Full data migration
Products, variants, collections, customers, order history, metafields, blog posts. Validated row-by-row against source before cutover.
Woo · Magento · BigCommerce · Wix · Shopify 1.0
Shopify migration for D2C brands thatcannot afford a day-one dip.
Solo operator for platform migrations to Shopify and Shopify Plus. SEO-safe redirect mapping, subscription API port, private app rebuild, and 14-day post-cutover monitoring. Priced for D2C brands at ₹15 lakh to ₹1 crore monthly revenue, plus select work for brands in the US, UK, and UAE.
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Years on Shopify
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Data loss · Mum & You Magento → Plus
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Post-cutover monitoring included
0–8 wks
Typical migration timeline
WOOCOMMERCE → SHOPIFYMAGENTO → SHOPIFY PLUSBIGCOMMERCE → SHOPIFYWIX → SHOPIFYSHOPIFY 1.0 → OS 2.0SQUARESPACE → SHOPIFYCUSTOM STACK → SHOPIFYPRESTASHOP → SHOPIFYZERO DATA LOSSSEO-SAFE REDIRECTS
Definition
What is a Shopify migration expert?
A Shopify migration expert moves a live storefront from another platform — WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix, or a legacy Shopify theme — onto Shopify or Shopify Plus without losing customer data, subscription behavior, SEO rankings, or checkout continuity. The work is redirect mapping, private app rebuild, subscription API port, checkout parity, and a cutover plan that survives day one traffic.
Pricing: ₹1,25,000 – ₹6,00,000Timeline: 2 – 8 weeksReply ≤ 24h
Who this is for
For brands whose current platform is holding revenue back.
Most migration engagements at Delhi and London agencies are priced for enterprise procurement — ₹15 lakh floors, six-month timelines, and a PM layer sitting between the buyer and the engineer doing the work. That tier does not fit a D2C brand at ₹15 lakh to ₹1 crore monthly revenue on WooCommerce or Magento.
Migration app tools sit on the other end — cheap, fast, but they cannot rebuild subscription flows, cannot rewrite private extensions, and cannot validate a redirect map URL by URL. They copy data. That is not a migration.
This page is for the brand in between. Real catalog, real subscription revenue, real SEO history to protect. A senior solo operator priced for that band, with the whole cutover owned by one person.
Comparison
Solo operator vs migration agency vs migration app.
Three tiers, three unit economics, three failure modes. Here is how a D2C brand with real subscription revenue and SEO history decides between them.
| Dimension | Solo operator (this offer) | Migration agency | Migration app |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical budget | ₹1.25L – ₹8L | ₹8L – ₹40L+ | ₹5K – ₹30K (fails on complexity) |
| Who owns the cutover | One senior operator | PM layer + junior dev | You do it |
| Redirect map validation | URL-by-URL, pre-cutover | Bulk import, spot check | Regex only, no validation |
| Subscription port | Custom API flow + opt-in | Scoped separately, extra cost | Not supported |
| Private app rebuild | Included | Scoped separately | Not supported |
| Post-cutover monitoring | 14 days included | Handoff to support desk | None |
| Timeline | 2 – 8 weeks | 3 – 6 months | 2 – 5 days (surface only) |
| Best fit | D2C brands, mid catalog, real subs / plugins | Enterprise procurement + Plus badge required | Tiny catalog, no subscriptions, no SEO history |
Source platforms
Platforms I have moved brands off.
Each platform has its own trap doors — Magento’s attribute system, Woo’s plugin dependency graph, Wix’s locked export, legacy Shopify’s Vintage theme patterns. The scoping call names the trap doors up front so nothing surprises you at cutover.
- WooCommerce
- Magento 1 & 2
- BigCommerce
- Wix eCommerce
- Squarespace Commerce
- Shopify 1.0 / Vintage themes
- Custom Laravel / Rails builds
- PrestaShop
Source platform not listed? Send the brief anyway — most migrations share more infrastructure than they seem to.
02What’s included
Six deliverables shipped by one person.
SEO-safe redirect mapping
Every source URL mapped to its Shopify equivalent as a 301. XML sitemap regenerated, schema rebuilt, GSC resubmitted on cutover day.
Subscription API port
Recurring purchases moved through destination platform APIs. Where source tokens are unexportable, first-cycle opt-in is designed in.
Private app rebuild
Custom logic from Magento private extensions or Woo plugins rebuilt as Shopify private apps, Functions, or theme extensions.
CWV + performance
Lighthouse 90+ on mobile, LCP under 2.5s. Migration is the one moment you can rewrite performance without breaking a live store — we use it.
Cutover ownership
DNS switch, checkout parity check, payment gateway reauth, day-one monitoring. One person owns the launch so nothing falls between teams.
03Named migration case
Magento to Shopify Plus, with the brand attached.
Mum & You
UK D2C · Magento → Shopify Plus · Apr–Jun 2025The UK team needed to move platforms while protecting customer data, SEO equity, and recurring purchase behavior. Magento’s data model, subscription tokens, and private extensions all had to survive the cutover without a day-one dip.
I supported the migration plan end to end, rebuilt the subscription flow through Shopify APIs, and developed private workflows for syncing between the two systems during the transition window. The team landed on a cleaner commerce stack with room to scale.
- Full data migration — products, customers, order history, subscription records
- Subscription rebuild via Shopify APIs with customer opt-in for first cycle
- Private app workflows for cross-system sync during cutover window
- SEO-safe redirect map validated URL-by-URL before DNS switch
- Zero data loss on the export/import validation pass
Outcome
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Records lost in the Magento → Shopify Plus export/import pass
API
Subscription rebuild path — no gateway token export required
Plus
Destination platform — moved off Magento onto Shopify Plus with private-app support
Stack
Magento · Shopify Plus · Private apps · REST / GraphQL APIs
04Transparent pricing
The price upfront.
