BigCommerce to WooCommerce Migration

Why Should You Migrate from BigCommerce to WooCommerce

#1. WooCommerce gives you full ownership of your store instead of BigCommerce’s hosted structure.

BigCommerce hosts your store on its own infrastructure and enforces its own plan tiers, feature caps and platform rules. WooCommerce runs as a plugin on top of WordPress, which you install on hosting you choose, so you own the code, the server and every customization without depending on a vendor’s release schedule or pricing changes.

#2. WooCommerce removes the revenue-based plan limits that BigCommerce ties to annual online sales.

BigCommerce assigns merchants to pricing tiers partly based on how much revenue their store processes each year, which can force a fast-growing business onto a pricier plan whether it needs the extra features or not. WooCommerce charges no fee tied to sales volume, so store owners keep more of their revenue as the business scales.

#3. WooCommerce offers a larger, more flexible plugin and theme ecosystem for custom functionality.

WordPress’s plugin marketplace covers everything from custom checkout flows to subscriptions, loyalty programs and advanced SEO, giving WooCommerce merchants many low-cost ways to extend their store. BigCommerce’s app store is more curated and tends to push merchants toward paid apps for functionality that WooCommerce often covers with a free or low-cost plugin.

BigCommerce to WooCommerce Migration Checklist – What to Prepare

A few things on both the BigCommerce and WooCommerce side are worth sorting out before you start, so the migration runs smoothly and nothing catches you off guard after launch.

How to Migrate from BigCommerce to WooCommerce with LitExtension Automated Migration Tool

Step 1. Set up Source Cart and Target Cart

First, sign in to the LitExtension app with your registered email or your Google account, then select “Create Migration” from your dashboard to begin.

In the Source Cart setup, choose BigCommerce from the drop-down list and fill in the requested store details. If you are unsure where to find a credential, hover over the field for guidance or reach out to LitExtension support.

Next, scroll to the Target Cart section and select WooCommerce from the drop-down list. Then, choose your preferred method to configure your store, such as Log your store, Manual setup, and FTP/SFTP, then fill in the required fields.

When everything is ready, click “Next: Configure Your Migration” to continue.

Step 2. Select data to migrate

Tick the data types you want to bring over to your new store. Our Automated Migration Tool supports data transfer of Products, Categories, Customers, Orders, and other essential entities from BigCommerce to WooCommerce. If you have custom data beyond this list, send a message through the Support button and a migration expert will follow up on your request promptly.

You can also turn on Additional Options to refine the migration further, with an instruction wizard and video tutorial available next to each one. Before moving on, map your language and order status settings so they display correctly on your new WooCommerce store.


Once everything is set, you can run a Free Demo Migration to preview how your data will look on WooCommerce, or click “Skip Demo Migration” to go straight to checkout.

Step 3. Perform full migration

From here, LitExtension handles the transfer entirely on our secure cloud servers, so you do not need to keep your computer on while the migration runs. Your BigCommerce store stays live throughout the process, letting you keep taking orders as usual.

Once your BigCommerce to WooCommerce migration finishes, LitExtension will send you an email notification. Additionally, you can click the “Check Result” button on the result dashboard to review exactly what was transferred to your new WooCommerce store.

How to Migrate from BigCommerce to WooCommerce with LitExtension Migration Service

Step 1. Technical consultation with LitExtension experts

Your BigCommerce to WooCommerce migration starts with a one-on-one technical consultation with our expert team. During this call, we review your BigCommerce store’s size, structure and specific business needs, looking closely at your products, orders, customers, blog content and any custom fields to map out exactly what needs to move. Flagging potential challenges at this stage lets us shape a migration plan suited to your store.

If your BigCommerce store uses custom fields or non-standard workflows, we document these in detail so nothing gets lost or misaligned once your data reaches WooCommerce. This step wraps up with a signed Service-Level Agreement covering the project timeline, data volume and any custom requirements we’ve discussed.

Step 2. Pre-migration setup

With the plan in place, we prepare both platforms for the transfer. We confirm your BigCommerce store is ready on the source side and collect what’s needed on the WooCommerce side, including your WordPress hosting details, admin access and any technical settings required to connect the two platforms securely. We also verify your WooCommerce installation is properly configured to receive the incoming data.

