a rollback plan.
Owner
The founder signs the plan and answers for the result.
OE · Shopify Migration
05 — Proof

A migration we shipped

Unifiber storefront, home page

Migration · Multi-discipline catalog

Unifiber ↗ (live site, opens in a new tab)

From a WordPress catalog to a Shopify store for a broad, multi-discipline range.

Problem
A broad range customers could browse on a WordPress catalog, not buy.
Decision
Turn the catalog into a Shopify store: specs, taxonomy and sport-based navigation built to sell.
06 — When not to hire us

When not
to hire us

  • Your catalog is small and simple

    A theme and a migration app will do. We will tell you.

  • The switch date is fixed before the diagnosis

    We set the date once data and URLs are mapped.

  • You need your point of sale moved

    We do not migrate physical point-of-sale systems, such as Shopify POS.

Questions

Will we lose our SEO?
Not if it is mapped first. Every old URL gets a redirect, we check after the switch and follow rankings.
How long does it take?
The diagnosis sets the plan and the date. We don't fix a switch date before the data and URLs are mapped.
Can we keep selling?
Yes. We rehearse on a copy, switch on the agreed day and watch orders closely after.
What about B2B and other markets?
They are in the plan from the diagnosis: channels and markets are mapped before anything moves.
07 — Related

Often paired with

  • →Shopify Plus BuildArchitecture · Integrations
  • →SEO/SEAOrganic search · Paid search
  • →Analytics and marketing integrationsGA4/GTM · Klaviyo
08 — Contact

Tell us what holds growth back.

One conversation is enough to know whether we can help. If we can, we start with an initial audit, from USD 7,999.

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