How to Move From Shopify to WooCommerce (Step by Step)
How to migrate an online store from Shopify to WooCommerce: why stores switch, what data moves (products, customers, orders), payment and shipping setup, redirects and launch checks.
- Products, customers and orders can be migrated; customer passwords usually can't.
- Rebuild payments, shipping and apps, and redirect old Shopify URLs.
- Test the full checkout and switch over in a quiet period.
Some growing stores move from Shopify to WooCommerce to reduce monthly app costs, gain more control, or build features Shopify makes difficult. The move is very doable with careful planning, especially around data and SEO.
Why stores switch
- Monthly subscription and app fees adding up
- Wanting full ownership and hosting choice
- Custom features, B2B pricing or complex product options
- Better content and blogging on WordPress
Compare both first in WooCommerce vs Shopify in India.
What can be migrated
- Products: titles, descriptions, images, variants, prices, SKUs, stock
- Customers: names, emails, addresses. Passwords usually can't be moved, so customers may need to reset them.
- Orders: historical orders for records
- Pages and blog posts
Migration tools or CSV exports and imports can move most data; always review results.
Step-by-step
- Set up WooCommerce on good hosting (staging first)
- Choose a fast, WooCommerce-ready theme and design the store
- Migrate products, customers and orders, then check samples carefully
- Set up payment gateways, shipping zones and taxes; see WooCommerce shipping for India
- Replace Shopify apps with WooCommerce plugins (reviews, filters, WhatsApp)
- Map old Shopify URLs (like
/products/...and/collections/...) to new WooCommerce URLs, and set up 301 redirects - Test the full purchase flow, emails and mobile checkout
- Switch the domain, submit the sitemap and monitor
Plan the switchover
- Pick a quiet sales period
- Pause changes on Shopify during the final data sync
- Tell customers about password resets if needed
- Keep the Shopify store accessible until you've verified everything
Use the WooCommerce launch checklist before going live, or see WooCommerce development and migration.
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