Move from PrestaShop to Shopify, properly.
We handle the complete PrestaShop to Shopify migration. Products, combinations, customers, content and redirects. No data loss, no ranking drops, and your PrestaShop store stays live until the new one is ready.
PrestaShop served its purpose. Shopify lets you focus on growing your business instead of maintaining it.
PrestaShop is open source and self-hosted, which means every security update, module conflict and hosting decision sits with you. For stores that have been running on PrestaShop for several years, the accumulated weight of outdated modules, customisations and hosting complexity often means the platform is holding the business back rather than enabling it.
Shopify removes the infrastructure burden entirely. You get a modern hosted platform with a large and well-maintained app ecosystem, a checkout that handles the hard parts for you and a team that can operate the store without constant developer involvement.
PrestaShop's data structure requires careful handling. We provide it.
PrestaShop stores product combinations, attributes and feature values across multiple related database tables. Migrating this to Shopify's product and variant model requires proper mapping rather than a straightforward export. We build bespoke migration scripts that correctly handle your specific combination structures, validate every product record after transfer and fix any discrepancies before the new store goes live.
PrestaShop URL structures are distinctive. Redirects need to be exact.
PrestaShop uses URL patterns that differ significantly from Shopify. Getting redirects right is critical to preserving your organic rankings. We audit your full PrestaShop URL structure, map every page to its Shopify equivalent and implement all 301 redirects before launch. Meta titles, descriptions, structured data and canonical tags are all carried across. We run a full crawl before go-live and monitor traffic after the switch.
Common questions about PrestaShop to Shopify migration
PrestaShop requires self-hosting, regular module updates, security patching and ongoing developer involvement to keep running properly. As the platform ages and the module ecosystem becomes harder to maintain, the overhead becomes increasingly difficult to justify. Shopify removes all of that. Hosting, security and updates are handled for you, and the app ecosystem is significantly larger.
PrestaShop uses a complex relational database with product combinations, attributes, feature values and combinations all stored separately. We map this to Shopify's data model carefully before writing any migration scripts. Products with multiple attribute combinations, language variants and category structures all require specific handling. We do this properly rather than relying on generic migration tools that typically produce errors at scale.
We audit every PrestaShop module in your stack during discovery and identify the Shopify equivalent or replacement for each one. Most functionality is available in the Shopify App Store. Where it is not, we assess whether a custom solution achieves the same outcome.
Yes, provided the migration is handled correctly. PrestaShop URL structures differ from Shopify, so all redirects need careful mapping. We audit your full URL structure, implement all 301 redirects before launch and carry across meta data and structured data in full. Post-launch monitoring is included.
Everything. Products, combinations, attributes, categories, customer accounts, order history, reviews and CMS content. We validate all migrated data before the new store goes live.
Typically 10 to 16 weeks depending on catalogue size and complexity. PrestaShop stores often have complex product combination structures that require more careful migration than simpler platforms. We scope it clearly at discovery.
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Tell us about your PrestaShop store, your product catalogue structure and the integrations your business relies on. We will scope the migration and give you a clear view of what is involved.