Official Shopify Plus Partner
Dozens of replatforms without a single ranking incident
Specialist in Lightspeed migrations
Switching from Lightspeed to Shopify with products, customers, orders and rankings intact: clear scope, week-by-week schedule, zero downtime cutover.
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Switching from Lightspeed to Shopify. Official Shopify Plus Partner, Amsterdam & New York
Lightspeed helped many Dutch webshops grow, but growth now asks for more: a faster checkout, a broader app ecosystem and integrations that keep pace. With our Lightspeed to Shopify migration, your customers, orders and rankings stay fully intact.
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Migration process
Replatforming from Lightspeed to Shopify in five steps
Lightspeed audit & export
Inventory of products, variants, categories, customers, orders, apps and integrations in your Lightspeed shop (C-Series or E-Series), plus an SEO baseline crawl of every URL.
Data mapping & redirects
Export from Lightspeed, mapping to Shopify objects and a 301 redirect per Lightspeed URL, including .html paths, category pages and old promo pages from Search Console.
Theme build & app replacement
Custom Shopify theme with a Shopify equivalent for every Lightspeed app: payments, shipping, reviews, feeds. Decided per app up front: native, app or custom work.
POS, accounting & fulfilment
Accounting, fulfilment and marketplaces reconnected. Store and webshop together on Shopify POS, or Lightspeed Retail synced with Shopify through an integration.
Phased launch & monitoring
Test import, freeze window on product data, final data sync, DNS switch and redirect activation in one moment. Launch engineer on standby for 48 hours, 90 days of GSC monitoring.
A Lightspeed shop has its own data structure, its own URLs and its own app landscape. In a replatforming we translate every part to its Shopify equivalent, so the switch is invisible to your customers and an improvement for your team.
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Export from Lightspeed, C-Series and E-Series
C-Series (formerly SEOshop) and E-Series have different export routes and data structures. We have our own mapping for both, so variants, categories and customer accounts end up correctly in Shopify.
- 02
Products and variants without simplification
Shopify supports up to 2,048 variants per product. That lets us migrate complex Lightspeed catalogues with many options without simplifying your product structure, complemented by metafields for rich product data.
- 03
Lightspeed URLs redirected one to one
Lightspeed uses its own URL structure, often with .html endings and category paths. Per URL we create a 301 redirect to the new Shopify URL, including old promo pages and URLs from Google Search Console.
- 04
Customers and order history come along
Customer accounts, customer groups and the complete order history are exported and imported into Shopify, with the link between customer and order intact. We bring discount codes, reviews and blog articles if you have them.
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A Shopify equivalent for every Lightspeed app
Mollie, Sendcloud, Picqer, Exact Online, Channable, Klaviyo and bol.com all have proven integrations on Shopify. Per app we decide up front: replace with a Shopify feature, with an app, or rebuild as custom work.
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Store and webshop in one system
Using Lightspeed Retail as your POS? Then we bring store and webshop together on Shopify POS, or we sync Lightspeed Retail with Shopify through an integration. We choose the route based on your number of stores and inventory process.
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Cutover without downtime
The new shop is built and tested entirely alongside the existing one. Freeze window, final data sync, DNS switch and redirects are switched in one moment. Launch engineer on standby for 48 hours, 90 days of GSC monitoring.
moves Lightspeed shops to Shopify with customers, orders and rankings intact. The switch is not a risk, but the start of growth.
From Lightspeed audit and data mapping to phased cutover and 90 days of GSC monitoring, with a clear scope and a week-by-week schedule.
Connected to the systems your organisation runs on.
A webshop never stands alone. We connect Shopify to your ERP, finance, marketing, payments and logistics: with our own standard connectors, proven integrations and custom middleware where needed.
From any platform to Shopify: full data transfer, watertight 301 redirects and preserved rankings.
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Switching is growing, not starting over.
