WOOCOMMERCE → SHOPIFYFor WooCommerce store owners

WooCommerce to Shopify Migration Experts

We know WooCommerce well, including the plugins and custom code most stores end up depending on. As a Shopify Select Partner, we handle the whole migration from WooCommerce to Shopify, and we test the new store with you before launch so you can see it working before it goes live.

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You approve a sample import first. Every migration also includes 60 days of free support after launch and a migration accuracy guarantee.

Official Shopify Partner Since 2015 · Shopify store migration, design and development. View profile ↗

We know WooCommerce from the inside. We build and maintain WooCommerce stores

Illustrative workflow, not a live project

Why merchants make the move

Six reasons store owners switch from WooCommerce to Shopify

You picked WooCommerce so you could sell. If plugin updates and technical fixes now eat more of your week than the business does, these six reasons explain why owners decide to move WooCommerce to Shopify.
Illustrative example. Plugin names and numbers are made up and this is not a real store.

Every update feels like a gamble

Updating a plugin should take a few minutes. When it means clicking through product pages, payments and checkout to see what broke, it turns into one more project.

Shopify runs the core platform and hosting, so there’s less for your team to coordinate. Shopify themes and apps do need updates as well, and a heavily customized theme is harder to update on any platform.

Our advice is to start with a good theme that already fits, so you customize very little. After that a theme update is often a single click, and your apps and integrations still get a regular look.

Shopify uses apps too, but the store starts out complete

Shopify stores run on apps as well. What differs is the starting point.

WooCommerce is a plugin that adds a shop to WordPress, which isn’t an ecommerce-first platform. Even basics like payment processing usually come from more plugins, often by different developers, each with its own settings, renewals and compatibility questions.

A Shopify store arrives with the core of an online shop already in place, covering products, checkout, payments, discounts and orders. For anything extra you install an app from the Shopify App Store, where apps go through Shopify’s review. Some features, such as Search & Discovery, Subscriptions and Digital Downloads, are Shopify’s own apps, which keeps the core platform lighter.

A planned migration sorts out what is built in, what needs an app and what needs a different approach. You end up with a simpler setup instead of a copy of every old dependency.

Too much depends on one developer

Once routine changes become support tickets, your progress waits on someone else’s calendar. Small fixes and upkeep can eat the budget you meant to spend improving the store.

Shopify’s editor and commerce tools put more of the everyday work in your team’s hands. You may still need a developer for specialist jobs, but the tasks you do most often become yours to handle.

Traffic spikes make you nervous

A good campaign should be exciting. If a sale or an email blast has you worrying about hosting capacity, slow pages or downtime, growth comes with extra technical stress.

Shopify manages the hosting infrastructure, so planning server capacity is off your team’s plate. Speed on the storefront still depends on your theme, apps and content, so we pay close attention to those during the move.

Running the store day to day takes too long

Slow order screens, settings scattered around and clumsy product updates cost your team a little time every day. As orders grow, those little delays add up to real operational drag.

Shopify keeps products, orders, customers and reporting together in one consistent admin. A migration is a good moment to simplify your daily workflows so the whole team finds them easier.

Improving the shopping experience is constant work

You want customers to find the right product, pick their options and check out without fuss. When improving that journey means juggling several plugins and custom fixes, even small changes get complicated.

Shopify gives you commerce-focused themes and an integrated checkout to start from. The migration still has to cover your product options, filtering, content and integrations, so the finished store works for your customers.

WooCommerce migrations we have delivered

We have helped other WooCommerce merchants make this move

Some of the WooCommerce merchants we have moved to Shopify.
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WooCommerceShopify

Advance Pet Mart

Pet supplies

MigrationDesignSEOAI SEOMarketing

Advance Pet Mart started on WooCommerce, but plugin and hosting problems kept getting in the way. We moved the store to Shopify, and they are very happy with the move. We also worked with them on design, SEO, AI SEO and marketing.

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WooCommerceShopify

Ruvanti

Home and bedding

MigrationDesignSEOAI SEOMarketing

Ruvanti is a growing home and bedding store that found managing WooCommerce cumbersome. We moved the store to Shopify, and also worked with them on design, SEO, AI SEO and marketing.

Visit the live store
WooCommerceShopify

Libasco

Women's clothing

MigrationDesignSEOMarketing

Libasco is a women's clothing store. We moved it from WooCommerce to Shopify, and also worked with them on design, SEO and marketing.

