BigCommerce to Shopify Migration

BigCommerce merchants migrate to Shopify for a consistent set of reasons. A bigger app ecosystem. More designers and developers fluent in the platform. Pricing that doesn’t penalize growth. Plus a community that talks publicly about what’s working, which makes everything easier when you have a question.

The migration is straightforward in principle and tricky in execution. Some BigCommerce concepts (product modifiers, price lists, customer groups) don’t map directly to Shopify equivalents. The redirect map needs careful planning because BigCommerce URL structures aren’t identical to Shopify’s. Plus your existing apps probably have different Shopify equivalents that need evaluation.

What We Migrate

Products. Title, description, options translated to variants, modifiers translated to the right Shopify pattern, images, custom fields, plus SEO metadata.
Customers. All accounts migrated. Passwords reset on first login via Shopify’s standard flow.
Orders. Full history available in the Shopify admin.
Categories. Mapped to Shopify collections.
B2B price lists and customer groups. Mapped to native Shopify B2B (on Plus) or to apps (on standard).
Blog content. Posts, authors, images, categories.
Redirects. Every indexed URL gets a 301 to the new Shopify equivalent.
SEO metadata. Titles, descriptions, canonicals, structured data.

Why Brands Choose Us for BigCommerce Migrations

Platform-specific experience. BigCommerce migrations involve different patterns than WooCommerce or Magento. Product options, modifiers, the API differences. We know the patterns and we know which BigCommerce features need a Shopify equivalent that doesn’t exist by default.

Theme built during migration. Default Shopify themes are fine. Custom themes built for your brand convert better. We do the design and development as part of the migration, not as a follow-on project six months later.

Full post-launch coverage. Edge cases show up in the first 30 days after launch. Customers with old saved URLs, third-party integrations pointing at the old domain, plus oddball product data that didn’t show up in QA. We monitor and fix as it surfaces.

Full BigCommerce to Shopify migration guide. Detailed write-up of our migration process.
Shopify web design & development. The theme work that happens during migration.
Shopify Plus agency. For migrations that include a tier upgrade.

Get a Migration Quote

Every BigCommerce store has a different shape. SKU count, B2B complexity, app dependencies, custom code in the theme. Share an export plus a list of features you cannot lose, and we’ll come back with a detailed scope, timeline, and quote. Request a migration quote.

Features

Full product catalog migration with variants, options, modifiers

Customer accounts preserved with password reset flow

Order history migrated for analytics and support continuity

BigCommerce-style URLs redirected to Shopify equivalents

B2B price lists and customer groups mapped to Shopify B2B or apps

Custom Shopify theme built during the migration

Process

Audit

Map your BigCommerce setup: product options, modifiers, price lists, custom fields, plus app dependencies.

Plan

Data mapping, redirect strategy, B2B model, theme scope, plus cutover schedule.

Migrate

Staging build, data import, theme development, QA parity testing against your live BigCommerce store.

Cutover

DNS switch, redirect deployment, customer password reset flow, plus 30-day monitoring.

FAQs

How do BigCommerce product options and modifiers map to Shopify?

BigCommerce options become Shopify variants, with limits up to 100 variants per product or 2,000 on Plus. Modifiers, which are free-form add-ons, get mapped to line item properties, metafields, or a product personalization app depending on use case. We assess your specific setup during audit.

Can we migrate BigCommerce B2B (price lists, customer groups) to Shopify?

Yes. On Shopify Plus, native B2B handles company accounts and customer-specific catalogs cleanly. On standard Shopify, we use B2B apps. Either way, your existing price lists plus customer groups carry over.

Will our SEO survive the migration?

With a proper redirect map, yes. We map every indexed BigCommerce URL to its Shopify equivalent, preserve metadata, plus carry over structured data. Most migrations recover ranking within 2 to 4 weeks.

Why migrate off BigCommerce in the first place?

Most clients tell us the same things: the BigCommerce theme ecosystem is thinner, the app marketplace is smaller, plus pricing tiers scale with revenue in ways that frustrate growing brands. Shopify's ecosystem advantages compound year over year.