Rising Commerce is a Shopify practice led by David Martel, a Shopify Partner since February 2017. Dave has spent more than ten years on the platform, across theme development, app integrations, migrations, performance, and the fixes that keep a live store selling. We help merchants turn a Shopify store into a faster, clearer, easier business to run. The work covers new builds and redesigns, theme customization, migrations onto Shopify, site speed, and ongoing care. Most of that work is in clothing and fashion, food and drink, health and beauty, and jewelry. You work directly with Dave. The published response time is 30 minutes, and clients on both Shopify Partners and Shopexperts describe the same pattern: a clear reply, a careful fix, and someone who is still there the next time something breaks.
Shopify Migration Services and Replatforming Specialists
Replatforming goes wrong in the details nobody listed: customers who can't log in, a category page that ranked for five years now returning a 404, reviews that never came across. A Shopify migration service exists to catch those before launch day. It moves your products, customers, order history and content from another platform, maps every old URL to Shopify's structure and replaces the apps and integrations the old store relied on.
This is a move between platforms. Redesigning a store that's already on Shopify is a different service, and so is setting up a new store with nothing to bring across. If you're running the move yourself, the platform guides linked below cover the steps; this page is about hiring someone to own it.
Compare the migration experts and agencies below, or request a quote with your current platform, product count and the integrations that must keep working.
Top-rated Shopify migration experts and agencies
Silver Carts — Your Shopify & Shopify Plus Development Partner Silver Carts is a dedicated Shopify development team helping businesses build, improve, and grow their online stores. With over 10 years of hands-on Shopify experience, we know the platform inside and out and understand what it takes to create an online store that not only looks great but works well for both businesses and their customers. Our work covers everything from designing and developing new Shopify and Shopify Plus stores to customizing existing themes, integrating third-party apps and APIs, migrating stores to Shopify, and improving website performance. Whether you're starting a new project, looking to improve your current store, or need help solving a technical challenge, we focus on finding the right solution for your business. Over the years, we've had the opportunity to work with businesses across a wide range of industries, including fashion and apparel, food and beverage, health and beauty, jewelry and accessories, pet care, and electronics. Every business has different goals and challenges, so we take the time to understand each project and approach it with the attention it deserves. At Silver Carts, we believe a successful partnership goes beyond delivering code or launching a website. Good communication, reliability, and ongoing support are just as important as the technical work itself. We want our clients to feel comfortable reaching out, asking questions, and knowing they have someone they can rely on. When you work with Silver Carts, you work directly with Taras. You'll have a direct line of communication, personal attention throughout your project, and practical solutions without unnecessary complications. Our published response time is just 30 minutes, and we're proud of the positive feedback and long-term relationships we've built through Shopify Partners and Shopexperts. We're always happy to discuss new ideas, answer questions, or help you figure out the best way forward for your Shopify store. Have a project in mind? Let's talk! Book a 30-minute consultation here: https://calendly.com/silvercarts-support/30min/ Thank you!
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I move stores from WooCommerce to Shopify and keep everything that matters: the catalog, the full order and customer history, discounts, content, and search rankings. These migrations are where WordPress depth and Shopify depth both pay off, and I have both. Years as a freelance WordPress developer, then years building on Shopify, including themes on the Shopify Theme Store trusted by 800+ stores. The hard part isn't exporting data, it's landing it in the right Shopify structure: orders that reconcile to the cent, refunds, guest customers, data buried in WooCommerce plugins, and redirects that protect your SEO. I build a custom import pipeline per store, validate it before go-live, and reconcile against the source when it's done, then set up payments, shipping, taxes, Markets, and languages so you launch a store that's actually ready. I can take the whole move to launch from payments, shipping and carrier setup, taxes, Shopify Markets and multiple languages, theme setup and customization, to the cutover itself and stick around afterward for the theme work, conversion improvements, and maintenance that follow. Happy to talk through your store and scope the move.
Dreams To Life, LLC is a trusted Shopify development agency specializing in custom store builds, theme customization, and advanced troubleshooting. With years of experience supporting eCommerce brands, we deliver scalable, high-performance Shopify solutions that drive growth and conversion. Our team combines deep technical expertise with a strong understanding of UX, design, and business strategy, allowing us to turn creative visions into powerful, functional online stores. Core Expertise: Full Shopify store setup & custom development Theme design, optimization, and maintenance App integrations & API development Speed optimization and technical debugging Migration to Shopify / Shopify Plus Ongoing support & store management At Dreams To Life, we focus on quality, reliability, and results — helping clients transform ideas into thriving online businesses.
I'm a UK based Shopify partner with 8 years of hands-on Shopify experience and over 25 years in the ecommerce industry. I specialises in custom Shopify theme development and platform migrations, helping brands move to Shopify smoothly while building fast, scalable, conversion-focused storefronts. I work with clients and agencies in the UK, and North America to deliver reliable, results-driven solutions tailored to long-term growth.
