BigCommerce to Shopify
WooCommerce to Shopify
WordPress to Shopify
Magento to Shopify
Wix to Shopify
Prestashop to Shopify
Hosting, security, and upgrades
Managed
Platform responsibilities
Shopify manages the hosted commerce platform. Your team still owns configuration, applications, storefront quality, access, privacy, integrations, and release governance.
MAGENTO TO SHOPIFY MIGRATION SERVICES
Migrate Magento to Shopify while preserving the commerce logic your business depends on.
Unified Pixel plans and delivers Magento and Adobe Commerce migrations for merchants with complex catalogs, custom attributes, extensions, integrations, multiple stores, B2B workflows, and organic search exposure.
We do more than transfer records. We translate the Magento operating model into a maintainable Shopify architecture, validate the result, and coordinate a controlled launch.
THE REPLATFORMING DECISION
A Magento migration should remove operational drag—not recreate it
Magento can support sophisticated commerce, but years of extensions, custom code, data growth, and infrastructure decisions often make ordinary changes expensive. A successful Shopify migration protects essential capabilities while simplifying the parts of the stack that no longer earn their complexity.
Reduce platform ownership overhead
Move hosting, core platform maintenance, and routine infrastructure concerns out of the day-to-day commerce backlog so internal teams can focus on merchandising, customer experience, and growth.
Make storefront changes easier
Replace tightly coupled templates and fragile release processes with reusable Shopify sections, clear content controls, and a storefront your team can update confidently.
Rationalize extensions and custom code
Document what each Magento module actually does, then keep the business requirement while choosing the best Shopify-native, app-based, or custom implementation.
Create a clearer growth platform
Design the target architecture around current markets, channels, B2B needs, integrations, and team ownership instead of carrying every historical workaround forward.
MAGENTO VS SHOPIFY
Translate platform differences before migration begins
Magento and Shopify use different models for catalogs, store scope, themes, checkout, extensions, customer accounts, and operations. We turn those differences into explicit architecture decisions so the target store behaves intentionally.
Catalog and product model
Mapped
Attributes become usable Shopify data
Attribute sets, configurable products, bundles, grouped products, categories, websites, and store-view values are mapped to products, variants, collections, metafields, metaobjects, bundles, or connected systems.
Theme and content architecture
Rebuilt
Shopify-native storefront
Magento themes and Page Builder layouts do not transfer as code. We rebuild the approved experience with Shopify templates, sections, content models, navigation, and responsive behavior.
Extensions and custom modules
Replaced
Capability by capability
Every module is assessed by business purpose, data ownership, integrations, risk, and operating cost before choosing a native feature, Shopify app, custom app, or process change.
Websites, stores, and store views
Designed
Markets, expansion stores, or consolidation
Magento scope may represent brands, domains, catalogs, languages, currencies, or business units. We decide whether Shopify Markets, multiple stores, localization, B2B catalogs, or a shared integration layer is the right target.
Administration and ownership
Simplified
Clear post-launch responsibility
Roles, merchandising workflows, data sources, release controls, documentation, and support ownership are designed so the new store can be operated without hidden migration dependencies.
DATA MIGRATION SCOPE
What can move from Magento to Shopify?
Most core commerce data can be migrated, but the destination structure and historical depth must be agreed first. We define source fields, Shopify destinations, transformations, exclusions, validation rules, and ownership for every data domain.
Catalog
- Simple and configurable products
- Variants, SKUs, prices, and media
- Categories and relationships
- Attributes, options, and custom fields
Customers and accounts
- Customer profiles and addresses
- Groups, tags, and consent fields
- Company and B2B references
- Account activation planning
Orders and history
- Orders, line items, and totals
- Taxes, discounts, and shipping
- Statuses and transaction references
- Agreed historical depth
Content and merchandising
- CMS pages and blog content
- Navigation and redirects
- Files, media, and selected reviews
- Promotions and merchandising rules
SEO and discoverability
- Legacy URL inventory
- 301 redirect matrix
- Metadata and indexation controls
- Structured-data and sitemap checks
Commerce configuration
- Inventory locations and fulfillment
- Payments, tax, and shipping
- Discounts, gift cards, and subscriptions
- Apps, APIs, feeds, and automation
WHAT DOES NOT MOVE ONE-TO-ONE
Some Magento capabilities must be transformed, rebuilt, or retired
A migration is not a database clone. We identify each mismatch early, document the target behavior, and obtain business approval before production data moves.
Customer passwords
Original passwords are not treated as portable data. We plan account activation or reset journeys, customer messaging, support scripts, and any required account-model changes before launch.
Configurable, bundle, and grouped products
Magento product relationships may need new variant structures, bundle logic, line-item properties, metafields, metaobjects, or an application. We preserve the buying requirement rather than forcing a literal copy.
Attributes and custom data
Attribute sets, layered-navigation fields, admin-only values, store-view overrides, and extension fields are classified for storefront filters, search, operations, integrations, or archival use.
Extensions and custom modules
Magento code cannot be installed on Shopify. Each capability is replaced with a native feature, vetted app, custom app, integration service, redesigned workflow, or an explicit decision to retire it.
