The hardest part of leaving Magento isn’t setting up Shopify — it’s safely extracting what you have. I handle the data mapping, SEO redirect planning, and EAV complexity that Shopify agencies can’t.
Shopify developers are great at building on Shopify. But Magento’s backend is a completely different world — EAV tables, configurable product hierarchies, URL rewrite chains. The extraction side is where migrations break.
Magento stores product data across dozens of tables using Entity-Attribute-Value architecture. Configurable products, custom attribute sets, grouped products with dynamic pricing — none of this maps 1:1 to Shopify. Without someone who understands EAV, your catalog comes out mangled.
Magento’s URL rewrite table is notoriously complex — redirect chains, duplicates from layered navigation, URL keys that don’t match canonical paths. A Shopify developer won’t know what to look for. Miss the redirect mapping and you lose years of Google rankings overnight.
Third-party extension data, custom customer attributes, tier pricing rules, customer password hashes — automated migration apps skip all of this. If you don’t know it exists in Magento’s database, you can’t migrate it.
I work alongside your Shopify developer or agency — handling the complex data extraction and mapping that requires deep Magento backend expertise.
I audit your Magento database to map the full scope: product types and attribute sets, custom tables from third-party extensions, customer data structures, and order history complexity. You get a clear picture of what you actually have before committing to a timeline or budget.
I map your Magento EAV structure to Shopify’s data model — resolving how configurable products become variants, how custom attributes translate to metafields, and how tier pricing and customer groups carry over. Then I extract clean, structured data ready for import.
I crawl your entire Magento site and build a comprehensive 301 redirect map — accounting for URL rewrite chains, layered navigation duplicates, and canonical mismatches. Your Shopify team implements the redirects; I make sure none are missed.
I stay involved through the migration to validate data accuracy on the Shopify side — checking product integrity, customer records, and order history against the Magento source. If something doesn’t match, I trace it back to the extraction.
I handle the Magento extraction and data preparation. Your Shopify developer or agency handles the destination build and import. If you don’t have a Shopify partner yet, I can connect you with agencies I trust. The result: each side is handled by the specialist who knows it best.
Before you commit to a migration timeline or budget, get a clear picture of what’s actually in your Magento database and how complex the extraction will be.
Share your store URL and what you’re planning. I’ll take a look at your Magento setup and reply with my take on the data complexity and what’s involved. No strings attached.