A Lightspeed to Shopify migration takes everything you have built along: catalogue, customers, orders and rankings. What stays behind is the brake on growth. Dozens of replatforms without a single ranking incident.
Why businesses move from Lightspeed to Shopify
Lightspeed eCom started life as SEOshop, the Amsterdam platform Lightspeed acquired in 2015, and is now called C-Series. Lightspeed describes E-Series as its flagship today. C-Series is still supported and updated, but Lightspeed offers the upgrade to E-Series only to certain North American merchants. If you sell from Europe, the next step is yours to choose.
As a shop grows, the limits of C-Series show up in a few specific places:
- 01One domain per subscription, up to seven languages and six currencies, and customers always pay in your default currency.
- 02A maximum of 100 variants per product, shown in a single drop-down.
- 03B2B features sit in the Professional plan. To give business and consumer customers each their own experience, Lightspeed points you to a second store.
Switching from Lightspeed to Shopify moves those limits further out: up to 2,048 variants per product, checkout in local currencies with Shopify Payments, a domain or subfolder per market, and B2B alongside direct-to-consumer sales in one store. Hosting and updates are part of every plan, and every six months Shopify gathers its new features in an Edition.
Lightspeed and Shopify side by side
Both platforms are SaaS: the vendor hosts your store and you pay a subscription. In a replatforming project you compare them less on technology and more on what you will need in a few years. The comparison below covers Lightspeed eCom C-Series.
| Lightspeed | Shopify | |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting and updates | Hosted by Lightspeed, hourly backups | Hosting in every plan, automatic updates |
| Security and PCI | PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider | Certified Level 1 PCI DSS compliant |
| Checkout | Multi-step, one-page or one-step | One-page checkout by default, with Shop Pay |
| Variants per product | Up to 100, in one drop-down | Up to 2,048, across up to three options |
| International | One domain, seven languages, checkout in default currency | Domain or subfolder per market, checkout in local currency |
| B2B | B2B module on Professional, separate store per audience | B2B and direct-to-consumer in one store, from Basic |
| Apps and integrations | Own App Store, apps billed monthly | Shopify App Store and GraphQL Admin API |
| Point of sale | Omnichannel with Lightspeed Retail (R-Series) | Shopify POS, sharing inventory and orders with the webshop |
Two caveats for a fair picture. Checkout in local currency requires Shopify Payments, and price lists for individual companies are a Shopify Plus feature.
What does a Lightspeed migration to Shopify cost?
A migration starts at 15,000 euros for a premium theme build with data migration and redirects. Custom work starts at 25,000 euros, a migration to Shopify Plus at 35,000 euros. Where your project lands depends on what your Lightspeed shop contains:
- 01Catalogue: the number of products, variants and languages, and how many variant names need splitting into separate options.
- 02Apps: every Lightspeed app gets a replacement, as a Shopify feature, an app or custom work.
- 03Stores: separate Lightspeed stores per country or for B2B can come together in one Shopify store.
- 04Point of sale: store and webshop together on Shopify POS, or Lightspeed Retail kept and connected.
- 05Integrations and custom work: accounting, ERP, fulfilment and features no app covers.
- 06Design: a custom theme, built in Liquid, Shopify's template language.
After the audit you receive a tailored quote, with the chosen route for each part.
Lightspeed migration pitfalls, and how we handle them
The risks sit in details that only surface when you lay Lightspeed's exports next to Shopify's data model. We cover these six in every project.
- 01URLs: Lightspeed puts products on paths like /red-sweater.html, Shopify on /products/red-sweater. Your own Lightspeed redirects are temporary by default, and earlier URL changes were stored by Lightspeed as hidden redirects. We turn every old URL, supplemented from Search Console, into a 301 redirect.
- 02Variants: in C-Series a variant is a single line of text in one drop-down, such as 'Size: 36, Color: Black'. We split it into separate Shopify options, so filters and selectors behave correctly.
