Migrate to Shopify with LitExtension App: The Key to Success

Shopify is one of the most state-of-the-art shopping carts today. It provides everything you need to create and manage an online store easily. Thanks to its characteristic of a hosted solution, Shopify is preferable for both beginners, non-coders, and even big sellers. So if you’re looking for an all-in-one solution, don’t hesitate to create a Shopify store or migrate to Shopify with LitExtension App to quickly introduce your products to thousands of customers out there!

LitExtension – #1 Shopping Cart Migration Expert is now available on Shopify app store, which makes it easier for you to find and download our migration app to move your store to Shopify. In the next paragraphs, we’ll be providing you with interesting information about:

• Benefits of migrating data with LitExtension app
• Preparation before Shopify Migration
• Guidance to perform Shopify Migration
• Post-migration checklist

Let’s start!

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Why LitExtension?

Before diving into the steps to migrate to Shopify with LitExtension app, let’s take a look at some highlighted advantages of using our data migration service.

• Various supported platforms & data types: With the LitExtension app, you can freely move your store from more than 140 eCommerce platforms to Shopify. Moreover, not only migrating from one platform to another, LitExtension app also offers solutions to migrate to Shopify using CSV files or Database dump for your better convenience.
• Time saving: All of your important data will be flawlessly migrated with LitExtension within a couple of hours, depending on the number of entities and the complexity of the migration.
• No technical skills required: LitExtension service is accessible for everyone with just a few clicks away to complete the migration process. Also, the wizard instruction is available right on the right-hand side of the screen along the way. Therefore, you don’t need any advanced technical skills or knowledge to deal with the migration.
• 24/7 support: You can still avail of 24/7 dedicated support for the migration performed via email, live chat, phone call, and ticket system. Hence, your problem will be solved as quickly as possible by our LitExtension experts.
• Free Demo Migration: Before performing the full process, you can run a FREE Demo Migration to see how our tool works. 200 entities from your Source Store will be seamlessly transferred to your Shopify store at no cost.
• High security: LitExtension ensures that data is protected in all of its forms, on all media, and during all phases of its life cycle. For further information, please take a look at our Data Security Policy.
• 30-day money-back guarantee: We guarantee that you are experiencing a risk-free investment by offering a 30-day money-back policy. Please dig into our Refund Policy for more details.
• Three-month migration assurance: We offer 3-month Free Unlimited Recent Migrations, Re-migrations and Smart Update for assurance in migration and make sure to complete the migration process perfectly.

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Migrate to Shopify with LitExtension App: The Preparation

1. Set up the Shopify store

Before switching to Shopify, you first need to set up a Shopify store. In order to create a new account, let’s get to the Shopify Homepage, enter your email address, and click “Start free trial”.

You can choose to answer some questions by Shopify. Or else, Shopify streamlines your registration process by letting you skip everything and start your 3-day free trial right away. If 3 days are not enough for you to discover Shopify, then try researching more to have a better deal with Shopify Free Trial in 2023: Everything You Need to Know About It.

After the trial, you can start a Shopify store with only $1/month for 3 months when choosing Shopify Basic plan.

Still concerned? Don’t worry, we’ve attached a detailed guideline below so you can start a Shopify store from scratch.

2. Install the LitExtension application

If you already log in to your Shopify account, then navigate to Shopify App Store. Now, please search for “LitExtension” to find us:

Here, you will see LitExtension Store Migration app that allows store owners to transfer data from 140+ supported platforms and so more.

Now, hit the “Add app” button and it will lead you to the Shopify store’s dashboard. Scroll down and click on the “Install app” button in the lower-left corner of the screen to continue.

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Migrate to Shopify with LitExtension App: Perform Migration

1. Set up Source Cart and Target Cart

The installation process on Shopify will directly lead you to the LitExtension homesite. To get started, please click “Sign up” to create a new account if you have not had one, or just log in using your existing Google or Facebook account. Once you are ready, let’s migrate!

Simply choose the “Create New Migration” option and there will be a page where you can start filling in the information of your Source and Target Cart. In this case, the Target cart is already your Shopify store, you only need to enter Source Cart information as follows:

To run the LitExtension migration process, you need to set up the Connector with an open-source store and get the API details with a hosted store. With Shopify, please read our article here for a better understanding and performance with the API key.

