Shopify migration from WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Magento

Catalog, customers, orders and rankings move to Shopify. Your store stays open until the day of the switch.

Shopify Plus Partner. Migrations since 2017, over 150 stores since 2012, 22 5-star reviews.

Where you start

When migrating makes sense

Three signals we often hear in the discovery call.

01

The platform costs more than it earns

Hosting, updates, paid modules and a developer to call every time something breaks.

02

Every update is a risk

A plugin that blocks the checkout, a theme that fails on the new version, and the people who built the site are gone.

03

You want to sell more, and elsewhere

Foreign markets, languages, B2B with reserved price lists: on Shopify they are native features, not separate projects.

The map

What moves to Shopify, and how

Three families of data, each with its own path. Integrations are reconnected before the launch.

What moves to Shopify: catalog, customers and orders, URLs and rankings, from today's store to Shopify Today: your platform Catalog products, variants, prices, images Customers and orders records, consents, order history URLs and SEO every indexed URL, meta tags migration Tomorrow: Shopify Catalog products, variants, collections Customers and orders accounts, consents, visible history URLs and SEO one-to-one redirects, meta, sitemap ERP, invoicing and logistics are reconnected before the launch.
What moves to Shopify: catalog, customers and orders, URLs and rankings, from today's store to Shopify

Item by item

What migrates and what is rebuilt

Bringing everything over does not pay: we migrate what has value and rebuild what would carry today's problems along.

Migrates

  • Products and variants: names, descriptions, prices, images, SKUs and stock.
  • Categories: they become collections, with the same sorting rules.
  • Customers: records, addresses, marketing consents and groups, which become tags and segments.
  • Orders: the history, available in the store and in each customer's account.
  • Pages and blog: texts and images, at the same URLs or with a redirect.
  • URLs: every indexed URL points to the new one with a 301 redirect.

Rebuilt or replaced

  • The theme: we start from a premium theme, designed for the smartphone first.
  • Plugins and modules: replaced by native Shopify features or by apps chosen one by one.
  • Passwords: for security they are not exported. Each customer receives an invitation and sets a new one.
  • Discount codes: recreated on Shopify, with the new rules.
  • Payments and shipping: configured from scratch, with Shopify Payments and the carriers.
  • Reviews: they move if the app that collects them exports them. We check this in the analysis.

Where you come from

From WooCommerce, PrestaShop or Magento

Each platform has its own pitfalls. We know them and account for them in the proposal.

From WooCommerce

The most common among small and medium Italian businesses. A WordPress plugin, with hosting and updates on you.

What changes
Attributes and variations become options and variants. The WordPress blog can stay where it is or move to Shopify.
Redirects
URLs are readable: the redirect map is simple and often one to one.
Timing
The fastest migration: usually 30 to 60 days.
Watch out for
Plugins that wrote data outside the standard, and orders with custom statuses.

From PrestaShop

The migration request we receive most often. Combinations, modules and languages make the analysis decisive.

What changes
Combinations become variants. Modules are replaced by native features or apps.
Redirects
URLs contain numeric ids and almost all of them change: the redirect map is the heart of the work.
Timing
45 to 90 days, depending on languages, modules and integrations.
Watch out for
Multistore and multilanguage: on Shopify they become markets and translations, to design before importing.
Read the guide on Strategia eCommerce ↗

From Magento

Large catalogs, B2B and multiple stores: the most powerful platform and the most expensive to maintain.

What changes
Attributes and attribute sets become options and metafields. B2B moves to Shopify's native B2B, with companies and price lists.
Redirects
Nested categories and URLs to remap with care: Shopify's structure is flatter.
Timing
Up to 120 days, with the integrations to ERP and warehouse.
Watch out for
Custom code and in-house integrations: they must be listed one by one in the analysis.

We also migrate from bespoke systems and other platforms, such as Storeden or Kooomo: the method is the same, only the data export changes. Is your store already on Shopify and in need of a fresh start? See the relaunch →

The launch

The day of the switch

In most projects it takes a few minutes, with the DNS prepared in advance. When access to the domain comes late or the timing has constraints, the window gets longer: we set it together, ahead of time.

The day of the switch: from pausing the orders to reopening on Shopify 01 Orders paused the old store in maintenance 02 Final import orders and customers from the last days 03 Redirects live 301 map loaded and verified 04 Domain switched DNS updated, email in order 05 Check and reopening test order, then selling If needed we can go back to the old store: it stays active until the check.
The day of the switch: from pausing the orders to reopening on Shopify

The precautions

The precautions that make the switch safe

They are the same in every migration, from the first day of work.

01

Rankings stay

A 301 redirect map for every indexed URL, checked in Search Console before and after the switch.

02

No order gets lost

The switch happens in an agreed window. Orders that arrive in the meantime are imported right after.

03

Customers log in at the first try

An invitation email with the new login, clear texts and support in the first days.

04

The ERP stays connected

Connections are tried in the test environment, with test orders and products, before the launch.

05

The catalog arrives clean

Before the import we remove duplicates, missing images and orphan variants.

06

Emails reach the inbox

Domain and DNS records are set up for transactional emails before the switch.

Timing and costs

How long, how much

Two things we tell you before starting, in writing, in the proposal.

Timing

30 to 120 days

  • From WooCommerce it is the fastest, from Magento the longest: catalog, languages and integrations count.
  • It depends on our workload at the time: we follow a few projects at once.
  • We set the date of the switch together, in the proposal.

Costs

Two project bands, with a detailed quote after the discovery call.