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Choose your migration

Three WooCommerce to Shopify migration plans

Every plan includes redirects and SEO checks, a sample import you approve, 60 days of free support after launch and our migration accuracy guarantee. The plans differ in how much design and business setup work is involved.

Essentials Migration

Moves your data. Best for simple catalogs that don’t need a redesign.

From $500

  • Your products, customers, orders, pages and blog
  • A standard theme, or your current design as it is
  • Custom features and business setup are not included
  • A single launch
  • A free store review first, then your quote
Get a Free Store Review & Quote
Most popular

Complete Migration

Moves and rebuilds. Best for stores that want a new or customized look and their plugin features rebuilt.

Quote after a free store review

  • All of Essentials, plus data cleanup and field mapping
  • A new theme, a customized theme or your current design rebuilt
  • Plugin features rebuilt using apps
  • A private preview store you approve before launch
  • A free store review first, then your quote
Get a Free Store Review & Quote

Enterprise Migration

Moves a complex business. Best for wholesale and B2B stores, large catalogs and connected systems.

Custom quote after discovery

  • All of Complete, plus customer groups, price lists and complex data
  • Custom design and custom features
  • B2B pricing, purchase orders and payment terms, ERP, tax and shipping connections, and Shopify Plus if needed
  • A staging store, a phased launch and a named project manager
  • A free discovery call and ballpark estimate, then a paid discovery sprint credited to your project
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Every migration includes redirects for your old URLs, titles and descriptions carried over, a sample import you approve first, 60 days of free support after launch, and our migration accuracy guarantee. On a live store, orders and customers move in three passes (at the start, before launch and after launch), so no order gets missed.

Add-ons available are a 60 day growth plan (ads, SEO and email), international and multi-currency setup, subscriptions and memberships, and blog and WordPress content migration. Prices don’t include your Shopify plan, apps or other third party costs. The guarantee terms are in the FAQ below.

Cost & timing

Your quote comes from your store

Product count counts for something, though a small store with subscriptions and custom pricing can take more work than a large, simple catalog. Six things set your price and schedule.

Catalog & data quality

How many products you migrate from WooCommerce to Shopify, plus variations, custom fields and how much clean-up the data needs.

Design & theme work

A new theme, a customized theme, or your current design rebuilt on Shopify.

Plugins & integrations

How many features need an app or custom work, and which systems connect to the store.

Orders & customers

How much history moves, and how open orders and customer sign-in are handled.

Content & SEO

Pages, blog posts and how many URLs need mapping and redirecting.

Catalog changes during the project

If you can’t freeze or log product changes, we may need a second catalog migration.

See what you’re paying for before the move starts

Your proposal keeps the one-time project fee apart from monthly Shopify and app costs.

FreeStore review and quote before you hire us

60 days freeSupport after launch for migration issues

  • What moves, what gets rebuilt and what is left out
  • The apps, licenses and Shopify plan you will need
  • A schedule showing when you review
  • Who owns each task, before and after launch
Free store review & quote

Free WooCommerce store review and migration quote

Send us your store URL and we’ll go through your catalog, plugins, integrations and key URLs. You get back what moves, what needs rebuilding and what the project will cost. The review is free and carries no obligation.

  • What moves to Shopify untouched
  • Plugins that need an app or custom work
  • Your quote and a proposed timeline
Request your free store review

We use these details only to review your store and contact you about it.

What we migrate

What moves when you transfer WooCommerce to Shopify

Everything your store runs on comes with it, from products, customers and orders to content and the links Google already knows. We confirm the details after reviewing your store.

Products & variations

Options, SKUs, barcodes, prices, stock levels and images

Categories → collections

Rebuilt as collections, menus and filters

Customers

Profiles and addresses, kept linked to their orders

Order history

Totals, taxes, shipping, discounts and statuses

Product reviews

Moved into a Shopify review app

Coupons & discounts

Recreated as Shopify discounts

Gift cards & balances

Moved where the method allows

Pages & blog posts

WordPress content with its links and images

Images & media

Product, variant and content images

SEO titles & descriptions

Carried over from Yoast or Rank Math

URLs & 301 redirects

Old WooCommerce links point to the new Shopify pages

Plugin features

Rebuilt with Shopify features, apps or custom work

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Where each item lands in Shopify, and what we check before launch.