2. Select entities to migrate

At this step, you need to choose the entities you want to migrate to Shopify. Conveniently, LitExtension allows you to transfer all of the important data, including products, customers, orders, and so on. You can choose to migrate only a few or click “Select all” to migrate all of them.

Not only can you select these  basic options, but you can also modify your migration even further with our Additional Options such as preserving product IDs on Target Store, and Strip HTML Tags from the category. You can also match Languages, Order Status, and Customer Groups together to display consistently in the new Shopify store.

Especially, LitExtension offers 301 Redirects option. With this option, you can automatically transfer the paths of your old URLs to the new ones. After the website re-platforming, you can still preserve your SEO ranking and consumer experience.

Finally, it’s important to adjust your order status and language in order to have exactly the same information on your new Shopify store after migration.

3. Run full migration process

Before making the full migration to Shopify with LitExtension app, you can even try out our Demo Migration which has a totally similar protocol as the actual migration. Simply click “Start Free Demo Migration” to run the demo.

You can observe this procedure by checking the data transfer status shown on the screen. This test migration needs about 20 minutes of processing depending on the number of entities you choose. Finally, you will get a notification email for the result as soon as your migration is complete.

Please check the Demo migration result and if you’re sure that there are no issues with the outcome, now it’s time to finally get to Full migration. You are free to choose the “Skip Demo Migration” option and get straight to the “Full Migration” step.

Once the migration starts, it will run seamlessly on the server. Therefore, there’s no need to keep your device on while the data is being transferred.

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Migrate to Shopify with LitExtension App: Post-migration Activities

1. Check the migration result

Congratulations! The process to migrate to Shopify with LitExtension app is successfully done. Now you have transferred all your data to the new Shopify store, click on “Check result” to double-check everything. You may consider following the checklist below:

• Ensure all your products are displayed on both the front-end and back-end.
• Make sure all your products appear in the appropriate categories and onsite search.
• Examine every link that leads to menus, header, footer, and inside the pages.
• Sample a purchase in your new store.
• You can find a more detailed checklist on How to check results after full migration on your Shopify store. Otherwise, you can contact the LitExtension support team for further assistance.

2. Choose a theme for your Shopify store

Better store display leads to better business performance. Choosing suitable themes for your store plays an important part in bringing customers good experiences while surfing your site. Shopify is a giant platform, which means that it has multiple templates. The process of deciding on one among other templates in that inventory might not be easy. It’s the combination of price, purposes, design, and features.

If you are wondering what theme is the best option for you, try discovering our suggested list here with these templates:

• Dawn
• Minion
• District
• Testament
• Impulse

3. Add necessary apps and extensions

Running an online business means you might have many services to develop, such as email marketing, shipping service,… Each additional service has its own mission. For your convenience, Shopify has multiple applications which are built to help you complete the mission more efficiently.

• Store design: PageFly
• Marketing & Conversion: Avada SEO, Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS
• Dropshipping: DSers, Spocket
• Store management: AfterShip

4. Other website factors

The fact that you have moved your house into a brand new place. Though the migration process with LitExtension helps you decrease a lot of tasks, there are still several things to proceed with after migrating. Here is the checklist for a better new Shopify store:

• Change DNS and switch domain
• Set up your shipping
• Choose the payment method
• Try placing some orders

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Migrate to Shopify with LitExtension App: FAQs

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Conclusion

We hope that you have a grasp of all the necessary steps to migrate to Shopify with LitExtension app. Please keep in mind that, even using our migration service via Shopify App Store, you still avail the same benefits as when performing the migration process directly on the LitExtension website. It’s our pleasure to help you migrate to Shopify with ease!

Here is a list of our most famous migration services from other eCommerce platforms to Shopify:

• Data migration from Wix to Shopify
• Migrate from BigCartel to Shopify

Finally, remember that you can always gain more useful knowledge about eCommerce with our tips and tricks on LitExtension Facebook Community. If you find our article helpful, please help us by sharing it on your social media channel!