Startup
5 to 15 thousand euros
Migrations and new stores built on our proven method and adapted to your needs. We follow the best practices refined over many years of eCommerce, so we start right away, without redesigning the strategy from scratch.
Corporate
20 to 40 thousand euros
For structured companies: strategy, mockups, brand identity and project documents are defined together, and the theme can change in depth.

Theme changes, even extensive ones, are included. Not included: the Shopify subscription and the apps, a theme built from scratch and custom integrations with your ERP, which we quote separately. See the Shopify plans →

Projects

Some migrations

  • F**K

    F**K

    Designer beachwear: migration to Shopify and care of the shopping experience.

    fkofficial.it ↗
  • Crescent Nail

    Crescent Nail

    Nail products, B2C and B2B: from WooCommerce to Shopify.

    crescentnail.it ↗
  • Gattinoni

    Gattinoni

    Fashion, bags and accessories: migration to Shopify with the company data connected.

    gattinoni.com ↗
  • BSN Professional

    BSN Professional

    Professional nail products: migration to Shopify and consulting.

    beautyspacenails.com ↗
  • Collyshop

    Collyshop

    Furniture: migration to Shopify, training and support for the team.

    collyshop.it ↗
  • Rosaspina

    Rosaspina

    Jeweller in Bergamo since 1939: migration to Shopify and consulting.

    gioielleriarosaspina.shop ↗

Reviews

What our clients say

5.0 out of 5 in 22 reviews. Left by clients in the Shopify Partner Directory. Some of them speak about the migration itself.

  • "La nostra collaborazione con Tunca è stata a dir poco eccezionale. Seguiti passo passo fin dall'inizio della migrazione del nostro e-commerce sulla piattaforma shopify. Attenti e professionali, stiamo stati formati e assistiti in ogni passaggio che per noi era fondamentale. Siamo finalmente on line con il nostro nuovo sito e che dire!!!!! Spettacolare. Soddisfattissimi di aver scelto un'azienda come poche. Grazie in particolare a Giuseppe, un professionista e una persona straordinaria che ha permesso di sentirci subito preparati pronti ad affrontare questa nuova sfida."

    Colly Shop

    Store build or redesign

  • "Un ottimo team. La necessità di emigrare da WP woocommerce in shopify ha trovato il supporto da un ottimo team, preparato in materia, ascolto e soluzione immediata ai problemi che si incontrano di routine nella gestione di un ecommerce. Un ringraziamento ad Emilio e Giuseppe. Roberto Pia. https://nonpossohodanza.it"

    Non Posso, Ho Danza.

    Store build or redesign

  • "Ho migrato il mio store Prestashop da Shopify e Tunca mi ha aiutato in tutto. Hanno compreso le mie esigenze e personalizzato tutto in base alla mia attività."

    Giulia in bold

    Store migration

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Frequently asked questions

Answers to the most common questions about migrating to Shopify

These are the questions we hear in every first call, with the answers that hold for everyone. For your store, we talk it through calmly in the discovery call.

How much does a migration to Shopify cost?
From 5 to 15 thousand euros in the Startup band, with the store built on our proven method; from 20 to 40 thousand euros in the Corporate band, for structured companies that define strategy, mockups and brand identity with us. Theme changes are included; a theme from scratch and custom integrations with your ERP are quoted separately. The detailed quote comes after the discovery call, with activities and timing in writing.
How long does a migration to Shopify take?
30 to 120 days. From WooCommerce usually within 60 days, from PrestaShop 45 to 90, from Magento up to 120 with the integrations. We set the date of the switch in the proposal.
Will I lose my Google rankings?
No, as long as every indexed URL points to the new one with a 301 redirect and the content stays the same. We prepare the map before the switch and check it in Search Console in the following weeks.
Does the store stay open during the migration?
Yes. The new store is built in a test environment while the old one keeps selling. It stops only for the switch window, agreed with you: a few minutes in most projects, longer when the DNS cannot be prepared in advance or the timing has constraints.
What happens to my customers?
Records, addresses, consents and order history move to Shopify. Passwords do not, for security: each customer receives an invitation and sets a new one at the first login.
Can I keep my domain?
Yes. The domain stays yours and on the day of the switch it points to Shopify, with email continuing to work.
What happens to plugins, modules and customisations?
They are not transferred. In the analysis we list them one by one and replace them with native Shopify features or apps chosen to last, so the store stays simple to maintain.
Will my ERP and invoicing keep working?
Yes. We reconnect ERP, invoicing and logistics to Shopify and try them in the test environment, with test orders and products, before the launch.
Which platforms do you migrate from?
WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Magento are the most frequent. We also migrate from bespoke systems and other platforms: the data export changes, not the method.
Do I need Shopify Plus to migrate?
No. Native B2B, reserved price lists and international markets work on every plan. Plus is needed for high volumes, for more than three custom price lists and for an extended checkout with Shopify Functions and extensions, which require developing an app. For most migrations the Grow or Advanced plans are enough.

To start

What we need from you

Four things, and the migration starts on the right foot.

  • Access, in good time: current platform, domain and DNS, systems to connect
  • A contact person who decides and replies within a reasonable time
  • The list of plugins, modules and integrations you actually use
  • A clear idea of what must stay the same and what you want to change

Other services

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We build or improve your Shopify store: from analysis to go-live, with design, integrations and training.

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Consulting & Support

Strategic consulting and ongoing technical support to make your eCommerce work better.

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Advertising campaign management

Your Google and Meta campaigns followed with periodic reviews and method, connected to the store, with Sonar. You focus on your business, we take care of the campaigns.

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Let's talk about your migration

A half-hour discovery call, no strings attached: you tell us where you start from and we tell you what the switch involves.

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