Shopify to WooCommerce store migration
Products, variants, collections, customers, orders, content, and coupons, test-imported on staging and checked against your Shopify counts.
Engineering service / Ali Nawaz
Shopify to WooCommerce migration service, without losing data or rankings.
My Shopify to WooCommerce migration service moves your whole store: products with every variant, collections, customers, order history, blog articles, pages, and discount codes, plus the tax, shipping, and payment setup and the redirects that keep your Google rankings. You end up on a WordPress store you own outright, without a monthly app bill for every feature.
The approach
Why a Shopify to WooCommerce migration needs more than an import tool.
Shopify to WooCommerce moves go wrong in predictable places. Shopify's product export puts each variant on its own row, while WooCommerce expects a parent product with variations, so a direct CSV import splits or drops variants. Apps keep their own data outside Shopify's exports, and every /products/ and /collections/ URL changes. I build and publish WooCommerce plugins on WordPress.org, so the store you land on is set up the way WooCommerce is meant to run: block checkout, High-Performance Order Storage, and no plugin you don't need.
You work directly with me from requirements through launch. That keeps product context close to technical decisions and avoids the gaps that appear when strategy, interface, backend, and deployment are treated as separate problems.
What I can build
What the Shopify to WooCommerce migration service covers.
The scope is shaped around your users, operating reality, and the smallest responsible path to value.
Shopify apps replaced with WooCommerce plugins or custom code
Every installed app reviewed: a proven WooCommerce plugin, a feature WooCommerce already has, or a small custom plugin when nothing fits.
Redirect rules for every Shopify URL pattern
Rules for /products/, /collections/, /blogs/, and /pages/, including product links nested inside collections, tested before the domain switches.
Hosting, speed, and launch checks for the new store
Hosting, SSL, caching, and image settings chosen for a fast WooCommerce store, then a full test order on launch day.
Migration scope
What moves from Shopify, and where it lands in WooCommerce.
Each data type is mapped and test-imported on a staging site before the live store is touched. Some Shopify data can't move as-is, and that's agreed up front, not discovered after launch.
| Shopify | In WooCommerce |
|---|---|
| Products and variants | Variable products with variations, keeping SKUs, prices, stock, weights, and images; Shopify options become attributes |
| Collections and tags | Product categories and tags; automated collection rules are replaced with assigned categories |
| Metafields | Custom fields, shown on the product page where your theme displayed them |
| Customers | WordPress customer accounts with addresses and order history; passwords are reset by email |
| Orders | Order history with line items and totals, linked to customers, imported without sending emails |
| Blog articles and pages | WordPress posts and pages, with Liquid tags and app embeds cleaned out |
| Discount codes | WooCommerce coupons; automatic discounts are rebuilt with a discount rules plugin |
| Shopify URLs | 301 redirects for /products/, /collections/, /blogs/ and /pages/, including product links inside collections |
| Gift card balances | Shopify's export hides most of each code, so balances are reissued as WooCommerce gift cards or store credit |
| Apps | A WooCommerce plugin, a built-in feature, or a custom plugin, chosen app by app |
| Tax, shipping, and payments | Set up again in WooCommerce to match your Shopify rules, with the payment gateway tested on a real order |
Why switch
Why businesses migrate from Shopify to WooCommerce.
Most stores that leave Shopify do it for one of four reasons. The monthly bill keeps growing because every feature is another app subscription. The business wants to own its code and data outright. The site is content-heavy, and WordPress handles articles, landing pages, and SEO with more freedom. Or the store needs custom checkout logic, product rules, or integrations that are hard to build inside Shopify's limits.
WooCommerce solves those problems, but it isn't free of trade-offs. You take on hosting, updates, security, and performance, which Shopify handled for you. Part of the audit is an honest check that the move is worth it. If your only reason for leaving is one missing feature, a custom Shopify app is sometimes cheaper than a migration, and I'll tell you so.
Process and timeline
The Shopify to WooCommerce migration process, step by step.
1. Audit. I count your products, variants, collections, customers, orders, pages, and articles, list every installed app and what it does, and export your current URLs and best-performing pages from Search Console. You get a fixed quote and a timeline.
2. Build the WooCommerce store on staging. WordPress, WooCommerce, permalinks, product attributes, tax, shipping, and payments are set up before any data arrives, because the import and the redirects depend on them.
3. Test import and review. All data is imported into staging, and the counts are compared with Shopify. You check the products and pages that matter most to you, and mapping problems are fixed before launch, where they are cheap to fix.
4. Launch. The final import adds orders and customers created since the test, the domain switches, redirects go live, and a real test order checks payments, emails, and stock.
Typical timelines: a store with a few hundred simple products and a handful of apps moves in about a week. A catalog of several thousand products with many variants and apps takes two to three weeks. A new theme design or custom plugins add time, and the quote states the timeline up front.
SEO and redirects
Keeping your Google rankings after the migration.
Every Shopify store uses the same URL patterns: /products/ for products, /collections/ for categories, /blogs/news/ for articles, and /pages/ for pages. Shopify also links products inside collection paths, such as /collections/hoodies/products/blue-hoodie, and those URLs collect links and rankings too. When the store moves to WooCommerce, each pattern gets a 301 redirect to its new WordPress address, so search engines and customers land on the right page instead of a 404.
