The 50 Best Shopify Migration Agencies in 2027, Compared and Reviewed

Between roughly $8,000 and $250,000 or more, and the spread is not arbitrary. Three variables set your number: how many records you hold, how many systems have to keep talking to the store, and how much of your current functionality has no Shopify equivalent. Apps sit well below that range because they solve only the first variable.

Improper URL mapping can destroy Google rankings. Keep URL structures wherever the existing platform allows, carry titles, meta descriptions and structured data across rather than regenerating them, and run a 404 and index-coverage pass in Google Search Console in the fortnight after launch.

In 2027 add a fifth item: decide which source attributes become Shopify options and which become metafields, because that data now determines whether AI shopping channels can read your products. Where this is done properly, SEO rankings typically recover within 30-60 days post-migration.

It can. Shopify syndicates eligible products into ChatGPT, Copilot, Google's AI Mode and Gemini through Agentic Storefronts, and those surfaces read structured attributes and real-time pricing. If a migration flattens your attribute set or drops metafields, the channel has less to work with. Keep attribute mapping in scope and check it after import like any other record type.

A straightforward migration to Shopify typically takes 4 to 12 weeks. A Shopify Plus migration with custom integrations runs 8 to 16 weeks, and enterprise Adobe Commerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud or SAP estates run three to eight months. The variable people underestimate is their own approval cycle, not the engineering.

We build a buffer into Shopify Plus timelines so the new Shopify store is tested in live conditions ahead of peak trading rather than during it.

Think of it as three different risk profiles rather than three price points:

• An app is a data tool and leaves every judgement call to you.
• A freelancer is fine on a bounded move and is one illness away from a stalled launch on an unbounded one.
• An agency costs the most and is the only option that carries the whole thing, which starts to matter once real traffic, real order history and a live integration stack are on the line.

SEO preservation is crucial during migration to avoid revenue drops. Migration errors can cause a 30% organic traffic drop in the first three months, and revenue follows traffic.

The failures are rarely dramatic: an undocumented integration, a custom feature nobody uses until quarter-end, a redirect rule buried in server config. None of it is inevitable. A well-planned migration can preserve revenue and improve customer experience, which is why we open every migration project with an audit of the current platform rather than a design kickoff.

Treat the following as baseline scope: products, variants, collections, customers, order history, pages, blog content and SEO fields. Reviews, gift cards and store credit are usually achievable too, though reviews often live in a third-party app with its own export path.

Subscriptions rarely import straight and generally need a platform-specific process. Payment credentials are never migrated: customers re-enter them, in line with PCI DSS.

No. Standard Shopify plans are a legitimate destination and many brands upgrade later without drama. Either way, Shopify offers a user-friendly interface for easier management, so your team stops queueing behind a developer to change a price.

The case for going straight to Plus is avoiding a second project: if checkout extensibility, native B2B, multi-storefront or high-volume API access are already on your roadmap, you will pay for that migration twice. In our experience the question gets serious somewhere around $1M in revenue.

It is not a verdict, but it is information. Ownership shapes who leads your account, which segments the company prioritises and where its roadmap points. Several familiar Shopify names now sit inside private-equity groups, holding companies or IT-services firms. Get the current parent entity in writing and confirm your type of project is still a priority.