- 03Data outside the exports: specifications and filters arrive in separate files, with columns per language. Reviews, blog articles and discount codes are not in the CSV exports, so we retrieve them through the Lightspeed API.
- 04Passwords: these cannot be migrated. With Shopify's new customer accounts, customers sign in with a one-time code sent by email; with legacy accounts, we send an invitation after the import.
- 05Gift cards: Lightspeed exports only the last four digits of a code. Open balances become new Shopify gift cards for their holders.
- 06Apps and tracking: Lightspeed apps are billed per full month, so cancel them after the cutover. Checkout conversion tracking is rebuilt with Shopify's web pixels.
Frequently asked questions about switching from Lightspeed to Shopify
Lightspeed eCom C-Series has fixed limits you feel as you grow: one domain per subscription, up to seven languages, checkout in a single default currency and up to 100 variants per product. On Shopify you get up to 2,048 variants per product, checkout in local currencies with Shopify Payments, a domain or subfolder per market, and B2B and direct-to-consumer in one store. On top of that, Lightspeed now calls E-Series its flagship, while the upgrade to it is only available to certain North American merchants.
We first establish which Lightspeed you run: C-Series or E-Series, and whether your webshop is connected to Lightspeed Retail. Then we export your data as CSV, with columns per language, and retrieve what the exports leave out, such as reviews and blog articles, through the Lightspeed API. Variant names are split into separate Shopify options, every .html URL gets a 301 redirect and the theme is rebuilt in Liquid. After a test import comes the cutover, with a freeze window and a DNS switch in one moment.
Lightspeed places products directly under your domain with an .html ending, such as /red-sweater.html. Shopify uses fixed paths like /products/red-sweater, so every product URL changes. We map each old URL to its new address and turn that into 301 redirects. That includes your existing Lightspeed redirects, which are temporary by default, and URLs from earlier product changes, which Lightspeed kept as hidden redirects and which we recover through Google Search Console. Meta titles, descriptions and canonicals come along.
Yes. Orders and customers come from Lightspeed's exports and go into Shopify in a fixed order: products first, then customers, then orders, so every order stays linked to the right customer and product. Customer groups get a Shopify equivalent, for business customers a B2B company with its own catalogue. Passwords do not transfer; with Shopify's new customer accounts, customers sign in with a one-time code sent by email and find their orders waiting. A test import shows you up front how everything lands.
A Lightspeed to Shopify migration starts at 15,000 euros for a premium theme build with data migration and redirects. Custom work starts at 25,000 euros, a migration to Shopify Plus at 35,000 euros. With Lightspeed, the main factors are the number of languages and variants, the apps that need a replacement, a connection with Lightspeed Retail and merging separate stores. After the audit you get a tailored quote.
An average Lightspeed migration takes 6 to 10 weeks, from audit to go-live. Larger shops with multiple languages, B2B or ERP integrations take 10 to 14 weeks, especially when separate Lightspeed stores per country or for B2B come together in one Shopify store. You get a week-by-week schedule up front, with the freeze window on your product data fixed in it.
Two routes. Bring store and webshop together on Shopify POS, so inventory, customers and orders run in one system. Or keep Lightspeed Retail and connect it to Shopify: Retail X-Series has its own Shopify integration in which the POS stays the system of record, and Retail R-Series syncs through an app from the Shopify App Store. Note that Lightspeed lists X-Series price books, promotions, loyalty and gift cards as not compatible with Shopify. We advise the route based on your number of stores, inventory process and POS contract.
Almost always. Mollie, Sendcloud, Picqer, Exact Online, Channable, Klaviyo and bol.com all have proven integrations on Shopify. Per app we decide up front: replace with a Shopify feature, replace with an app, or rebuild as custom work.
Not for the result, but it does for the approach. C-Series (formerly SEOshop) and E-Series have different export routes and data structures. We have our own mapping for both, so variants, categories and customer accounts end up correctly in Shopify.
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