Disclosure:We assessed ourselves against the same criteria applied to every agency here. Our Shopify migration services page covers scope and pricing.
- A botched WooCommerce to Shopify migration can drop organic traffic by 30% or more if redirect mapping is incomplete
- WooCommerce plugin replacement accounts for more post-migration surprises than any other single factor
- UK WooCommerce to Shopify migration projects range from £5,000 for simple stores to £35,000+ for complex builds with subscriptions and bespoke integrations
Yes, you can migrate from WooCommerce to Shopify without losing SEO rankings – but only if the agency maps every URL to its Shopify equivalent and implements 301 redirects before launch. Shopify uses a fixed URL structure that differs from WooCommerce’s WordPress-style paths, so product, category, blog post and tag URLs all change. An agency that treats redirects as an afterthought will hand you a store that technically works and an organic traffic profile in decline. The agencies on this list treat redirect mapping as a core deliverable, not a checkbox.
Quick picks
- Best migration-first agency with eCommerce Awards recognition: Fourmeta (London, Best New Website Launch 2024 and 2026)
- Best governance-led migration with SEO and data-risk control: Webdigita (from £11,000, 40% below UK market average)
- Best for WooCommerce data migration with blog and content preservation: Charle Agency (dedicated WC to Shopify process)
- Best for merchants with subscription plugins to replace: Swanky Agency (FutureYou Cambridge subscription migration case study)
- Best for continuity of support after migration: Blubolt (same team handles migration and post-launch retainer)
What makes WooCommerce to Shopify migration different from other platform moves
Magento migrations are usually about escaping infrastructure complexity. BigCommerce migrations are usually about escaping limited customisation. WooCommerce migrations are about something else: escaping WordPress.
The migration challenge specific to WooCommerce is that the entire store is built on top of WordPress, which means three things that Magento or BigCommerce migrations do not typically face.
First, the content layer. WooCommerce stores often have years of WordPress blog content, category pages, author archives and tag pages that generate organic traffic. Shopify structures content differently – blogs, collections and tags all work on different URL patterns. Every content URL that changes without a redirect is a traffic leak.
Second, the plugin dependency problem. WooCommerce stores run on plugin stacks with no direct Shopify equivalent. The table below maps the most common WooCommerce plugins to their Shopify replacements. An agency that has not done this analysis before migration starts will find it during launch week.
| WooCommerce plugin | What it does | Shopify equivalent | Migration complexity |
|---|---|---|---|
| WooCommerce Subscriptions | Recurring billing | Recharge or Recurly | High – subscriber data requires careful mapping |
| Yoast SEO | Meta titles, descriptions, sitemaps | Shopify SEO fields + app (Plug In SEO, SEOnt) | Medium – meta data must be migrated field by field |
| WooCommerce Bookings | Appointment scheduling | Sesami or BookThatApp | High – booking data and logic needs rebuilding |
| WPML / Polylang | Multilingual content | Shopify Markets or Weglot | High – language structure differs fundamentally |
| WooCommerce Memberships | Gated content access | Bold Memberships or Locksmith | High – member records and access rules |
| WooCommerce Points and Rewards | Loyalty programme | LoyaltyLion or Smile.io | Medium – points balances need migrating |
| WooCommerce PDF Invoices | Invoice generation | Order Printer or Sufio | Low – configure new app |
| WooCommerce Shipping | Shipping rules | Shopify Shipping or Shippit | Low to medium – rule recreation |
| Gravity Forms | Custom forms | Shopify Contact Form + apps | Medium – complex form logic needs rebuilding |
| WP Rocket | Page caching / speed | Not needed – Shopify handles caching | None – decommission |
| Wordfence / Sucuri | WordPress security | Not needed – Shopify handles security | None – decommission |
Third, the hosting and maintenance overhead that disappears. WooCommerce merchants moving to Shopify consistently report a significant reduction in ongoing technical maintenance – no more WordPress core updates, no more plugin conflicts, no more PHP version management. That relief is real, but the migration to get there requires more careful planning than most merchants expect.
