Skip to the limitations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy Would a Site Owner Migrate from WooCommerce to Shopify?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Every company has their own reasons to switch from one CMS or platform to another. There are various possible reasons why this might occur, but usually it would fall under one of the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shopify Has Fewer Site Maintenance Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Shopify is the ultimate e-commerce platform in many respects. Your basic Shopify subscription is an all-in-one solution, where you don’t need to worry about server configuration, costs, theme\/plugin\/environment updates, security and more. Therefore the usual site stagnation we sometimes see in self-hosted websites which have unintentionally been left on set and forget will not occur, as your generous monthly subscription ensures that Shopify has your back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WooCommerce is Overwhelming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Assuming you are running a self-hosted WordPress environment, there are so many key variables which you need to look after before you have even got to managing your shop. WooCommerce is powerful, but with great power comes great responsibility, and your care and technical attention will be required to ensure your shop remains, efficient, secure and continues to look enticing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reducing Server\/hosting Costs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
With Shopify, your costs are bundled into their convenient all-in-one plan. Depending on the VPS plan or hosting package which has been chosen for the WordPress site, it may very well be more cost effective to use a Shopify, especially if the site owner is paying for other services like a CDN which would be included out-the-box with Shopify packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s worth noting, that while the costs may seem lower, after the site owner starts recreating new and current functionality which is present in the WordPress site, there may be quite a few new recurring costs for premium Shopify apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key Limitations <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Although the actual process is not covered in this article, its fairly straightforward and uncomplicated to migrate online stores from WordPress-WooCommerce to Shopify. There are various methods to allow you to map your data across, be it exporting\/importing via .csv or using a platform like Matrixify to channel your data across using the REST API. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, as you may have guessed from the title, there are some key limitations which can cause extra headaches at the very tail-end of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n