Migrate BigCommerce to Shopify without losing a single order or ranking
Your BigCommerce plan gets pricier as you grow. Every SKU, order, customer, and URL moves to Shopify intact. You lose zero revenue at cutover.
47
Migrations completed
$120M+
Gross merchandise value moved to Shopify
4 - 6 weeks
Average sign-off to launch
See what staying on BigCommerce really costs
Your bill rises as your sales rise
BigCommerce’s revenue-based pricing model turns your own success against you. At $500K gross merchandise value you pay more per month than competitors generating the same revenue on Shopify.
Gross merchandise value-tiered pricing penalises revenue growth
Cross $400K and your plan cost jumps automatically, not optional.
The apps you want are not here
Shopify’s app store is 4x larger. Most modern tools launch on Shopify first.
You cannot customize checkout
Shopify Plus gives you full checkout control. BigCommerce keeps it locked.
Fewer developers know BigCommerce
Shopify Liquid talent is 10x more available. Hiring and scaling both get faster.
A platform that gets cheaper to operate as you scale
Shopify’s flat pricing model means you keep the revenue you earn. Your platform cost stays predictable while your store grows.
Flat monthly pricing regardless of revenue
Scale from $100K to $10M without your platform bill following you.
8,000+ apps natively integrated
Klaviyo, Recharge, Attentive, Gorgias, all built first for Shopify.
Full checkout extensibility on Plus
Custom upsells, loyalty redemption, and branded flows, all at checkout.
The world’s largest developer community
Any feature you need has already been built or can be built by someone nearby.
Monthly revenue
$0
+23% versus BigCommerce
Platform fee
$79/mo
Flat. Always.
Orders today
0
Recent orders
What’s your BigCommerce platform really costing you?
Enter your current numbers. See the money you lose every year by staying put.
Annual platform overspend
$0
What you pay above Shopify’s flat rate per year
Extra revenue from Shopify's conversion lift (+0.4%)
$0
Based on median Shopify conversion rate improvement post-migration
Combined annual upside
$0
Savings and revenue opportunity by migrating this year
Submit Brief → Call Within 48 Hours → Proposal in 3 Days
From BigCommerce sign-off to Shopify live in 4 to 6 weeks
Six clear phases. One point of contact. Your old store stays live until the new one is ready.
Week 1
Discovery and data audit
We map every product, variant, customer, and URL on your current store.
Week 2
Shopify store build
Theme development, app configuration, payment and shipping setup.
Weeks 3 to 4
Data migration
Products, variants, orders, customers, all moved with integrity checks.
SEO preservation
301 redirect mapping, meta transfer, canonical setup, and sitemap submission.
Week 6
Quality assurance, cutover and launch
Full quality-assurance pass, DNS cutover, and 30-day post-launch monitoring.
Store inventory scan
2,847
Products
12,401
Orders
8,934
Customers
3,210
URLs to map
Build sprint board
Migration progress
Redirect map status
3,209 of 3,210 redirects verified · 1 edge case flagged for review
Pre-launch quality-assurance sign-off
Everything our BigCommerce migration services include
A complete migration isn’t just moving data. It’s rebuilding your store so it converts better on day one.
Full data migration
Every product, variant, SKU, image, order, customer, and metafield moves intact. You re-enter nothing. Your reporting and history stay accurate from day one.
Search engine optimization preservation
Complete 301 redirect mapping, meta title and description transfer, canonical setup, and Google Search Console sitemap submission before cutover.
Theme development
A custom Shopify theme built to convert, not just a clone of your BigCommerce layout. Mobile-first, fast, and built on Liquid best practices.
App and integration rebuild
Every tool you use, email, loyalty, reviews, analytics, reconfigured and tested in Shopify before launch. No gaps on go-live day.
Zero-downtime cutover
Your BigCommerce store stays live and taking orders right up until the moment your Shopify store is ready. DNS cutover takes minutes, not days.
A migration that paid for itself
Client
Dr. Dee Blanco
Holistic Veterinary and WellnessA wellness brand was stuck on WordPress. They needed a fast, scalable platform to grow their product catalog.
The problem
The WordPress site needed days of developer time for any product update. Performance was poor. Checkout abandonment ran high. Rankings were hard to hold during a platform move. Every change slowed the team down.
The result
0%
downtime during cutover
Zero downtime during cutover. We shipped a custom Shopify theme and migrated every record with zero loss. Rankings held and improved. Conversion rose on day one, and organic traffic grew within 30 days.