Quick comparison: 9 WooCommerce to Shopify migration agencies
| # | Agency | Best for | UK Base | Shopify Status | Migration from | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fourmeta | Migration-first positioning, SEO-conscious transfers | London | Plus Partner | WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix | £££ |
| 2 | Webdigita | Governance-led migration, SEO and data-risk control | London / Reading / Birmingham | Partner | WooCommerce, Magento | £££ |
| 3 | Charle Agency | WooCommerce data and content migration depth | London | Plus Partner | WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce | £££ |
| 4 | Kubix | Hundreds of WooCommerce migrations, discovery-led | Liverpool / Birmingham | Plus Partner | WooCommerce, Magento, other platforms | £££ |
| 5 | Swanky Agency | Subscription migration, DTC brands, Platinum Partner | Exeter | Platinum Partner | WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, SFCC | ££££ |
| 6 | Blubolt | Same team for migration and post-launch retainer | UK | Plus Partner | WooCommerce, Magento, bespoke platforms | £££ |
| 7 | Due North | SEO preservation focus, CRO integration | UK | Shopify Partner | WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce | £££ |
| 8 | Limely | Data, rankings and momentum preservation | UK | Shopify Partner | WooCommerce, other platforms | £££ |
| 9 | Eastside Co | Enterprise WooCommerce migrations, 500+ Shopify builds | London / Birmingham | Platinum Partner | WooCommerce, Magento, Salesforce, custom | £££££ |
How we selected and ranked these agencies
I evaluated nine agencies against four criteria: a dedicated WooCommerce to Shopify migration service page with explicit process detail, evidence of completed WooCommerce migrations from public case studies or client reviews, UK presence confirmed from public sources, and Shopify Partner or Plus Partner status. Ranking prioritises migration specialism over general Shopify capability – an agency that builds Shopify stores but treats migration as an occasional add-on is not the same as one with a documented migration methodology.
Pricing key: £££ = mid-market (£8,000-£18,000 project) · ££££ = established (£18,000-£35,000 project) · £££££ = enterprise (£35,000+ project)
Agency profiles
1. Fourmeta
The London Shopify Plus agency whose entire positioning is built around platform migration rather than new builds – and whose award wins are for launch quality, not design awards
- Specialisms
- Shopify Plus migrations from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix and custom platforms, headless Shopify builds, UX/UI design, CRO, AI search optimisation, post-launch growth retainers
- Office Locations
- London (primary), with project delivery teams across Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Notable Clients
- Dan John (Shopify Plus headless migration, eCommerce Awards 2024), Luly Yang (Shopify redesign and migration, eCommerce Awards Best New Website Launch 2026)
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Plus Partner
- Pricing
- £££ (mid-market to established)
Why choose Fourmeta
- Their agency description explicitly states they focus on helping brands move from platforms like Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and Wix – migration is the core service, not a secondary capability that sits below new builds in their service hierarchy
- eCommerce Awards Best New Website Launch in both 2024 and 2026 – independently judged awards for launch quality on live trading stores, which directly validates the output of their migration process rather than their pitch deck
- Migration is framed as a “strategic reset” rather than a data transfer exercise – they align platform capabilities with long-term growth goals before writing a single line of code, which is the approach that prevents the post-migration regret that comes from treating replatforming as a lift-and-shift
Evidence sources: fourmeta.co.uk (migration-first positioning confirmed, WooCommerce migration page, multiple platform migration pages), eCommerce Awards records (2024 and 2026 Best New Website Launch confirmed), multiple independent UK Shopify agency roundups (2025-2026)
Ideal for
WooCommerce merchants moving to Shopify Plus who want a migration-first agency with a documented methodology, proven award-winning launch quality and genuine expertise in SEO preservation and data integrity across platform moves.
Think twice if
You are on standard Shopify (not Plus) with a simple store and a small product catalogue. Fourmeta’s model is optimised for complex migrations – a simple WooCommerce store with 50 products and a standard theme is probably not the project they will do their best work on.
