I migrate WooCommerce stores to Shopify with a migration app I built myself, then check and finish everything the app can't decide for you by hand. The app moves the data in hours instead of days, so the time you pay for goes into the parts that need a developer, and that is why my fixed quotes are usually lower than an agency's.
This post explains exactly what the app moves, how a migration runs from the first audit to launch day, and how it compares with doing it yourself, using a migration service, or hiring an agency.
What my migration app moves
You give the app two things: the link to your WooCommerce site with a read-only API key, and access to your Shopify store. It reads everything through WooCommerce's and WordPress's own APIs and creates it in Shopify through Shopify's current Admin API.
| From WooCommerce and WordPress | Into Shopify |
|---|---|
| Simple and variable products, with every variation's SKU, price, sale price, stock and weight | Products with options and variants |
| Product images and variation images | Product media, with each variant linked to its image |
| Product categories, including sub-categories | Collections, with products already added |
| Custom fields and product attributes | Metafields you can show on product pages |
| Coupon codes: percentage, fixed cart, fixed per product, free shipping, minimum spend, usage limits, expiry dates, product and category limits | Discount codes with the same rules |
| Customers with billing and shipping addresses | Customer accounts |
| Order history with line items, shipping and status | Orders linked to the right customer and product, without sending any emails |
| Blog posts with author, categories, tags and featured image | Blog articles |
| Yoast or Rank Math SEO titles and descriptions | Shopify SEO fields |
| Every old product, category and post URL | 301 redirects to the new Shopify URLs |
Two details matter more than they look. Coupons and orders are created after the products, so a coupon that only applied to one category in WooCommerce still applies to that collection in Shopify, and an old order still links to the product it contained. And because the app remembers what it already moved, I can run it again just before launch to pick up the orders and customers that came in during the build, without creating duplicates.
What the app tells me instead of guessing
Some WooCommerce settings have no exact twin in Shopify. A tool that silently drops them is how stores lose discounts or product options without anyone noticing. Mine lists every one of them in a report, for example:
- products with more than three variation attributes (Shopify allows three per product)
- coupons limited to specific email addresses or with a maximum spend
- images inside blog posts that still load from the old WordPress site
- grouped or external products that need a decision
I go through that list with you and fix each item by hand before launch.
How a migration with me runs
- Free audit. I look at your products, plugins, theme and traffic, and I run the app in read-only mode. It reads the whole store, changes nothing, and shows exactly what will move and what needs attention.
- Fixed quote in US dollars. Based on the audit, not on guesses. 50% to start, 50% on delivery.
- Test migration into a development store. Nothing touches your live sales.
- Checking. I compare products, variants, prices, stock and images against WooCommerce, test coupons at checkout, and work through the report.
- Storefront. Theme setup or custom sections, and apps for the features your plugins handled, such as reviews or subscriptions.
- Final sync and launch. The app adds the newest orders and customers, the domain switches, and I test the top old URLs to make sure each one redirects.
- 15 days of free support after launch.
How this compares with your other options
| Option | What you pay for | What's left to you |
|---|---|---|
| Do it yourself with CSV files | Your time | Converting WooCommerce's product format to Shopify's by hand, variants, coupons, redirects, checking |
| A migration service such as Cart2Cart or LitExtension | A fee based on how many records you move (Cart2Cart's minimum is $29) | Theme, apps, checking the data, fixing what didn't map, testing |
| An agency | Project managers, designers and developers, usually at agency rates | Little, but quotes are often in the thousands |
| Me, with my own app | A fixed quote that covers the data, the checks, the storefront and launch | Approving the work |
The pages that rank for migration costs quote anything from $500 to $75,000. Most of that spread is labour. Because my app does the data move itself, you aren't paying anyone to copy products row by row. You pay for the audit, the checking, and the storefront work that actually needs judgment. My projects start at $500. For a detailed breakdown of every cost line, see how much it costs to migrate WooCommerce to Shopify.
My prices: half of what agencies charge
Because the app does the data move, I charge about half of typical agency prices, as a fixed quote after a free audit:
| Store | Typical agency price | My fixed price | With my store build (50% off the migration) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter: up to 300 products | $1,500–$3,000 | from $750 | from $375 |
| Growing: 300–2,000 products | $3,000–$6,500 | from $1,500 | from $750 |
| Large: 2,000–10,000 products | $6,500–$12,000 | from $3,250 | from $1,625 |
| Complex: 10,000+ products, B2B or custom integrations | from $10,000 | from $5,000 | from $2,500 |
Agency prices are the ranges published by the Shopify agency Cartworks in its 2026 migration cost guide; other agencies publish higher ranges, up to $60,000 for large stores.
The 50% offer: if you also hire me to build your Shopify store pages (theme setup, home, collection and product page sections, and your key landing pages), the migration itself costs half. The store build is quoted separately after the audit.
Every price includes the data migration, checking, 301 redirects, the final sync before launch, and 15 days of free support. Payment is 50% to start and 50% on delivery, in US dollars.
Why I built my own app
Generic migration tools tend to fail in the same places: variants that split into separate products, coupons that lose their category limits, and redirects nobody planned. Building the app around Shopify's current API meant I could handle those cases once, properly, and reuse the work on every store. It also means I can adapt it to an unusual store, such as one with custom product fields from a plugin, instead of telling you it can't be done.
When this approach fits best
- Stores with variable products, where variants and stock must come across exactly.
- Stores with years of orders and customers who expect to see their history.
- Stores with coupons in active use, especially category or product-limited ones.
- Stores that rank in search, where every old URL needs a redirect.
- Agencies moving a client's store, who need it done without their name changing on the work.
If your store is a few simple products, the step-by-step migration guide is enough to do it yourself.
FAQ
Is your migration app available to download?
No. I run it as part of the WooCommerce to Shopify migration service, because the checking and fixing after the data move is where most of the value is.
Do I need to give you my passwords?
No. WooCommerce gives you a read-only API key you can delete after the migration, and Shopify access is given through an app with limited permissions. Neither one is your admin password.
Will my customers get emails during the migration?
No. Orders and customers are imported without sending receipts, order confirmations or account emails. You decide when to invite customers to their new accounts.
Can I keep selling on WooCommerce during the migration?
Yes. Your WooCommerce store stays live while I build and test the Shopify store. The final sync picks up the sales made during that time.
What does it cost?
Projects start at $500, with a fixed quote after the free audit. See the price table above. Send me your store link and I'll tell you what will move automatically and what needs work.