WooCommerce to Shopify Migration Services

A typical WooCommerce to Shopify migration runs 6 to 12 weeks from kickoff to launch. Smaller catalogs (under 500 products) with a clean plugin stack and theme customization ship in 6 to 8 weeks. Larger catalogs (5,000+ products), heavy plugin dependencies, complex variable products, WooCommerce Subscriptions, or full custom theme builds run 10 to 16 weeks. We scope your specific timeline during discovery so the launch date is predictable.

Not with a properly executed migration. WooCommerce sites typically have significant SEO equity from product pages, category archives, and blog content. We map every existing URL to its Shopify equivalent with 301 redirects, preserve on-page SEO elements (title tags, meta descriptions, H1s, alt text, structured data), and monitor Google Search Console for the first 90 days post-launch. Most stores see a brief 1 to 2 week reindexing dip, then return to baseline traffic. Many stores see organic traffic improve over time as Shopify’s faster page speed compounds with the new structure.

Every WooCommerce plugin gets mapped to one of three outcomes: a Shopify app that does the same job (most plugins fall here), a Shopify native feature that replaces the need for the plugin (saves you a monthly subscription), or custom theme code if neither option fits. We deliver a documented plugin replacement map as part of the discovery phase so you know exactly which apps you’ll be paying for on Shopify before the migration starts. Common replacements: WooCommerce Subscriptions becomes Recharge or Bold Subscriptions. WooCommerce Payments becomes Shopify Payments. WooCommerce Bookings becomes BookThatApp or Tipo. Yoast SEO becomes Shopify’s native SEO plus a complement like Smart SEO or Yoast for Shopify.

Customer accounts migrate fully (profiles, addresses, order history, customer tags) but customer passwords don’t transfer directly between WooCommerce and Shopify due to differences in password hashing. We send password reset emails to all customers as part of the launch sequence so they can set new passwords on the Shopify store. Customer order history and loyalty status are preserved, so the reset is the only friction customers experience.

No. We build the new Shopify store in a staging environment while your WooCommerce store stays live and selling. The cutover to Shopify takes minutes, not hours, scheduled during a low-traffic window. Customers never see a downtime message, and orders placed in the final hours of WooCommerce activity get reconciled into the Shopify store post-launch.

Yes. WooCommerce Subscriptions migrate to a Shopify-native subscription solution (Recharge, Bold Subscriptions, Smartrr, Skio) with active subscriptions, billing schedules, and customer subscription history preserved. WooCommerce Memberships migrate to a Shopify membership app (Bold Memberships, Appstle Memberships) with member tier and access rules intact. Custom checkout modifications get rebuilt as Shopify Checkout Extensibility apps or theme-level customization. We scope each of these during discovery since the complexity varies by setup.

Cost depends on catalog size, plugin stack complexity, theme scope, and whether you have subscriptions or other complex WooCommerce features to migrate. We send a fixed-fee proposal after a scoping call so you know exactly what you’re paying before any work begins. Reach out for a free scoping conversation and we will quote your specific migration.

Yes. Soda Web Media is headquartered in Atlanta, and our WooCommerce to Shopify migration clients are based across the United States. Scoping, plugin audit, data migration, theme work, redirect setup, QA, and launch all happen remotely via video, screen-share, GitHub, and shared workspace.