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Magento 2 to Shopify migration, without losing your rankings, your catalog or your customers
Magento can run almost anything, which is the catch: it takes a developer to change a template, a serious hosting bill to keep it fast, and a project every time it needs upgrading or patching. If you’re on Magento 1 you’ve been unsupported since 2020; if you’re on Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce, you’re paying in complexity and license fees for power most catalogs never use. We migrate your Magento store to Shopify with every product, attribute set and order intact, every .html URL redirected, and your content moved across. You keep your Google rankings and lose the servers, the upgrade projects and the developer on retainer.
Free migration review, a fixed quote in writing, and a reply within one business day.
Everything comes with you from Magento
301 redirects + full data migration
✓ Every Magento URL, 301-redirected
✓ Products, attributes and categories
✓ Customers and order history
✓ Your Google rankings
Why Magento owners move to Shopify
Most Magento and Adobe Commerce owners we speak to aren’t unhappy with what the platform can do. They’re tired of what it takes to keep it running. Four reasons come up most often.
It takes a developer to change almost anything
On Magento, a new section, a checkout tweak or a theme change usually means a developer, a staging environment and a deploy, so the store doesn’t move as fast as the business does. Magento developers are specialized and in short supply, which makes that work slow and expensive. On Shopify most changes happen in the admin or the theme editor, and when you do need a developer, the pool is far larger and the rates far lower.
Upgrades and security patches are projects, not clicks
Every Magento version upgrade and security patch is real engineering work, and falling behind has teeth: Magento 1 reached end of life in June 2020, so stores still on it get no security fixes and can’t stay PCI compliant. Shopify is fully hosted and upgraded for you, PCI DSS Level 1 certified, with no version to chase and no patch window to schedule.
The true cost is hosting, licenses and people
Magento Open Source is free to download, but a live store needs serious hosting, a developer or agency on retainer and steady maintenance. Adobe Commerce adds a license Adobe quotes on your sales volume, which commonly runs into tens of thousands a year. Shopify is a predictable monthly plan, and even Shopify Plus, for larger merchants, costs a fraction of what an Adobe Commerce build takes to run.
Overbuilt for how most stores actually sell
Magento’s multi-store setup, EAV catalog and layered price rules are powerful, but most merchants pay for that power in speed, complexity and maintenance while using a fraction of it. Shopify covers what you actually use, a fast storefront, a solid catalog and apps for the rest, with far less to run and a checkout built to convert.
What we move off Magento, and what we protect
Magento’s data runs deep: attribute sets, store views, customer groups, price rules. So the care in this move goes into mapping that structure cleanly onto Shopify. Here’s what moves, what we rebuild, and what needs a plan.
Products, attribute sets and configurables
We export your catalog from Magento, through System → Export for most stores or the API for larger ones, and map it onto Shopify. Simple products become products, and Configurable products, with their attribute sets and attributes, become products with options and variants, keeping SKUs, prices and images. Categories map to collections, so your catalog structure carries over.
Customers, groups and order history
Customer records, addresses and full order history move onto Shopify. Magento stores passwords hashed, so they can’t be migrated, but they don’t need to be, since Shopify signs customers in with an email and a one-time code. Customer Groups map to Shopify customer tags, or to Shopify’s B2B tools on Plus where you use them for catalog or pricing.
CMS pages, blocks and the SEO in them
Your Magento CMS pages and static blocks, and the meta titles and descriptions on your products and categories, are often what ranks. We move that content and its metadata across to Shopify pages and the blog, so the pages earning your search traffic keep earning it.
Store views, bundles and B2B, handled with a plan
A few Magento constructs have no direct Shopify equal. Multiple Store Views for languages or currencies map to Shopify Markets; Bundle and Grouped products are rebuilt with a Shopify bundle app; and Adobe Commerce B2B features such as company accounts, shared catalogs and quotes map to Shopify B2B on Plus or to apps. We scope each of these with you before launch. Stored card details never move, for PCI reasons.
Magento to Shopify, answered
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Will I lose Google rankings when I move from Magento to Shopify?
No, and this is the part we plan first. A 301 redirect tells Google a page has permanently moved and carries its ranking to the new address, so we map every Magento URL, the .html suffix and nested category paths included, to its closest Shopify page before launch, and your meta titles, CMS content and XML sitemap go with them. There is usually a week or two of reshuffling while Google recrawls the new addresses, then rankings settle. Most Magento stores come out a little ahead over the following month or two, because Shopify’s hosted stack tends to load faster and score better on the Core Web Vitals and mobile checks Google factors into ranking than a self-hosted Magento build carrying the same traffic. A lift isn’t guaranteed, but nothing about a clean redirect map and a quicker storefront works against you.
Will old Magento URLs redirect to the right Shopify pages?
