Shopify Plus · Migration & Replatforming

Shopify Plus migration, without
the downtime drama.

Senior developer replatforms your store to Shopify Plus from BigCommerce, Magento, WooCommerce, or Shopify Advanced — with SEO preserved, customer data clean, and zero hours of downtime. Fixed-fee, milestone-based.

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Top Rated Plus on Upwork · 14 Shopify Plus migrations · 100% Job Success

The Reality

Migrations fail in three predictable ways.

After 14 of these, the pattern is clear. The migrations that go wrong don't fail at launch — they fail in pre-work, where shortcuts get baked into decisions you'll pay for for years.

What kills migrations

—SEO collapse: 30%+ organic traffic lost in week 2 from broken redirects
—Customer data mangled — orders missing, reviews lost, subscriptions dead
—Apps that don't carry over, leaving holes in checkout / cart / pricing
—Hidden Liquid/theme dependencies that break weeks after launch
—An agency that bills $50K and disappears before the rough edges show

What I deliver

+301 redirect map covering every URL — SEO holds within 5% of baseline
+Full customer + order + subscription migration, verified row-by-row
+App stack audit — what carries, what gets replaced, what gets cut
+Custom theme rebuilt fresh on Shopify Plus — no legacy tech debt
+30 days of post-launch monitoring & tuning included

The Migration

Three pillars. Every replatform.

SEO Preservation

Complete URL audit, 1:1 redirect map, structured data parity, sitemap migration. Your rankings hold within 5% of pre-launch baseline within 60 days — measured, not promised.

301s · Canonicals · CrUX continuity

Data Integrity

Customers, orders, subscriptions, reviews, gift cards, loyalty points — every record verified before cutover. Reconciliation reports signed off before we go live.

Customers · Orders · Subs

Zero-Downtime Cutover

DNS swap during your lowest-traffic window. Old store stays live as fallback for 72 hours. Rollback plan documented and rehearsed.

DNS · Fallback · Rollback

The Engagement

Four phases. Six to ten weeks. Fixed fee.

Migration Audit (Week 0)

Full diagnostic of current store, app stack, customizations, and SEO health. You receive a written migration brief with scope, timeline, fixed fee, and risk register.

Build & Data Bridge (Weeks 1–6)

Custom Shopify Plus theme built. Data migration scripts written and rehearsed. App integrations rebuilt. Weekly demos with your team.

Dress Rehearsal (Week 7)

Full cutover simulated on staging with live data sync. Your team performs end-to-end QA. Rollback procedure tested.

Cutover & Stabilize (Week 8+)

DNS swap during your low-traffic window. 30 days of monitoring, hotfix support, and SEO tuning. Full handoff doc + Loom walkthroughs.

Book a Migration Audit

30 minutes. Honest assessment. No pitch.

Submit your store URL. I'll audit your current platform, identify migration risks, and tell you honestly whether Shopify Plus is the right destination — or if you should stay where you are.

✓ Current platform audit (theme, apps, customizations)
✓ SEO baseline + risk assessment
✓ Fixed-fee proposal — only if it fits

FAQs

Migration questions, answered honestly.

How long does a Shopify Plus migration take? +

6–10 weeks depending on store complexity. Small stores (under 1,000 SKUs, standard apps) usually land at 6 weeks. Stores with custom B2B logic, subscriptions, or complex pricing tables run 8–10. The audit phase gives you the exact number before you commit.

What does a migration cost? +

$8K–$25K fixed-fee for most migrations. Pricing scales with SKU count, custom logic, and integrations — not with timeline. You get the exact number after the audit phase, in writing, before work starts.

Will my SEO survive? +

Yes — that's the central engineering problem and where most migrations fail. Every URL gets mapped 1:1 (or to its closest semantic equivalent), structured data is rebuilt, and we monitor CrUX + Search Console daily for 30 days post-launch. The contract specifies SEO performance must hold within 5% of baseline within 60 days.

What apps survive the migration? +

Klaviyo, Recharge, Yotpo, Judge.me, Postscript, Gorgias — all carry over cleanly. Anything Shopify-specific you currently use that's not on Plus needs a replacement plan, which we document in the audit. About 80% of your stack typically transfers without surgery.

Can I do this without zero downtime? +

Yes, but zero downtime is the default — the cost difference is small once the playbook is run regularly. We schedule the DNS swap for your lowest-traffic hour (usually 3–5am local) and keep the old store warm as fallback for 72 hours.

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Shopify Plus migration, without the downtime drama.