BigCommerce to Shopify Migration Services
Shifting your eCommerce store from one platform to another is a big move, and there are risks associated with migration. There is a possibility of data loss, a drop in search engine rankings, broken design elements, and potential loss of key functionalities that were extremely important to your business.
However, with Icecube Digital, you can rest assured that the BigCommerce to Shopify migration is executed successfully. With our strong command of both platforms, we are familiar with the intricacies that come with migration. Partner with Icecube Digital and let our experts handle your BigCommerce to Shopify migration with precision, care, and zero compromise on performance.
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With an experience of over 14 years, we are an industry leader in the development of eCommerce platforms and make moving from BigCommerce to Shopify simple and easy. Don't rely on our claims; you can read our case studies that back our words. Our Shopify web design services have helped numerous businesses launch faster, scale smarter, and deliver seamless shopping experiences that drive results.
Decorative Mirrors Online
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“Icecube Digital truly understands eCommerce challenges. Their support in migrating us from BigCommerce to Shopify was invaluable. With their expertise and proactive problem-solving, they minimized disruptions and addressed potential issues before they arose. Now, we have a sleek and scalable Shopify store that has greatly improved our customer experience and operational efficiency. We sincerely appreciate their efforts and highly recommend their services.”
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Toccin
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“Big thanks to Icecube Digital for helping us launch the TOCCIN website on Shopify Plus. They totally got our vision and made the whole process super easy. The site looks amazing, works smoothly, and really feels like us. The team was fast, responsive, and great to work with. We’re super happy with how it all came together!”
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Mia Shoes
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“I can’t express how impressed I am with the Shopify development services from Icecube Digital for Mia Shoes! From the initial consultation to the final launch, their team was attentive, knowledgeable, and incredibly professional. They transformed our online store into a sleek, user-friendly platform that truly represents our brand. Sales have increased since the launch, and the feedback from our customers has been overwhelmingly positive. Highly recommend Icecube Digital for any Shopify development needs!”
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Owner Of Mia Shoes
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Why Migrate from
BigCommerce to Shopify?
BigCommerce and Shopify are suitable eCommerce platforms that businesses can use to start their digital journey. However, not every platform is built the same, and as per business' structure and goals, the platform needs to be decided.
BigCommerce is a fully hosted eCommerce platform that gives greater control and flexibility with advanced features. It has in-built functionalities for B2B businesses, like customer group pricing and quote management. It provides more flexibility to developers in terms of customization and development.
On the other hand, Shopify is a fully-hosted, all-in-one platform, which offers core features but heavily relies on apps for extended functionalities. It is primarily B2C focused. B2B functionalities can be added, but through apps. It has a huge app marketplace with thousands of integrations.
The main reason why businesses migrate from BigCommerce to Shopify is ease of use, cost, scalability, and long-term potential.
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“What a pleasure it has been to work with Bhavin & team Icecube Digital! He has guided our design and migration to a website like a master – bringing well-needed expertise and patience to our efforts. He has consistently over delivered and exceeded our expectations. I would highly recommend him and his team to anyone looking to put a new website in place or improve the one they have. We look forward to continuing to work together.”
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What Our BigCommerce to Shopify Migration
Services Include
Migrating from BigCommerce to Shopify is not just a simple transfer of data from one platform to another. It is a multi-layered process, and as a leading BigCommerce to Shopify Migration Agency, we provide different services that ensure a seamless transition, without disrupting your store's operations or compromising your customer experience.
Data Migration
Data migration is a critical step for BigCommerce to Shopify migration services, and we ensure a safe and secure transfer of all the data, including product, customer profiles, and order history. We validate and format the data to suit Shopify's architecture to minimize errors, duplicates, and data loss.
Theme & Design Transfer
Shopify and BigCommerce have different theme layouts and design architectures. Shopify has its templating language, called Liquid, and BigCommerce uses Handlebars as its templating engine via the Stencil framework. Most of the time, BigCommerce themes need to be redesigned or rebuilt to make them Shopify-compatible.
SEO & Redirect Setup
During the BigCommerce to Shopify or WooCommerce to Shopify migration, our main priority is preserving the search engine rankings. We handle SEO migration by transferring metadata, alt tags, and canonical URLs, and setting up 301 redirects for all key pages. This ensures your traffic and visibility remain unaffected post-migration.
App & Payment Setup
Our team finds equivalent apps from Shopify Marketplace to rebuild the existing functionality, or if there are none available, our developers custom-code that functionality. Also, we integrate the payment gateway to streamline the checkout experience.
Testing & Launch
We put in rigorous quality checks before your new Shopify store goes live. Our QA team tests design consistency, navigation, checkout flow, mobile responsiveness, app functionality, and overall performance to ensure nothing breaks during or after migration.
