Magento to Shopify Migration
Move a large, self-hosted catalogue onto Shopify without losing the customisation that took years to build — and without needing a server admin any more.
Discuss your Magento migration
Custom logic built up over years, undocumented.
Self-hosted stores accumulate. A pricing rule added for one campaign. A checkout tweak nobody documented. A category structure that made sense five product ranges ago. None of it’s written down, and the person who built it moved on years back.
We start by auditing your current platform as it runs today, not as anyone remembers it. Every custom rule gets a decision: rebuilt natively in Shopify, replaced by something Shopify already does better, or retired because nobody can explain what it’s for any more. Nothing carries across just because it’s always been there.
Every custom rule reviewed, kept or retired on purpose
Discuss your Magento migrationHand the server back. Keep the catalogue.
Running your current platform means running a server too — patching it, securing it, scaling it before a big sale, paying someone to keep it online around the clock. That work disappears the day you move to Shopify. Hosting, security patching and uptime become Shopify’s responsibility, not yours.
The catalogue itself is usually the hard part of the move, especially at scale. Here’s what we treat as standard on a migration off a large, self-hosted platform:
- Every product, variant, image and category is audited before it moves, using the Admin API’s bulk import tools rather than a single CSV pass, so old mistakes don’t copy straight into the new store.
- Custom pricing, tax and shipping logic built into your current platform is rebuilt as native Shopify configuration or a properly engineered app, not a workaround.
- Customer records and order history are imported so support staff keep access to records from before the switch. Passwords don’t transfer between platforms, so customers activate their account again on first login.
- Important URLs are mapped individually and given a 301 redirect to their Shopify equivalent.
- A staging run against real data happens before go-live, so scale issues surface before launch day, not during it.
The system you’re on now was probably the right choice when it was chosen. The question now is whether the hosting, the patching and the customisation debt are still worth carrying — or whether that effort is better spent somewhere else.
Magento to Shopify migration, answered.
What does a Magento to Shopify migration cost?
It depends on the size of your catalogue, how much custom logic the old platform carries, and how much of your current setup needs rebuilding rather than mapping directly. We audit the current platform first, then give you a fixed, itemised price before any work starts.
Will our custom features survive the move?
Some will, rebuilt natively in Shopify. Some are things Shopify already does out of the box, so they get simplified rather than replicated. A few will have been dead weight for years without anyone noticing. We review every custom rule and tell you which category it falls into.
Is our catalogue too large or too complex to move?
Unlikely. Large, complex catalogues are the normal case for this kind of migration, not the exception. What matters is a proper audit and a tested import process before go-live, so scale problems get caught on staging, not in front of live customers.
What happens to our hosting and server costs?
They stop. Once you're on Shopify, hosting, patching, uptime and scaling for traffic spikes are handled by Shopify's infrastructure rather than a server you or an agency maintains. That's usually one of the biggest operational changes clients notice after the move.
Will we lose our search rankings?
We map important URLs, redirects, metadata and structured data before launch, then monitor the store after the move. Technical SEO is part of the migration, not a follow-up task.
Can we keep selling while this happens?
Yes. The audit, rebuild and testing happen on a staging environment while your current store keeps trading. The live cutover is a short, planned window, tested on staging beforehand and timed against your trading calendar.