Shopify Migration Cost: What You Actually Pay to Move Your Store

You've decided to leave Wix, WooCommerce, Squarespace or BigCommerce, and the quotes you're collecting don't line up. One provider says a few hundred dollars, another says several thousand, and both call it a migration. The Shopify migration cost you end up paying depends far more on what's included than on who's quoting.

Short answer: Shopify migration cost depends on scope more than store size. Moving only products and customers can cost little more than your time with Shopify's free Store Migration app or CSV imports. Adding a theme rebuild, order history, app replacements and redirects raises the price. Compare quotes by what's included.

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Key takeaways

• Shopify's free Store Migration app, built by Shopify, moves product data, and customer data on some platforms, from sources including WooCommerce, Wix, Square, Etsy and Amazon.
• Shopify's Help Center lists migration apps and the API, not CSV files, as the ways to import historical orders into Shopify.
• Customer passwords can't be moved to Shopify with a CSV file, so imported customers either get an account invite or sign in to Shopify customer accounts with a one-time email code.
• Shopify migration quotes are only comparable when each one states which data, design work, apps and URL redirects it includes.
• Meghbalika Tech lists store migration starting at $800 on Shopify's Partner Directory, with final quotes depending on scope.

What does a Shopify migration actually include?

A Shopify migration is the work of moving your store's data, design and day-to-day functions from another platform to Shopify, then switching your domain over. Each of those parts can be in or out of a quote, which is why prices vary so much.

Shopify's migration guide lays out the full job in order: import data, check products, set up a theme, configure shipping, taxes and payments, place test orders, add staff, connect the domain, then handle SEO tasks like redirects. A quote that covers only the first step and one that covers all of them are different products with the same name.

Four things set the scope:

• Data: which types move (products, customers, orders, gift cards, blog posts, pages) and how many records.
• Design: reusing a theme as it comes, customizing it, or recreating your old look.
• Functions: what your old plugins or apps did, and what replaces them on Shopify.
• Launch work: URL redirects, testing, the domain switch and support afterward.

What are the scope tiers of a Shopify migration?

Most migration quotes sit on one of three rungs, each adding work to the one below. Knowing which rung a quote covers tells you what you'll still have to do yourself.

Rung	What's included	What's usually left out
1. Data-only move	Products and customers, by app or CSV	Theme, settings, orders, blog, redirects
2. Data plus store setup	Rung 1, plus a theme set up, collections, navigation, shipping, taxes and payments	Custom design, order history, app replacements
3. Full migration	Rung 2, plus order history, blog posts, gift cards, app replacements, URL redirects, test orders and launch	New features or a redesign beyond the old store

A redesign on top of a migration is a fourth job, not a rung. If you're changing the look as well, price it separately so you can see which part costs what. Our breakdown of how much it costs to build a Shopify store covers the design and setup side.

Meghbalika Tech, a Shopify service partner that builds, migrates and redesigns stores, lists store migration starting at $800 on its Shopify Partner Directory listing. Treat that as an entry price: which rung a quote reaches depends on your data and design.

What hidden costs show up in a Shopify migration cost?

Hidden costs are the items nobody quoted because nobody asked. Check each one before you sign, because any of them can turn into extra hours or a new monthly bill.

• [ ] Replacement apps. Every plugin or app on the old platform needs a Shopify equivalent, a built-in feature or a decision to drop it. Paid apps add to your monthly costs.
• [ ] Order history. Shopify lists migration apps, the Order API and the Transaction API for historical orders, with no CSV option, so moving orders usually means a paid app or developer time.
• [ ] Staff email floods. Shopify notes that staff who get new-order notifications receive an email for every imported order unless you turn those notifications off before the import.
• [ ] Gift cards and store credit. These move by migration app or the GiftCard API, not CSV.
• [ ] Blog posts and pages. Blogs move by app or API, and simple pages can be pasted in by hand. Some platforms don't export blog posts at all; Wix says it isn't currently possible to export blog posts to other platforms.
• [ ] Customer accounts. Shopify says you can't migrate customer passwords using a CSV. With Shopify customer accounts, customers enter their email address and get a one-time verification code, so no password is needed. On password-based legacy accounts, Shopify's import page says to invite imported customers to create new passwords.
• [ ] Product reviews. Shopify's WooCommerce and Wix guides say reviews can't be exported or migrated from those platforms and point to review apps instead, so check whether your new review app can import your old ones.
• [ ] URL redirects. A line item, not an afterthought. Shopify's URL redirect tool accepts a CSV import, but someone has to build the list of old and new paths.
• [ ] Overlap months. You'll usually pay for the old platform and a Shopify plan at the same time while the new store is built and tested.