The same migration playbook moves BigCommerce stores with identical results.
Zero data loss. No manual re-entry.
Select any node to see how each part of your BigCommerce stack maps to Shopify.
Product catalogue and variants
Fully automatedBigCommerce product API → Shopify Admin API
Search engine optimization signals and redirects
301-mappedCrawl-based URL export → Shopify redirect table
Customer accounts and passwords
Invite flowHashed passwords can’t migrate, customers re-set via email invite
Order history
Full historyHistorical orders imported with line items, totals, and fulfilment status
Select a migration node to see the technical detail.
Product catalogue migration
We use the BigCommerce Catalog API to export every product with its title, description, images, variants, pricing, inventory, and custom fields. A normalisation layer maps BigCommerce data structures to Shopify’s product schema.
Search engine optimization preservation architecture
We crawl your entire BigCommerce URL structure using Screaming Frog, export every indexable URL, and build a 301 redirect map before a single DNS record changes. Nothing goes live until every redirect is tested.
Customer account migration
Customer records, addresses, and order history all migrate fully. Passwords cannot be transferred due to hashing, customers receive a branded invitation email to set a new Shopify password. Open rate on these emails is above 45%.
Order history migration
We import every historical order through Shopify’s Order API. Line items, totals, discounts, fulfillment status, and shipping details all stay intact. Your reporting and lifetime value data work from day one.
Why teams pick Redefine over a typical migration partner
Most migration agencies re-import your data and call it done. We rebuild your store to convert better on Shopify than it did on BigCommerce.
| Capability | Typical migration partner | Redefine |
|---|---|---|
| Full data migration (products, orders, customers) | ||
| Custom theme development (not a BigCommerce clone) | ||
| 301 redirect mapping and SEO verification before launch | ||
| App and integration rebuild and testing | ||
| 30-day post-launch monitoring | ||
| Fixed-price scoped proposal before any commitment | ||
| Zero-downtime DNS cutover process |
BigCommerce to Shopify migration FAQ
Not if the migration is done correctly. Every URL on your current store gets a verified 301 redirect to its Shopify equivalent before the DNS switches. We test the entire redirect map, transfer your meta titles and descriptions, submit the new sitemap to Search Console at go-live, and monitor your rankings for 30 days after launch. Clients who migrate with us maintain or improve their organic rankings.
Customer names, emails, addresses, and complete order history all migrate without loss. Passwords cannot transfer between platforms. BigCommerce hashes them in a way Shopify cannot read, and this is true for every migration between any two platforms. Customers receive a branded invitation email to set a new Shopify password. Open rates on these emails are above 45%, and the experience feels like an upgrade rather than a disruption when the email is written well (we write it for you).
No. Your BigCommerce store remains fully live and accepting orders right up until the moment your Shopify store is ready to go. The DNS cutover itself takes minutes. We schedule it during your lowest traffic window, monitor both stores in parallel during propagation, and stay on standby for 24 hours after cutover.
Migration pricing depends on the size of your catalogue, the complexity of your custom theme requirements, and the number of third-party integrations that need to be rebuilt on Shopify. We scope line-by-line before any work starts, no surprises. Submit your brief and we’ll send a detailed proposal within three business days. You can also see a pricing overview on our migration cost page.
If your store generates more than $1M gross merchandise value annually, Plus gives you checkout extensibility, Scripts, B2B native features, multi-store management, and dedicated account support. Below that threshold, standard Shopify covers most needs. Timeline differs by destination: BigCommerce to standard Shopify averages 4 to 6 weeks; BigCommerce to Shopify Plus enterprise migration runs 12 to 16 weeks, typically about 14 weeks. We’ll recommend the right plan in your migration assessment, and if you’re on BigCommerce’s higher gross merchandise value tiers, Plus often costs less per month than what you’re paying now. See our Shopify Plus migration page for enterprise-specific detail.
Submit your brief
Tell us about your store. We’ll review it and send a scoped proposal within three business days.
No commitment. No pitch. Just a clear proposal for your specific migration.
Brief received
We’ll review your store and send a scoped proposal within 3 business days. Expect a call within 48 hours.
Your BigCommerce contract ends. Make the move count.
Migrate BigCommerce to Shopify before your renewal date. You switch on your timeline, not theirs.
No commitment. No pitch. Submit brief → call within 48 hours → proposal in 3 days.
47+ Ecommerce Migrations · $120M+ GMV Successfully Migrated