Yes. Magento 2 gives product and category pages a .html suffix and nests categories in the path, while CMS pages use their own URL keys. We crawl your store to pull every live URL, strip the suffix, and map each one to its matching Shopify product, collection or page, with discontinued products pointing to their parent collection, so nothing lands on a dead end.
Can you migrate all the data from Magento 2, and from Magento 1?
Yes to both. From Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce, products and their attribute sets, Configurable variants, categories, customers and Customer Groups, order history, catalog and cart price rules, and your CMS pages all come across. Magento 1 is older and unsupported, so we export it through its data tools and the database rather than a current API, but the same catalog, customers and orders still move. Bundle and Grouped products are rebuilt with a Shopify bundle app. Stored card details never move, for PCI reasons.
I’m on Adobe Commerce with B2B: company accounts, shared catalogs, quotes. Does that move?
It does, but it’s rebuilt rather than imported, because Adobe Commerce and Shopify model B2B differently. Company accounts and buyer roles map to Shopify B2B companies and locations on Shopify Plus; shared catalogs and contract pricing map to B2B catalogs and price lists; and quote requests move to a Shopify quote app or draft-order flow. If B2B is core to how you sell, we map each piece with you before launch and recommend whether Plus or an app route fits your volume.
Will my customers have to reset their passwords?
No. Magento stores passwords hashed, so they can’t be migrated, but they don’t need to be: Shopify customer accounts sign in with an email address and a one-time code. Each customer’s addresses, order history and group move across with their record, so the only thing that changes for them is an easier login.
How long does a Magento to Shopify migration take?
Most of the time goes into mapping your catalog structure, building the URL map and testing, not the switch itself. The number of attribute sets, Configurable products, store views and integrations sets the timeline, so you get a dated plan with your quote, and we launch in your quietest traffic window.
Do you redesign the storefront, or keep it like-for-like?
Either, and you’ll get a straight recommendation on the review call. If organic search is your main channel, we launch close to your current look so nothing unsettles Google, then improve conversion in tested steps once rankings settle. If a dated Luma or custom Magento theme is holding you back, we rebuild the storefront to convert, on a custom build or a proven, conversion-focused Shopify theme, and tune the product page, cart and checkout from there.
What does a Magento to Shopify migration cost?
It depends on how many products and orders you’re moving, how complex the catalog and B2B setup are, and whether the storefront is redesigned. For most merchants the running cost on Shopify, even on Shopify Plus, comes in well under an Adobe Commerce license plus hosting and developers. After a free review of your Magento store, we send a fixed quote in writing, so the number doesn’t move unless your scope does.
How your migration runs
Your current store keeps taking orders until launch day. Most of the work happens before the switch.
01
Free migration review
A call with Shivam about your store, traffic, catalog and integrations. You get a straight answer on whether moving makes sense, then a fixed quote in writing.
02
Audit and URL map
We crawl your site, pull your top pages from analytics and Search Console, and map every URL, product field and integration before anything moves.
03
Build behind a password
Your Shopify store, theme and integrations are built and your data imported on a password-protected store while the old one keeps selling.
04
Keep what works, improve the rest
We don’t rebuild for the sake of it. Pages and layouts that already earn sales and rankings stay close to what you have, and the rest is rebuilt to Shopify’s conversion (CRO) best practices: a faster product page, a clearer cart and a shorter checkout. Where it earns its place, we add a proven Shopify app for reviews, bundles or on-site search, such as Judge.me, Rebuy or Searchanise, rather than build every feature from scratch.
05
Test and launch
Test orders, refunds and emails, plus redirect checks on your most-visited pages. We launch in your quietest traffic window, then sync any orders placed during the switch.
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Monitor and grow
After launch we watch Search Console, crawl errors and conversion rate and fix what comes up. Then, if you want, we move on to CRO and marketing.
What we put in writing
Thrivepine is a new agency with an experienced team, so we don’t have public reviews yet, and we won’t make any up. Instead, every migration is backed by a written guarantee and four commitments in your proposal.
The Safe-Switch Guarantee
Your store stays live through the move, every URL is 301-redirected and checked twice, and anything that breaks in the first 30 days after launch is fixed free. All of it at the fixed price we quote you in writing.
A fixed price
The quote is the price. It changes only if you change the scope, and you see the new number before we do the work.
Everything in your name
Your Shopify store, theme code, data, domain and app accounts belong to you from day one, so you can work with anyone after us.
Redirects checked twice
Your most-visited pages are tested before launch, and the full redirect map is crawled again after launch.
30 days of launch support
Anything that breaks in the first 30 days after launch is fixed at no extra cost.
Founding client program
Our first 10 migration clients get founding-client pricing. In return, we ask for an honest testimonial and permission to publish the project as a case study with real numbers.
Get your migration quote
Tell us where you’re moving from. Shivam reads every request himself.
What happens next
- We reply within one business day.
- You and Shivam talk through your store for 20 minutes.
- You get a fixed quote and a dated plan, in writing.
Other ways to reach us
Email [email protected]