Products, customers and order history moved, mapped first
Rankings kept: a URL map, 301 redirects, a rank watch after
Built on both platforms, with an honest word on fit
The honest fit check
Who Should Move to Shopify, and Who Should Stay
2,048 variants per product on Shopify
Shopify suits a brand-led store that sells to consumers, runs a catalog Shopify's product model can hold, and would rather spend its budget on marketing than on patching. Adobe's standard support for Magento 2.4.6 ended on 11 August 2026 and every store below 2.4.7 is on borrowed time, so the upgrade bill is often what starts the conversation.
Shopify is the wrong move for a store that lives on what Magento does better: company accounts with approval chains, negotiated pricing per customer, products that run past 2,048 variants, or custom checkout logic, which on Shopify means Functions in a custom app and therefore a Plus plan. Shopify's B2B features now reach every plan but Starter and Retail, which closes part of that gap, not all of it.
We build on both platforms, on ecommerce since 2006 and on Magento since 2008, so the recommendation is not a pitch for either. Where Magento is the right home we say so and point you to the reverse page. Where Shopify is, the migration below is how we keep what you have earned.
Does this sound familiar?
Six Reasons Magento Stores Move to Shopify
Each one is a real reason. Whether it outweighs what Magento does for you is what the first call decides.
The Upgrade Bill Arrived Again
Standard support for 2.4.6 ended on 11 August 2026 and 2.4.7 follows on 31 May 2027. Each jump costs a project, and the team is tired of paying to stand still.
Security Patches Nobody Applies
Adobe ships the fix and the store waits for a developer. On Shopify the platform patches itself, which for a small team is most of the argument.
Hosting and Maintenance Cost
A server, a sysadmin, an agency retainer and a hosting bill for a store that sells apparel. One subscription replaces all four, and the finance team has noticed.
Marketing Waits on Developers
Every landing page, app and theme change goes through a sprint. The marketing team wants to move at the speed of the app store, and on Magento it cannot.
Checkout Conversion Lags
Shopify runs one tested checkout on every store, with Shop Pay for returning buyers. A Magento checkout customised over years is harder to keep converting.
The Store Outgrew Its Agency, Not Magento
Sometimes the platform is fine and the build is not. We say so when we see it, and the Magento rescue page is the better route than a migration.
What moves, what is rebuilt, what cannot
What a Magento to Shopify Migration Moves
Products, Categories and Media
The catalog with attributes mapped to options and metafields, collections built from Magento categories, images re-hosted, and the 2,048 variants a Shopify product holds checked against yours first.
Customers, Without Their Passwords
Accounts, addresses and tags move. Shopify cannot import passwords, so every customer is invited to set a new one, timed and worded so the invitation reads as an upgrade, not a breach.
Order History Through the API
Shopify's CSV import takes products and customers, not orders. Order history goes in through the Admin API as imported orders, with no customer emails sent and no stock moved.
Custom Modules, Re-Decided
Each Magento module is kept as an app, rebuilt as a Shopify Function, replaced by a theme setting, or dropped because nobody used it. The list is agreed before the build starts.
Checkout on Extensions
Scripts were deprecated on 30 June 2026 and checkout.liquid is unsupported for the checkout steps, so discounts, validation and upsells are rebuilt on checkout extensions and Functions.
Rankings, Kept on Purpose
A URL map from every Magento address to its Shopify home, 301 redirects imported in bulk, structured data checked on the new templates, and rankings watched for the weeks after cutover.
How a migration runs
How Our Magento to Shopify Migration Works
Data Map, Field by Field
Modules: Keep, Rebuild or Drop
URL Map and Redirect Plan
Fit Verdict in Writing
Theme From Your Brand
Catalog and Customers Imported
Order History Loaded
Checkout Rebuilt on Functions
Redirects Imported and Tested
Test Orders on Every Gateway
DNS Window With Rollback
Rankings Watched After
What you are left with
What a Magento to Shopify Migration Produces
100,000 redirects on a standard plan
A Shopify store that sells on the day it goes live, with catalog, customers and order history in place and every old URL answering with a redirect. Before that, a data map and a fit verdict you can take to anyone.
The redirects are the part most migrations skip. Shopify imports them from a CSV and allows 100,000 on a standard plan, but a map that misses category pages or filtered URLs is how a store loses a third of its traffic in a month. We have rebuilt those; the recovery page is the long version.
Customers get an invitation to set a new password, sent when the store is ready and written in your voice. Order history arrives as imported orders, so nobody gets a confirmation email for a 2023 purchase.
And a store you can run without us: an editable theme, documented apps, and custom code in a repository you own.
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What Our Clients Say
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This team consistently goes above and beyond in terms of helping to ascertain the most viable and feasible outputs and outcomes for our evergrowing business needs.
