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Migrate BigCommerce to Shopify
Migrate your BigCommerce operation to Shopify with a comprehensive replatforming strategy—covering everything from data and SEO to UX/UI and ERP integrations—to prepare your B2C or B2B e-commerce business for the next phase of growth.
Migrating from BigCommerce to Shopify
BigCommerce and Shopify are e-commerce-focused SaaS platforms. Therefore, a migration between the two should not be viewed solely as a way to eliminate infrastructure or maintenance.
The decision may be related to the technology ecosystem, B2B requirements, international expansion, user experience, integrations, or the company's future strategy.
At Basicamente Digital , we start by analyzing the existing operation and determining what actually justifies the replatforming before designing the new Shopify architecture.
Shopify and Shopify Plus
B2C and B2B Projects
Data Migration
UX/UI in Figma
SEO and redirects
ERP Integrations
A New Architecture for Your E-Commerce Site
Migrating from BigCommerce to Shopify shouldn't just mean replicating your existing store on another platform.
We analyze the catalog, markets, customers, features, applications, and processes to determine what should be retained, improved, or redesigned.
The goal is to take advantage of the replatforming to create a Shopify architecture that aligns with the business’s future strategy.
Shopify Architecture
Catalog and Data Structure
Apps and Features
Checkout and Shopping Experience
Markets and Internationalization
Automation and Processes
We'll migrate your BigCommerce store's data
Before the migration, we gather the existing information and determine how each entity should be represented in Shopify.
Differences between the platforms' data models may require data transformation, especially when there are complex catalogs, custom fields, or specific structures.
The migration is prepared and tested before the final transition.
Products and Variants
SKUs, prices, and inventory
Images and content
Customers and Addresses
Order History
Personalized Information
We preserve SEO during the migration
A switch between platforms can change URLs and the website's architecture, even when the domain remains exactly the same.
We identify the relevant URLs from BigCommerce and set up their respective destinations in Shopify, avoiding simply redirecting old pages to destinations unrelated to the original content.
After the launch, we monitored the indexing and organic growth of the new structure.
List of Existing URLs
Mapping Old URL → New URL
301 Redirects
Titles, descriptions, and headings
Canonicals and internal links
Sitemap and Google Search Console
We integrate Shopify with your ERP
Switching from BigCommerce to Shopify does not require changing the other systems used by the company.
The ERP can continue to serve as the source of operational and business information, while Shopify handles the e-commerce channel. We have developed the necessary integrations to automate workflows between the different platforms.
The architecture is defined based on the technical capabilities of each system.
Products and Variants
Inventory and Prices
Customers and Addresses
Price Lists
Terms and Conditions
Orders and Discounts
Custom middleware for Shopify integrations
In integrated operations, a temporary system failure should not automatically result in the loss of an order, inventory update, price, or customer.
Basicamente Digital uses its own middleware as a communication and control layer between Shopify, the ERP, and other business systems.
When the underlying architecture allows it, workflows can be automated and processed in seconds.
Processing Queues
Automatic retry
Operation Logging
Monitoring
Backups
Log analysis by our team
Shopify Plus for B2B and Complex Operations
For businesses with B2B requirements or more complex operations, Shopify Plus can enable you to build an architecture that combines e-commerce, enterprise clients, and integration with internal systems.
Before the migration, we analyzed how customers, product catalogs, prices, and terms and conditions currently work in BigCommerce and determined how these rules will be implemented in the new environment.
Whether Shopify Plus is necessary always depends on the specific requirements of the project.
Companies and buyers
B2B Catalogs
Specific prices
Terms and Conditions
B2B and B2C
ERP Integration
A comprehensive replatforming process
The new Shopify store can be set up and tested while the BigCommerce store remains active.
We map out data, features, integrations, and SEO prior to implementation. As the go-live date approaches, we carry out the final migration and validation steps to ensure a smooth transition.
Analysis of the BigCommerce Operation
Shopify Architecture
UX/UI and Development
Data Migration
Integrations and Testing
Go-live and monitoring
When does it make sense to migrate to Shopify?
BigCommerce remains a viable e-commerce platform, and any migration should be driven by specific goals, not simply by a preference for another technology.
The switch may make sense when there is a better alignment between the Shopify ecosystem and the company's future strategy, new B2B requirements, integration needs, or a broader overhaul of the digital experience and operations.
Technology Strategy
B2C or B2B Growth
Shopify Ecosystem
New integration requirements
Internationalization
Redesigning the Digital Experience
Brands That Have Made the Switch to Shopify
Companies rely on our expertise to migrate to Shopify securely, preserving their data, SEO, and operations, while we build a faster, more scalable platform that’s ready for growth.
Are you considering migrating from BigCommerce to Shopify?
We analyze your BigCommerce store, product catalog, data, SEO, integrations, and B2C or B2B requirements before defining your replatforming strategy for Shopify.