How to Migrate from Magento to Shopify. 2022 All In On Guide

MAGENTO TO SHOPIFY Choose your scenario A tool/service - automatically migrates data, simple, dast. secure, moneywise

Copy-pasting data by hand , tech skills required, not for Large stores

Involves an agency, more reliable than manual, however, it's also timeand money-consuming.

Manage your Magento store BACKUP DATA The Cart2Cart service does not delete any data from your Magento store during the switch.

However, to ensure data security and avoid all related risks, it is highly recommended to backup your database.

STORE AUDIT Perform an audit to create an accurate inventory of all your Magento data (such as products, categories, customers, passwords, orders, reviews, and others).

FIND ACCESS DETAILS To connect your stores, find the current Magento store access data - the URL and FTP/SFTP/SSH/cPanel credentials.

Get your Shopify store ready

CHOOSE A THEME First, choose a default Shopify theme and don’t make any customizations until the migration is complete. You can choose the theme you want after the data is transferred. .

INSTALL THE NECESSARY APPS/FEATURE If there are user reviews on your Magento that need to be transferred to Shopify, we recommend installing the Product Reviews app (free).

ESTIMATE THE PRICE Use the Migration Estimator feature to calculate the exact price for your specific migration case (that depends on the amount of data and additional migration options)

YOU'RE ALL SET TO START A MIGRATION !

Connect your Shopping Carts Select Magento store from the drop-down menu Enter the URL of your web store Install Connection Bridge on your Magento See video tutorial: https://youtu.be/gH6KE8B9P2M

Install the Migration for Shopify App to connect to your newly-established Shopify store

In the Migration Wizard, specify the entities you want to transfer: products, customers, orders, manufacturers, reviews, etc. or all of them together

ADVISABLE MIGRATION OPTIONS (ADDITIONAL) Create 301 redirects Preserve order IDs Change products quality Migrate categories, products, SEO urls

Map Customer Groups & Order Statuses

OT ES N O D RT 2CA R T R YOU CA PS E T RA ROU ES G G I M S ER ATU TOM T S S U C ER ORD D N A

INSTEAD

It allows you to match your Magento store customer groups and order statuses with the corresponding ones on your new Shopify store

Perform data mapping

Match Stores, Order Statuses, Order Fullfillment Statuses, Customer Groups of your Magento to the corresponding ones on your Shopify

Data will migrate accordingly to the set relations

It allows you to transfer a limited number of entities in about 10-30 minutes.

It is highly recommended not to Demo migration step to check the functionality of Cart2Cart during the process.

Check the results: make sure to check the migrated data in the backend, as it is not always visible in the Shopify frontend.

What Should You Do Once the Migration Is Complete?

1. Test your Shopify storу Make sure the domain name is active The navigation links are working correctly See if the products are visible in the catalogs and the onsite search is working Check the menus, header, footer, and within the pages Run a test purchase

2. Find the apps you need with Shopify store

3. Invite customers to reactivate their accounts