Published because migration pricing is the single hardest thing to get out of an agency, and I’d rather have the conversation up front than over three discovery calls.
Every engagement comes with a written scope, a risk register, and a Definition of Done before any work starts. See the full pricing logic in the cost-in-India breakdown.
WooCommerce → Shopify
Woo stores with plugin-heavy checkouts
₹1,25,000 – ₹4,00,000
$1,500 – $4,800
Magento → Shopify Plus
Magento 1 or 2 stores moving to Plus
₹4,00,000 – ₹8,00,000
$5,000 – $9,500
Legacy Shopify → OS 2.0
Vintage themes stuck on old Liquid patterns
₹1,50,000 – ₹5,00,000
$1,800 – $6,000
BigCommerce / Wix → Shopify
Mid-catalog stores on locked platforms
₹1,50,000 – ₹4,50,000
$1,800 – $5,400
Post-migration retainer
First 90 days after cutover
₹40,000 – ₹80,000/mo
$475 – $950/mo
05Process
Five steps, no surprises.
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Scoping call
Source platform, catalog size, subscription state, integrations, SEO history. Trap doors named up front.
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Written proposal
Fixed price, timeline, risk register, Definition of Done. No ambiguous line items.
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Build in staging
Full data import, theme rebuild, redirect map, subscription flow — all in a Shopify dev store first.
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Cutover
DNS switch, gateway reauth, live redirect map, GSC resubmit, day-one monitoring.
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14-day monitoring
Redirect health, indexation tracking, checkout parity, subscription billing verification.
06FAQ
Straight answers, no hedging.
What is a Shopify migration expert?
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A Shopify migration expert is a senior developer who moves a live storefront from another platform — WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix, or a legacy Shopify theme — onto Shopify or Shopify Plus without losing customer data, subscription behavior, SEO rankings, or checkout continuity. The job is not just data copy — it is redirect mapping, private app rebuild, subscription API port, checkout parity, and a cutover plan that survives day one traffic.
How long does a Shopify migration take?
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A WooCommerce or Magento migration to Shopify runs two to four weeks depending on scope. A legacy Shopify 1.0 to Online Store 2.0 rebuild runs three to six weeks. A Shopify Plus migration with subscription logic and private apps runs four to eight weeks. Every engagement has a written scope, a target ship date, and a Definition of Done before any work begins.
How much does a Shopify migration cost?
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Migration pricing runs ₹1,25,000 to ₹6,00,000 ($1,500 to $7,000) depending on source platform, catalog size, integration count, and subscription complexity. The floor covers a clean Woo → Shopify move with straightforward products. The ceiling covers a Magento → Shopify Plus move with subscription APIs, private apps, and multi-currency. Pricing is published upfront — no discovery call required.
Will I lose SEO rankings during the migration?
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Not if the migration is scoped correctly. Every URL from the source platform gets mapped to its Shopify equivalent with a 301 redirect. Meta titles, descriptions, and canonical structure are preserved or improved. XML sitemap is regenerated and resubmitted to Search Console. Schema markup is rebuilt on the Shopify side. In the Mum & You migration, we moved from Magento to Shopify Plus with the redirect map validated URL-by-URL before cutover — zero indexation drop on day one.
How do you handle subscription data during migration?
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Subscription data is the single hardest part of any migration. If the source platform stores tokens or gateway references, those cannot be exported cleanly — the subscription rebuild happens through the destination platform APIs, with customer opt-in for the first billing cycle. For the Mum & You migration, subscriptions moved from Magento to Shopify Plus via API-driven flows with private app support, protecting recurring revenue through cutover.
Do you handle Magento to Shopify Plus specifically?
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Yes. Magento → Shopify Plus is a specific engagement type — data model translation (Magento configurable products → Shopify variants), attribute mapping, private app rebuild, subscription port, and a redirect map that respects Magento URL rewrites. Plus builds with migration run ₹4,00,000 to ₹8,00,000 (~$5,000 to $9,500).
What about WooCommerce to Shopify?
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WooCommerce → Shopify is the most common migration I run. Standard scope: product/collection/customer/order export, redirect map from WooCommerce permalinks, checkout parity for common plugins (Subscriptio, WooSubscriptions), payment gateway reauth, theme rebuild on Online Store 2.0. Runs ₹1,25,000 to ₹4,00,000 (~$1,500 to $4,800) depending on catalog and plugin complexity.
What about legacy Shopify 1.0 to 2.0?
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Legacy Shopify (Vintage themes, pre-Online Store 2.0) migrations run ₹1,50,000 to ₹5,00,000. Scope is theme architecture rewrite with sections everywhere, metafield-driven content, app dependency audit, and CWV work. Most legacy stores are running Liquid patterns that block modern performance work — the migration unlocks it.
How do we start?
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Send a one-page brief — current platform, catalog size, subscription/multi-currency state, target ship date, and budget range. I reply inside 24 hours with a scope estimate and a calendar slot. After the call, you get a written proposal with a fixed price, a timeline, a risk register, and a Definition of Done. If it fits, we start.
Reply ≤ 24h · scope ≤ 5 days
Send the one-page brief. Get a real scope back.
Current platform, catalog size, subscription state, target ship date, budget range. One page. I reply inside 24 hours with a scope estimate and a calendar slot.
Written scope before work starts
Risk register + Definition of Done
CWV work baked into cutover
14 days of post-launch monitoring