2. WEBDIGITA
WooCommerce to Shopify migration with WordPress content and plugin risk mapped before the first line of code – priced approximately 40% below the UK market average
- Specialisms
- WooCommerce to Shopify migration, Shopify maintenance and support, eCommerce migration governance, SEO redirect mapping, plugin gap analysis, data and content migration, post-launch retainer
- Office Locations
- London, Reading, Birmingham
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Notable Clients
- Long-term eCommerce partnerships averaging 8-10 years across B2B and D2C sectors
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Partner
- Pricing
- From £11,000 – approximately 40% below the UK market average of £18,500 for comparable WooCommerce to Shopify migration engagements
Why choose Webdigita
- Migration planning starts with a WordPress content and plugin audit – every WooCommerce plugin is mapped to its Shopify equivalent before scope is fixed, which surfaces the subscription replacement, custom checkout logic and membership functionality problems that catch other agencies out mid-project
- SEO redirect mapping is treated as a parallel workstream to the build, not an afterthought – every URL that changes (product, collection, blog post, category page) gets a 301 redirect before the domain points to Shopify
- Pricing from £11,000 is approximately 40% below the UK market average of £18,500 for comparable mid-complexity WooCommerce to Shopify migrations – lower cost reflects a leaner team structure, not a shorter process or cut corners on redirect mapping
Evidence sources: webdigita.co.uk (shopify-migration, woocommerce-maintenance-services, client testimonials), LinkedIn (11-50 employees, founded 2016, London/Reading/Birmingham)
Ideal for
UK WooCommerce merchants generating £300k to £5M who want a governance-led migration with plugin gap analysis, SEO redirect mapping and WordPress content preservation built into the project scope from day one – at mid-market pricing.
Think twice if
You need a Premium Partner for a formal enterprise procurement process.
View Webdigita Shopify migration services →
Webdigita produced this guide and appears at position 2. The same evaluation criteria were applied to our agency as to every other entry on this list.
3. Charle Agency
The London Shopify Plus agency with one of the most detailed WooCommerce migration pages in the UK market – blog posts, reviews, comments and content pages included as standard, not extras
- Specialisms
- WooCommerce to Shopify migration, Shopify Plus development, SEO, GEO, CRO (SiteLab retainer), email marketing, HelpDesk maintenance retainer
- Office Locations
- London (Vauxhall)
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Notable Clients
- Cambridge Satchel, Billionaire Boys Club, 111SKIN, Muc-Off, Gilbert Rugby, Tropic Skincare, Lando Norris Store
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Plus Partner
- Pricing
- £££ (mid-market to established)
Why choose Charle Agency
- Their WooCommerce migration service explicitly covers blog posts, content pages, reviews and comments alongside the standard product, customer and order migration – most agencies treat WordPress content as an afterthought and charge for it separately when it surfaces as a problem during the project
- Technical SEO is managed by their in-house SEO team in parallel with the migration build – Shopify’s fixed URL structure means product URLs, collection URLs and blog URLs all change, and Charle’s in-house SEO involvement during build rather than post-launch is a meaningful differentiator
- 150+ Shopify launches with a dedicated migrations team rather than assigning migration work to the same developers who handle new builds – the pattern recognition from repeated migration projects is what catches the edge cases that first-time migrations miss
Evidence sources: charle.co.uk (WooCommerce to Shopify migration page, content migration scope confirmed, SEO in-house confirmed, 150+ launches confirmed, dedicated migrations team confirmed), Shopify Partner Directory (Plus Partner status, client reviews)
Ideal for
WooCommerce merchants with significant WordPress blog content or product review archives who cannot afford to lose that content or the organic traffic it generates – and who want in-house SEO involvement during the migration build, not after launch.
Think twice if
Your WooCommerce store is enterprise-scale with complex ERP integrations, multi-warehouse operations or sophisticated B2B pricing logic. Charle’s sweet spot is mid-market D2C and retail – for complex B2B WooCommerce migrations the enterprise agencies at positions 5 or 9 are better fits.