Custom Features Rebuild
If your BigCommerce store has custom features, then we can help rebuild or replicate them on Shopify using apps, scripts, or custom development. From custom product filters to unique checkout flows, we tailor the Shopify experience to your original store's business logic, without compromise.
What Data Can Be Migrated from
BigCommerce to Shopify
Not every data can be migrated from BigCommerce to Shopify. However, as a BigCommerce to Shopify migration company, we create a strategy to seamlessly migrate the following existing data without any data loss or disrupting the existing business process:
Product Data
Product titles, descriptions, categories, and subcategories, SKUs, variants, weight and dimensions, prices, compare-at prices, inventory, images, product type, and tags.
Customer Data
Customer's full name, email address, phone number, shipping and billing addresses, account creation data and other information, customer tags and groups, and VIP points.
CMS pages & blog posts
Page titles, page content (HTML or rich text), SEO metadata, and end-to-end blog posts including titles, featured image, author's name, author's description, content, tags, and publish date.
Order History
Order IDs and numbers, customer info, purchased products and quantities, order status, payment method, shipping method, and cost.
Coupons & Discounts
Discount codes, types (fixed, percentage, or free shipping), usage limits, expiry date, and applicable products or customer groups.
Product Reviews & Ratings
Reviewer name, review content, star or number ratings, date of review, and product association.
SEO Assets & Redirects
Meta title, meta description, image alt texts, URL slug/handle, and URL path. Original product, category, and content URLs, custom URL slugs, 301 Redirect mapping for old URLs to the new Shopify structure, and canonical URLs.
Payment/billing data
Payment data, like raw credit card data, import is not supported by Shopify due to PCI compliance. The rest all the details, like payment status per order, payment gateway used, can be transferred.
Tax and shipping rules
Tax-inclusive/exclusive pricing settings, regional tax rules (country/state level), shipping zones and rates, free shipping thresholds, and fulfillment locations and methods.
Top Benefits of Shopify
Over BigCommerce
As eCommerce businesses scale, many are making the switch from BigCommerce to Shopify to gain greater flexibility, lower operational overhead, and a more intuitive platform that's built for growth. Shopify's checkout converts 12% better than BigCommerce, and the total cost of ownership is 31% lower than BigCommerce. Let's understand some other reasons why businesses choose Shopify over BigCommerce.
Ease to Use
Getting started to set up the store with Shopify is easy and less time-consuming. The Shopify dashboard is easy to navigate. All the options can be accessed from the left-hand menu, and there is a wizard that provides instructions and details about a particular feature.
Themes and Designs
Shopify has a wide range of website themes and design layouts available, as compared to BigCommerce. It has over 212 themes for different industries and businesses, including free and premium. As per your request, we can opt for a new Shopify theme or replicate your existing one with custom Shopify web design development.
Mobile Responsive
The best part about Shopify is that all the themes and website designs are mobile-responsive by default. The chosen theme will automatically reformat to fit the appropriate screen size. BigCommerce also offers responsive themes, but not all themes, especially older or third-party ones, are guaranteed to be mobile-optimized unless explicitly stated.
Apps and Add-ons
To extend the functionality and usability of the eCommerce stores, the apps and add-on features become important. With BigCommerce, you can choose from around 1,500+ apps from different categories, like payment and security, and tax. However, there are over 8,000 apps in the Shopify App Ecosystem.
Global Expansion
Shopify has launched Shopify Plus for businesses that want to expand their operations to foreign countries to get a global reach. The platform offers better functionalities and advanced features compared to the standard Shopify platform. It includes multi-channel capabilities and advanced security measures.
More Payment Options
Shopify has an integrated in-house payment processor, Shopify Payments, which comes with fraud analysis to detect and report suspicious activities. The instant setup and approval, full integration, and no extra transactions or hidden fees make it a convenient and cost-effective option for merchants. Also, Shopify supports 100+ popular payment gateways.
eCommerce Dropshipping
Shopify has partnered with third-party tools, like Dsers and Dropified, which make the dropshipping process smoother, more efficient, and easier to manage within the Shopify ecosystem. These tools are popular dropshipping automation apps, and the built-in integration provides a better advantage to dropshipping businesses.
Common Challenges During Migration & How to
Overcome Them
Data Loss or Corruption
As a leading BigCommerce to Shopify migration agency, the common problem is the loss of data that could happen during migration. Hence, we take a full backup of the data, use reliable APIs, and conduct a test migration before making the big move.
SEO Impact
BigCommerce and Shopify follow different URL structures. If redirects are not properly implemented, search engines will treat the new URLs as entirely different pages, which can cause loss of rankings and organic traffic. Our Shopify SEO experts work on this with utmost dedication.
Downtime and Business Disruption
Sometimes, due to technical reasons, like domain propagation delays and sync failures, your store may experience brief periods of downtime during the migration process. To avoid this, we ensure to schedule migration during off-peak hours and use staging environments for testing.
