No longer fit with Prestashop? Looking to migrate your online store to Shopify? Look no further! LitExtension Prestashop to Shopify migration service will seamlessly transfer your Prestashop store to the Shopify platform, ensuring that all your data is preserved and your store is up and running in no time.
The A-Z Prestashop to Shopify migration process includes these below steps:
- Backup database of the Prestashop store
- Set up a new Shopify store
- Set up Source and Target Cart
- Select entities to migrate
- Perform full migration from Prestashop to Shopify
- Follow a go-live checklist for Shopify stores after data migration
In case you want to dig deep into a complete guide on switching from Prestashop to Shopify, please look at our comprehensive Prestashop to Shopify migration guide here! Now, let’s head straight to 3 critical steps of the Prestashop to Shopify migration with LitExtension.
Step 1: Enter Prestashop and Shopify Store Information
On the Migration Page, click Create New Migration at the top right button on the screen. Select Prestashop as Source Cart Type and provide its URL into the blank bar.
Then click LitExtension Connector to download the connector, extract the zip file and upload connector to Prestashop’s root folder.
Right here, the Connector Installation will be automatically checked and informed on the screen without manual checking.
Select Shopify as Target Cart Type and provide its URL into the blank bar. Follow the brief instruction to get your API info and fill them in the form.
Step 2: Select Entities To Migrate PrestaShop to Shopify
Choose entities you want to migrate. You can select either all of them together or certain data. For example, only Products, Customers or Orders.
LitExtension also provides Additional Options here to extend your migration possibilities. Languages, Order Status and Customer Group will be matched together to be displayed correspondingly in the new store.
Step 3: Perform Prestashop to Shopify Migration
You can try demo first or run full migration immediately.
- To Try Demo: Start your demo migration with limited number of entities. You will see the same actions as the actual migration. However you can skip this step by clicking “Skip Demo Migration” button to immediately move forward to Full Migration.
- To Perform Full Migration: Once the migration is started, it will run seamlessly on the server. