WooCommerce to Shopify Migration. Accelerate Your Success With the Detailed Checklist [2022]
To help e-merchants go through the WooCommerce to Shopify migration, we’ve created this checklist to make the process efficient and trouble-free. While it is not a complete solution to all possible issues that can be encountered during the replatforming, it is still a decent starting point. Make sure you also check out the full WooCommerce to Shopify migration tutorial which will walk you through each step of the process.
Pre-Migration Tips
Prepare your WooCommerce store
- Back up data
- Perform WooCommerce store data audit
Prepare the Shopify store
- Get your Shopify store ready
- Choose a theme
WooCommerce to Shopify Migration Checklist
Set up the Source cart
Select WooCommerce as a Source cart from the pop-up menu and enter the store’s URL.
Set up the Target cart
Choose Shopify as your Target cart and install the “Migration for Shopify” app (go here for more info).
Select data for migration
Specify the store entities you want to transfer to your new Shopify store.
Specify additional migration options
Choose the additional migration options to ease the process of data transfer.
Map customer groups & order statuses
Match your WooCommerce order statuses to corresponding ones on Shopify.
Run free Demo migration
Transfer up to 10 entities to Shopify for free within 30 minutes (more info here).
Start Full migration
Click the Start Full Migration button to initiate the Full store database transfer to the new Shopify store.
Please, visit this post for more info about Shopify migration.
Post-Migration Tips
- Test your Shopify store
- Find the apps you need with Shopify store
- Invite customers to reactivate their accounts
This post includes more detailed and in-depth info about post-migration DO’s.
The process of WooCommerce to Shopify migration can be simple if you plan ahead and use the provided checklist. Following it step-by-step will help you avoid unnecessary hiccups during and after the replatforming.
WooCommerce to Shopify Migration — FAQs:
Should I move from WooCommerce to Shopify?
It is impossible to provide an exact answer to your question. That depends entirely on your business needs and objectives. If you need complete control over your e-commerce store with a wide variety of plugins, extensions, and themes, then stay with WooCommerce. But if you are looking for a platform that is easy to set up and offers a wider range of templates, then Shopify is a better way to go.
Is it possible to migrate product costs from WooCommerce?
Cart2Cart supports the transfer of product costs. You’re only required to install the following plugins before the migration:
How to create product redirects after migration from/to WooCommerce?
While migrating from WooCommerce, Cart2Cart creates product redirects to the new products and categories. However, it is necessary to install the free “Redirection” plugin before initiating the data transfer.
Ready to migrate your e-store from WooCommerce to Shopify without codes and scripts? Run a free Demo and see how easy it is to switch eCommerce platforms in an automated manner.