4. Kubix
The Liverpool and Birmingham Shopify Plus agency that has handled hundreds of WooCommerce migrations and whose discovery-led data strategy process sets up the migration before a staging environment is built
- Specialisms
- Shopify Plus migrations from WooCommerce and other platforms, Shopify Plus builds, SEO, performance optimisation, paid media, ongoing support
- Office Locations
- Liverpool, Birmingham
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Notable Clients
- Reebok, The English Distillery, Mous, Stashed Products
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Plus Partner (since 2016)
- Pricing
- £££ (mid-market to established)
Why choose Kubix
- Hundreds of client migrations from WooCommerce and other platforms is a meaningful volume claim – at that scale, the edge cases in WooCommerce data structures (custom post types, attribute handling, product bundle structures) are familiar rather than novel
- Their migration process starts with a discovery session to identify early challenges, followed by a staging-environment data assessment, then a deep dive session with the client to confirm scope – they are doing the data analysis before committing to a migration plan, not after
- Liverpool and Birmingham bases provide accessible in-person access for Midlands and Northern England merchants who want face-to-face involvement during project milestones rather than working entirely remotely
Evidence sources: kubixmedia.co.uk (WooCommerce to Shopify migration page, hundreds of migrations confirmed, discovery-led process confirmed, staging data assessment confirmed), Shopify Partner Directory (Plus Partner since 2016, Reebok and Mous case studies)
Ideal for
WooCommerce merchants in the Midlands or North of England who want in-person discovery sessions with an experienced Shopify Plus Partner – particularly brands with complex product data structures that need careful pre-migration analysis before scope is confirmed.
Think twice if
Your WooCommerce store has a large subscription customer base requiring careful subscriber data migration. Kubix’s strongest evidence is in product and data migrations – for subscription-specific complexity Swanky at position 5 has more documented specialism.
5. Swanky Agency
The Shopify Platinum Partner with published WooCommerce migration case studies that cover subscription commerce – the most technically demanding WooCommerce plugin replacement scenario
- Specialisms
- Shopify Plus migrations from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, SFCC and custom platforms, subscription commerce, CRO, full-funnel marketing, internationalisation, Klaviyo
- Office Locations
- Exeter (UK HQ), Australia, France
- Team Size
- 51-100
- Notable Clients
- HelloFresh, Huel, Wilkinson Sword, Hotel Chocolat, FutureYou Cambridge (WooCommerce subscription migration), Salon Supplies and Furniture (accelerated WooCommerce migration)
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Platinum Partner
- Pricing
- ££££ (established to enterprise)
Why choose Swanky Agency
- FutureYou Cambridge case study documents a subscription commerce migration from WooCommerce to Shopify Plus covering systems integration, frontend UX improvements and tech stack consolidation – this is the most complex WooCommerce migration scenario and Swanky has a published record of having completed it
- 30+ migrations documented across WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce and SFCC with a structured process covering tech consultancy pre-migration, data migration with redirect mapping, and post-launch growth services – the breadth of source platform experience means they understand the data structure differences that cause problems during migration
- Shopify Platinum Partner status with UK, Australia and France offices means genuine capacity and timezone coverage for merchants trading internationally who cannot afford to take their store offline during business hours in multiple territories
Evidence sources: swankyagency.com (migration page, FutureYou Cambridge case study confirmed, Salon Supplies case study confirmed, 30+ migrations confirmed), Shopify Partner Directory (Platinum Partner), multiple independent UK agency roundups (2025-2026)
Ideal for
WooCommerce merchants running subscription-based stores who need to migrate WooCommerce Subscriptions to Shopify-compatible subscription apps – and DTC brands trading internationally who need migration and post-launch growth under one agency relationship.
Think twice if
Your WooCommerce store is B2B or operates in a sector outside Swanky’s DTC and subscription specialism. Their model is built for DTC growth brands – a B2B WooCommerce store with trade pricing and account-based ordering logic will require different expertise.
6. Blubolt
The Shopify Plus agency whose 400+ project track record is built on migrations specifically – and whose post-launch retainer is handled by the same team that delivered the migration
- Specialisms
- Shopify Plus migrations from WooCommerce, Magento and bespoke platforms, tech stack simplification, ongoing support retainers, performance optimisation, fashion and lifestyle eCommerce
- Office Locations
- UK
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Notable Clients
- Never Fully Dressed, WYSE London, Bella Freud, Snowdonia Cheese, JING Tea
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Plus Partner
- Pricing
- £££ (mid-market to established)
Why choose Blubolt
- 400+ eCommerce projects built around helping established brands move to Shopify Plus and simplify complex tech stacks – their delivery history is migration-weighted rather than new-build weighted, which creates a different quality of knowledge about what goes wrong during the first 90 days after launch
- The same team handles migration and the post-launch retainer – there is no knowledge transfer from the project team to a separate support team, which eliminates the gap where most post-migration incidents occur when the people who know the codebase are already on the next project
- Reputation for tech stack simplification during migration – they actively identify WooCommerce plugins that can be decommissioned rather than replaced, which reduces the Shopify app stack and the ongoing maintenance surface area of the new store
Evidence sources: blubolt.com (400+ projects confirmed, WooCommerce and Magento migration capability, tech stack simplification positioning), multiple independent Shopify agency roundups (2025-2026), client case studies (Never Fully Dressed, WYSE London)
Ideal for
Fashion, lifestyle and retail WooCommerce merchants who want the migration and post-launch maintenance handled by the same team – particularly those with bloated WooCommerce plugin stacks that need simplifying as part of the move.
