We migrate your existing e-commerce site to Shopify without any data loss. By transferring your product, customer, order and content data in full, we create a seamless migration process for your brand. Through SEO mapping and 301 redirects, we preserve your current search visibility and ensure that your page authority carries over to the new platform without being lost.
With theme adaptations, custom design touches and speed optimizations, we make your store look both modern and high-performing. Throughout the testing process, we check all pages, forms and integrations to detect potential errors in advance. This way, migrating to Shopify becomes not just a platform change but a strategic improvement to your brand's digital infrastructure.
Migrating data to Shopify means mapping every record in the old platform to its counterpart in Shopify's data model before it is transferred: a category becomes a collection, a product attribute becomes a metafield, a campaign becomes a discount rule. What reduces risk is not one big one-off transfer, but a trial migration with the full data set first, followed by a transfer of only what changed in between.
The old store stays open for sales throughout the trial migration and checks. Content in the old admin is frozen only for the short window between the final transfer and launch.
We manage the migration to Shopify in a secure, planned and measurable way. Every step is designed to move your data safely while preserving your SEO visibility.
We examine the structure of your existing website. The number of products, URL structure, themes, integrations and data formats are analyzed to build a migration strategy. This step lets us detect data loss and SEO risks in advance.
We securely transfer your product, variant, category, customer and order data to Shopify. Data coming from different platforms (WordPress, WooCommerce, Wix, IdeaSoft, Ticimax, ikas, etc.) is converted and structured.
We can preserve your existing design or redesign it specifically for Shopify. We build fast, modern interfaces that match your brand identity.
We create a content plan aligned with Google's E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust) criteria. With keyword clusters, subcategory descriptions, frequently asked questions and blog content, we grow your search volume.
Before migration, we test all functions: payment flow, shipping integration, checkout, forms and stock checks. Once errors are resolved, we go live.
Google Analytics, Search Console, Meta Pixel and Merchant Center connections are reconfigured. Your team receives brief training on the Shopify admin, order management and analytics reports. Technical support is provided for the first 30 days after going live. After that, you can continue working with us on marketing and SEO or through technical support agreements.
Not all data takes the same route in a Shopify migration. Some is transferred as it is, some cannot be read from any platform, and some is rebuilt in Shopify. Before the migration we use this table to agree which record falls into which group.
| Data | Status | How Shopify handles it |
|---|---|---|
Products, variants, SKUs, barcodes | Migrated | Title, description, images, price, compare-at price and inventory are transferred. Since a Shopify product carries up to three options, products with more options are split or the extra attributes are moved to metafields. |
Category tree and filters | Migrated, structure changes | Categories become manual or automated collections, and the menu tree becomes Shopify navigation. Product attributes become metafields and are connected to filters through Search & Discovery. |
Customers and marketing consent | Migrated | Name, email, phone, addresses, customer tags and email/SMS consent status are transferred with the record; no campaign goes to someone without consent. |
Customer passwords | Not migrated | Passwords are one-way encrypted, so no platform can read them. With new customer accounts, sign-in uses a one-time code sent by email; with classic accounts, customers receive an activation invite. |
Order history | Migrated (via API) | Since the admin offers no CSV import for orders, orders are transferred through the Admin API without notifying customers. Date and amount are kept, the number moves to Shopify's sequence, and the old number is added to the order as a tag. |
Product reviews | Migrated | Rating, text, date, reviewer name and photos are imported into the chosen review app with product mapping; reviews appear under the same product in the new store. |
Blog, pages and legal texts | Migrated | Blog posts and the KVKK (Türkiye's data protection law), distance sales and returns pages are moved with their images; old links inside the text are updated to the new Shopify URLs. |
Loyalty points | Migrated | Points are matched to the loyalty app by customer email and the rules are redefined with the same logic. At Fellas, we set up the Fellas Club points program with Loyalis as part of the migration. |
Coupons, campaigns, gift cards | Rebuilt | Active discount codes are set up as Shopify discounts, and campaigns that apply in the cart on their own become automatic discounts. Unused gift card balances are listed, and how they will be honored is agreed before the migration. |
Marketplace, ERP and e-invoice connections | Rebuilt | The old platform's bundled module does not move. Marketplaces are connected with Station, and ERPs such as Nebim, Logo and SAP through integrations; on cutover day, inventory is sent from a single source. |
Theme and design | Rebuilt | The old theme's code does not run on Shopify. The look is rebuilt in a Shopify theme; the current design can be kept or refreshed. |
Old URLs | Mapped with 301s | Every old URL is mapped one by one to its new Shopify URL and bulk-uploaded to the URL redirects list. Shopify only runs a redirect when no live page exists at that URL, so the mapping is tested before launch. |
Ad accounts and Merchant Center stay with you; only the connections are renewed. Because product IDs change in the new system, product history in Shopping campaigns may reset; details in our article on ad accounts in a Shopify migration.
Ticimax, ikas, T-Soft and Ideasoft are Turkish closed (hosted) platforms; data is pulled through the admin export and the platform's API. WooCommerce, Magento and OpenCart are open source; with direct database access the data comes out more complete, but a counterpart has to be found for every function that came from a plugin.
The marketplace, dealer and campaign modules built into the platform do not move; they are rebuilt. Variations go to variants, technical attributes to metafields.
Product options are converted to the variant structure with up to three options, and campaign rules to Shopify discounts and automatic discounts.