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as their sole technical partner
They designed for where the product was going, not just what we asked for. Early on we described a single-company setup; they built the data model and permission layer so multi-tenancy wouldn’t require a rewrite later.
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Three Ways Into a Shopify Move
The Full Migration
Map, build, cut over: the catalog, customers, order history, checkout logic and redirects handled by one team from the fit verdict to the weeks after launch, with the Magento store kept warm for rollback.
Data map first
A redirect for every URL
Checkout rebuilt
Rollback kept warm
Not Sure Which Direction?
Stores move both ways and we build both. The migration hub sets out what moves, what cannot and what it costs to stay, and the reverse page makes the case for Magento when the business needs its B2B depth.
Both directions built
Fit verdict in writing
Shopify to Magento too
What it costs to stay
Shopify Development After the Move
The move is the start. Theme work, custom apps, checkout extensions and the integrations a growing store collects, from the team that built Shopify checkout extensions for a global BNPL provider across five platforms.
Theme and storefront
Custom apps
Checkout extensions
Integrations
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How long does a Magento to Shopify migration take?
Six to twelve weeks for most stores: two for the data map and the fit verdict, four to eight for the build and the imports, and a cutover window at the end. A catalog with tens of thousands of SKUs, several storefronts or a heavy ERP integration runs longer, and the data map says how long before you commit.
Will we lose our Google rankings when we move to Shopify?
Not if the redirects are done properly, and that is most of the work. Every Magento URL, categories, filtered pages and CMS pages included, is mapped to its Shopify address and imported as a 301 redirect; Shopify allows 100,000 of them on a standard plan. Structured data is checked on the new templates and rankings are watched for weeks after the cutover. Our failed migration recovery page describes what happens when this step is skipped.
Can customer passwords be migrated to Shopify?
No. Shopify cannot import passwords, because they are hashed outside its system, so each customer is invited to set a new one. We time the invitations for launch, write them in your voice and keep the Magento store reachable for support during the switch.
Can our order history move to Shopify?
Yes, through the Admin API rather than the CSV import, which takes products and customers but not orders. Orders are created as imported orders, so no confirmation emails go out and no stock moves. Customers see their past orders in their new account.
What happens to our custom Magento modules?
Each one is decided before the build: kept as an app from the App Store, rebuilt as a Shopify Function or a custom app, replaced by a theme setting, or dropped. Custom apps that use Function APIs need a Shopify Plus plan, which is one of the facts the fit verdict weighs.
Do we need Shopify Plus?
Not always. B2B features are available on Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus, and public apps with Functions run on any plan. Plus is needed for custom apps with Function APIs, for the largest redirect counts and for some checkout customisation. The fit verdict names the plan the store actually needs. We do not quote Shopify's prices here because they change.
Our checkout has custom discount and validation rules. Can they move?
Yes, rebuilt rather than copied. Shopify Scripts were deprecated on 30 June 2026 and checkout.liquid is unsupported for the checkout steps, so the rules are written as Shopify Functions and checkout extensions. We have built checkout extensions for a global BNPL provider, so the model is familiar ground.
Will our catalog fit Shopify's product model?
A Shopify product holds up to 2,048 variants. Most Magento catalogs fit; configurable products with more combinations than that are split or remodelled in the data map. If the catalog cannot be made to fit without losing sales, that is a reason to stay, and we say so.
How is a Magento to Shopify migration priced?
Individually, after the data map, which is the first deliverable and the one that tells us the size of the catalog, the number of modules to rebuild and the integrations in play. Nothing on this site carries a price list because no two Magento stores arrive in the same state.
Will the store be down during the migration?
No. The Magento store keeps trading until the Shopify store has passed every test, and the switch is a DNS change in a quiet window with Magento kept warm for rollback. Orders placed in the gap are reconciled by hand.
Who should not move from Magento to Shopify?
Stores that use Magento's B2B depth: company accounts with approval chains, negotiated pricing per customer, quoting, or catalogs that outrun Shopify's product model. Shopify's B2B features have closed part of that gap, not all of it. For those stores our Shopify to Magento page makes the case for staying, or for moving the other way.
Can you migrate Adobe Commerce to Shopify Plus?
Yes. Adobe Commerce and Cloud stores move the same way, with the Adobe-specific features, B2B, staged content and customer segments, mapped to their Shopify equivalents or decided out in the data map.
What happens to our integrations: ERP, email, reviews, analytics?
Each is reconnected on Shopify, through its App Store integration where one exists and through the Admin API where it does not. Analytics is set up before launch so the first week's numbers are comparable to the last week on Magento.
Can you take over a Magento to Shopify migration another agency started?
Yes. We read what has been built and imported, decide what to keep, and finish it. If the store has already launched and lost traffic, the failed migration recovery page is the faster route.
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