Titles, meta descriptions, image alt text, and product descriptions move with the content. After launch, I submit the new sitemap in Google Search Console and watch the coverage and 404 reports, so any missed URL is caught in the first days, not months later.
Before we start
What to prepare for a Shopify to WooCommerce migration.
You don't need technical knowledge to start, but a few things speed up the audit: staff access to your Shopify admin, a list of the apps you actually use (and the ones you could drop), access to your domain registrar or DNS, and Search Console access if you have it. If you bought your domain through Shopify, plan to transfer it or point its DNS to the new host.
It also helps to decide what not to move. Discontinued products, test orders, and old app data cost time to migrate and clutter the new store. A migration is the cheapest moment to clean them out.
Launch day
No downtime, and a way back.
Your Shopify store keeps selling while the WooCommerce store is built and tested on staging. Customers notice nothing until launch day, when new orders pause only for the final import and the domain switch.
Nothing on Shopify is deleted. Keep the store on Shopify's pause plan for a few weeks after launch: your data stays there as a backup, and if something critical went wrong, pointing the domain back is a quick change.
What the work should create
What you have after the move to WooCommerce.
- Every product, variant, and order accounted for
- Old Shopify URLs redirected, not returning 404s
- No monthly app subscriptions you don't need
- A store and data you fully own
Proof of work
Plugins I've built and published.
All 14 are free and open source, so you can read the code before you hire me. See every plugin.
Client feedback
What clients say.
Reviews from clients I have worked with remotely, quoted as they wrote them.
“Working with Ali was a breeze from begining to end. He was super responsive, extremely knowellegable and was a pleasure to work with. … Hire him now, we already did all the research for you.”
“Ali is one of the best I have worked with. Great English, very smart, and knowledgeable alongside producing great results. Highly recommended.”
“Did an amazing job with my website. Very professional and patient with all my requests”
“Great experience with the Ali! He was very prompt and efficiently handled my request, like an expert! I would definitely recommend him and plan to reach out again for other services!”
“Ali is great to work with. Fully understood what I wanted and got the job completed in super-fast time.”
“Ali is very professional, as my first time working with him I as very happy with the way he handled the project. i would recommend him.”
04 / The process
Clear from first conversation to launch.
You get a senior engineering partner—not a black box. The process stays direct, collaborative, and focused on outcomes.
Understand
Clarify the problem, users, constraints, and measure of success.
Architect
Shape the right product, technical plan, and delivery path.
Build
Create in focused iterations with quality visible at every step.
Launch
Test, deploy, measure, and improve with confidence.
Common questions
Shopify to WooCommerce Migration FAQs
Can customer passwords move from Shopify to WooCommerce?+
No. Shopify stores passwords as one-way hashes, so no tool can export them. Customer accounts, addresses, and order history do move. After launch, customers get an email with a link to set a new password, and their past orders are waiting in their account.
Will I lose my Google rankings?+
Not if every old URL is redirected. Shopify uses fixed patterns such as /products/, /collections/, /blogs/news/, and /pages/, including product links nested inside collections. I map each pattern to its new WooCommerce address with 301 redirects, carry over titles and meta descriptions, and check Search Console for 404 errors after launch.
How long does a Shopify to WooCommerce migration take?+
A straightforward store moves in days, including the test import and your review. Large catalogs, heavy app use, or a new design take a few weeks. You get the timeline with the quote.
What happens to the Shopify apps I rely on?+
Each app gets a decision during the audit: a WooCommerce plugin that does the same job, a feature WooCommerce already has, or a small custom plugin when nothing fits. Apps that store their own data, such as reviews, subscriptions, and loyalty points, need their own export, and that is planned before the move.
Can you keep my order history?+
Yes. Past orders import into WooCommerce with their line items, totals, and addresses, linked to the right customer by email address, without sending order emails to anyone. Orders placed during the migration are added in a final import on launch day.
Should I use Cart2Cart or LitExtension instead?+
Those services are good at copying data, and on a simple store they may be all you need. They don't decide what replaces each app, write redirect rules, set up hosting, tax, and shipping, or check that every variation landed correctly. If you'd rather own those steps yourself, the step-by-step guide on this site covers them.
How much does it cost?+
Projects start at $500. The fixed quote depends on the number of products, variants, and orders, the apps to replace, and any design work, and you get it after a short look at your store.
Can you run a test migration first?+
Yes. Every migration starts with a full test import on a staging site that you can check before anything changes on your live store. Problems found there are fixed in the mapping, not patched by hand after launch.
Do you rebuild my Shopify theme in WooCommerce?+
Shopify themes are written in Liquid and can't be installed on WordPress, so the design is rebuilt. That can mean a close match of your current look on a fast WooCommerce theme, or a redesign if you want one. The quote covers whichever you choose.
Can you migrate a Shopify Plus store?+
Yes. Plus stores often have checkout scripts or Functions, B2B price lists, and multiple storefronts, so the audit maps each of those to a WooCommerce plugin or custom code before the quote.
Moving from WooCommerce to Shopify instead?+
That direction has its own mapping and redirect rules, covered on the WooCommerce to Shopify migration page.
Start a conversation
Send your store URL and product and order counts for a fixed quote.
Tell me what you're building, where you are in the process, and what success looks like. I'll get back to you with a clear next step, usually the same day in US and UK hours.
Projects start at $500. The final quote follows the project details.
bealinawaz@gmail.com