DIY, migration app or hired help: which costs less?

DIY costs the least in cash and the most in time. A migration app sits in the middle, and hired help costs the most up front but takes the most work off you.

Option	Cash cost	Your time	Best for	Watch out for
CSV export and import	$0	High	Small catalogs, simple products	Format fixes, manual rebuild of everything else
Shopify's Store Migration app	Free	Medium	Products (and customers on some platforms) from a supported platform	Supported platforms only; listing warns some platforms don't export all data
Third-party migration apps	Set by each app	Medium	Orders, blogs and other data types	Check exactly what each app moves
Hired migration	A quote based on scope	Low	Full migrations with design and apps	Cheap quotes with narrow scope

The Store Migration app is free and made by Shopify. Its listing names Square, WooCommerce, Etsy, Wix, Amazon, eBay, Clover and Lightspeed R/X (Vend) as sources, and it describes moving product and customer data. It also warns that some platforms don't export all data, so you may need small edits afterward. Check Shopify's guide for your platform before you rely on it: the WooCommerce guide says the app imports products and customers, adds products as drafts, and imports a product with 4 or more variation attributes without its variants.

For a platform-specific walkthrough, see our WooCommerce to Shopify migration checklist or our guide to moving from Wix to Shopify.

When is a paid migration not worth it?

A paid migration is not worth it when your store is small, your platform is supported by Shopify's Store Migration app, and you don't need order history on Shopify. In that case Shopify's free tools and its step-by-step guide cover the job.

You can likely do it yourself if:

• You have a few dozen products with simple variants.
• You're happy to start on a free Shopify theme.
• Old orders can stay in an export file rather than in Shopify.
• You don't have blog posts or custom features to rebuild.

Hiring also has limits. No provider can make messy source data clean without your input, and a migration doesn't fix products that weren't selling before. Search rankings can move during any platform change, so be wary of anyone who promises there will be no effect at all.

How do I compare Shopify migration quotes?

Ask every provider to price the same written scope, then compare line by line. These questions make the differences visible.

1. Which data types are included, and roughly how many records of each?
2. Is order history included, and which method or app moves it?
3. What happens to the design: theme as it comes, customized, or recreated?
4. Which plugins or apps get replaced, and what do the replacements cost each month?
5. Are URL redirects included, and who builds the list of old URLs?
6. What gets tested before launch, such as test orders, emails and customer accounts?
7. Who handles the domain switch, and what support follows launch?

Doing part of the move yourself? Set up the destination store first through Shopify's free trial, so you can run a sample import of products and customers before you pay anyone. Seeing your own data in Shopify's admin also makes migration quotes easier to compare, because you'll know which parts moved cleanly.

FAQ

How much does it cost to migrate a store to Shopify?

It depends on scope. A data-only move of products and customers can cost nothing beyond your time with Shopify's free Store Migration app or CSV import. A full migration with order history, design, app replacements and redirects costs more. Meghbalika Tech lists store migration starting at $800 on Shopify's Partner Directory, and final quotes depend on scope.

Can I migrate my store to Shopify for free?

Partly. Shopify's Store Migration app is free and moves product data, plus customers on some platforms, and Shopify's product and customer CSV imports are free too. You still pay for a Shopify plan, and some data, such as historical orders, gift cards and blog posts, needs a migration app or the API according to Shopify's Help Center.

Do customers have to reset their passwords after moving to Shopify?

Customer passwords can't be moved to Shopify with a CSV file. If your store uses Shopify customer accounts, customers enter their email address and get a one-time 6-digit verification code, so they don't need a password. On password-based legacy customer accounts, Shopify says you invite imported customers to create new passwords so they can register their accounts.

Get a migration quote

Meghbalika Tech's Store Migration service moves stores to Shopify, starting at $800 on Shopify's Partner Directory, where Meghbalika is rated 4.9 from 351 reviews (October 2026). Final quotes depend on scope, so the clearer your list of data and features, the closer the quote. Tell us about your store and get a quote.