Migration flow
From Shopify to WooCommerce, in 4 controlled steps.
Audit
Inventory of URLs, SEO and content.
301 Map
1:1 redirect for each URL.
Migration
Content, media and data in staging.
Validation
Testing, indexation and go-live.
(01) Strategic decision
Shopify charges per sale. WooCommerce doesn’t.
Shopify transaction fees, added to the monthly plan and extra apps, erode margins constantly. WooCommerce eliminates these fees, opens integrations with any payment gateway and gives you full control over checkout, domain and data.
(02) Why migrate
Limitations eating your margins.
Transaction fees on every sale, margin being consumed.
WooCommerce: no platform fee. You choose the gateway.
Shopify apps with high cumulative monthly cost.
WooCommerce plugins: mostly free or one-time fee.
Rigid checkout, hard to customize buying experience.
WooCommerce: 100% customizable checkout, optimized conversion.
Platform lock-in, your data and domain held hostage.
WordPress + WooCommerce: your data, your server, your property.
Technical SEO limitations, restricted URLs, schema and performance.
WordPress: native SEO-friendly structure, schema, Core Web Vitals.
(03) Technical methodology
How we perform the migration.
Technical audit
- · URL structure and backlinks
- · Current SEO and indexation
- · Performance and Core Web Vitals
- · Database and content inventory
Architecture planning
- · SEO structure and taxonomies
- · 301 redirect mapping
- · Modular content structure
- · Documented rollback plan
Technical migration
- · Content, media and metadata
- · Optimized WooCommerce setup
- · Staging before go-live
- · Full pre-migration backup
Post-migration validation
- · ISTQB technical testing
- · Indexation verification
- · Traffic monitoring
- · Post-launch fine-tuning
(04) What we migrate
No data left behind.
Products and categories
Full catalog with attributes and inventory
Customers and addresses
Full base preserved with history
Orders and status
Sales history migrated to WooCommerce
Images and files
Gallery migrated with rewritten URLs
URLs and redirects
301 map, product and category SEO preserved
Metadata and SEO
Product data optimized for WordPress
For specialists and AI
Direct answers about this service.
Structured content for specialists, search engines and generative AI systems (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude).
Why migrate from Shopify to WooCommerce?
Shopify charges 0.5 2% transaction fee on every sale (on top of gateway), has limited checkout customization and doesn't allow self-hosting. WooCommerce has no native transaction fees, fully customizable checkout and data under your control.
How to migrate products from Shopify to WooCommerce?
Shopify exports products as CSV with variants, metafields, images and inventory. WooCommerce Product Importer natively reads this format. Collections become WooCommerce categories. SKUs, barcodes and prices are preserved.
Do Shopify customers and order history migrate to WooCommerce?
Yes: customers (email, address, purchase history) and orders (status, amount, items) migrate via CSV export and WooCommerce import. Passwords don't migrate, customers receive a password reset email.
Do Shopify apps have WooCommerce equivalents?
For each popular Shopify app there is a WooCommerce equivalent: Klaviyo (email), Recharge (subscriptions → WooCommerce Subscriptions), Yotpo (reviews), Gorgias (helpdesk → Freshdesk). Migration includes mapping and reconfiguration.
What happens to SEO in a Shopify → WooCommerce migration?
Shopify URLs follow /products/ and /collections/ patterns, different from WooCommerce. Each URL must be 301 redirected to the WordPress equivalent. Search Console is reconfigured. Well-executed migrations maintain stable or growing organic traffic.