The Magento to Shopify Migration Checklist We Use on Every Project

Every failed Shopify migration we've been asked to fix after the fact failed for one of three reasons: incomplete data migration, missing SEO redirects, or no real load testing before launch.

Data migration needs to cover more than products — customer accounts, order history, and metafield-equivalent custom data all need a mapping plan before a single record moves.

SEO redirect mapping is the step most agencies rush. Every indexed Magento URL needs a 301 to its Shopify equivalent, not just a blanket redirect to the homepage — that's how brands lose 40-60% of organic traffic in a migration.

Finally, run the new store in parallel on a staging environment under simulated peak traffic before cutover. It's the difference between a quiet Tuesday launch and a Black Friday outage.