Products, variations & catalogProducts, SKUs, prices, stock, images, attributes, categories 6 areas
WooCommerce / WordPressWhere it goes in ShopifyWhat we check
Products & variationsProducts, variants, SKUs, barcodes, prices and inventory.Parent–variant links, duplicate SKUs, correct prices and option combinations customers can really buy.
Attributes & custom fields (ACF)Options, metafields or metaobjects, depending on what each field does.Which fields change the price or the item bought, which are specifications, and how the theme displays them.
Categories & tagsCollections, product tags, menus and filters.Shopify collections aren’t nested like WordPress categories, so we rebuild the browsing paths customers actually use.
Images, files & descriptionsShopify-hosted media and cleaned-up product descriptions.Variant images, shortcodes left in descriptions, and images still loading from the old WordPress site.
Digital, bundled or personalized productsA Shopify feature, a suitable app or scoped custom work.File delivery, bundle stock, customer input and pricing rules. A standard import won’t recreate these.
Stock & locationsInventory by location and the fulfillment setup you agree.SKU matching and a final stock update just before launch.
Customers, orders & accountsProfiles, order history, open orders, sign-in, reviews 5 areas
WooCommerce / WordPressWhere it goes in ShopifyWhat we check
Customer profilesNames, emails, addresses and any marketing consent we can carry over.Duplicate customers, correct order links and consent fields.
Order historyPast orders linked to the right customers and products.Dates, totals, taxes, shipping, discounts and statuses, with original order numbers kept where supported.
Open orders & refundsAn agreed plan for orders still in progress.Where fulfillment and refunds happen, since importing history doesn’t move the original payment.
Customer sign-inA Shopify customer-account setup that suits your customers.WooCommerce passwords don’t carry over. Shopify can sign customers in with an email code, and we plan the message they receive.
Reviews, loyalty & gift cardsA compatible review or loyalty app and an agreed method for balances.Whether the app can import, product links and outstanding balances.
WordPress content, URLs & SEOPages, blog posts, metadata, redirects, search checks 4 areas
WooCommerce / WordPressWhere it goes in ShopifyWhat we check
Pages & blog postsShopify pages and blog articles.Formatting, internal links, images and page-builder layouts that need rebuilding.
SEO titles & descriptionsYour Yoast or Rank Math titles and descriptions, matched to each page.Important pages, headings and indexing settings. The plugin itself doesn’t move.
Old URLsA map from old URLs to new ones, with 301 redirects.Top pages, backlinks and paths Shopify handles differently.
Search checksShopify theme and SEO settings, reviewed after launch.Canonicals, structured data, sitemap and crawl errors.
Storefront, plugins & operationsTheme, subscriptions, payments, shipping, integrations 5 areas
WooCommerce / WordPressWhere it goes in ShopifyWhat we check
Theme & layoutsA Shopify theme that is new, customized or rebuilt to match your current design.Mobile layouts, navigation, product pages and content your team can edit. WordPress theme code doesn’t run on Shopify.
Subscriptions & membershipsA compatible subscription app and a migration plan approved by the provider.Contracts, billing dates, access rules and saved payment methods, checked before anything is promised.
Payments, shipping & taxesSupported payment providers, shipping rules and the tax settings you approve.Country and plan eligibility, plus test checkouts.
ERP, accounting, email & fulfillmentSupported connectors, or integration work scoped separately.Which way data flows, product IDs, stock updates, and imports that could trigger emails or orders.
Analytics, ads & product feedsTracking and sales-channel connections set up again.Purchase events, duplicate tracking and catalog IDs. Your old analytics stays in your existing reports.

Some features need a paid app, a different Shopify plan or custom development. Your proposal names them before you commit.

From plugins to Shopify features

Keep the features you need and choose how they work on Shopify

We review each important plugin feature and agree what replaces it before you commit to the move. The data and the behavior often need separate handling.
  • Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)Product specs and custom contentMetafields and metaobjects, displayed through theme sections your team can edit.
  • Elementor or a custom themePage layoutsShopify sections and templates, rebuilt around your content and for mobile.
  • WooCommerce SubscriptionsRecurring ordersA Shopify subscription app, with billing migration checked with both providers.
  • Wholesale & role-based pricingB2B customersShopify B2B or a wholesale app, picked to suit your pricing rules and Shopify plan.
  • Product add-ons & bundlesExtra options, kits, bookingsA native feature, an app or custom work, tested against how your customers really buy.
  • Reviews, loyalty & email pluginsRetention toolsCompatible Shopify apps, with review history, consent and account links checked.

