How to Migrate from Shopify to BigCommerce. 2022 All In On Guide

Shopify to BigCommerce data migration with the Cart2Cart tool is a safe 4-step process of importing your store’s products, customers, categories and more from Shopify to BigCommerce automatically with no tech background needed. Here you can start your own migration: https://www.shopping-cart-migration.com/shopify-to-bigcommerce-migration

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1. How to Migrate From Shopify To BigCommerce [2022]
2. 01. HOW TO MIGRATE FROM SHOPIFY TO BIGCOMMERCE CONNECT YOUR SOURCE AND TARGET SHOPPING CARTS. 02.HIGHLIGHT THE DATA YOU WANT TO TRANSFER AND SPECIFY ANY ADDITIONAL MIGRATION OPTIONS 03. MAP THE VARIOUS CUSTOMER GROUPS YOU HAD IN YOUR STORE AND THE VARYING STATUSES OF EXISTING ORDERS 04.RUN THE FREE DEMO TO LAUNCH THE FULL MIGRATION.
3. SHOPIFY TO BIGCOMMERCE MIGRATION SCENARIOS Manual Migration If you’re running a small- scale business with a handful of products listed on your website, it is possible to migrate your data manually. “Handful” in this case means anything in the realm of 20- 40 products. Assisted Migration Automated Migration Assisted migration is exactly what it sounds like – transferring all your product, order, and customer data from your existing Shopify website to your new BigCommerce store with technical help from experts. Data migration tools like Cart2Cart are specifically designed to transfer all store data from one eCommerce platform to another while effectively eliminating any risk of data loss.
4. Here’s why THEMES Your online store’s existing structure will be retained when migrating your data to your new platform. DATA Every piece of customer data, order data, manufacturer data, supplier data, and product data will be migrated to your new platform with no risk of data loss. UP-TIME Migrating from Shopify to BigCommerce using data transfer tools like Cart2Cart only takes a few hours to complete with no site downtime whatsoever. COST It is the most cost-effective solution, both time-wise and resource-wise. You don’t need to hire a team of experts to do the migration for you. WHAT MIGRATION METHOD TO CHOOSE In 2022 e-merchants tend to automate any business processes and thus automated way of data transfer is mostly chosen.
5. HOW TO PREPARE FOR SHOPIFY TO BIGCOMMERCE MIGRATION Manage Your Shopify Store Prepare Your BigCommerce Store Create a Backup Do a Site Data Audit Validate Your Store Credentials Get Your BigCommerce Store Ready Choose a Theme Install the Necessary Apps
6. HOW TO MIGRATE FROM SHOPIFY TO BIGCOMMERCE IN 5 STEPS Set up the Source cart Select Shopify as a Source cart from the drop-down menu and enter the store's URL and Admin API access token.
7. Set up the Target cart Choose BigCommerce as your Target cart and click the "Install Plugin" button.
8. Select data for migration Choose the specific data entities you want to migrate or click the "Select all" box to transfer all data from Shopify to BigCommerce. You can transfer: orders customers products product categories manufacturers coupons reviews CMS pages
9. Specify additional migration options Cart2Cart offers many migration extras, like: “Migrate Source Store” - this will let you organize your store better "Create 301 redirects", which allows you to keep old product and category URLs working "Migrate Categories and Products SEO URLs" to preserve your old customers and your store's SEO ranking
10. Map customer groups & order statuses Cart2Cart does not migrate your Customer Groups and Order Statuses. Instead, it allows you to perform data mapping.
11. Run free Demo migration Transfer a limited number of entities and see how your current Shopify data will look on the new BigCommerce store
12. Start Full migration Fund your account if there is not enough money to complete the migration. Provide a discount coupon, if you have one, in the appropriate field.
13. HOW TO MIGRATE PRODUCTS FROM SHOPIFY TO BIGCOMMERCE Migrating your products from your old store to your new one is as simple as checking the relevant boxes displayed on the Cart2Cart migration wizard and initiating the migration. The product options available for migration include: Name, SKU, Product Description, Image Description, Status, Manufacturer Price, Special Price Base Image, Additional Images URL, Meta Title, Meta Description Variants (SKU, Images, Quantity, Weight, Price, Special Price) Weight
14. HOW TO EXPORT ORDERS FROM SHOPIFY TO BIGCOMMERCE Cart2Cart also makes it easy to export orders from your old store to the new one. Here’s a list of the data you can export using the tool: Products (Name, SKU), ID, Product Price, Order Date, Quantity, Status, Price, Order Comments Shipping Address (First and Last Name, Address City, State, Zip Code, Country) Telephone Customer Name, Billing Address (First and Last Name, Address City, State, Zip Code, Country) Telephone
15. POST-MIGRATION TIPS 01. TEST YOUR BIGCOMMERCE STORE 02. FIND THE APPS YOU NEED WITH BIGCOMMERCE STORE 03. INVITE CUSTOMERS TO REACTIVATE THEIR ACCOUNTS
16. CONTACT US Website: https://www.shopping-cart-migration.com/cart2cart Email: Support Department Business and Partnership Phone: 1-800-224-1462 support@shopping-cart-migration.com business@shopping-cart-migration.com