Official Shopify Plus Partner
Dozens of replatforms without a single ranking incident
Specialist in PrestaShop migrations
PrestaShop to Shopify migration with products, customers, orders and rankings intact: clear scope, week-by-week schedule, zero downtime cutover.
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PrestaShop to Shopify migration. Official Shopify Plus Partner, Amsterdam & New York
PrestaShop gives you freedom, but each update, module and security patch lands on your own plate. Shopify takes that upkeep over and gives you back the time for growth. With our PrestaShop migration to Shopify, customers, orders and rankings stay intact.
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Migration process
Replatforming from PrestaShop to Shopify in five steps
PrestaShop audit & export
Inventory of products, combinations, features, categories, customers, orders, modules and integrations in your PrestaShop shop, plus an SEO baseline crawl of every URL.
Data mapping & redirects
Export from the PrestaShop database, mapping to Shopify objects and a 301 redirect per PrestaShop URL, including URLs with IDs, .html paths and old promo pages from Search Console.
Theme build & module replacement
Custom Shopify theme with a Shopify equivalent for every PrestaShop module: payments, shipping, reviews, feeds. Decided per module up front: native, app or custom work.
Accounting, payments & fulfilment
Accounting, fulfilment, payments and marketplaces reconnected to Shopify, with proven integrations where they exist and custom work through the GraphQL Admin API where needed.
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 PrestaShop shop has its own database, its own URLs and its own collection of modules. In a replatforming we translate every part to its Shopify equivalent, so the switch is invisible to your customers and a relief for your team.
- 01
Export from every PrestaShop version
PrestaShop 1.6, 1.7, 8 and 9 differ in database structure. We read the data straight from the database and the webservice, so products, combinations, features and customer accounts end up complete in Shopify.
- 02
Combinations and features without simplification
Combinations become Shopify variants, up to 2,048 per product. Features land as metafields, so filters and product specifications stay rich and your product structure is not simplified.
- 03
PrestaShop URLs redirected one to one
PrestaShop puts an ID in every URL by default and ends product URLs with .html. Per URL we create a 301 redirect to the new Shopify URL, including CMS pages, brand pages and URLs from Google Search Console.
- 04
Customers, groups and order history come along
Customer accounts, customer groups and the complete order history are imported into Shopify, with the link between customer and order intact. We convert cart rules and discount codes to Shopify discounts.
- 05
A Shopify equivalent for every PrestaShop module
Per module we decide up front: replace with a Shopify feature, with an app, or rebuild as custom work. Mollie, Sendcloud, Picqer, Exact Online, Channable and Klaviyo all have proven integrations on Shopify.
- 06
Multistore and languages on one foundation
If you run multiple shops or languages from PrestaShop multistore, we bring them together in Shopify Markets, with their own domains or subfolders, translations and prices per market.
- 07
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 PrestaShop shops to Shopify with customers, orders and rankings intact. No more modules to watch over, but a shop that keeps growing.
From PrestaShop 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.
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Less maintenance, more webshop.
A PrestaShop to Shopify migration trades hosting, updates and module conflicts for a platform that maintains itself. Catalogue, customers, orders and rankings come along. Dozens of replatforms without a single ranking incident.
Why companies move from PrestaShop to Shopify
PrestaShop is open source and gives you full control over code, data and modules. The Classic edition also hands you everything around it: you arrange hosting and a domain yourself, along with every update and every security release. For a growing team, attention easily shifts from selling to maintaining.
The trigger is often the version you run. Official support for PrestaShop 1.6 ended on 30 June 2019. For 1.7, PrestaShop announced that maintenance would end once version 9 shipped, which happened on 10 June 2025. PrestaShop itself calls 9 a major version for which some modules and themes need updating. If an upgrade like that is coming anyway, it is worth weighing against a replatforming to Shopify.
On Shopify, hosting and automatic updates are part of every plan, and Level 1 PCI DSS compliance covers every store. On top of that come a checkout with Shop Pay and Markets for selling across countries. New functionality comes from the Shopify App Store or is built on the GraphQL Admin API, so your team can focus on what sets your brand apart.
PrestaShop vs Shopify: open source next to a managed platform
Both platforms run serious online stores. The real difference is who manages the technology. With PrestaShop Classic, that is you or your hosting partner, and PrestaShop also offers a Hosted edition with hosting included. With Shopify, that layer is part of the platform.
| PrestaShop | Shopify | |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting and updates | Classic: self-managed. Hosted: hosting included | Hosting and automatic updates on every plan |
| Security and PCI | Install security releases yourself, with your host | Level 1 PCI DSS, covering every store |
| Checkout | Multi-step checkout, one page checkout module since 9.2 | Shopify checkout with Shop Pay as accelerated checkout |
| Variants per product | Combinations built from attributes | Up to 2,048 variants per product |
| Apps and integrations | Modules from PrestaShop Addons or custom code | Shopify App Store and the GraphQL Admin API |
| B2B | B2B mode with company fields and group pricing | B2B from Basic, extended on Plus |
| International | Languages and currencies in core, multistore for separate shops | Markets with a domain, subdomain or subfolder per market |
| Point of sale | Through modules from third-party developers | Shopify POS included in every paid plan |
The comparison below covers the standard setup of both platforms. With modules, apps and custom work, more is possible on either side.