These are common approaches, and each store gets its own review. We go over app choices, monthly costs and any gaps for your store.

Choosing the right kind of help

Migration tool or managed migration

We use migration tools and our own scripts where they help. What separates the two options is who makes the decisions, checks the result and builds the store around the data. An import can finish without errors and still leave customers on a product page that doesn’t work.
Your questionSelf-service migration toolMigration managed by WEP
Who defines the scope?You pick from the records and options the tool supports.We review your business and write down what moves, what is rebuilt and who does what.
Who checks the result?Your team checks the import, with as much help as the package gives.We compare records, chase down exceptions and go through the storefront with you.
What happens to plugin features?Rebuilding them is usually its own job.We match each important feature to a Shopify feature, an app or scoped custom work.
Who builds the storefront?You, a theme or another developer.Our team, using a new theme, a customized theme or your current design rebuilt on Shopify.
Who runs the launch?Your team coordinates the build, the integrations and the switch-over.We handle the final data update, domain switch, redirects and live checks.
Who is it suited to?A simple store, with someone on your team free to manage the rest of the move.A store owner who wants one experienced team to manage the whole agreed project.

Some tool providers also sell managed services with custom mapping and checks. When you compare quotes, look at the whole scope, meaning data, storefront, plugin features, integrations, SEO, launch and support.

Protect the traffic you’ve earned

Protecting your SEO when you transfer WooCommerce to Shopify

The two platforms structure URLs differently, so each important page needs a destination planned ahead of time. We map every one before launch, while your rankings are still intact.
  • Record your current rankings, top pages and backlinks
  • Match each old URL to the right Shopify page
  • Bring over your Yoast or Rank Math titles and descriptions
  • Check indexing, canonicals, sitemap and structured data
  • Monitor search results and fix crawl errors after launch

Switching platforms can move your rankings. Good planning cuts the avoidable risks, but we can’t promise your rankings will stay exactly where they are.

WooCommerce URLShopify URL
Product page/product/organic-cotton-tee/301/products/organic-cotton-tee
Category → collection/product-category/basics/301/collections/basics
Blog post/2024/06/how-to-care-for-cotton/301/blogs/journal/how-to-care-for-cotton

Sample mapping only. Shopify limits some redirects, so we test unusual paths before launch.

A full-service ecommerce agency

One team from migration through to growth

The same people who migrate your data can design the storefront, build custom features and market the store once it’s live.
Option 1

Set up a new Shopify theme

We pick a theme and set it up around your brand, your catalog and how customers shop.

Option 2

Customize a Shopify theme

We adjust layouts, sections, product pages and features to fit the way you sell.

Option 3

Recreate your current design

Keep the look your customers already know. We rebuild it on Shopify, and WordPress theme code is not copied over.

Every migration is quoted from your store review. Essentials starts at $500, and Complete and Enterprise are quoted after a free review or discovery. Apps, SEO and marketing are added only if you want them, each with its own scope and price.

Client reviews

What our migration clients say

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The online store migration was seamless without having 0 downtime. The staff is properly trained, well communicated and proactive Highly recommended

AAZ Stores
Platform migration

Web commerce pros created a really lovely design for our website. They also changed the layout for our images and updated/resized images so that the site is overall much more attractive. We have been receiving a lot of positive feedback from customers on the ease of use and the overall look of our site. In addition, we are very grateful to Roy for coming up with a creative solution for allowing customers to easily create their own quotes, which has been very helpful to both our operations and our customers.

Anna Flanguagelizard.com
Design & custom features

Arfat and team were proficient with BigCommerce Page Builder and Shogun to create and modify pages. We successfully completed the migration with their assistance and were happy with their work. We would hire again soon for our next project.

BigCommerce client
BigCommerce migration
How the migration works

From plan to private preview to launch

Migrating from WooCommerce to Shopify takes five stages. Your WooCommerce store stays live while we build, and you approve each stage before we start the next.
1

Understand & scope

We look over your store, data, plugins, integrations, SEO and business priorities. The store review is free.

You reviewScope, responsibilities & quote

2

Map & test the data

We plan how the data will sit in Shopify and run a sample migration of representative records.

You reviewData mapping & sample records

3

Build the Shopify store

We set up the theme or design, import the data, add your content and rebuild the features we agreed on.

You reviewA private preview store

4

Test real journeys

We check records, product options, customer sign-in, checkout and the systems connected to your store.

