Seamless E-Commerce Re-Platforming
Move Without
Losing a Pixel.
Outgrown your current platform? Ecommerce replatforming is complex, but it shouldn't be dangerous. We execute seamless migrations that transfer your products, customers, and order history while meticulously preserving your SEO rankings.
Full Data Integrity
We don't leave data behind. We use advanced API mapping scripts to transfer your Product Attributes, Customer Passwords, Order History, and Reviews. Your customers won't even know you switched.
SEO 301 Protection
The biggest risk in migration is losing Google traffic, and preventing that is the core of our SEO migration services. We crawl your old site and map every single URL to its new destination using 301 Redirects, ensuring you keep your hard-earned rankings.
Zero Downtime Switch
Business doesn't stop. We build your new store on a staging server. When it's perfect, we perform a final "Data Delta" sync and flip the switch instantly. No "Under Maintenance" screens.
The Migration Plan.
A structured approach to moving.
Data Audit
We analyze your current database structure. We identify custom fields, subscription data, and third-party plugin data that needs special handling.
Staging Build
We set up the new platform (e.g., Shopify or WooCommerce) on a private server. We import your data and design the new theme while your old site stays live.
SEO Mapping
We create a massive spreadsheet mapping Old URLs -> New URLs. We configure the server (htaccess or nginx) to redirect traffic automatically.
The Switch
On launch night, we pause orders on the old site, sync the last few hours of data, point the DNS to the new server, and go live.
Common Paths.
Where we move clients.
Technical Specs.
How we move data.
Common Questions
Will I lose my Google Ranking?
Not if done correctly. By using 301 Permanent Redirects, we tell Google "This page has moved here." This transfers the ranking power (link juice) to the new page.
What about customer passwords?
It depends on the platform. Shopify and WooCommerce use different encryption. Often, we migrate the account but ask customers to "Reset Password" on their first login for security.
What an ecommerce platform migration can move, and what it cannot
Every ecommerce platform migration starts with an inventory of data. Most of it can be carried over with care; some of it cannot, and it is better to know that before launch night.
- Moves well. Products with variants and attributes, categories, images, customers, order history, reviews, CMS pages and blog posts.
- Needs mapping. Custom fields, product options created by third-party apps or modules, tax classes, customer groups and B2B price lists.
- Usually cannot move. Customer passwords, because each platform stores them differently, so customers set a new one at first login. Saved cards stay with the payment provider, and gift card balances or loyalty points need a plan of their own.
Database data transfer we can verify
A database data transfer is checked with numbers, not impressions: product, customer and order counts, order totals for sample months, stock levels and a few hand-picked records compared field by field between the old and new store. We run the import at least twice, once as a rehearsal and once for real, and a final delta sync picks up orders placed in between.
301 redirect mapping
Platforms structure URLs differently, so almost every migration changes addresses. For 301 redirect mapping we combine a crawl of the old store with the pages that receive traffic according to Search Console and analytics, map each one to its closest equivalent and avoid chains of several redirects. After launch we watch Search Console for new 404 errors and keep the redirects in place for the long term, as Google's own guidance advises.
Common routes
To migrate Shopify to WooCommerce, products and customers are exported and imported with their handles preserved where possible, and Shopify's fixed /products/ and /collections/ paths are redirected to the new structure. A Magento to Shopify migration works the other way round: Shopify prescribes its own URL paths, so every Magento URL needs a redirect, and B2B features may need apps or a different approach.
Related services: site architecture planning for the new store, PrestaShop development and website and database migration to a new server.
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