Catalogue migration
$1,500 – $3,000
Products, categories, customers and redirects into a store you have set up.
- Option and modifier mapping
- Customer import and activation
- Redirect map
- Verification report
BigCommerce → Shopify
Move from BigCommerce to Shopify with catalogue, customers, orders and rankings intact.
Merchants leave BigCommerce for Shopify’s app ecosystem, checkout and ease of hiring. We migrate the catalogue — including BigCommerce’s option and modifier structures — customers, orders, content and URLs, rebuild integrations, and cut over without downtime.
At a glance
- From
- BigCommerce
- Downtime
- None — parallel build, DNS cutover
- Timeline
- 3–8 weeks
- Typical range
- $3,000 – $8,000
Why merchants move
If this sounds familiar.
- The apps and integrations you want are Shopify-first.
- Option and modifier rules make the catalogue hard to manage.
- Checkout conversion lags behind what you expect.
- Finding developers and support for BigCommerce is getting harder.
What moves
Every entity, how it moves, and the risk.
The honest version — including the things that cannot move on any platform, and what we do about them.
| What | How it moves | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Products, options and modifiers | Exported via the BigCommerce API; options mapped to Shopify variants, modifiers to metafields, line-item properties or app-based customisation.Modifiers with pricing rules are reviewed one by one. | medium |
| Categories and brands | Category tree mapped to collections and navigation; brands to a vendor field and collections. | low |
| Customers and customer groups | Imported with addresses and consent; groups become tags or Shopify B2B price lists. | medium |
| Orders | Order history imported as archived orders with items, totals and status. | medium |
| Content pages and blog | Rebuilt as Shopify pages and blog posts with images and metadata. | low |
| URLs and redirects | BigCommerce URLs and existing redirects inventoried and 301-redirected to Shopify equivalents; tested before and after cutover. | high |
| Reviews and gift certificates | Reviews migrated to a Shopify review app with schema; gift certificate balances migrated. | low |
| Apps and integrations | Apps mapped to Shopify equivalents; ERP, accounting, shipping and marketplace integrations rebuilt. | medium |
How it works
Six steps to a clean cutover.
Typical timeline: 3–8 weeks. Your current store keeps selling until the switch.
- 01
Audit and plan
Catalogue options, apps, integrations and URLs reviewed; plan and fixed quote delivered.
- 02
Build the Shopify store
Theme, navigation, payments, shipping, taxes and apps configured on a hidden store.
- 03
Migrate in test runs
Products, customers, orders and content migrated repeatedly until counts and samples match.
- 04
Redirects and SEO
Full URL map deployed and tested; metadata and schema carried over.
- 05
Cutover
Delta migration, DNS switch, redirects verified live — no downtime.
- 06
Monitor and fix
Two weeks of daily checks; 30 days of fixes; BigCommerce plan cancelled.
Pricing
Starting prices.
Honest ranges from past migrations. You receive a written plan and a fixed quote before anything moves.
Full store migration
$3,000 – $8,000
Store setup, orders, content, reviews, app mapping, integrations and managed cutover.
- Theme setup and configuration
- Complete order history
- Reviews and gift certificates
- Integrations rebuilt
- Cutover and monitoring
Complex migration
$8,000 – $20,000+
Multi-storefront, B2B price lists, subscriptions or ERP integrations.
- B2B and price list setup
- Multi-market configuration
- ERP, CRM and 3PL integrations
- Phased cutover
Options and modifiers, mapped deliberately
BigCommerce separates options (which create SKUs) from modifiers (which customise a line). Shopify’s model is different, so the audit classifies every modifier — variant, line-item property or app customisation — and confirms the mapping with you before migration.
Continuity for customers and reporting
Customer records, addresses and complete order history move as archived orders, so returning customers see their purchases and your reporting has no gap.
Redirects, then monitoring
The URL inventory includes BigCommerce’s existing redirects, not just live pages. Everything is 301-redirected, tested before cutover, and monitored in Search Console for two weeks after.
FAQ
Migration questions.
Still unsure? Ask us directly — one human reply, no sales sequence.
How do BigCommerce modifiers migrate?
Modifiers that change price or SKU become Shopify variants; text and file inputs become line-item properties or app-driven customisation. We review any with pricing rules individually so nothing silently changes price.
Do customer groups survive?
Yes — as customer tags for segmentation and, where they drive pricing, as Shopify B2B price lists or a wholesale app.
Will our rankings hold?
Every BigCommerce URL and existing redirect is inventoried and 301-redirected, metadata and schema are carried over, and Search Console is monitored daily after cutover.
Is there downtime?
No. BigCommerce keeps selling until the DNS switch, and a final delta migration brings the last orders and customers across.
Other platforms
Also migrating from…
After the move
Services that pick up where the migration ends.
BigCommerce Development
BigCommerce stores built and optimised — Stencil themes, headless builds, integrations — or migrated to Shopify.
ExploreShopify Development
Storefronts built to convert — theme development, custom sections, apps and integrations on Shopify.
ExploreTechnical SEO
Crawl, index, speed and structure fixed at the root — so everything else you do for search actually counts.
ExploreAPIs & Integrations
Systems that talk to each other — API integrations, webhooks, two-way syncs and middleware built to last.
ExploreReady to move to Shopify?
Send us the store URL. You will get a migration plan with risks, timeline and a fixed quote within one business day.