You reviewTest results & open issues

5

Launch & support

We sync new orders, switch the domain, turn on redirects, move any last orders and stay with you for 60 days afterward.

You getHandover + 60 days free support

Your store keeps selling the whole time. Orders and customers move in stages (a first export, a pre-launch sync and a post-launch catch-up), so every order placed on WooCommerce reaches Shopify, even one that arrives after launch. We ask you to freeze product and collection changes while we migrate. Prices and stock are updated at the final sync.

FAQ

WooCommerce to Shopify migration questions, answered

Direct answers on the move, including the parts that take extra care.

Planning

It depends on what you need the store to do. Shopify handles hosting and core platform updates, which cuts some of the work of running WordPress and WooCommerce, though themes, apps and integrations still need attention. The free review covers your key features, payment options and running costs, and tells you what would work differently. If a requirement needs a paid app, a different Shopify plan or custom development, you hear about it before you commit.

Yes, you can, but moving the data is only part of the work. You also have to rebuild the storefront, replace plugin features, map redirects, test checkout and integrations, and bring over orders placed during the build. A migration app doesn’t manage that project for you. If your time is better spent running the business, we can coordinate everything from store review to launch and support. A free review shows you how much work is involved.

A WooCommerce to Shopify migration app moves supported data and stops there. Someone still has to plan the store, rebuild plugin features, check the results and coordinate launch, and we do those parts together, covering scope, data mapping, storefront, agreed integrations, SEO preparation, final sync and live checks. We use migration tools and our own scripts where they help. You review the sample and the new store before launch, and one team answers for the agreed project.

We build and maintain WooCommerce stores as well as Shopify ones, so we already know the variations, ACF fields, plugins and business rules behind your setup. We have more than 20 years of ecommerce experience and have been an official Shopify Partner since 2015. Advance Pet Mart, Ruvanti and Libasco are among our WooCommerce-to-Shopify projects. The same team can also handle storefront development, SEO and marketing after the move, under an agreed scope.

Every migration includes a sample import you approve, redirects and SEO checks, 60 days of free support after launch and our migration accuracy guarantee. Essentials covers a simple catalog move with no custom features or business setup. Complete adds data cleanup, field mapping, storefront work and plugin features rebuilt with apps. Enterprise is for complex data, custom features, B2B and connected systems. Your proposal lists the records, content, design work, integrations, exclusions and third-party costs for your store.

Essentials starts at $500 for simple catalogs without custom features or business setup. Complete is quoted after a free store review. Enterprise begins with a free discovery call and ballpark estimate, followed by a paid discovery sprint credited to your project. Your price depends on data quality, design, plugin replacements, integrations, content, SEO work and testing. The proposal keeps the project fee separate from Shopify plans, apps, licenses and other third-party costs, and lists any add-ons.

Usually not. We use migration tools and our own scripts where they help, and the apps behind a one-time import differ from the ones running your live Shopify store. Before removing anything, we check whether it still handles redirects, data or another feature you need. Your proposal lists the ongoing apps, licenses and third-party costs, and a migration tool stays only if it has a continuing job.

We give you a proposed timeline with your quote once we’ve reviewed the store. Product count is one factor among several, since variations, data cleanup, theme work, subscriptions, integrations, content, testing and your own review schedule all affect timing. You approve the scope, sample records, preview store and test results along the way. WooCommerce stays live during the build, and we sync new orders and customers before launch even when testing or scheduling stretches the project.

Yes. If data in your agreed scope isn’t migrated correctly and we can’t fix it within 60 days of launch, we refund the migration fee for that part of the scope. Third-party costs, approved design and development work, and changes made after you approved the store are not covered. The guarantee applies to migration accuracy and makes no promise about SEO rankings or sales.

After you approve the project, we ask for access to WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify and any connected tools the agreed work needs. Access runs through secure onboarding, and we agree backups, file transfers and access removal with you. Use the public enquiry form for your store URL, project details and contact information only. Please don’t send passwords or customer exports through it.

Let’s look at your store

Move WooCommerce to Shopify with one team that knows your whole business

Tell us what frustrates you in WooCommerce and what you need Shopify to do. We review your store for free and explain the work involved before you commit to anything.

Or call 888-711-2347

You approve a sample import first. Every migration also includes 60 days of free support after launch and a migration accuracy guarantee.

Helpful for our first conversation

  1. Your current WooCommerce store URL
  2. The plugins and integrations your business depends on
  3. Your priorities, worries and when you’d like to launch
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