The preparation stage is where you should identify your goals with the new store, choose which aspects of the existing store have to be migrated, and what you want to discard from your current setup. To know more visit at https://www.thinktanker.io/blog/migration-to-shopify-what-you-need-to-consider.html

1. Migration to Shopify – What you need to
Consider

2. Why
Shopify?
Cloud-based so only subscription costs, no physical setup
costs
Easy to set up and use
Wide variety of themes you can customize
Great for SEO
As any Shopify development agency will tell you, the platform
outperforms most existing platforms in terms of development
and maintenance effort required. Some of the major
advantages you can expect:

3. Migration Methods
You can choose to migrate to Shopify with one of the
three methods: manually, automated migration service,
or hire Shopify developers or Shopify development
company. We must recommend that it is better to let the
experts handle this process rather than undertake it
yourself.

4. What you should consider
before migration?

5. 1. Site Architecture
When migrating your existing store, you should
take some time to understand how your
customers use your site, where does the main
traffic come from, etc.
Start by creating a spreadsheet for your current
sitemap with every single menu and sub-menu
items.

6. 2. Save your URLs
Shopify has its own naming conventions for URLs.
That is why it is important to collect all the URLs
that your customers have been using. When
developing the new store, share these URLs with
your ecommerce development company so they
can provide redirects to the new links.

7. 3. Upgrade your technology
stack
Legacy stores utilize a wide range of technological
tools to carry out different functions for smooth
functioning. If you hire Shopify developers, make
sure that you discuss each functionality in detail, so
they understand your goals for development.

8. 4. Assets
All your existing store assets such as themes,
stylesheets, or themes may have existing web
protocols which are identified as http://, https://, or
ftp://
Ensure that you replace the protocols with //. The
best way is to search your theme files for http://
and replace each instance with //. This is a secure
protocol which allows your assets to load properly.

9. 5. Customer passwords
Shopify development services include migrating
existing customer accounts, but since passwords
are encrypted, you cannot migrate them to Shopify
directly.
It would be best if you can reach out to your
existing customers and help them reset their
passwords and activate their accounts on your new
platform.

10. 6. Content Migration
Apart from the product content, you may also have
blogs and articles on your store for customer
engagement. If needed, discuss with the
ecommerce development company that built your
existing store about how you stored blogs and
articles.

11. Best practices for a seamless migration

12. 1. Backup
Create a comprehensive backup of
your existing store so in case
anything goes wrong, you have all the
important data. Make sure that you
have the latest backup.

13. 2. Explore Shopify
settings
There are a whole range of options
available on Shopify, so you should
understand how it all works for you.
Setting up payments, shipping, taxes,
and other functionalities is essential
for a smooth customer experience.

14. 3. Backend
Configuration
Typically, Google Analytics is used to
track customer behaviour on
websites which is comprehensive
enough for actionable insights.
Ensure that Shopify is added to your
domain’s DNS settings so you can be
automatically notified about
customer emails.

15. 4. Extensive Testing
Though testing is done by the
development agency, you should also
go through the frontend, links, and
explore hypothetical purchase
journeys before launch.

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