Move Your OpenCart Store to Shopify
Planning to move away from OpenCart? Arthena Web Solutions can help migrate your ecommerce store to Shopify while protecting the product data, structure and search visibility your business has already built.
No commitment to move — we can review your existing OpenCart store first.
OpenCart to Shopify
Moving ecommerce platforms is more than copying products. A successful migration needs careful planning around catalogue data, URLs, SEO, store functionality and the final launch.
A Planned Move, Not Just a Data Import
An established OpenCart store may contain years of products, categories, customer information, search-engine visibility and business processes. Arthena approaches migration as a complete ecommerce project rather than simply importing a spreadsheet.
Product Catalogue
Review and migrate important product information into a Shopify catalogue structured appropriately for the new store.
Shopify Store Setup
Configure the Shopify store, navigation, collections, essential settings and appropriate applications as part of our Shopify development services.
URL & Redirect Planning
Map important existing OpenCart URLs to their new Shopify destinations and put appropriate redirects in place.
SEO Considerations
Review page titles, descriptions, important landing pages and existing search visibility as part of the migration.
Pre-Launch Testing
Check navigation, products, checkout, mobile presentation and key store functionality before the new site goes live.
Launch Support
Coordinate the final move to Shopify and check the new store after launch for obvious migration or redirect issues.
Your Existing OpenCart Store Comes First
Before recommending how to migrate, we first look at the store you already have. Every OpenCart website is different, particularly where extensions, custom development and unusual catalogue structures are involved.
- Products
- Categories
- Product images
- Options and variants
- Prices
- SKUs
- Customer information
- Existing URLs
- SEO metadata
- Information pages
- Navigation structure
- Existing integrations
Experience on Both Sides of the Move
Arthena Web Solutions works with OpenCart and provides Shopify development, giving us practical experience with both the platform being left and the platform being adopted.
- OpenCart development experience
- Shopify app development experience
- Product catalogue experience
- SEO and redirect planning
- Custom ecommerce development
- UK-based support
From Existing Store to Shopify
The exact process depends on the size and complexity of the OpenCart store, but a typical migration follows four stages.
Review
We review the existing OpenCart store, its catalogue, extensions, URLs and important functionality.
Build
The new Shopify store is configured and the agreed catalogue and site content are prepared for migration.
Migrate & Test
Data is transferred, redirects are prepared and the new Shopify store is tested before launch.
Launch
The new Shopify store goes live and key pages, checkout behaviour and redirects are checked.
SEO Matters During a Platform Migration
One of the biggest mistakes during an ecommerce migration is concentrating entirely on how the new store looks while forgetting the URLs already indexed by search engines.
Where an existing OpenCart URL changes, we can plan an appropriate permanent redirect to the most relevant Shopify destination rather than simply allowing valuable old URLs to disappear. This is an important part of our OpenCart to Shopify migration service.
We also review important page titles, descriptions and existing landing pages as part of the migration process.
Protect What You Have Already Built
- Identify important indexed URLs
- Map old URLs to new Shopify pages
- Create appropriate permanent redirects
- Review page titles and descriptions
- Check navigation and internal links
- Test important pages after launch
We Can Review That Too
Shopify is not automatically the right choice for every business. If you are considering moving from OpenCart but have not made the final decision, read our OpenCart vs Shopify guide or talk to us about what your current store does and what you want to improve.
We can then discuss whether a Shopify migration makes sense, what would be involved and which parts of your existing store need particular attention.
Arthena Web Solutions is a Shopify Affiliate. We may earn a commission if you sign up to Shopify through this link, at no additional cost to you.
Thinking of moving from OpenCart to Shopify?
Tell Arthena about your existing OpenCart store and what you want from the new one. We can review the existing setup first, identify any migration risks and discuss the most practical route forward before anything is agreed.