What does a PrestaShop migration to Shopify cost?
A move from PrestaShop to Shopify starts at 15,000 euros for a premium theme build with data migration and redirects. Custom work starts at 25,000 euros, a move to Shopify Plus at 35,000 euros. After the audit you receive a tailored quote.
Next to the project you pay a Shopify subscription, which already includes hosting. Where your migration lands within that range depends mostly on these factors:
- 01Catalogue: the number of products and combinations, and how many features need to move as metafields.
- 02Modules: for each module we choose a Shopify feature, an app or custom work.
- 03Integrations: accounting, ERP, fulfilment and marketplaces that currently run through modules or the webservice.
- 04Custom code: overrides and in-house modules that take a new form on Shopify.
- 05B2B and multistore: customer groups, price agreements and multiple shops need extra setup.
- 06Design: a premium theme as the foundation, or a fully custom design.
Pitfalls in a PrestaShop migration, and how we catch them
A PrestaShop shop differs from other platforms in a few specific ways. We account for these from the audit onwards, so they do not surface at launch:
- 01URLs with IDs: products live on paths like /12-product-name.html, combinations can carry their own attribute ID in the URL, and multilingual shops add /nl/ or /en/ in front. We build the redirect list from the database, a crawl and Search Console.
- 02Redirect limit: Shopify allows 100,000 redirects, or 20 million on Plus. For a large catalogue with many language and combination URLs, we calculate this up front.
- 03Combinations and features: attributes become variant options and features land as metafields, so filters and specifications stay complete.
- 04Customer passwords: these cannot be migrated, because they are encrypted outside Shopify. With current Shopify customer accounts, customers sign in with a one-time code sent by email, without a new password.
- 05Order history: orders are not imported through a CSV but through the API, after products and customers, so every order links to the right customer.
- 06Tracking: scripts that modules now place in your theme are set up again as pixels, which on Shopify also measure in checkout.
Frequently asked questions about PrestaShop to Shopify migration
Often because a version upgrade is due. Official support for PrestaShop 1.6 ended in June 2019, and maintenance of 1.7 stopped when PrestaShop 9 was released. Upgrading to 9 can mean updating modules and your theme. On Shopify that cycle disappears: hosting, updates and security are part of the platform, and you gain Markets, Shop Pay and up to 2,048 variants per product.
We start with your PrestaShop version and database: products with combinations and features, customer groups, cart rules, orders and the modules you use. A crawl records every URL, including IDs, .html paths and language prefixes. Then come the mapping to Shopify, the theme, the integrations and a test import that you review yourself. At cutover we freeze product data, run a final sync and switch DNS and redirects in one go.
PrestaShop builds URLs from IDs: a product sits on a path like /12-product-name.html, sometimes with the category in front, a CMS page under /content/ and a brand under /brand/. Multilingual shops add a language code such as /en/. Shopify uses fixed paths like /products/ and /collections/, so almost every URL changes. We link each old URL from the database, crawl and Search Console to its new address with a 301 redirect, carry over meta titles and descriptions, and monitor visibility in Search Console for 90 days after launch.
Products with their combinations, features and images, categories, brands, customers with addresses and customer groups, order history, cart rules and discount codes, reviews and CMS pages. Attributes become variant options, features land as metafields. Orders are imported through the API after products and customers, so each order links to the right customer. Passwords cannot be migrated; with Shopify customer accounts, customers sign in with a one-time code sent by email.
From 15,000 euros for a premium theme build with data migration and redirects, from 25,000 euros for custom work and from 35,000 euros for a replatforming to Shopify Plus. With PrestaShop, where your project lands in that range depends mainly on the number of combinations, the modules that need a replacement, overrides in the code and any multistore setup. After the audit you get a tailored quote.
On average 6 to 10 weeks, from audit to go-live. Shops with multistore, multiple languages, B2B or ERP integrations should plan for 10 to 14 weeks. With PrestaShop, the difference lies mostly in preparation: how many combinations and features need mapping, how many modules need a replacement and how far your version is from the current one. You get a week-by-week schedule up front.
Not for the result, but it does for the approach. PrestaShop 1.6, 1.7, 8 and 9 differ in database structure and URL format. Shops on an older version in particular face a choice: a heavy upgrade within PrestaShop, where theme and modules often have to be redone, or a migration. We have our own mapping for every version.
Almost always. Much of what needs a separate module in PrestaShop is part of the platform on Shopify or available as a proven app: payments, shipping, reviews, feeds and email marketing. Per module we decide up front: replace with a Shopify feature, with an app, or rebuild as custom work.
We bring multiple countries, languages and currencies together in Shopify Markets, with their own domains or subfolders and prices per market. For brands that need a fully separate shop, we work on Shopify Plus with expansion stores under one licence. We determine the right setup in the audit.
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