Magento to Shopify Migration · Sheffield · South Yorkshire · Select Partner
Magento to Shopify Migration in Sheffield
Sheffield and South Yorkshire businesses moving off Magento to Shopify. Full data migration, SEO protection, custom functionality rebuilt, and zero downtime. Done properly, not quickly.
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We have worked with Jason & his team to develop our Shopify store, and the experience was outstanding from start to finish. The design is clean, modern, and perfectly aligned with our brand identity, while the build is fast, responsive, and easy to manage on the backend. They clearly understood our vision and delivered a store we’re genuinely proud of. Highly recommend to any brand looking for a top-quality Shopify partner.
The case for leaving Magento, honestly stated
Magento is a powerful platform. It is also expensive to run, complex to maintain, and increasingly difficult to find developers for. For most mid-market retailers, the total cost of owning a Magento store: hosting, security patches, developer time, extension licences, is significantly higher than the equivalent on Shopify. And Magento requires constant attention just to keep it stable, which is attention that could go elsewhere.
Lower total cost of ownership
No hosting bills, no security patching overhead, no expensive Magento developers needed for routine changes. Shopify's managed infrastructure handles the operational burden.
Better performance out of the box
Magento stores can become slow and resource-heavy over time, especially with a large catalogue or many extensions. Shopify delivers faster page loads and better Core Web Vitals without server tuning.
Simpler day-to-day management
Shopify's admin is cleaner and more intuitive than Magento's. Your team can manage products, promotions, and content without needing developer involvement for routine tasks.
Security maintained for you
Magento security patches require active management. Miss one and you carry significant risk. Shopify handles platform security as part of the service, no patching schedule required.
Constantly improving platform
Shopify invests heavily in platform development. New features, improved checkout performance, and expanding API capabilities land regularly, without you having to apply updates.
Rich ecosystem of apps and integrations
Shopify's app store and API ecosystem are considerably more active than Magento's extension marketplace. More integrations, better maintained, easier to add and remove.
A migration that keeps you trading throughout
We do not do big-bang migrations. Your Magento store stays live and trading throughout the entire process. The Shopify store is built, tested, and signed off alongside it. The switch happens at a single controlled point when everything is confirmed working.
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Discovery and audit
We review your Magento store in detail: catalogue structure, custom extensions, integrations, data volumes, SEO footprint, and any bespoke functionality. The migration plan comes from what we actually find, not a template.
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Data mapping
Magento and Shopify handle data differently in several areas. We map every data type before migration begins and identify anything that needs transformation. Nothing gets assumed away.
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Shopify build
Custom theme, bespoke functionality, and all integrations built on Shopify while your Magento store continues trading. You see the Shopify store develop and can give feedback throughout.
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Data migration and validation
Products, variants, images, customers, and order history transferred and validated. We check the data looks right before anything goes live.
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SEO redirect mapping
Every Magento URL mapped to its Shopify equivalent. 301 redirects configured and tested. Post-migration technical SEO audit included. Your rankings are protected, not gambled with.
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Testing and sign-off
Checkout, payments, shipping, emails, integrations, and all custom functionality tested against real scenarios. We go live when testing is complete, not when the calendar says so.
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Controlled go-live and monitoring
DNS cutover at the planned point. Intensive monitoring in the days immediately after. Issues fixed immediately. We do not disappear after delivery.
Fashion brands we have migrated from Magento to Shopify
Chi Chi London, Motel Rocks, Sara Miller
These are high-volume fashion retailers with large product ranges, complex variant structures, ERP integrations, and years of accumulated custom Magento functionality. Not simple catalogue transfers.
Every one migrated cleanly, kept trading throughout, and launched without SEO ranking drops or data loss. The custom functionality was rebuilt on Shopify in a cleaner, more maintainable way than it existed on Magento.
- Chi Chi London: high-volume fashion Magento migration with full ERP integration rebuild
- Motel Rocks: Magento migration followed by Oracle NetSuite and 3PL integration. Read the case study.
- Sara Miller: premium lifestyle brand, full data migration and custom theme build
- All migrations included comprehensive SEO redirect mapping and post-launch audit
Working with Sheffield businesses
Sheffield has a strong and growing ecommerce community, from independent retailers to established national brands with their operational base in South Yorkshire. It is a genuinely diverse commercial environment and one where getting the technology right matters to businesses that are competing nationally and internationally.
Dev Partners is based in Gravesend, Kent. We work with businesses across the UK and most of our project work is delivered remotely. Distance does not affect the quality of the migration. If it is useful to meet in person at any point in the project, we are happy to come to Sheffield.
What matters for a Magento migration is not where the agency is located. It is whether they have done this specific migration before, whether they understand the data complexity, and whether they will still be there three months after go-live. On all three, we can give you a straight answer.
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What our clients say
20 clients. A few of their words.
A well-rounded team, ensuring a full suite of expertise & resource is always available. CDS Global have seen the successful completion of major projects over the years where Dev Partners' ability to grasp the underlying business needs to provide a future-proof solution has been invaluable.
We have worked with Jason & his team to develop our Shopify store, and the experience was outstanding from start to finish. The design is clean, modern, and perfectly aligned with our brand identity, while the build is fast, responsive, and easy to manage on the backend. They clearly understood our vision and delivered a store we're genuinely proud of. Highly recommend to any brand looking for a top-quality Shopify partner.
After ongoing issues and delays with our previous developers, we brought in Rob & Jason at Dev Partners to take over all our websites and bespoke software. What a breath of fresh air, fully focused, excellent pre-launch designs and clear communication throughout. Highly recommended.