Thails is a Shopify Plus agency specializing in high-converting eCommerce experiences. Built on 8+ years of hands-on eCommerce expertise, we've helped 50+ global brands — including Absolut Elyx, Hey Harper, and GURU Beverage — grow revenue by optimizing their stores for conversion, UX, and performance. Our founder launched their first online business at 16 and has been obsessed with turning browsers into buyers ever since. That merchant-first mentality drives everything we do. What We Do: We combine custom Shopify Plus development with data-driven UX design and conversion optimization to create stores that don't just look great—they perform exceptionally. From new store launches to migrations and strategic redesigns, we partner with ambitious brands ready to scale. What Sets Us Apart: We own outcomes, not just tasks. We focus on revenue impact, not activity. Our clients average 25-35% improvement in conversion rates within the first 3 months of working together. We've been merchants ourselves. As store owners, we know that revenue is everything. We've experienced slow load times tanking conversions, poor UX killing AOV, and features that sounded good but added friction. That's why we're obsessed with optimization. We don't add complexity unless it drives growth. Every design choice, every line of code, every feature we implement is validated against one metric: Does this help your customers buy more? Results speak louder than promises. Our clients see 25-35% conversion rate improvements, reduced cart abandonment, and higher average order values. We measure success by your revenue growth, not by completion dates. Let's discuss your project now, book a call here: https://thails.com/book-free-call/ 25+ 5 Star Reviews: here and here See all our case studies here
Your partners in growth on Shopify Hi there! I'm Leighton. My team and I have been building Shopify websites for over a decade, and we've helped over 350 store owners build, launch, and grow their businesses. We specialize in helping our clients improve their conversion rates, average order values, and customer lifetime value to grow their profits through excellent design. We don't just do the bare minimum of exactly what our clients ask us to do. Instead, we provide creative suggestions, pushback, and recommendations throughout our relationship to guide you in the right direction and find hidden opportunities for growth. If you need a seasoned team who can help you grow your business, let’s find out if we’re a good fit to work together.
Since 2006, Michael has been at the forefront of ecommerce innovation. After launching and scaling his first online business to significant revenue and earning recognition in Internet Retailer's Second 500, he sold the company in 2015. Now Michael dedicates his expertise to helping other entrepreneurs succeed, combining deep technical knowledge with proven strategic insights gained from real-world experience. His services Include: E-commerce Consulting, Shopify Development, Automated Email Marketing, Website Migration, AI integration & Visibility, Website Audits, and Amazon Optimization. He utilizes AI for the following Site Pre-Design, Customer Service and Shopping Agents, CRO, Descriptions, Icon/ Graphic creation, Market Research, and more as he finds additional uses that add speed and value.
When checkout, apps, or theme architecture hold the business back, more campaigns rarely help. I work with Shopify Plus teams that need a scalable foundation and a sharper merchant experience before the next phase of growth. From custom apps and checkout extensions to migrations and integrations, I own the architecture from first diagnosis through long-term delivery. https://ocontis.studio/
I help ecommerce brands build, migrate and improve their Shopify stores. With 10+ years of Shopify experience, I’ve built and launched 40+ stores and worked with over 100 merchants on everything from theme fixes to complex migrations. Shopify Intensives — a dedicated day for your to-do list Have a backlog of improvements that keeps getting pushed back? Book a dedicated development day for theme customizations, product-page fixes, app integrations, custom functionality and other changes your store needs. We’ll review your list, set priorities and agree on a realistic plan before your booked day. Store builds & redesigns Starting fresh or outgrowing your current theme? I build and redesign Shopify stores with thoughtful layouts, custom functionality and a shopping experience that fits your brand. Migrations to Shopify Move from WooCommerce, Lightspeed, Squarespace, BigCommerce, Magento or another platform with an experienced partner handling the technical details. We’ll scope the data, integrations and store setup you need for a smooth transition. I also help with: Bundles, subscriptions and custom product options Cart and checkout improvements Shopify POS setup and migration Ongoing store support, with limited availability You’ll work directly with me, your Shopify developer. I keep things simple: clear communication, realistic expectations and practical solutions that make your store easier to shop and manage. Send me your store URL and what you’d like to tackle, or book a free 30-minute consultation to talk it through.
How to choose a Shopify migration service
Ask for migrations from your platform specifically. Moving from Magento is not the same job as moving from Wix or WooCommerce. Each platform stores products, options, customer groups and URLs differently, and the gaps show up in different places. Ask for a recent example from your platform and what went wrong on it.
Get the data scope in writing. The quote should list which records move (products, variants, images, customers, orders, reviews, blog posts, gift card balances), roughly how many of each and in what form. "Full migration" in a proposal means whatever the expert later decides it means.
Ask for the redirect plan before you sign. A capable Shopify migration expert crawls your current site, exports every indexed URL and maps each one to its new address. Anyone who plans to "set up redirects at the end" hasn't priced the work.
Insist on a test migration. One full import into the new store while it's still password-protected, checked by you against the old site. That's where wrong variant mappings, broken special characters and missing images surface, while there's still time to fix the script.