Think twice if
You need enterprise-scale SLA coverage or formal Platinum Partner credentials for a procurement process. Blubolt operates at boutique scale – strong quality and retention record, lower team capacity ceiling than Swanky or Eastside Co.
7. Due North
The UK migration agency with a free ROI calculator on their WooCommerce to Shopify page – a credibility signal that agencies confident in their migration outcomes actually build
- Specialisms
- WooCommerce to Shopify migration, SEO preservation, CRO integration, custom functionality replication, data migration, ongoing support
- Office Locations
- UK
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Notable Clients
- UK eCommerce brands in retail and D2C sectors (portfolio on website)
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Partner
- Pricing
- £££ (mid-market)
Why choose Due North
- A free migration ROI calculator on their WooCommerce to Shopify page is a credibility signal – agencies who are confident in their migration outcomes build tools to quantify them before a conversation starts; agencies who are less certain avoid putting numbers in front of prospects early
- CRO specialists analyse the store layout and functionality during migration rather than post-launch – treating the migration as an opportunity to improve the store rather than replicate it is the approach that generates conversion lift in the 60 days after launch
- Custom functionality replication confirmed as a service – if your WooCommerce store has bespoke features that do not exist in the Shopify app store, Due North documents them and rebuilds rather than asking merchants to accept a reduced feature set on launch day
Evidence sources: duenorth.co.uk (WooCommerce to Shopify migration page, ROI calculator confirmed, CRO integration confirmed, custom functionality replication confirmed)
Ideal for
WooCommerce merchants with bespoke functionality that needs rebuilding on Shopify, or those who want a CRO-focused migration agency that treats the replatform as a conversion improvement opportunity rather than a data transfer project.
Think twice if
You need formal Shopify Plus Partner credentials or a large team for an enterprise-scale migration. Verify their active migration portfolio and current team size in discovery before committing.
8. Limely
The UK Shopify agency whose WooCommerce migration service explicitly commits to preserving data, rankings and momentum – the three things merchants most commonly lose in a poorly managed migration
- Specialisms
- WooCommerce to Shopify migration, Shopify development and builds, SEO preservation, data integrity, product and content migration
- Office Locations
- UK
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Notable Clients
- UK retailers and D2C brands (portfolio on website)
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Partner
- Pricing
- £££ (mid-market)
Why choose Limely
- Their WooCommerce to Shopify migration page leads with “without losing data, rankings or momentum” – the three things that most commonly go wrong in WooCommerce migrations, framed in the order merchants care about them most
- Full product, customer and content migration with SEO preservation is confirmed as the service scope – not just product and customer data with redirects as an optional extra
- UK-based team with accessible pricing for merchants who have not yet reached the revenue level where a Platinum Partner fee structure is justified but want a proper migration process rather than a freelancer with a migration app
Evidence sources: limely.co.uk (WooCommerce to Shopify migration page confirmed, data/rankings/momentum positioning confirmed, SEO preservation scope confirmed)
Ideal for
Mid-market WooCommerce merchants who need a structured migration with genuine SEO preservation but whose store complexity and budget does not justify a Platinum Partner fee structure – a sensible step up from doing it yourself or using a migration app.
Think twice if
Your WooCommerce store has complex subscription logic, B2B pricing or large-scale custom functionality. Verify their track record on stores of comparable complexity to yours before signing.
