Tutorial — Shopify to WooCommerce Migration

This tutorial walks you through migrating a complete Shopify store to WooCommerce. Products, customers, orders, images — everything.

What Moves

What Does NOT Move

Part 1 — Set Up WooCommerce

Before migrating, install WordPress and WooCommerce.

Step 1

If you don't have WordPress yet, install it on your host. Most hosts offer one-click install.

Step 2

Install WooCommerce:

1. WordPress admin → Plugins → Add New
2. Search for WooCommerce
3. Install and Activate
4. Run the WooCommerce setup wizard

Step 3

Install this import plugin:

1. Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
2. Upload advance-import-and-export-for-woocommerce.zip
3. Activate

Part 2 — Export from Shopify

Export Products

1. Shopify admin → Products → All Products
2. Click Export (top-right)
3. Pick All products → CSV
4. Download products_export.csv

Export Customers

1. Shopify admin → Customers
2. Click Export
3. Pick All customers
4. Download customers_export.csv

Export Orders

1. Shopify admin → Orders
2. Click Export
3. Pick a date range (Shopify limits to 1 year at a time for large stores)
4. Download orders_export.csv

Export Images

Shopify does not export images directly. Images stay on Shopify's CDN. You have two options:

• Option A — Keep URLs: Link to Shopify CDN URLs. Risk: if Shopify site goes down, images break
• Option B — Download: Use a tool like ShopifyFD or a custom script

For this tutorial, we use Option A (faster). The plugin will download images to WooCommerce later.

Part 3 — Import Customers First

Always customers first. Then orders can link to them.

Step 1 of the Quick Import wizard — pick entity, mode, file format, source, and migration preset in one screen.

Step 1

Quick Import Wizard.

Step 2 — Step 1 of Wizard

Click Next.

Step 3 — Column Mapping

Shopify columns should auto-map to WooCommerce fields. Verify:

Any unmapped columns (like "Accepts Marketing") can be stored as custom meta or ignored.

Click Next.

Step 4 — Password Handling

Shopify does not export customer passwords (security). Plugin will auto-generate.

In Step 3 of the wizard:

• Password Mode: Auto-generate
• Send Welcome Email: Yes

Each customer will get a welcome email with a password reset link.

Step 5 — Import

Click Start Import. Watch Step 4 progress.

Typical speed: 1,000 customers per minute.

Part 4 — Import Products

Step 1

Quick Import Wizard → Entity Type: Products.

Step 2 — Use Shopify Preset

On Step 1, find the Migration Preset dropdown.

Migration preset dropdown — Shopify, Magento 1/2, BigCommerce, PrestaShop, OpenCart, Amazon, eBay, Google Shopping, and WooCommerce export are all ready to go.

Pick Shopify.

This auto-configures column mapping for Shopify's CSV format.

Step 3

Upload products_export.csv. Click Next.

Step 4 — Column Mapping

With the Shopify preset, this is mostly auto-done:

Step 5 — Variable Products

Shopify stores variants as separate rows with the same Handle. The plugin automatically groups them into variable products.

You should NOT have to do anything special. It just works.

Step 6 — Preview

Step 3 shows a summary. Verify:

• Row count matches expected
• Variable products: correct count
• Variations: correct count
• Simple products: correct count

Step 7 — Start Import

Click Start Import. This is the big one.

For 1,000 products with images: 10-30 minutes. For 10,000 products with images: 2-4 hours.

Step 5 shows the final Import Results — created, updated, skipped, failed counts, plus Save as Job and Rollback buttons.

Part 5 — Import Orders

Step 1

Quick Import Wizard → Entity Type: Orders.

Step 2 — Preset

Pick Shopify preset (auto-configures mapping).

Step 3

Upload orders_export.csv. Click Next.

Step 4 — Column Mapping

Verify key mappings:

Step 5 — Status Mapping

Shopify uses paid, pending, refunded. WooCommerce uses processing, completed, cancelled, refunded, etc.

In Step 2 → Transformations → Order Status column:

Step 6 — Line Items

Shopify exports line items as a specific format. The preset handles this.

Each order row has:

• Lineitem sku
• Lineitem quantity
• Lineitem price
• Lineitem name

Plugin combines these into the order's line items.

Step 7 — Import

Start Import. Watch progress.

Orders with many line items take longer (each item creates a database row).

Part 6 — Import Categories (Collections)

Shopify "collections" become WooCommerce categories.

Step 1

Export collections from Shopify (some apps needed, or use Products CSV's "Product Category" column).

Step 2

Quick Import → Entity: Categories → Upload.

Categories auto-create from Products already. This step is optional.

Part 7 — Import Coupons

Shopify calls these "discount codes."

Step 1

Shopify admin → Discounts → Export. Download CSV.

Step 2

Quick Import → Entity: Coupons → Upload.

Map Shopify's fields:

Part 8 — Post-Migration Checks

Step 1 — Run Health Check

Webkul WC Addons → Health Check → Run Health Check.

Review the 23 checks. Fix any issues with auto-fix.

Step 2 — Spot Check Products

Pick 10 random products. Verify:

• Name, description, price correct
• Images display
• Categories assigned
• Stock correct
• Variations work

Step 3 — Spot Check Orders

Pick 5 random orders. Verify:

• Order total matches Shopify
• Customer linked
• Line items with correct quantities
• Status shown correctly

Step 4 — Spot Check Customers

Pick 10 random customers. Verify:

• Email exists
• Billing/shipping addresses filled
• Login works (use "Forgot Password" to reset)

Step 5 — Test Checkout

Place a test order:

1. Add product to cart
2. Checkout
3. Use test payment method (or Cash on Delivery)
4. Verify order shows in WooCommerce admin

Part 9 — Set Up 301 Redirects

Shopify URLs look like /products/widget-name.

WooCommerce URLs look like /product/widget-name.

Set up redirects so customers' old bookmarks work.

Use a plugin like Redirection.

Or add to .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^products/(.*)$ /product/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^collections/(.*)$ /product-category/$1 [R=301,L]

Part 10 — Go Live

Pre-Launch Checklist

• [ ] All products imported
• [ ] All customers imported
• [ ] All orders imported (or at least last 1-2 years)
• [ ] Coupons imported
• [ ] Health Check passes
• [ ] Test checkout works
• [ ] Email notifications work
• [ ] Payment gateway configured
• [ ] Shipping configured
• [ ] Tax configured
• [ ] 301 redirects set up
• [ ] Theme customized
• [ ] SEO plugin configured (Yoast, RankMath)

Switch DNS

Once you are confident, switch your domain DNS to point to the WooCommerce server.

Customers land on the new site. Old URLs redirect. Nothing breaks.

Troubleshooting

Related Pages

• Migration Presets — Other platforms
• Products Import — Products deep dive
• Orders Import — Orders deep dive
• Customers Import — Customers deep dive
• Health Check — Verify integrity