Why migrate from Magento to Shopify Plus in 2023?

A migration from Magento from 30K with the experts of our agency certified by Shopify

After the end of Magento 1 support in 2020, not without setbacks, companies and e-retailers continue to question the relevance of continuing on this platform. Indeed, a switch to Magento 2 is not a simple update but a complete migration of your content. This represents a significant investment, both budgetary and technical, equivalent or even greater than a migration to another CMS. So why go to such lengths for a platform that you are not completely satisfied with?

Since the end of 2018, there have been more migrations from Magento to Shopify Plus than the other way around. In just a few years, Shopify has managed to position itself as one of Magento's main competitors, and we'll explain why in detail.

Significantly reduce your TMA budget

With Magento, you are dependent on an internal technical team, or a specialized web agency, to ensure your maintenance: updating modules, security patches, keeping your pre-production environment up to date... So many tasks that are ultra simplified on Shopify Plus, or even eliminated. The platform was designed to make life easier for e-retailers by making them autonomous in the daily management of their website.

Thus, our agency is not involved in the operational management and maintenance of your website; we focus our skills on evolving and redesign subjects. As a result, the majority of our clients only use us once or twice a year, considerably reducing their e-commerce management budget.

Finally, Shopify Plus being a SaaS solution, no need to spend money and time managing your hosting. No more hassle to absorb traffic peaks on your website, no more stress at the thought of seeing your site slow down at the launch of Black Friday. Your visitors will benefit from fast viewing at all times, regardless of which Shopify plan you choose.

Complete your migration quickly...

Those familiar with Magento know that you need to plan your redesign at least a year in advance, which can be tricky in a constantly evolving web sector. With Shopify, lead times are reduced by a third thanks to several factors:

  • The ease of handling the back office reduces training time for your teams.
  • Development time is less because many features are already integrated into Shopify: this is one of the advantages of a SaaS solution.
  • In addition, various applications and plug-ins to install quickly make it easier for technical teams to intervene.

...and cheaper than on Magento

Since time is money, you will understand that faster migration means less money spent. If the creation of an e-commerce site on Magento very frequently exceeds 100,000 euros, our agency's starting price is 20,000 euros.

As good certified Shopify experts, we know how to make the most of our CMS to save you money, by concentrating our resources intelligently. Indeed, Shopify has a starting base with all the necessary features. The development part, often the most expensive in a web project, is used only to refine your e-store and go further in the advanced configuration.

Achieve a Satisfying Redesign

Our simple migration plan from Magento to Shopify Plus allows you to:

  • migrate pages from your existing website (possible adjustments to fit the Shopify model).
  • Migrate product sheets, orders and customer accounts.
  • Synchronize your blog (xml) or export.
  • Maintain your SEO through redirects.

However, a web migration is often an opportunity to overhaul the existing system to optimize its performance. Our clients are always delighted to be able to benefit from our digital expertise to take their website to the next level. From design to integration, we can support you in all stages of your redesign, in order to guarantee the success of your online sales. Shopify is a platform particularly suited to an overhaul, since it offers basic responsive themes, as well as a battery of native features to get you off to a good start. Its back office is also full of SEO advice, format recommendations for display performance, and best practices to boost your sales. Our project managers will be able to guide you through all these elements, and be a source of suggestions to go further in conquering your market.

Our e-commerce agency will be able to guide you in your redesign through different services:

  • Optimization of the existing (responsive, UX, design).
  • Creation of new pages.
  • Installing new applications.
  • Development of a new functionality.

In summary

If you recognize yourself in these statements:

  • You want to become autonomous in the daily management of your online store.
  • You are frustrated by spending a lot of time on small adjustments to your website.
  • You are looking for a scalable platform that will allow you to make constant and rapid improvements.
  • You want to be able to quickly test new features.
  • You would like to be able to quickly connect several interfaces to your website (ERP, CRM, accounting, etc.).
  • You are looking for a back office that is easier to use, without bugs.
  • You find that you are spending too much money on your TMA, for little results.
  • You are having trouble managing traffic spikes on your website.

We have the solution to your problem. Do not hesitate to contact us to prepare your move to Shopify Plus together.