Outgrown WooCommerce and want Shopify's simplicity and reliability? Migration is very achievable, but doing it without losing data or SEO needs a careful process. Here's how it works.
What has to move
- Products, variants, images and collections.
- Customers and, where possible, order history.
- Content such as pages and blog posts.
- Your SEO footprint — URLs, rankings and redirects.
The migration, step by step
- 1. Audit and plan. List products, top-ranking URLs and must-keep features.
- 2. Set up Shopify. Create the store and rebuild the theme.
- 3. Move the data. Export from WooCommerce, import into Shopify, and confirm variants, images and stock map correctly.
- 4. Rebuild content. Recreate key pages and posts.
- 5. Set 301 redirects. Map each old URL to its new Shopify address — the single most important SEO step.
- 6. Test. Check checkout, payments, shipping, mobile and links.
- 7. Go live. Switch DNS during a quiet period and monitor closely.
The mistake to avoid
Skipping 301 redirects. Without them, old URLs return errors, Google drops them, and hard-won rankings and traffic can vanish overnight. A complete redirect map carries your SEO through the move.
How long does it take?
A simple migration can be done in a couple of weeks; bigger catalogues or heavy customisation take longer. The theme rebuild is usually the largest chunk — but it's also a chance to improve design and speed at the same time.
How Codehouse helps
We run WooCommerce-to-Shopify migrations end to end — data, theme, redirects and testing — aiming for no data loss and minimal downtime, so you keep both your customers and your rankings.
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