Multi-store and localized scope
Website, store, and store-view relationships are mapped to Shopify stores, Markets, languages, domains, catalogs, pricing, permissions, and connected systems based on governance and reporting needs.
Historical and operational records
Not every log, quote, transaction artifact, CMS revision, or extension record belongs in the live Shopify admin. We decide what must be operational, searchable, referenced externally, or retained in an archive.
Discovery and dependency audit
UNDERSTAND THE MAGENTO ESTATE
Inventory data, code, extensions, storefronts, and operational dependencies
We begin with the source of truth: the live Magento environment and the people who operate it.
- Magento edition and version, hosting, environments, and release process
- Websites, stores, store views, catalogs, attributes, and record volumes
- Extensions, custom modules, cron jobs, APIs, feeds, ERP, PIM, CRM, WMS, tax, payments, and fulfillment
- SEO exposure, analytics, customer accounts, B2B, international, and compliance requirements
Target architecture and migration specification
DEFINE THE SHOPIFY MODEL
Decide how every important Magento capability will work in Shopify
Discovery becomes a written target architecture and migration matrix.
- Shopify plan, store strategy, Markets, B2B, locations, and permissions
- Product, variant, collection, metafield, metaobject, customer, company, order, and content models
- Keep, transform, merge, split, rebuild, archive, or exclude decisions
- Applications, integrations, data ownership, acceptance criteria, security, and support model
Storefront and system implementation
BUILD THE TARGET STORE
Create the Shopify experience and reconnect critical systems
We implement the target around Shopify conventions while preserving the journeys and controls the business needs.
- Responsive theme templates, reusable sections, navigation, search, filtering, and merchandising
- Product logic, customer accounts, B2B workflows, checkout extensions, tax, shipping, and payments
- ERP, PIM, CRM, 3PL, reviews, loyalty, subscriptions, marketing, analytics, consent, and custom APIs
Test migrations and reconciliation
PROVE THE TRANSFORMATION
Run representative imports before the final cutover
Early test migrations expose data and mapping problems while there is still time to correct them.
- Record counts, field-level samples, media checks, relationship validation, and exception reports
- Configurable products, bundles, pricing, inventory, customers, orders, content, and custom data
- Repeatable scripts and documented transformation rules rather than one-off manual fixes
Journey, integration, and SEO QA
TEST THE BUSINESS, NOT ONLY THE DATA
Validate real customer and operator workflows end to end
Accurate records are necessary, but the migration succeeds only when the new store works as a commerce operation.
- Browse, search, filters, product selection, account, cart, checkout, payment, email, and fulfillment
- Admin workflows, feeds, automation, analytics, pixels, consent, accessibility, performance, and responsive behavior
- Redirects, canonicals, metadata, internal links, structured data, robots directives, and XML sitemaps
Cutover and stabilization
LAUNCH WITH A RUNBOOK
Move the final delta, switch traffic, and monitor the live store
We coordinate the final sequence around operational readiness and named owners.
- Change freeze, final exports, delta import, DNS, application activation, and storefront release
- Revenue-path smoke tests, record checks, redirect tests, tracking verification, and stakeholder communications
- Issue triage, customer-support readiness, documentation, training, stabilization, and post-launch backlog
SEO MIGRATION AND URL CONTINUITY
Search visibility needs its own migration plan
Magento URLs, category paths, product suffixes, store codes, layered-navigation parameters, canonicals, and CMS routes often differ from Shopify. We crawl the source store, classify indexable pages, map valuable URLs to relevant destinations, migrate agreed metadata, and implement 301 redirects before traffic switches.
After launch, we validate redirects, internal links, canonicals, robots directives, structured data, XML sitemaps, indexation signals, analytics, and crawl errors. Redirects reduce avoidable loss; they do not guarantee unchanged rankings.
COMPLEX MAGENTO REQUIREMENTS
Plan the connected commerce stack around the new platform
The hardest migrations are usually defined by what surrounds Magento. These workstreams are discovered, designed, tested, and assigned owners alongside the storefront.
B2B and wholesale
Company accounts, buyers, catalogs, negotiated pricing, payment terms, purchase orders, tax exemptions, approvals, sales-rep workflows, and ERP ownership are mapped to the selected Shopify plan and applications.
International and multi-brand
Domains, languages, currencies, price lists, duties, tax, catalogs, inventory, content, reporting, legal entities, and regional teams inform whether to use Markets, expansion stores, or a multi-store architecture.
ERP, PIM, CRM, WMS, and 3PL
We define systems of record, identifiers, synchronization direction, events, schedules, failure handling, reconciliation, observability, access, and support ownership for every integration.
Subscriptions, loyalty, reviews, and accounts
Portable data, contractual constraints, customer identity, renewal behavior, rewards balances, review attribution, communications, and support procedures are assessed before vendors are selected.
Search, filtering, recommendations, and merchandising
Magento attributes and category rules are translated into Shopify taxonomy, collections, filters, search configuration, recommendation logic, merchandising controls, and any required specialist application.