Agree the cut-over plan. Who freezes changes on the old store, when the final batch of new orders and customers moves, when the domain switches and who watches the first 48 hours. A launch planned for Friday afternoon is a red flag.
Size the team to the risk. Agencies make up 70 of the first 100 migration listings on shopexperts (September 2026). A freelancer suits a small catalogue on a standard platform. A Shopify migration agency with a project manager earns its fee when ERP, 3PL or wholesale pricing has to move too.
What moves in a migration to Shopify, and what doesn't
Most migration problems start with the assumption that everything moves the same way. It doesn't.
- Products, variants and images move well, but options often need remapping. Configurable or bundled products from other platforms may need rebuilding as variants, metafields or bundles.
- Customers: names, addresses and marketing consent move. Passwords don't, so every customer sets a new password or activates their account. Plan the invitation email and the message on the login page.
- Order history usually comes across as archived records for reference and reporting, not as orders you fulfil again.
- Reviews need their own export and import: Shopify has no built-in product reviews, so they move into whichever reviews app you use.
- Gift cards and store credit need their own step. Customers notice missing balances quickly.
- URLs change almost everywhere, because Shopify uses fixed prefixes: /products/, /collections/, /pages/ and /blogs/. Every indexed old URL needs a 301 redirect.
- Blog posts move, but the links inside them still point at old URLs until someone updates them.
- Apps don't move at all. Each plugin or extension needs a Shopify replacement or a decision to drop the feature.
SEO safeguards. Keep a full crawl of the old site. Redirect each URL to its closest match, never the homepage. Carry over page titles, meta descriptions and category text. After launch, check Search Console for new 404s daily for the first fortnight. The guide to keeping SEO through a migration goes into the redirect work in more detail.
How much do Shopify migration experts charge?
Data complexity and the number of connected systems move the price more than product count does. Typical ranges for the work:
Simple migration
$1,500 – $8,000
Small catalogue, standard data
Complex migration
$10,000 – $50,000
Large catalogue, custom data, integrations
Enterprise replatform
$50,000 – $250,000+
Plus, B2B, multiple stores and systems
On shopexperts, 71 of the first 100 migration listings have claimed profiles, and their published starting prices run from $40 to $10,000, median $500 (September 2026). Those are entry points for small jobs. A full replatform gets quoted after the expert has seen your data.
What moves the price: product types that need restructuring, years of order history, multi-language or multi-currency content, how many apps need replacing, and whether an ERP, PIM or 3PL integration has to be rebuilt. The migration cost guide has more detail. To get a quote, send record counts from your current platform (products, customers, orders) and the list of apps and integrations the new store has to replace.
What ecommerce migration services cover on Shopify
Six workstreams, and a good plan names one owner for each:
Migration audit
Data, URLs, apps and integrations inventoried before the quote
Data migration
Products, customers, orders, reviews and content imported and checked
Redirect mapping
Every indexed URL mapped to its new Shopify address with a 301
App and integration replacement
Plugins replaced, ERP and 3PL connections rebuilt and tested
Storefront rebuild
Theme set up so key templates match or improve on the old site
Cut-over and launch
Final data sync, domain switch and post-launch checks
Questions about ecommerce replatforming to Shopify
Yes, in almost every case. The new store is built and tested while the old one keeps trading, and customers only see the change when the domain moves. The risk window is short but real: orders and new accounts created on the old platform in the final days have to come across in a last sync. Plan the switch for your quietest trading hours, and keep the old platform running until you've confirmed nothing was missed.
Usually, yes. Magento stores often carry configurable products, customer groups with their own pricing, several store views and custom extensions built up over years. Each needs a Shopify equivalent: variants and metafields for configurable products, customer-specific pricing that may depend on your Shopify plan, and Shopify Markets where store views exist for different countries. Ask how the expert handles each one, and read the Magento guide linked below for the platform detail.
Only if the old design can't come across anyway. Changing platform and design together means that if traffic or conversion dips after launch, you can't tell which change caused it. The safer order is to migrate onto a theme that keeps your current structure and navigation, let things settle for a few weeks, then redesign. Stores leaving a heavily customised platform often have no choice, and that's fine if the redirects and tracking are solid.
Admin access to the old platform, plus database or API access if the expert asks for it. A list of every app, plugin and integration with what it does. Access to analytics and Search Console. Then the decisions only you can make: how many years of orders to bring, whether to move inactive customers, and which features to drop rather than replace. Those decisions shape the quote.
Keep it running, read-only, for a few months. You'll need it for order lookups, returns on pre-migration orders, accounting records and checking any old URL that turns up as a 404 later. Take a full data export before you cancel the subscription or hosting, and only cancel once the domain points to Shopify and the redirects have been confirmed working.
It should, and the length belongs in the contract. The first few weeks surface problems no test catches: a payment method failing for one country, an email flow still linking to old URLs, an accounting or marketplace feed rejecting the new order format. Ask how long the post-launch window runs, what counts as a migration defect rather than new work, and how fast the expert responds during it.