9. Eastside Co
One of the first three Shopify Plus Partners in the UK, with 500+ Shopify builds and a track record of enterprise WooCommerce migrations that includes brands from Volkswagen to Chelsea FC
- Specialisms
- Shopify Plus migrations from WooCommerce, Magento, Salesforce and custom platforms, custom Shopify app development, UX design, SEO, retention marketing, strategic retainers
- Office Locations
- London (Soho), Birmingham, New York, Hamburg
- Team Size
- 80+ in-house (no freelancers, no outsourcing)
- Notable Clients
- Volkswagen, Unilever, Chelsea FC, Carex, Tatti Lashes, Sneak Energy, Route One
- Shopify Status
- Shopify Platinum Partner
- Pricing
- £££££ (enterprise)
Why choose Eastside Co
- One of the first three Shopify Plus Partners in the UK, since 2012, with 500+ Shopify stores and 70+ Plus builds – at that volume, every edge case in WooCommerce data migration (subscription handling, custom post types, complex variant structures, legacy order data) is a familiar problem with a documented solution
- 80+ in-house specialists with no outsourced developers – the team working on your migration is the same team available at 11pm when the post-launch monitoring finds something wrong
- They build their own Shopify apps, which is relevant for WooCommerce migrations where bespoke plugin functionality cannot be replaced by an off-the-shelf Shopify app and requires custom development to rebuild on the new platform
Evidence sources: LinkedIn (80+ in-house team confirmed), Shopify Partner Directory (Platinum Partner, 500+ builds confirmed), agency website (migration services, custom app development, Volkswagen and Chelsea FC case studies), Companies House (UK entity since 2012)
Ideal for
Enterprise WooCommerce merchants with custom plugin functionality that needs rebuilding as a Shopify app, complex ERP integrations, or legacy data dating back 10+ years that requires careful pre-migration audit and custom scripting to move cleanly.
Think twice if
Your WooCommerce store is mid-market below £2M revenue. Eastside Co’s Platinum Partner scale, 80-person team and pricing are calibrated for enterprise engagements – a mid-market migration is likely outside the project size they prioritise.
How to choose the right WooCommerce to Shopify migration agency
What your WooCommerce store complexity tells you about which agency fits
| Store situation | Migration complexity | Budget range | Agencies on this list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard WooCommerce, under £500k revenue, no subscriptions | Low to medium | £5,000-£12,000 | Limely, Due North |
| Mid-market WooCommerce, £500k-£2M, some custom plugins | Medium | £11,000-£18,500 | Webdigita, Charle, Kubix, Blubolt |
| WooCommerce with active subscriptions and subscriber data | High – subscription migration | £18,000-£35,000 | Swanky Agency |
| WooCommerce with significant WordPress blog content driving SEO | Medium to high – content layer | £12,000-£25,000 | Charle Agency, Webdigita, Fourmeta |
| Complex bespoke WooCommerce with custom-built plugins | High – custom app rebuild | £25,000-£60,000+ | Eastside Co, Fourmeta |
| Enterprise WooCommerce with ERP, 3PL and complex integrations | Very high | £35,000-£100,000+ | Eastside Co |
Questions to ask every agency before signing a migration contract
- Show me your redirect mapping process. Ask to see a sample redirect file from a previous WooCommerce to Shopify migration. If they cannot produce one or describe the process vaguely, they are treating redirects as a post-launch task
- How do you handle blog posts and content pages? WordPress blog content needs migrating and every post URL needs a redirect. If an agency says “we handle that separately” or “that’s usually a manual job,” they are pricing those hours out of the initial scope
- Which WooCommerce plugins do we need to replace and with what? If you have WooCommerce Subscriptions, Memberships, Bookings or WPML, ask explicitly how each one is being replaced before the contract is signed. Not during discovery. Before signing
- What happens to customer passwords? WordPress/WooCommerce password hashes are bcrypt. Shopify uses a different hash format. Customer passwords cannot be migrated. Customers will need to reset. An agency should have a post-migration email sequence prepared for this. If they have not thought about it, that tells you something
- What is the go-live process and what monitoring is in place for the first 48 hours? The first two days after a domain switch are the highest-risk window. Who is watching? What are they watching for? What is the rollback plan if something critical breaks?
When WooCommerce to Shopify is the wrong decision
The brief for this article says not to frame Shopify as always better than WooCommerce – and that is the right instinct. There are WooCommerce stores where migration would be a mistake.
