Migrate from Magento to Shopify in 90 Days

The single biggest reason migrations go wrong, and the one we plan around hardest. Before we touch a line of code we build a complete 301 redirect map — every Magento URL (product, category, CMS page, attribute filter, sitemap, even orphaned pages) gets a 1:1 Shopify equivalent. We mirror your structured data (Product, Breadcrumb, Organization, Review, FAQ) and re-submit your sitemap to Search Console on launch day. 

For 30 days post-launch we monitor crawl errors, ranking volatility, and indexation daily — and fix anything that shows issues.

In our experience, organic traffic typically dips 5–15% in weeks 1–2 then recovers fully by week 6. Shopify's faster page speeds usually push rankings up within 90 days.

No. We run your new Shopify Plus store in parallel for 2–4 weeks of UAT before launch — your team tests it under real conditions, not a dev preview. Cutover is a DNS swap during a low-traffic window you choose (typically 2am on a Sunday). The full rollback plan stays armed for the first 24 hours so we can revert in under 30 minutes if anything looks off.

We audit every integration in week 1 of discovery and give you an integration matrix as part of the quote, so you know exactly how each one will be handled before you sign. Each integration gets one of three treatments: rebuilt natively using Shopify Flow / Functions where possible, swapped to a purpose-built Shopify app where one exists, or custom middleware where the logic is genuinely bespoke.

Magento integrations we've migrated to Shopify Plus include Sage 200, Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Brightpearl, Klaviyo, Klarna, ShipStation and custom ERP systems. If you have something unusual, we'll flag it during discovery — not on launch day.

Tier prices cover everything in scope: theme build, full data migration, integrations, SEO handover, training, and 30 days of post-launch support. They don't cover:

• Photography, videography, or copywriting (we give you structure; words and assets come from you or your studio)
• Paid ad migration (Google Shopping feed reset, Meta pixel rebuild — we scope separately if needed)
• Shopify platform fees (paid direct to Shopify)
• Third-party app costs
• Ongoing retainer post-launch (optional, separate quote)

If we miss the agreed launch date for reasons in our control, your final invoice is on us — up to £10,000. We've never had to honour this clause.

Yes — roughly 25% of our migrations are from Magento 1 or Magento Open Source stores that are out of support, plus a steady stream of Adobe Commerce / Magento 2 merchants. The process is similar; M1 takes slightly more work to normalise the attribute model into Shopify's product/variant structure, but there's no price penalty.

If you're on M1 and out of support: every month you delay is a security and conversion risk — and Shopify Plus is roughly 40% cheaper to run than equivalent M1 hosting + maintenance.  

Less than most agencies will admit. Across the full 90 days we ask for around 100 hours total from your side, split roughly:

- Discovery (weeks 1–2): 2–3 workshops of 90 minutes — your e-comm lead, IT lead, and ideally a finance signer

- Build phase (weeks 3–10): ~4 hours/week from your e-comm lead for reviews and decisions, ~1 hour/week from IT

- UAT (weeks 11–12): ~10 hours/week from your e-comm lead while we run user testing together

Outside those windows, you carry on running your business. We don't need access to your team daily — we run async on Slack or Teams and only book live sessions when a decision needs to be made.