We migrate Magento 1 and Magento 2 stores to Shopify and Shopify Plus — transferring products, customers, orders, and SEO rankings while giving you a platform that's easier to manage and cheaper to operate.
ZTABS Magento to Shopify Migration: We migrate Magento 1 and Magento 2 stores to Shopify and Shopify Plus — transferring products, customers, orders, and SE 300+ clients, 500+ projects. Houston, TX.
ZTABS provides magento to shopify migration — We migrate Magento 1 and Magento 2 stores to Shopify and Shopify Plus — transferring products, customers, orders, and SEO rankings while giving you a platform that's easier to manage and cheaper to operate. Our capabilities include product catalog migration, customer & order migration, seo & url redirect mapping, and more.
Migrated 25+ stores from Magento 1/2 to Shopify Plus — every migration ships with full product/customer/order data lift-and-shift, redirect maps, and a 30-day post-launch reconciliation check on revenue and SEO.
Magento is powerful but expensive to maintain. Hosting costs, security patches, extension conflicts, and the need for specialized Magento developers make it one of the most expensive e-commerce platforms to operate. For most merchants doing under $50M in annual revenue, Shopify Plus delivers the same functionality at a fraction of the total cost of ownership.
We've migrated stores from Magento 1 (end of life, critical to migrate) and Magento 2 to Shopify Plus. The migration involves far more than just moving product data. We transfer your complete product catalog (including variants, images, SEO metadata, and custom attributes), customer accounts (with password reset flows since Magento passwords can't be directly transferred), historical orders (so customer service can look up past purchases), reviews and ratings, discount and coupon structures, and tax configurations.
The hardest part of a Magento to Shopify migration is feature parity. Magento is infinitely customizable — custom checkout flows, complex pricing rules, B2B-specific functionality, multi-warehouse inventory management. Some of these features have Shopify equivalents (native or via apps), and some need custom Shopify app development.
We audit every piece of Magento functionality and create a detailed migration plan that maps each feature to its Shopify equivalent, identifies what needs custom development, and flags anything that changes in the new workflow. SEO is critical in e-commerce migrations. Your product URLs, category URLs, and blog URLs all change formats.
We create a complete redirect map (often 10,000+ URLs for a medium Magento store), handle canonical tag migration, preserve structured data (product schema, breadcrumbs, reviews), and submit updated sitemaps. We monitor rankings for every key product and category page for 60 days post-migration.
Part of our Platform Migration Services — explore all migration paths including WordPress, Magento, WooCommerce, and legacy system modernization.
Core capabilities we deliver as part of our magento to shopify migration.
Transfer all products, variants, images, descriptions, SEO metadata, and custom attributes from Magento to Shopify.
Migrate customer accounts with password reset flows and all historical order data for customer service continuity.
Create complete redirect maps for product, category, and content URLs. Preserve rankings with 301 redirects and schema migration.
Audit all Magento customizations and replicate them using Shopify apps, Shopify Functions, or custom Shopify app development.
Reconnect ERP, warehouse, payment, shipping, and marketing integrations to the new Shopify store.
Build a custom Shopify theme that matches or improves your current brand experience with mobile-first responsive design.
Our team picks the right tools for each project — not trends.
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Every magento to shopify migration project follows a proven delivery process with clear milestones.
Document every product, customer, order, extension, customization, and integration in your Magento store.
Map each Magento feature to its Shopify equivalent — native, app-based, or custom development needed.
Extract and transform product catalog, customer accounts, order history, reviews, and content for Shopify import.
Build the Shopify store — custom theme, app configurations, checkout customizations, and integration setup.
Verify product data, checkout flows, payment processing, integrations, and SEO signals in the staging store.
Execute the final data sync, switch DNS, and monitor store performance, orders, and search rankings for 60 days.
What sets us apart for magento to shopify migration.
We've built dozens of Shopify and Shopify Plus stores. We know the platform's capabilities and limitations intimately.
We understand e-commerce data models — products, variants, inventory, customers, orders — and how they map between platforms.
When Magento features don't have Shopify equivalents, we build custom Shopify apps to fill the gap.
We run parallel stores during migration and do a final data sync at cutover. No orders get lost in the transition.
Complete redirect mapping for all product, category, and content URLs. Rankings preserved or improved post-migration.
We reconnect SAP, NetSuite, warehouse, and 3PL integrations to Shopify so your operations don't skip a beat.
Projects typically start from $10,000 for MVPs and range to $250,000+ for enterprise platforms. Every engagement begins with a free consultation to scope your requirements and provide a detailed estimate.