BPC Energy Ltd turned to Dev Partners for a complete turnkey solution, and they exceeded our expectations. The team handled everything from project management to development and support with real care and attention. They understood what we were aiming for, stayed on top of every detail, and always delivered on schedule with excellent quality.
Working with Dev Partners to redesign and modernise our WMS system: the whole process has been thoroughly professional from the outset and a delight to work with. Cannot recommend enough.
Great agency. Have used Dev Partners for several years and they have built 20+ sites for us, in addition to taking on our legacy websites, upgrading and maintaining. Easy to work with and some great practical ideas to improve our digital offerings.
Jones Hire have been working with Dev Partners on several projects, which have been very successful. They linked our catering database to a new improved website so clients can easily place and update orders, created a custom warehouse picking app to fulfil all our challenging requirements, and are currently developing a custom transport app to streamline our loading and delivery process.
We have been trying to reinvent our website for over 5 years, trying to make it convert and failing each time. Spoke to Rob at Dev Partners, the team helped create our new site and the improvement was instant.
We have been working with Rob and the team for about 10 years now. Dev Partners helped us build a completely bespoke CRM from scratch which manages our daily business and is always well maintained. We have been able to use the system and roll it out in our new franchise branches.
We collaborated with Dev Partners on the front end of a fairly complex telemarketing platform. Rob and Jason took the time to properly understand the moving parts, asked the right questions, and delivered a clean, intuitive interface that's made the system far easier for our team to use.
I have been working with the team at Dev Partners for the last 3 years and we have always been impressed with the speed in which they act on things for us, along with the honest open communication. The team are a valuable and vital part of our supply chain.
We've had a program for our business in the electronic security sector that Dev Partners developed and keep up to date. They've never let us down, always there when needed. Thanks Rob and the team.
Dev Partners have been working with us for just over 2 years. They have significantly upgraded and redesigned our existing web platforms, and always deliver a first class service.
Dev Partners helped us build an event website. The team were very knowledgeable, easy to work with and quick to deliver a high quality product.
Working with Dev Partners has been an exceptional experience. Their team is highly skilled, professional, and committed to delivering results. What truly sets them apart is their communication and transparency; we always felt informed, supported, and confident.
We've worked with Dev Partners a few times to support us on bespoke web build tasks. They're very easy to work with, approachable, and explain the detail in a way that's understandable. A great partner for technical issues at sensible prices.
Excellent customer service backed up with solid experience. As a media business we have had five websites built by Dev Partners. I would certainly recommend them.
Found Dev Partners and they were great, nothing too much trouble. They managed to help us with integrating our old existing system with Shopify.
I've worked with Rob and his team off and on for many years and have always found them to be professional, knowledgeable, and best of all, they listen to their clients and deliver what is required.
We have worked with Dev Partners for 7 years and can highly recommend them for their expertise and excellent customer service.
Magento to Shopify migration: questions answered
The questions Sheffield and South Yorkshire businesses ask us most often about Magento migrations.
Yes. We handle Magento to Shopify migrations for businesses across Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and the wider UK. We are based in Gravesend, Kent, and work with clients nationally. Most project work is delivered remotely, with in-person meetings in Sheffield where useful.
Magento is a powerful platform but carries significant ongoing costs: server management, security patching, developer dependency, and the overhead of maintaining a self-hosted system. Shopify removes most of that operational burden while delivering better performance, a cleaner admin experience, and a constantly improving platform. For most mid-market retailers the total cost of ownership on Shopify is lower than Magento, and the time their team spends managing the platform is significantly reduced.
Not if the migration is handled correctly. The critical requirement is comprehensive 301 redirect mapping from every Magento URL to its Shopify equivalent. Magento and Shopify use different URL structures, so every product page, category page, and CMS page needs a properly configured redirect. We also migrate all meta titles, descriptions, and alt tags, and conduct a post-migration technical SEO audit. Migrations that cause lasting SEO damage almost always do so because redirects were treated as an afterthought.
We migrate all core ecommerce data: products and variants, product images, categories, customer accounts and order history, CMS pages and blog content, URL structures and redirects, and meta data. Magento data structures are more complex than Shopify's in several areas, which means some data requires transformation rather than direct transfer. We map and validate all data before migration begins.
Yes. We audit all custom functionality in your Magento store during the discovery phase and assess how each item maps to Shopify's capabilities. Most custom Magento functionality can be rebuilt on Shopify in a cleaner, more maintainable way. Some things are handled natively by Shopify. Others require custom development. We identify which is which before the project starts, so there are no surprises mid-migration.
It depends on the complexity of the store. A straightforward Magento migration with a standard catalogue and minimal custom functionality typically takes 8 to 14 weeks. A larger store with significant custom development, multiple integrations, or a large data set will take longer. We scope carefully before committing to a timeline and give you a realistic estimate rather than an optimistic one designed to win the work.
Sheffield business ready to leave Magento?
Tell us about your Magento store and we will give you a straight view on what migration involves.
We will tell you honestly what is complex, what is straightforward, and what the right approach is for your specific store. No ballpark quotes. No optimistic timelines.
A good first conversation covers:
- Your Magento setup: catalogue size, custom extensions, integrations
- What custom functionality your store relies on
- SEO considerations and your current rankings picture
- Timeline and what a realistic go-live looks like
- Cost: scoped properly against what we actually find
We reply to all enquiries within one working day.
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