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Web addresses and redirects
Every address Google knows about pointed at its new home, checked before launch and watched afterwards. This is the single biggest thing that decides whether a move hurts.
Carrtel moves online stores to Shopify from WooCommerce, Wix, Squarespace or another platform: products and customers moved, payments and shipping set up, and the old web addresses redirected so your Google traffic has somewhere to land. A complete move is $3,500–$6,500 CAD, rehearsed on a test store first and quoted in writing.
Is this for me?
Four problems this work is for.
None of these show up in a design review. They happen in the gaps between systems, which is why they survive a redesign.
Google traffic that does not survive
The visitors you already earned landing on an error page, because nobody mapped the old web addresses to the new ones.
Order history that did not come across
Customers signing in to find their past orders gone, and your inbox explaining why.
A product list that arrived wrong
Sizes and colours flattened, options in the wrong order, photos missing — noticed only when someone tries to buy something.
A launch nobody could undo
The switch thrown with no way back, and a bad week spent fixing things in front of customers.
What we do
What the work actually is.
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Products and photos
Products, sizes, colours, options, photos and collections moved with their relationships intact, then checked against the old store rather than assumed.
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Customers and their history
Accounts and past orders brought across so a returning customer sees what they expect, with passwords handled the way the platform requires.
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A rehearsed switch-over
The move practised on a test store first, with a written way back, so launch day is a repeat rather than an experiment.
Platforms
Platforms we move stores from
WooCommerce
WooCommerce exports products and their variations to a CSV file from its own products screen, so the catalogue comes across in one file. Customer passwords do not transfer, so customers set a new one. Reviews, which WooCommerce's product export leaves out, need a reviews app and an export of their own, and the written scope says whether they move. Features that came from plugins, such as subscriptions, need a Shopify feature or app in their place, named in the scope.
WooCommerce to Shopify migrationWix
Wix exports physical products to a CSV file from the store's product list; digital products are not part of that export. Apps such as Wix Bookings stay with Wix, so each one is replaced with a Shopify feature or app chosen before the move.
Squarespace
Squarespace exports products to a CSV file, but the file leaves out product images, variant images and customer reviews, and its site export does not include store pages. Product images are moved separately and checked against the old store, and the written scope says whether reviews and pages move.
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How it runs
We look before we price.
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Look
What is on the old platform, what Google knows about, and what actually needs to move. Some of it usually does not.
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Plan
The address map and the product structure, agreed before anything is built.
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Rehearse
A full move onto a test store, checked against the old one.
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Switch over
The live switch, with redirects in place from the first minute and the pages that matter most watched afterwards.
Pricing
$3,500–$6,500
A complete project, not an extra on top of something else. The range covers the store setup, your products and customers, redirects, payments and shipping, launch checks and support afterwards. Your final quote is agreed in writing first.
Questions
Moving to Shopify: common questions
Start with a look at what you have.
We look before we quote, and you keep what comes out of it either way.
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