Magento to Shopify Migration

A typical Magento to Shopify migration takes between 8 and 20 weeks depending on the size of your catalogue, the complexity of your custom functionality, the number of integrations that need rebuilding, and the extent of your SEO redirect mapping. Simple migrations can be completed faster. Complex migrations with large catalogues, multiple stores, or significant ERP integrations take longer to do properly.

We give you a realistic timeline during discovery based on what we actually find in your Magento installation, not a number designed to get the project signed off.

Properly managed migrations preserve the vast majority of organic rankings. The critical element is comprehensive URL redirect mapping so every Magento URL redirects to its Shopify equivalent. We also migrate meta titles, meta descriptions, and alt tags, and conduct a post-migration technical SEO audit.

Poorly managed migrations without redirect mapping can cause significant and lasting ranking drops, which is why we treat SEO as a core part of the migration scope rather than an afterthought.

We migrate all core data: products and variants, product images, categories and collections, customer accounts and order history, reviews and ratings, CMS pages and blog content, URL structures and redirects, and meta data. Data that does not have a direct Shopify equivalent is mapped to the closest appropriate structure or stored in metafields rather than dropped.

Yes. We assess every piece of custom Magento functionality during discovery and determine whether it can be replicated with a Shopify app, needs to be rebuilt in custom code, or can be improved upon in the process. Most custom Magento functionality can be replicated in Shopify, often with better performance and lower maintenance overhead.

Where we cannot replicate something or where the cost of replication is disproportionate, we will tell you honestly and suggest an alternative approach.

Yes. We build Shopify in parallel with your live Magento store so there is no downtime during the migration process. The go-live is a planned switchover rather than a site shutdown. Orders placed up to and including the switchover point on Magento are captured, and a well-planned go-live typically causes less than an hour of trading interruption.

Shopify Plus is worth considering if your business turns over more than around £1 million per year, if you need custom checkout functionality, if you run multiple storefronts, or if you need advanced B2B and wholesale features. For most businesses migrating from Magento, standard Shopify is adequate and significantly cheaper.

We give you an honest recommendation based on your actual requirements during discovery rather than defaulting to the higher-cost option.

The main practical reasons: Shopify handles hosting, security, and platform updates automatically, removing significant ongoing costs. Shopify stores run faster out of the box than most Magento installations without ongoing performance work. The admin is accessible to non-technical staff, reducing developer dependency. And Shopify's total cost of ownership is lower for most mid-market retailers once you add up Magento hosting, licensing, extensions, developer costs, and security overhead.

The cases where Magento still wins are very large enterprises with extensive custom functionality and the developer resource to maintain it. For most businesses reading this page, Shopify is the better platform.