Across our portfolio, we track delivery patterns to improve outcomes. Our internal data from 2023-2026 shows:
| Alternative | Best For | Cost Signal | Biggest Gotcha |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staying on Magento / upgrading M1 to M2 | Enterprises with heavily customized M2 already, multiple warehouse integrations, and a developer team committed to Magento. | Magento Commerce $22K–$125K/year license + $3K–$20K/month hosting + dev (indicative). | M2 TCO averages $150K–$500K/year. M1 reached EOL in 2020 and security patches require paid extensions. Staying costs more than migrating for stores <$5M GMV. |
| Shopify migration apps (Matrixify, LitExtension, Cart2Cart) | Small catalogs (<500 SKUs) with standard product data and minimal customization. | $50–$1.5K one-time (indicative). | Apps copy data but miss URL redirects, metafields, customer passwords (they won't migrate), and custom attributes. DIY app migrations typically lose 30–50% SEO and force customer password resets. |
| Boutique Shopify Plus partner (ZTABS tier) | Mid-market M2 stores ($1M–$20M GMV) wanting full data migration + SEO preservation + custom integrations. | $120–$200/hour; $30K–$200K per engagement (indicative). | We require customer password rehash planning (Shopify can't import plaintext passwords) — all customers must reset. Plan communication 2 weeks pre-cutover, otherwise cart abandonment spikes 30%. |
| Shopify Plus implementation partners (BVA, Statement, Rehash) | Enterprise Plus launches ($20M+ GMV) with B2B + wholesale + multi-currency needs. | $180–$350/hour; $150K–$1M engagements (indicative). | Premium partners are booked 3–6 months out. Expect agency-brand premium on top of similar technical work; verify they have specific Magento-to-Shopify experience — generalists miss Magento-specific gotchas. |
| In-house team migration | Companies with both Magento and Shopify expertise in-house and capacity for a 6-month parallel project. | Team time cost; typical opportunity cost $150K–$400K (indicative). | Migrations consume 50–80% of senior commerce dev capacity for 6 months. 'We'll do it internally' projects typically slip 2–3×. Agency delivery is faster + cheaper below 50,000 SKUs. |
Magento TCO vs. Shopify Plus TCO. Magento Commerce: $40K license + $80K/year hosting/ops + $120K/year dev = $240K/year. Shopify Plus: $2.3K/month ($28K/year) + $24K/year dev + $20K apps = ~$72K/year. Annual savings ~$168K. Migration cost $80K, payback under 6 months. Below $2M GMV, Shopify Plus wins clearly; above $50M GMV + heavily custom, stay on Magento or evaluate commercetools. DIY app migration vs. full-service migration. DIY: $200 app + $5K freelancer polish + hidden costs (SEO recovery $30K, customer support spike $15K, dev re-do $25K) = ~$75K real cost. Full-service: $80K upfront, predictable outcome, SEO preserved, customer notifications handled. Even after adjusting, full-service costs less on any store >$1M GMV because hidden costs dominate DIY. Payment processing savings. Magento + Authorize.net: 2.9% + $0.30 typical. Shopify Payments: 2.4% + $0.30 on Advanced plan. On $3M GMV: 0.5% savings = $15K/year. On $10M GMV: $50K/year. Shopify Payments savings alone justify the migration labor for high-GMV stores within 12 months.
Magento uses Argon2; Shopify requires bcrypt. Customers land on new site, can't log in. Fix: implement a transparent 'reset on first login' flow (user enters email, gets magic link, sets new password), AND send pre-launch email with new-site instructions. Without this, expect 30–40% of returning customers to churn on first attempted login.
Magento: /catalog/category/product-name.html. Shopify: /collections/name/products/product-name. Category pages lost 50% traffic in 4 weeks because 301s were at the category level but not individual product variants. Fix: always map OLD URLs at both category AND product AND variant level (Magento layered navigation often creates unique product-option URLs that also rank).
10 years of order history imported to Shopify but refund reasons and RMA notes were flattened to a single 'notes' field. Customer service couldn't serve historical RMA questions. Fix: preserve structured order metadata in Shopify order metafields (not the text notes field). Provide a UI in Shopify Admin that surfaces these metafields on the order view.
Magento ran recurring subscriptions via M2 Paradox or a custom module; Shopify Subscriptions (or Recharge, etc.) has different data model. 800 active subscribers had to re-opt-in — 40% churn. Fix: communicate 4+ weeks pre-cutover, use Shopify Subscription APIs or Recharge to pre-populate schedule where possible, and offer a 10% incentive for re-subscription.
Tax module was exported at time T; cutover happened 6 weeks later; CA district tax rates had changed; first week of new store over-collected by ~$2K. Fix: NEVER import tax tables from Magento. Use Shopify Tax (or Avalara/TaxJar app) which pulls rates fresh daily. Test with 20 SKU + 20 state combinations before launch.
Verified reviews from real client engagements — sourced from our public testimonial archive and Clutch profile.
My experience is throughout positive. Communication, service, the short response times and the flawless execution of a challenging topic was absolutely great. ZTABS is definitely my first choice again.
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Fintech
Fantastic Agency! I couldn't fault them even if I tried. They always go above and beyond to meet your expectations and always produces quality work. Thank you ZTABS.
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CEO · Beauty Finder Australia
Marketplace
It has been great working with ZTABS. They bounce off the ideas along the way. Amazing Experience.
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CEO · Drill Quoter
Marketplace
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Find answers to common questions about our magento to shopify migration.
Small Magento stores (under 5,000 products): 6–8 weeks. Medium stores with customizations: 8–12 weeks. Large Magento 2 stores with B2B features and complex integrations: 12–16 weeks. We provide an exact timeline after auditing your Magento installation.
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