# Migrate from WooCommerce to Shopify.

- URL: https://sevsolutions.com/migrations/woocommerce-to-shopify

Move from WooCommerce to Shopify and leave plugin juggling, hosting bills, and late-night security patches behind. Get a faster, fully managed store — and keep every search ranking intact.

- Stores migrated: 120+
- Typical timeline: 8–14 wk
- Rankings lost: 0

## Why leave WooCommerce?

- **Too many plugins, too many surprises**: Every feature you add is another plugin. Every plugin has its own update schedule. One unlucky update and checkout stops working — usually at the worst possible moment.
- **Running servers is not your job**: Scaling WooCommerce means managing hosting, databases, security patches, and PCI compliance paperwork. That's a full-time job you never signed up for.
- **Checkout you can't really fix**: WooCommerce checkout is a form you piece together yourself. Shopify checkout is built for conversion from day one, and Shopify reports that Shop Pay converts as much as 50% better than guest checkout.

## What you gain on Shopify

- **Fully managed and secure**: Shopify takes care of uptime, security updates, and PCI compliance. Your team ships new features instead of putting out fires.
- **Checkout that converts**: Shop Pay, Apple Pay, and one-page checkout work out of the box — no plugin, no monthly bill, no yearly compliance audit.
- **Apps that can't break your site**: Shopify's apps connect to your store through Shopify's safe Admin API. A buggy app annoys someone; it doesn't take the whole store down.

## WooCommerce vs Shopify

| Feature | WooCommerce | Shopify |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hosting & infrastructure | You run and pay for the servers | Fully managed by Shopify ★ |
| PCI compliance | Your team handles it each year | Included — handled by Shopify ★ |
| Checkout experience | Configurable form you maintain | Shop Pay, Apple Pay, one-click checkout ★ |
| How you customize | Custom PHP code — fragile on updates | Safe extension points built to last ★ |
| Monthly maintenance burden | High (plugins, hosting, security) | Low — Shopify handles it ★ |

★ marks where Shopify is stronger; ≈ marks features that are comparable.

## How we run the migration

1. **Discovery & data audit**: We walk through your store together and catalog everything that needs to come over — products, orders, customers, blog posts. We check every URL and search ranking you care about so nothing slips through the cracks. You walk away with a written plan to sign off on before we touch a thing. Deliverables: Audit report · inventory sheet · URL map · risk register
2. **Theme & storefront build**: We build your new Shopify storefront in your brand — colors, type, layout, the lot. Any checkout customizations go through Shopify's supported extension points so nothing breaks on a platform update. Speed targets are baked in from day one, not bolted on later. Deliverables: Theme repo · Figma mapping · speed report · staging preview
3. **Data migration & redirects**: Every product, customer, and past order moves over intact — nothing lost, no orphans. We build a complete redirect map so every old URL points to the right new one. Google keeps the link equity you've earned and your rankings stay where they are. Deliverables: Migration scripts · redirect CSV · SEO preservation report
4. **Testing & launch**: We test the whole site top-to-bottom on a staging copy — checkout, search, admin, the works. Then we practice the domain switchover ahead of time so there are no surprises on launch day. Go-live happens during a quiet traffic window, with a one-click rollback ready if anything looks off. Deliverables: Test suite · launch runbook · post-launch monitoring dashboard

## Questions we hear

### Will I lose my search rankings?

Not if the migration is done right. Before we switch your domain, we map every old WooCommerce URL to its new Shopify home — product pages, categories, blog posts, everything. You get to review that full redirect list first. Rankings usually settle back to normal within 2–4 weeks of launch.

### What happens to my customer accounts and order history?

Both come over cleanly. Customer profiles, addresses, and their past purchases all carry over. Old orders show up as a read-only history your customers can view — you just can't re-trigger shipping or refunds on the legacy ones, which is what you'd want anyway.

### Can I keep my existing blog content?

Yes. Your WooCommerce blog posts come across to Shopify's blog with titles, authors, dates, and images intact. We adjust the URL paths to match Shopify's pattern (`/blogs/news/post-slug`) and redirect the old `/blog/post-slug` links so nothing 404s.

### How do WooCommerce Subscriptions map to Shopify?

You move to Shopify Subscriptions (Shopify's own product) or a popular app like Recharge or Skio. We go through your active subscribers one-by-one before launch so their billing continues without any interruption, and new signups flow through the Shopify version.

### What's the total cost including Shopify fees?

For most merchants, the savings on hosting + the lift in checkout conversion cover the Shopify Plus subscription within 90 days. We model the actual numbers for your store during discovery — you see the math before you commit.