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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 30-60% in week one.
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.
Book a 20-min scope call → See selected work
◆ Products + variations · customers · orders · 1:1 redirects · reviews · subscriptions · SEO preserved
Why Woo exits go wrong
What goes wrong leaving WooCommerce.
I run a 6-year background shipping WordPress and WooCommerce, so I know exactly where these migrations break. Five recurring ones:
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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.
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Reviews lost. WooCommerce reviews (or Judge.me/YITH on Woo) don't carry over unless exported and re-imported as metafields. Years of social proof vanish.
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Subscriptions broken. WooCommerce Subscriptions has no native Shopify equivalent — it needs ReCharge or Bold, and the active subscriber tokens have to be migrated carefully or churn spikes.
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Customer passwords don't transfer. WordPress hashes aren't Shopify hashes; the only safe path is a branded force-reset at launch, which most migrations skip and lock out repeat buyers.
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.
- ◆ Catalog — simple and variable products, attributes → variants, images, categories → collections, prices, inventory. Grouped/bundle products handled per-case.
- ◆ Customers — full export with addresses, order history, tags. Branded force-reset email queued at launch.
- ◆ Orders — historical orders imported as draft orders or metafield archive so support can look them up.
- ◆ Redirects — 1:1 map from every Woo URL (/product/, /shop/, /product-category/, /product-tag/) to its Shopify equivalent, generated + manually audited for top pages.
- ◆ Reviews — exported from WooCommerce / Judge.me / YITH and re-rendered server-side on Shopify so star ratings and counts survive.
- ◆ Subscriptions — active WooCommerce Subscriptions migrated to ReCharge or Bold with subscriber continuity.
- ◆ SEO — meta titles, descriptions, alt text, canonicals, schema preserved or rebuilt; sitemap regenerated; Search Console resubmission.
- ◆ Theme — custom Shopify theme matched to your WordPress brand, or a clean redesign if that's the right call.
- ◆ Apps + integrations — Klaviyo/Mailchimp, GA4, Meta CAPI, payment gateway, shipping all reconnected.
- ◆ 60-day post-launch monitoring with a day-30 and day-60 recovery report.
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
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
Process
How a typical project ships.
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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.
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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.
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Cutover plan
A written cutover plan — rollback procedure, DNS schedule, redirect deployment, Search Console resubmission. Cutover runs in a low-traffic window.
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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.
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