Migrate your webshop to Shopify, from any platform.

Ask for demonstrable GSC data from before and after a previous migration project. Ask how they handle WooCommerce subscriptions, custom product attributes, and integrations that break after go-live. An agency that answers these questions sharply and without hesitation understands the work. An agency that deflects into general talk about 'Shopify expertise' and references without concrete data doesn't understand the risk in your situation.

No. A professionally run migration happens entirely in parallel with your live WooCommerce store. The new Shopify environment is built, tested, and approved before DNS is switched over. Actual downtime during a correctly executed DNS switch is a few minutes at most. A shop that goes offline for days during a migration is working with an agency that doesn't have the infrastructure under control.

The direct migration costs are usually predictable. The hidden costs sit in Shopify apps that replace free WordPress plugins, higher transaction fees if you don't process payments through Shopify Payments, and hours lost to a poorly prepared redirect structure. An honest agency puts these cost items on the table upfront, including the monthly Shopify fees and the app ecosystem that actually fits your shop.

Yes, but with nuance. Customer data and order history are technically exportable from WooCommerce and importable into Shopify. The problem is in the mapping: custom fields, custom order statuses, and linked user roles don't always translate one-to-one. A structured data scope upfront determines what comes across, what needs manual handling, and what you accept losing.

That depends entirely on the size and complexity of your shop. A standard store with fewer than 500 products and no custom integrations can realistically go live in four to six weeks. Shops with a thousand or more products, ERP connections, or custom attributes need ten to sixteen weeks. Any agency that promises a fixed deadline without first understanding your data structure shouldn't be trusted on this point.

This is exactly where most migrations go wrong. WooCommerce Subscriptions has its own data structure that doesn't exist natively in Shopify. Active subscriptions need to be moved manually or via a specialised migration tool, depending on your payment provider. Raise this explicitly with any agency you're considering, a vague answer here is a serious warning sign.

Not if the migration is done correctly. Full 301 redirect mapping isn't optional, it's the foundation of any responsible migration. Every existing URL, including product pages, categories, and blog posts, needs to be redirected one-to-one to its new Shopify URL. Agencies that skip this step or do it halfway cause structural ranking loss. At Groove Digital, redirect implementation is a mandatory part of every migration recipe.