From there, we map your BigCommerce data structure, such as product categories, customer groups and order details, to WooCommerce’s format. Any custom fields or business rules from BigCommerce get adapted so they transfer cleanly into WooCommerce. By the end of this step, every critical element is mapped and validated, setting up a reliable migration.

Step 3. Demo migration running

Before touching your full store, we run a demo migration using a small sample of your BigCommerce data. This gives you a preview of how your products, customers and orders will look on WooCommerce, and gives us a chance to catch and fix any configuration issues before the real transfer begins.

Step 4. Perform full BigCommerce to WooCommerce migration

Once you approve the demo results, we move into the full migration, transferring all your selected data into your new WooCommerce store according to the plan built in the earlier steps. Your BigCommerce store stays live and fully operational the entire time, since the transfer runs on our secure cloud system, so you never need to pause your business or put your store into maintenance mode.

Step 5. Migration results testing

After the full migration completes, we run through everything that was transferred to confirm it landed accurately on WooCommerce. Any inconsistencies, missing fields or formatting issues get fixed right away. Once everything checks out, we send you a detailed report of the migration results to review.

Step 6. Post-migration tasks

Since your BigCommerce store stays active during the migration, it may pick up new orders, customer sign-ups or product changes while the transfer is running. To keep your WooCommerce store current, we include a set of free post-migration services during the Technical Support window:

• Unlimited Recent Data migration, for new data under 5% of your original migration volume
• Two Re-migrations, if you need to run the full migration again
• Unlimited Smart Update, to refresh data already brought over in the initial migration

Step 7. Customer support post migration

Our support doesn’t stop once your BigCommerce to WooCommerce migration is done. For up to 60 days afterward, our Customer Support Team is available to answer questions and resolve migration issues, so you can run your store with confidence while knowing help is close by.

Manually Transfer Data from BigCommerce to WooCommerce

If you’d rather not pay for a migration tool or service, you can consider migrating from BigCommerce to WooCommerce on your own.

That said, a manual transfer comes with real trade-offs. Exporting and reimporting data through spreadsheets is easy to get wrong, especially with product variants, images and order history, and even a small mapping mistake can leave your catalog incomplete or your orders misattributed. The process also eats up hours that scale with your store size, and it demands a working knowledge of CSV structures, WordPress plugins and WooCommerce’s import tools to get a clean result.

For most merchants, LitExtension’s Automated Migration Tool or Migration Service handles this far more accurately and with a fraction of the manual effort. If you’d still like to move your BigCommerce to WooCommerce store yourself, here’s how.

Step 1. Export BigCommerce data

In your BigCommerce admin, export your products, customers and orders as separate CSV files. You’ll find these export options under Products, Customers and Orders respectively, and each file carries the core fields for that data type, such as product names, SKUs, prices, customer details and order history.

Step 2. Configure your CSV file to match WooCommerce format

BigCommerce and WooCommerce structure their CSV columns differently, so your exported files need reformatting before WooCommerce will accept them. Rename and reorder your columns to match WooCommerce’s expected fields, such as its product import template for names, SKUs, prices and variants, and check that attributes, categories and variant groupings are laid out the way WooCommerce reads them. Taking time here avoids import errors later.

Step 3. Import your CSV file to WooCommerce

For products, go to Products > All Products > Import in your WordPress admin and upload your reformatted CSV through WooCommerce’s built-in Product CSV Importer, mapping each column to its WooCommerce field as you go. WooCommerce has no native importer for customers or orders, so you’ll need a CSV import plugin for each, following that plugin’s own setup and mapping instructions to bring the data in correctly.

Step 4. Manually recreate unsupported data

Some data simply doesn’t travel through a CSV file, including product reviews, payment gateway and shipping configurations, your store’s theme and design, and any app or plugin-specific settings. Recreate these directly in your WooCommerce store once your core data is in place, and test each one before launch.

BigCommerce to WooCommerce Data Mapping

Knowing how your BigCommerce fields line up with their WooCommerce equivalents makes it easier to check your migrated data and spot anything that needs a second look. The table below maps each field by data type, including Product Categories, Products, Customers, Orders, Coupons, Pages, and Blogs.