Custom-built modules and inconsistencies in product records managed by hand without an ERP are cleaned up during the migration.
A deep category tree becomes collections and a menu, and the ERP-fed inventory flow is connected to Shopify. Volta Motor came this way.
For each plugin for product options, memberships and multilingual content, an app or theme counterpart is chosen; /product/ URLs are mapped with 301s.
Configurable products become a single product with variants, customer group prices move to a B2B catalog, and store views to Shopify Markets; .html URLs are mapped one by one.
Options that carry a price difference become variants with their own price, and the manufacturer field moves to the vendor field; if SEO URLs are off, parameterized URLs are tested separately.
Products are published under /products/, collections under /collections/, pages under /pages/ and blog posts under /blogs/. All old URLs are connected to this structure with 301s.
Three of our apps are used in a migration: Bulkly fixes size and number variant order scrambled during import across the whole catalog, Wizard creates smart collections based on the menu built from the old category tree, and Seodus adds back the breadcrumbs, schema markup and internal links lost when the URL structure changes, without code. All three shorten the parts of a migration that take the most manual work.
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Products transferred by CSV or API can arrive with variants in the order they were stored on the old platform, so the size picker shows XL, S, M or 44, 40, 42 out of sequence. Bulkly defines the order and re-sorts it across the whole catalog, without opening products one by one.
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Once the old category tree is set up as a menu in Shopify navigation, Wizard creates a smart collection for each menu heading, so hundreds of categories are not created by hand. Because it imports and exports collections, collection rules can be reviewed in bulk and uploaded again.
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The page path and structured data of the old site do not appear on the new URLs by themselves. Seodus adds breadcrumbs, schema markup and internal links without touching the theme code; together with the 301 mapping, it is part of protecting search visibility.
View SeodusThe apps are installed after the trial migration and are part of the pre-launch checklist. Our other apps are on the apps page.
Shopify is a powerful, secure and flexible e-commerce infrastructure chosen by millions of brands worldwide. At Nodus Works, we migrate your brand to this modern platform without traffic loss and while preserving your SEO strength.
We transfer your product, customer and order data to Shopify in full.
All old links are preserved with 301 redirects, so your Google rankings stay stable.
We choose the Shopify theme that best fits your existing design or rebuild it from scratch as a custom solution.
With Shopify's powerful CDN infrastructure, your site speed increases and the user experience improves.
Payment, shipping and CRM systems are integrated to automate your operational processes.
With multi-language and multi-currency support, your brand becomes ready for international sales. Your site loads with the same speed and the same security anywhere in the world.
In all three migrations, data and search visibility were carried over intact; what made the difference was what we built alongside the move: an SAP connection in one, a points program in another, a single inventory for store and warehouse in the third.
We moved products, categories and content to Shopify and built the store on a new theme that fits the brand's voice; sales on the old store continued throughout the migration. We connected Shopify to the company's SAP system: when a price or stock level changes, the site updates on its own.
Products, collections, customer records and order history were moved in full; because the migration was planned to keep existing search rankings, visibility and traffic were not harmed. The page structure was also reworked to stay strong in healthy snack searches.
All products, collections and customer information were moved and the brand's strength in search engines was preserved. Because the product range is wide, we rebuilt the category structure by season, category and product type; size information and on-site search were reorganized.
Most migration problems come not from the data transfer but from small details on the day the domain is pointed to Shopify. Before launch we check every row below one by one.
| Mistake | Result | How we prevent it |
|---|---|---|
Redirecting all old URLs to the home page | Google may treat these redirects like pages that were not found; the old page's ranking does not pass to the new one. | Every old URL is mapped one by one to the page with matching content. A URL with no counterpart is pointed to the closest collection. |
Redirect chains | The old URL first goes to an intermediate URL and then to the new page; the page loads slowly and crawl budget is wasted. | Redirects reach their target in a single step. The URLs with the most traffic are opened and tested one by one on launch day. |
Touching email records while changing DNS | Company email stops and order and support correspondence is lost. | Only the A record and the www CNAME record are pointed to Shopify; MX records stay as they are. |
Testing payments only in test mode | If the domain and platform details are not updated with the provider, the first live payments are declined. | The details are updated with iyzico, PayTR or whichever provider is used; an order is placed with a real card in live mode and refunded. |
Two systems sending inventory at the same time | The old and new platforms push stock to marketplaces simultaneously; a sold-out product gets sold and the order is cancelled. | On cutover day inventory is managed from a single source; the old integration is switched off before the new connection goes live. |
Not migrating marketing consent | Either every customer appears to be without consent and the list cannot be used, or campaigns reach people who never consented. | Email and SMS consent status is transferred with the customer record, and sample records are checked field by field. |
Leaving tracking until after launch | Conversion and traffic data from the first days is lost and the effect of the migration cannot be measured. | GA4, the Meta pixel and Google Ads conversions are tested before launch; Search Console is verified and the sitemap is submitted. |
Cancelling the old platform subscription right away | When a missing field or an old order is needed, there is no source left. | Access to the old admin is kept open for a while after the migration; the contract end date goes on the timeline from the start. |
For 30 days after launch we monitor URLs returning 404, the Search Console coverage report, organic sessions, and payment and shipping errors; any missing redirect is fixed the day it is found.
We're ready to migrate your existing store to Shopify without data loss or SEO loss; let's discuss your migration process in a free meeting.
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