CSV Files to Shopify migration provided by LitExtension helps to transfer your important data including products, customers, orders, blogs and other related entities. The process will be completed automatically, securely, and accurately.
Select CSV Files as “Source Cart” and Shopify as “Target Cart” from dropdown list. Enter store URL and follow brief instructions to set up the carts.
Step 2: Select Data You Want To Migrate
Choose the entities you want to migrate from CSV Files to Shopify such as products, product categories, customers, orders, and even more.
Step 3: Perform Full Migration
Let’s start the migration from CSV Files to Shopify. Once the migration process is kicked off, it will constantly run even when you turn off your browser.
Shopify CSV Import Guide: How To Perform The Process
Shopify is fantastic for online stores since it allows mass imports of items and customers via CSV file. However, importing data from a CSV file into Shopify manually may be time-consuming.
We've got an easy and effective solution for you. Today's piece will walk you through the steps of Shopify CSV Import with LitExtension:
Step 1: Send your file to our experts
Step 2: Customize your CSV file
Step 3: Run Full Shopify CSV Import Migration
Step 4: Start your new journey
If you want more information, continue reading our detailed guide on Shopify CSV Import. Otherwise, let’s get started!
Step 1: Send your file to our experts
To start with, LitExtension will meet with you for a personal consultation to learn all of your specific requirements toward the Shopify CSV Import. Since the success of the team is closely tied to the outcome, it is crucial that we are on the same page.
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Besides, during the meeting, we will ask to gain access to your CSV file. You can upload your file on Google Drive, Dropbox or any cloud server. After that, we’ll start proceeding your Shopify CSV import process.
Step 2: Customize your CSV file
Here, your CSV file will be modified by the experts so that it meets your Shopify CSV Import specifications agreed in the first meeting. To make sure that things has been fallen into place, we will also perform the demo migration from Shopify and double-check the results before moving on to the next step.
Step 3: Run Full Shopify CSV Import Migration
Once you're satisfied with the demo, our experts will import your CSV data into Shopify while you sit back and relax. Any issues will be detected by the LitExtension Smart Controller and immediately addressed by our staff.
We'll keep you updated on the status of the CSV import migration so you can concentrate on running a successful company.
Step 4: Start your new journey
Our Quality Assurance Executive will review the completed Shopify migration to ensure it is up to your requirements before we hand over the final store.
One thing to be noted is that your current shop will remain operational as usual throughout the Shopify CSV Import, increasing the likelihood that new data may be added or amended. That’s why you may need support from our post-migration services, such as:
Recent Data Migration: transfer to Shopify without any hitches any data produced during the CSV import procedure.
Re-migration: in case of problems or dissatisfaction with the outcome, you may re-migrate by importing the CSV file to Shopify.
Smart Update: refreshes information that has changed since the previous CSV import.
Don’t worry about the extra cost since these are all free of charge within the first three months when using our Shopify CSV Import.
What Data Can Be Migrated from CSV Files to Shopify
Products
Name, SKU, Full Description, Status, Manufacturer.
Billing Address: (Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone, First Name, Last Name).
Shipping Address: (Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone, First Name, Last Name).
Address: (Street Address, Zip Code, City, State, Country, First Name, Last Name).
Orders
Order Date, Order Status, Order Products: (Name, SKU, Option), Product Price, Quantity, Discount Price, Tax Price, Total Price, Order Comments Shipping Price, Shipping Price.
Customer Name, Email, Billing Address: (Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone, Fax, First Name, Last Name).
Shipping Address: (Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone, First Name , Last Name).
Coupons
Coupon Code, Coupon Date, Coupon Expire Date.
Reviews
Created Date, Rate, User Name, Title, Comment.
Cms Pages
Title, Created Date, URL, Description.
Blogs
Title, Full Description, SEO URLs.
Images.
Additional Options
Clear Data On Target Store Before Migration
Delete the current data that you have selected in your Target Store such as products, customers, orders, images, etc. [Read More]
Preserve Order IDs on Target Store
This option supports preserving Order IDs on a Target Store after the migration [Read More]
Migrate Images from Products, Categories, Blog Description
With this option you will be able to migrate images in descriptions of products, categories and blog posts from your Source Store to the Target Store [Read More]
Migrate Source Store Customers Groups into Customer Tags
This option allows you to migrate all Source Cart customer groups into Shopify customer tags. Since Shopify has no customer groups, converting them into tags is the way to keep the customer grouping which is configured on your existing store. [Read More]
Migrate Source Store Categories into Shopify Automated Collections
This option allows to migrate all your Source Cart product categories and subcategories into Product Automated Collections of your Shopify store. This will let you define a single product to several collections and organize your store better [Read More]
The cost of migration from CSV Files to Shopify depends on how many entities you have on your store. The Pricing Estimator will help you to get how much does it cost.The pricing is billed in USD.
Migration Pricing
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With a significant number of entities in your store, it’s crucial to have the right customizations in place. Please connect with our experts for personalized advice and assistance!
Due to the peculiarities of Shopify functionality, it sets limits for product variants. Thus, it is not allowed to migrate each product with more than 99 variants and 3 attributes from any shopping cart to Shopify.
Shopify doesn’t allow creating product options and attributes. So, you cannot migrate options and attributes to Shopify. But don’t worry, if your Source Cart has this type of data, during the data migration process, LitExtension will generate product variants out of your existing product options on your Target Shopify Store.
Regarding attributes, to have product descriptions displayed, our tool will import them to meta fields on Shopify.
Note that, due to Shopify’s limitations, any product on Shopify only has less than 99 variants. As a result, your products will be migrated to Shopify with no more than 99 variants and 3 attributes.
Yes, you can possibly migrate categories and subcategories of products to Shopify. However, in Shopify, products will be located under collections only.
Therefore, all categories and subcategories of products from the Source Store will be changed into collections in Shopify. [Read More]
As you may have known, custom fields are not available on Shopify. However, the platform offers meta fields. Please Click here for more understanding.
By default, our migration tool imports product attributes from your source store to meta fields on your Target Store. To have them displayed on Shopify admin, you will have to install
the Metafields Guru app. Please click here for more details.
Unfortunately, you cannot migrate several languages to Shopify. In this case, you can use an app that will allow to translate the storefront into multiple languages or exploit several stores.
No way to migrate passwords from other platforms to Shopify, since each shopping cart has its own password encryption peculiarities, moreover Shopify was the hosted eCommerce solution and none can touch to Shopify database to check Shopify password encryption
To ensure the platform remains stable and fair for everyone, all Shopify APIs are rate-limited. Shopify APIs use several different rate-limiting methods. [Read More]
On Shopify, SKUs are provided only for variants and simple products (products with no variants). Therefore, SKUs from your Source Store will be imported to variants or simple products on Shopify Store. That’s why you can’t migrate product SKU that are not simple product.
Our migration tool imports data to Shopify via API which has some limitations. One limitation is that we cannot import the "created_at" date time, but it is autogenerated by Shopify instead. Click here for more details. That's why you see the same date/time as migration data/time instead of the actual date/time.
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Why Choose LitExtension
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Server Security
All migration jobs will be carried out on Linode servers located in the USA, Euro, Australia, Singapore,…
Data Security
The data is protected by HTTPS secure protocol and 128-bit SSL encryption. Nothing is stored on LitExtension’s servers.
Data Access Restriction
Only authorized LitExtension experts can access the source code to handle custom migration requests.
GDPR Compliance
LitExtension is compliant with GDPR regulations, a global data protection law passed by the European Union.
NDA
We do not keep your credentials or import records after the migration. Your data is guaranteed not to be disclosed or used for any other purposes rather than the migration.
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