Themes and Design Incompatibility
BigCommerce and Shopify are different platforms, and replicating the exact design of your existing store will be time-consuming because it will need to be built from the ground up. For this, our experts conduct a thorough audit of the website and understand the design aspect, features, and functionalities.
Functionalities Unavailability
Similarly, when it comes to features and functionalities, some of the in-built or custom features might not be directly available in Shopify. So, as a BigCommerce to Shopify migration solution, our experts can custom-develop the features using the apps available in the Shopify App Store or build tailor-made solutions through Shopify's flexible APIs.
Customer Experience
Migration will impact user experience because some data cannot be migrated, like passwords and credit card numbers. They might cause inconvenience. Besides, if the theme design or navigation flow changes significantly, returning users may need time to adjust. Minor glitches, broken links, or missing content during the transition phase can also disrupt user journeys temporarily.
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Migration Process
Audit & Planning
Whether it is a BigCommerce to Shopify or a Magento to Shopify migration, we audit the existing website to understand its structure, foundation, functionalities, and gaps. As per your goals and with a strategy to bridge the gaps, we plan a migration strategy.
Data Migration
We create a complete backup of the data, and then utilize an automated or manual approach to migrate the data securely and safely without losing the integrity of the data. We conduct test migration and cross-check the data post-migration to ensure data completeness.
Store Setup & Development
With data in place, the Shopify developers start working on building up the website from scratch or customizing the selected theme by adding custom features, integrating apps, and setting up workflows.
Testing & QA
Once the store is ready, we run it through a rigorous quality assurance process, which includes functional testing, cross-browser and mobile-responsiveness testing, data validation, and SEO performance.
Launch & Monitoring
Once everything is set, we focus on the launch of the website. Our experts point your domain to Shopify and set up Google Analytics, Shopify reports, and performance tracking tools to monitor traffic, conversions, and user behavior. We monitor your site in real-time to catch and resolve any glitches quickly.
Why Choose Icecube Digital as Your
Migration Partner?
Expert in BigCommerce & Shopify
With hands-on experience with both of the platforms, we have helped several businesses build, scale, and migrate their eCommerce stores successfully.
16+ Years of eCommerce Experience
Our team brings over 16 years of eCommerce experience to the table. We are with you at every step of the migration journey and guide you to make the right decisions.
99.9% Client Satisfaction Rate
We prioritize client success, and our near-perfect satisfaction rate is a reflection of our commitment to quality and results.
250+ Projects Successfully Completed
From startup eCommerce website development to enterprise-grade eCommerce migration, we have executed over 250+ projects with success across various industries.
No Downtime – Sell While Migrating
Our migration strategy is built to keep your store operational. You won't lose customers or revenue during the switch.
Completely Risk-Free Migration
We ensure a secure and structured migration process, without data loss, broken URLs, or SEO damage. Your store is in safe hands.
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Migration FAQs
Why should I migrate from BigCommerce to Shopify?
Moving from BigCommerce to Shopify can increase your business's efficiency, thanks to its user-friendly interface and vast app ecosystem. With Shopify, you can embrace the flexibility and scalable potential of the platform as your business grows to new heights.
How long does the migration process take?
The migration process from BigCommerce to Shopify can take less than two weeks if your store's data isn't complex. However, such a swift transition is not possible if you need a custom design or have plenty of data or product options. At Icecube Digital, whatever your store type is, we stay focused and organized to ensure a smooth completion.
What are the costs involved in migrating?
Migration costs range from $2,000 for basic stores to $35,000+ for enterprise-level migrations. Factors affecting cost include product count, custom features, design complexity, and integration requirements. We provide transparent pricing with no hidden fees after evaluating your specific needs.
Will my BigCommerce store remain operational during migration?
Yes, your BigCommerce store continues operating normally throughout the migration process. We develop your new Shopify store in parallel, ensuring zero downtime and uninterrupted sales. The switch happens only after thorough testing and your approval.
Will my store design transfer over automatically?
Store design requires manual recreation on Shopify's platform. We meticulously rebuild your design using Shopify's theme system, often improving mobile responsiveness and loading speeds. The new design maintains your brand identity while leveraging Shopify's advanced features.
Can I migrate without losing SEO rankings?
Yes, we implement comprehensive SEO preservation strategies, including 301 redirects, URL mapping, and metadata transfer. Our process maintains search engine rankings and prevents organic traffic loss during migration.
Can I migrate my BigCommerce apps and integrations?
We identify equivalent Shopify apps for your BigCommerce functionality and configure necessary integrations. Where direct alternatives don't exist, we rebuild custom features using Shopify's extensive development capabilities and app ecosystem.
Is there downtime during migration?
No, our parallel development approach eliminates downtime. Your BigCommerce store remains live while we build and test your Shopify store. The final switch takes minutes and is scheduled during low-traffic periods to minimize any potential impact.
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