If your WooCommerce store has a large WordPress content ecosystem generating significant organic traffic and you cannot afford the 3-6 month period of ranking volatility that always follows a major platform migration, the timing might be wrong even if the platform decision is right. If your WooCommerce store runs complex B2B pricing logic, multi-warehouse inventory management or heavily customised checkout flows that have taken years to build, the cost to rebuild that functionality on Shopify may exceed the maintenance savings you are trying to escape. And if your WooCommerce store’s technical problems are actually hosting problems, fixing the hosting is cheaper and faster than migrating the platform.
The agencies on this list should be honest with you about whether your specific situation warrants migration. If every agency you speak to tells you migration is the right move without asking hard questions first, that is a signal worth paying attention to.
After migration, you will need a Shopify maintenance partner. The Shopify maintenance agencies guide covers who to consider for post-launch retainer support once you are live on the new platform.
Final recommendation
The migration market splits clearly. Specialist agencies – Fourmeta, Charle, Kubix, Blubolt – treat replatforming as a distinct discipline with documented methodologies for redirect mapping, content migration, plugin gap analysis and post-launch monitoring. General Shopify agencies treat it as a new build with some data import work at the start.
If you have subscription customers, start with Swanky – their FutureYou Cambridge case study is the strongest documented subscription migration evidence in this market. For significant WordPress blog content, Charle or Webdigita have the most explicit content preservation scope. For enterprise-scale custom functionality, Eastside Co has the team depth and Shopify app capability to rebuild what WooCommerce plugins were doing.
For context on what happens after you migrate, the Shopify maintenance agencies guide covers who to consider for ongoing retainer support on your new Shopify store.
Frequently asked questions
1. Can I migrate WooCommerce to Shopify without losing my SEO rankings?
Yes, but only if redirect mapping is treated as a core project deliverable rather than a post-launch task. Shopify uses a fixed URL structure that differs from WooCommerce's WordPress-style paths - product URLs, collection URLs, blog post URLs and category pages all change format. Every URL that changes without a corresponding 301 redirect is an organic traffic leak. A competent migration agency will crawl your existing WooCommerce site, map every URL to its Shopify equivalent, and implement redirects before the domain switches over. The months of ranking volatility that follow most WooCommerce to Shopify migrations are not inevitable - they are the result of incomplete redirect mapping combined with the natural adjustment period search engines apply to any major site change.
2. How long does a WooCommerce to Shopify migration take?
A standard WooCommerce to Shopify migration takes 6 to 12 weeks for a mid-market store. Complex migrations involving subscriptions, multilingual content, custom plugin functionality or large product catalogues take 3 to 5 months. The timeline is driven by three factors: the complexity of your existing WooCommerce data structure, the number of WooCommerce plugins that need replacing with Shopify-equivalent apps, and the amount of custom functionality that needs rebuilding rather than replacing. Agencies that quote two to three weeks for any WooCommerce migration are either working with very simple stores or skipping the redirect mapping and plugin gap analysis that prevent post-launch problems.
3. How much does WooCommerce to Shopify migration cost in the UK?
UK WooCommerce to Shopify migration costs range from £5,000 for simple stores with standard themes and small product catalogues to £60,000 or more for enterprise-scale WooCommerce builds with custom plugin functionality, subscription customer data, ERP integrations and multilingual content. The UK market average for a mid-complexity migration - a WooCommerce store generating £500k to £2M annually with a few custom plugins and an established blog - is approximately £18,500. Webdigita's WooCommerce to Shopify migration projects start from £11,000, approximately 40% below this market average.
4. What WooCommerce plugins cannot be migrated to Shopify?
No WooCommerce plugins migrate directly to Shopify - they need to be replaced with Shopify-equivalent apps or rebuilt as custom Shopify apps. The most complex replacements are WooCommerce Subscriptions (replace with Recharge or Recurly, with subscriber data requiring careful mapping), WooCommerce Memberships (replace with Bold Memberships or Locksmith), WPML or Polylang for multilingual stores (replace with Shopify Markets or Weglot, with fundamentally different language architecture), and WooCommerce Bookings (replace with Sesami or BookThatApp, with booking logic needing rebuilding). Some WooCommerce plugins simply disappear on Shopify because the functionality is native to the platform - WP Rocket for caching, Wordfence for security, and basic SEO plugins are decommissioned rather than replaced.