Security, privacy, and data governance
Access, least privilege, secrets, consent, retention, regional privacy requirements, audit needs, data handling, environments, release controls, and incident ownership are included in the delivery plan.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
A documented migration—not a black-box data transfer
Deliverables make scope, decisions, validation, launch responsibilities, and known limitations visible to business and technical stakeholders.
Discovery and dependency inventory
Audited
The Magento estate and business requirements
Source environments, store hierarchy, record volumes, extensions, custom code, integrations, SEO exposure, workflows, constraints, assumptions, risks, and owners.
Target architecture and migration matrix
Defined
Destination and transformation rules
Shopify architecture, source-to-target field mapping, custom-data model, application decisions, exclusions, archival approach, acceptance criteria, and delivery sequence.
Shopify storefront and systems
Built
Maintainable implementation
Approved templates, reusable sections, content structure, product behavior, applications, integrations, analytics, consent controls, and operational configuration.
Migration and QA evidence
Reconciled
Counts, samples, exceptions, and journeys
Test results, reconciliation reports, exception logs, browser and device coverage, accessibility and performance checks, integration tests, and business acceptance records.
SEO migration package
Mapped
URLs, metadata, and indexation controls
Legacy URL inventory, redirect matrix, metadata rules, crawl comparisons, canonical and structured-data checks, sitemap validation, and post-launch monitoring plan.
Cutover, handover, and stabilization
Owned
Runbook, training, and support
Final-migration sequence, named responsibilities, communications, smoke tests, issue triage, documentation, training, known limitations, and prioritized improvement backlog.
WHY UNIFIED PIXEL
One team across platform, data, storefront, SEO, and launch
Magento replatforming crosses business operations and technical systems. We keep those workstreams connected so a decision in one area does not become an unexpected problem somewhere else.
One accountable delivery team
Strategy, Shopify architecture, UX, theme implementation, migration, integrations, SEO, QA, and launch planning are coordinated against one set of requirements and acceptance criteria.
Platform-specific judgment
We distinguish between data that can transfer, behavior that must be recreated, functionality that should change, and complexity that is safe to retire.
Visible decisions and evidence
Mappings, assumptions, exclusions, test results, exceptions, risks, owners, and approvals are documented throughout the project.
Operational readiness after launch
Training, support procedures, documentation, monitoring, stabilization, and a prioritized improvement backlog help the team take confident ownership of Shopify.
Planning a complex Magento replatform?
Share your Magento edition, store hierarchy, record volumes, extensions, integrations, B2B or international requirements, and target launch window. We will identify the decisions needed before a reliable estimate.
Magento to Shopify migration questions
Timing depends on store hierarchy, catalog and order volumes, source-data quality, custom functionality, integrations, B2B or international scope, design, approvals, and launch constraints. A focused store may take weeks; a complex Adobe Commerce replatform can take several months. Discovery should produce the schedule.
Yes, core records can usually be migrated. The important work is deciding the required historical depth, field mappings, relationships, custom data, status handling, transformations, and acceptance criteria. Test migrations verify the result before cutover.
Original passwords are generally not available as portable plain-text credentials. The project should plan account activation or password-reset journeys, customer communications, support scripts, and any change between legacy and new customer accounts.
We assess each selling model against Shopify products, variants, bundles, line-item properties, metafields, metaobjects, applications, and custom logic. The goal is to preserve the purchase and operational requirement, even when the underlying data structure changes.
Magento code does not migrate into Shopify. We inventory each extension and module, identify its business purpose and data, then choose a Shopify native feature, vetted app, custom app, external service, redesigned process, or retirement plan.
Yes, but it requires architecture work. Magento websites, stores, and store views may represent brands, catalogs, languages, currencies, domains, legal entities, or regional teams. Those needs can map to Shopify Markets, multiple stores, localized content, B2B catalogs, or shared external systems.
Normally, yes. Discovery, development, mapping, and test migrations happen while Magento continues trading. Near launch, we plan a change freeze or final-delta window to capture late products, customers, orders, inventory, and content changes accurately.
We crawl legacy URLs, classify indexable pages, map valuable destinations, migrate agreed metadata, implement 301 redirects, and validate internal links, canonicals, robots directives, structured data, XML sitemaps, analytics, and post-launch crawl errors. No responsible agency can guarantee unchanged rankings.
Yes. We can plan company accounts, buyers, catalogs, negotiated pricing, payment terms, purchase orders, tax, currencies, languages, domains, duties, regional inventory, and approval workflows. Feasibility depends on the Shopify plan, applications, and connected systems.
We combine automated counts and exception reports with field-level sampling and end-to-end journey tests. Acceptance criteria are defined for catalog data, customers, orders, content, media, redirects, applications, integrations, analytics, and operational workflows.
Useful inputs include the Magento edition and version, storefront URLs, websites and store views, record volumes, product types, extensions, integrations, and required history. We also review B2B or regional requirements, the target Shopify plan, design expectations, compliance constraints, and the desired launch window.
READY TO PLAN THE MOVE?
Bring us your Magento architecture, constraints, and target launch window.
We will review the store hierarchy, catalog, custom data, extensions, integrations, storefront, SEO exposure, B2B and international needs, and operating model to define the right migration starting point.
Discover
Map
Validate
Launch