Catalogue migration
$2,500 – $5,000
Products, categories, customers and redirects into a store you have set up.
- Attribute and variant mapping
- Customer import and activation
- Redirect map from URL rewrites
- Verification report
Magento → Shopify
Replace Magento’s running costs with Shopify — without losing catalogue depth or rankings.
Magento stores are usually large, complex and expensive to keep current. We migrate them to Shopify with the catalogue structure translated carefully — attribute sets to metafields, configurable products to variants, customer groups to tags and B2B pricing — and every URL redirected so years of search equity survive.
At a glance
- From
- Magento
- Downtime
- None — parallel build, DNS cutover
- Timeline
- 4–10 weeks
- Typical range
- $5,000 – $12,000
Why merchants move
If this sounds familiar.
- Hosting, patching and developer costs outweigh the platform’s benefits.
- Magento 1 is unsupported; Magento 2 upgrades keep getting deferred.
- Extensions conflict and checkout is fragile.
- Catalogue complexity makes every previous migration quote a rebuild.
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, configurable products and attribute sets | Exported via API or database; configurable products mapped to Shopify variants, remaining attributes to metafields; images re-hosted.Attribute mapping is agreed with you before migration. | medium |
| Categories | Category tree mapped to collections and navigation; URL keys preserved where possible. | low |
| Customers and customer groups | Customers imported with addresses and consent; groups become tags and, on Shopify Plus, B2B companies and price lists. | medium |
| Orders | Order history imported as archived orders with items, totals and status. | medium |
| CMS pages and blocks | Rebuilt as Shopify pages and theme sections with content and metadata carried over. | low |
| URLs and redirects | Magento URL rewrites inventoried in full, mapped and 301-redirected; tested before and after cutover. | high |
| Reviews, wishlists and gift cards | Reviews and gift card balances migrated to Shopify apps; wishlists recreated where an app supports import. | low |
| Extensions and integrations | Extensions mapped to apps or features; ERP, PIM, CRM and marketplace integrations rebuilt. | medium |
| B2B features | Company accounts, negotiated pricing, quotes and requisition lists rebuilt on Shopify Plus B2B or an app. | high |
How it works
Six steps to a clean cutover.
Typical timeline: 4–10 weeks. Your current store keeps selling until the switch.
- 01
Audit and plan
Catalogue structure, attribute sets, extensions, integrations and URL rewrites reviewed; plan and fixed quote delivered.
- 02
Build the Shopify store
Theme, navigation, B2B setup, payments, shipping, taxes and apps configured on a hidden store.
- 03
Migrate in test runs
Products, categories, customers and orders migrated repeatedly until counts and samples reconcile.
- 04
Redirects and SEO
Full rewrite table redirected; metadata and schema carried over; sitemap prepared.
- 05
Cutover
Delta migration, DNS switch, redirects verified live — no downtime.
- 06
Monitor and decommission
Two weeks of daily checks, 30 days of fixes, then Magento hosting retired.
Pricing
Starting prices.
Honest ranges from past migrations. You receive a written plan and a fixed quote before anything moves.
Full store migration
$5,000 – $12,000
Store setup, orders, content, reviews, extension mapping, integrations and managed cutover.
- Theme setup and configuration
- Complete order history
- CMS content and reviews
- Integrations rebuilt
- Cutover and monitoring
Complex migration
$12,000 – $30,000+
B2B, multi-store, multi-currency, ERP/PIM integrations or catalogues above tens of thousands of SKUs.
- Shopify Plus B2B setup
- Multi-store and market configuration
- ERP, PIM and marketplace integrations
- Phased cutover
Translating the catalogue, not flattening it
Magento’s attribute sets and configurable products are richer than Shopify’s options-and-metafields model, so the mapping is a design decision. We work through it with you — which attributes become variants, which become metafields, which drive filters — before a single product moves.
URL rewrites are the whole SEO story
Large Magento stores carry thousands of historical URL rewrites. Redirecting only the current URLs loses the long tail. We export the entire rewrite table, map it and redirect it — the single most important step in keeping your rankings.
Retire the hosting bill
After cutover is verified and monitored, the Magento hosting, patching and extension subscriptions end. For most stores that saving alone pays for the migration within the year.
FAQ
Migration questions.
Still unsure? Ask us directly — one human reply, no sales sequence.
Can Shopify handle our catalogue complexity?
Usually, with planning. Configurable products become variants, attribute sets become metafields, and B2B needs move to Shopify Plus B2B or an app. The audit identifies anything that does not map cleanly before you commit.
We are on Magento 1. Is migration still possible?
Yes — and it is urgent, since Magento 1 is unsupported. The data exports differently but the process is the same.
What about our B2B customers?
Customer groups, negotiated pricing and quotes are rebuilt with Shopify Plus B2B features or a B2B app, and company accounts are migrated with their users.
How do you protect rankings on a large site?
Magento’s URL rewrite table is exported in full, mapped and redirected — not just the current URLs. Redirects are tested before cutover and monitored in Search Console afterwards.
Other platforms
Also migrating from…
After the move
Services that pick up where the migration ends.
Magento Development
Magento (Adobe Commerce) development and upgrades — or a clean migration to Shopify when that is the better path.
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.