Move from Visualsoft to Shopify and take proper control of your store.
We migrate UK retailers from Visualsoft to Shopify with no data loss and no drop in rankings. Products, customers, content and channel integrations all handled from start to finish.
Visualsoft does a lot for you. Shopify lets you do far more yourself.
Visualsoft is a UK-built managed platform that handles a lot out of the box. For smaller retailers, that works well. As brands grow and their requirements become more specific, the platform starts to feel limiting. Custom design is constrained by the template system. Development work is expensive and slow. New features depend on Visualsoft's roadmap rather than your own.
Shopify gives you the control that Visualsoft does not. A global app ecosystem, a large pool of developers, bespoke design without template restrictions and a platform that grows with your ambitions rather than one that caps them.
Getting your data out of Visualsoft and into Shopify, cleanly.
Visualsoft is a managed platform, which means your data is held within their system rather than directly accessible. We use Visualsoft's export tools and APIs to extract your product catalogue, customer records, order history and content in a format that can be accurately imported to Shopify. We have handled this process before and know where the edge cases appear. Everything is validated after transfer before the new store goes live.
eBay, Amazon and Google Shopping connections rebuilt for Shopify.
Most Visualsoft merchants sell across multiple channels. Those channel connections do not carry over automatically in a migration. We scope every channel integration during discovery and set up the correct Shopify connections for eBay, Amazon, Google Shopping and any other channels you are currently selling on. Channel data is tested before launch so there are no gaps in your sales operations after the switch.
Common questions about Visualsoft to Shopify migration
Visualsoft is a managed platform built specifically for UK retailers. It handles a lot out of the box, which is useful at smaller scale, but as brands grow they often find the platform constrains what they can do with their store. Custom development is expensive, the template system limits design ambition and the pricing model can become difficult to justify. Shopify gives brands far more control over their store, a much larger app ecosystem and a global developer community.
Visualsoft is a managed platform so direct database access is not available. We work with Visualsoft's export tools and APIs to extract product data, customer records and order history in a format we can import into Shopify. We have done this before and understand where the edge cases are.
Not if the migration is handled correctly. Visualsoft URL patterns differ from Shopify, so redirect mapping is critical. We audit your full Visualsoft URL structure, map every page to its Shopify equivalent and implement all 301 redirects before launch. Meta data and structured data are carried across in full.
We audit your current Visualsoft feature usage during discovery and map each one to a Shopify equivalent. Promotions, loyalty schemes, product feeds, review integrations, channel listings and any other functionality your operation relies on are all scoped before work begins.
Typically 10 to 16 weeks depending on catalogue size and the complexity of your current Visualsoft setup. We give you a clear timeline at discovery.
Yes. Many Visualsoft merchants sell across multiple channels. We scope your channel integrations as part of the migration and set up the appropriate Shopify connections for eBay, Amazon, Google Shopping and any other channels you are currently selling on.
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Tell us about your Visualsoft store, the channels you sell on and what you need the new Shopify store to do. We will scope the migration and give you a clear view of what is involved.