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Thinking About Leaving Magento for Shopify Plus?

See what the migration actually involves, what's at risk, and book a free 60 minute risk assessment before you commit to anything

Magento to Shopify Plus migration
The real cost of running Magento at scale

The Real Cost of Running Magento at Scale

You're already paying for it, whether you're building anything new or not.

If you're running Magento or Adobe Commerce, none of this will be news to you. You're paying into three different pools at once: the platform, the developers who keep it running, and the maintenance that never really stops.

Every feature that isn't in the box means another extension, and another thing that can break next time you patch. Upgrades turn into projects on their own. And the bigger your catalogue gets, the slower the site tends to run, right when you need it to hold up.

That's the real cost of running Magento at scale. It's not one bill, it's several, and they keep coming whether or not you're actively building anything new.

The Risk of Getting It Wrong

A bad migration can cost you more than the platform ever did.

None of that means you should rush a move. The risk isn't hypothetical, it shows up in four places.

Search rankings

If URLs change and redirects get missed.

Customer & order history

If the data migration is incomplete.

Your integrations

ERP, payments, fulfilment and marketing tools fail quietly until an order doesn't sync.

Your team

Left holding a new platform nobody's actually been trained to run.

How an Ecommerce Platform Migration Agency Should Handle It

This is the part most merchants never get to see until they're already committed. Here's how we run it.

We won't run you through a Magento versus Shopify feature war. We don't operate Magento, so we're not going to pretend to score it. What we will do, on that first call, is go through which of these problems are actually costing you money, and what a move would change.

Free 60 minute risk assessment

No pitch deck, no obligation. We review your current setup and give you a first-pass view of what a move to Shopify Plus would mean for your business, including whether the new store would actually be found, by search engines and AI shopping tools alike.

Discovery

We dig into every part of your business, your data, your integrations, your systems, and your goals, so we build toward the right outcome from day one. Along the way, we look for ways to automate manual work and cut down the room for error.

Design and build, run in parallel

We split design into batches, so build work starts on the first batch while later ones are still being designed. That overlap keeps the timeline tight without cutting corners. SEO and AI search foundations are built in from day one, not bolted on after launch.

Migration and testing

Data is the highest risk part of any migration, so we treat it that way. Every product, order, and customer record is checked and matched before it moves. Redirects are mapped so no page or search ranking gets lost, and every integration is tested end to end before we go anywhere near live.

Supported launch, then an ongoing retainer

Going live is step one, not the finish line. With the foundations in place, we keep building and strategising from there. Our team is driven by data and hungry for results, so the store keeps improving instead of sitting still.

What's on the Table If You Move Now

Two reasons to start the risk assessment before the end of the year.

A free audit, worth up to $2,500

A free audit, worth up to $2,500

Complete the risk assessment call and follow it through, and choose CRO, SEO, AI readiness, a GA4 review, or a design review, on us.

Shopify credits, locked in

Shopify credits, locked in

Sign before 31 December 2026 and get three to six months of platform fees covered, plus a kickoff that starts straight away.

Find out what this migration would actually mean for your store.

Book your free 60 minute risk assessment before the end of the year.

Book Your Free 60 Minute Risk Assessment

Book your free 60 minute risk assessment

No pitch deck, no obligation. Tell us about your current Magento setup and we'll come back to you to get the call in the diary.