WooCommerce → Shopify migration

Migrate WooCommerce to Shopify without losing SEO.

A complete WooCommerce → Shopify migration that keeps your search equity intact: 1:1 redirect map from /product/ and /shop/ URLs, variable products mapped to Shopify variants correctly, reviews and customers migrated, organic traffic recovered inside 60 days.

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  Products + variations · customers · orders · 1:1 redirects · reviews · subscriptions · SEO preserved

Why Woo exits go wrong

What goes wrong leaving WooCommerce.

I have six years shipping WordPress and WooCommerce, and I have run these migrations in both directions, so I know where they break. Five recurring ones:

01  

No redirect map. WooCommerce URLs (/product/slug/, /shop/, /product-category/) don't match Shopify's (/products/handle, /collections/handle). A CSV import skips redirects and organic traffic drops hard in week one. Worth knowing before you scope: Shopify will not let you create a redirect from certain reserved paths, and /shop is one of them. That is a real trap for a Woo store whose shop page lives there, and it gets tested on a dev store before I quote, not after launch.

02  

Variable products mapped wrong. Woo's variable + attribute model maps to Shopify's variant model badly via automated tools — SKUs duplicate, inventory desyncs, prices land wrong. Shopify now allows 2,048 variants per product, but still only 3 options. If your product has four or five attributes, one of them has to become something else, and no tool makes that call for you.

03  

Reviews lost. WooCommerce reviews (or Judge.me/YITH on Woo) don't carry over unless exported and re-imported. Years of social proof vanish, and with them the star ratings in your search results, which costs you clicks on every product page that had them.

04  

Subscriptions broken. WooCommerce Subscriptions has no native Shopify equivalent — it needs ReCharge or Bold, and the active subscriber payment tokens have to be migrated carefully or churn spikes. This is the item I scope first, because it is the one that can lose you revenue outright.

05  

Customer passwords handled the old way. WordPress hashes aren't Shopify hashes, so passwords never transfer. The old answer was a mass force-reset at launch, which locks people out in your first week. Shopify's passwordless customer accounts remove the problem: email, six-digit code, in. I launch on those by default and there is no reset wave.

Migration scope

What I migrate.

Full data, design, integrations and SEO preservation. Below is in scope by default; we trim what you don't need on the scope call.

Packages

Two migration tiers.

Standard Most chosen

From $4,800

Delivery 4-7 weeks
  • Up to 5K products migrated 1:1
  • Customers + 12 months order history
  • 1:1 redirect map + SEO preservation
  • Reviews migrated, theme matched to brand
  • Payment + shipping reconnected
  • 30-day post-launch monitoring
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Plus / subscriptions

From $10,000

Delivery 7-11 weeks
  • Larger catalogs, complex variable products
  • WooCommerce Subscriptions → ReCharge/Bold with continuity
  • B2B / wholesale pricing rebuilt
  • Custom Shopify (or Plus) theme + sections
  • Performance to LCP under 2.0s on launch
  • 60-day post-launch monitoring
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Process

How a typical project ships.

01

Discovery + audit

Read of your current store — platform version, catalog size, top traffic URLs, apps/plugins, integration surface. Output: a migration spec doc with the data model and SEO-preservation plan.

02

Sandbox migration

Build the new Shopify on a development store, migrate test data, validate the catalog, design the theme. You see working pages by week 2; your current store stays live.

03

Cutover plan

A written cutover plan — rollback procedure, DNS schedule, redirect deployment, Search Console resubmission. Cutover runs in a low-traffic window.

04

Monitor + recover

Daily rankings + organic-sessions monitoring for 30-60 days. Recovery report with charts; redirects and on-page SEO adjusted as needed.

FAQ

WooCommerce migration FAQs.

No fluff — the specifics buyers want before booking a call. If yours isn't here, ask on the call.

How much SEO traffic will I lose?

With a proper 1:1 redirect map, 5-15% temporary dip in weeks 2-3, fully recovered by week 8. Without disciplined redirects, 30-60% with slow partial recovery. The redirect map is the single most important deliverable.

Can you migrate WooCommerce Subscriptions?

Yes — there's no native Shopify equivalent, so we move active subscriptions to ReCharge or Bold with subscriber continuity (so existing subscribers keep their billing dates and tokens where the gateway allows). This is the part DIY migrations break most often.

Will my product reviews survive?

Yes if we migrate them. Native Woo reviews, Judge.me, YITH and others all export; we re-import to Shopify (as metafields or into a Shopify reviews app) and render server-side so ratings and counts carry over.

Why move off WooCommerce at all?

Sometimes you shouldn't — if your store is content-heavy and WooCommerce is stable, I'll say so (I ship plenty of WordPress work). Move when hosting/maintenance overhead, security patching, checkout conversion, or scaling pain outweigh the flexibility. I give you the honest read on the scope call.

Reviews

What clients actually said.

Verbatim, from Fiverr and direct clients. See every review

★★★★★
Extremely patient and extremely professional. And the result is amazing! Highly recommended!
riodamazone · Fiverr · May 2026 WordPress
★★★★★
Great experience overall. The cost estimation calculator works well for our B2B needs and does exactly what we discussed. It's simple to use, and the logic behind the calculations is solid. There were a couple of small tweaks needed after delivery, but the seller was quick to respond and fixed everything.
harsh_apzee · Fiverr · Apr 2026 WordPress
★★★★★
The turn around was so quick. Thanks for the clean pixel perfect design fixes. I would highly recommend Javaid for the design/development work.
mrperfect863 · Fiverr · May 2025 Shopify
★★★★★
Javaid delivered an impeccable website, complete with thorough support. His PROFESSIONALISM shone through every step of the project. Plus, his deep understanding and quick responsiveness made working with him an absolute pleasure 😊. Highly recommend!
furnitureinstor · Fiverr · May 2025 Shopify
★★★★★
Was great through the entire process, willing to help and explain things.
p_dacosta · Fiverr · 2024 Backup & Migration
★★★★★
This Fiverr did a great job in helping change from a Magento to Shopify website. He was a great communicator and really knew both platforms. The transition was smooth and quick.
environmolds · Fiverr · 2024 Shopify
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