WooCommerce to Shopify Migration Services

Moves across: products with their variations, images, prices, stock levels and SKUs; product categories and tags (as Shopify collections and tags); customers and their addresses; order history; product reviews (into the Shopify review app you choose); blog posts, pages and their images; and page titles and meta descriptions from Yoast, Rank Math or similar SEO plugins.

Doesn't move as it is: customer passwords (see below), WordPress plugins and their settings, shortcodes and page-builder layouts, and custom PHP code in your theme. These are rebuilt on Shopify, either with built-in features, an app or custom theme code. We list every one of them in the audit, so nothing is discovered after launch.

WooCommerce and Shopify store products differently. A WooCommerce variable product can use many attributes; a Shopify product has up to three options, such as size, colour and material. When a product uses more, we decide with you whether to combine attributes, split it into separate products, or use a product-options app.

Attributes that describe a product but don't create variations (material, care instructions, dimensions) become Shopify metafields, so they can still show on the product page and be used in filters. Grouped and bundled products, product add-ons and custom fields are mapped one by one, and we check counts and spot-check products after every test import.

Most WooCommerce stores rely on plugins for subscriptions, product add-ons, wishlists, reviews, email marketing, shipping rates and SEO. For each plugin we decide whether Shopify does it natively, which app replaces it, or whether it needs custom code. We prefer built-in features where they're good enough, because every extra app adds a monthly cost and some page weight.

Subscriptions need extra care: active subscriptions and their payment details depend on your payment provider, so we plan the move with the subscription app and payment provider before launch rather than after.

Shopify uses a fixed URL structure: products live under /products/, categories under /collections/, pages under /pages/ and blog posts under /blogs/<blog-name>/. WooCommerce addresses such as /product/blue-shirt/ or /product-category/shirts/ will change, so every old URL that gets traffic or has links needs a 301 redirect to its new address.

Before launch we crawl the WooCommerce site, export pages with traffic and links from Google Search Console and Analytics, build the redirect map and test it on the development store. We also carry over page titles, meta descriptions, image alt text and structured data, and record rankings so we can compare after launch. After the switch we watch Search Console for 404s and pages dropping out of the index and fix them quickly.

Customer names, emails, addresses and order history move to Shopify. Imported orders are a record of past purchases: refunds on old orders are still handled through the payment provider that took the original payment.

Passwords can't be transferred, because WordPress stores them in a way no other platform can read. With Shopify's newer customer accounts this matters less: customers sign in with a one-time code sent to their email, so there is no password to reset. If your store uses classic accounts, we plan the account activation email and when it goes out, and write it so it's clearly from you and not mistaken for spam.

We set up Shopify Payments or the payment provider you already use, along with PayPal and wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. Shipping zones and rates are rebuilt to match how you ship today, including free-shipping thresholds and local pickup.

Tax settings are configured for each country you sell to, such as sales tax in the US, VAT in the UK, GST/HST in Canada and GST in Australia. Your accountant confirms your registrations, and we make sure the store charges and shows tax the way they advise. Discount codes are recreated as Shopify discounts before launch.

1. Audit: products, variations, customers, orders, plugins, integrations, content and every URL that brings traffic. 2. Plan: data mapping, plugin-to-app decisions, redirect map and a written timeline. 3. Build: theme, apps, payments, shipping and tax on a development store. 4. Test imports: data is moved in test runs, counted and checked, and anything that didn't map cleanly is fixed. 5. Review: you check the store and place test orders before anything goes live. 6. Launch: final sync of new orders and customers, domain switch, redirects live, tracking and emails checked. 7. Monitor: Search Console, rankings, orders and checkout are watched closely for the first weeks.

Shopify isn't right for every store. If your store depends on heavily custom WordPress functionality, if content and publishing matter more to you than selling, or if you need full control of the server and code, WooCommerce may still be the better fit. In that case we'll say so, and we can help improve the WooCommerce store instead.

Shopify usually suits stores that want less maintenance: no plugin updates, hosting or security patches to manage, a fast and reliable checkout, and a large app ecosystem.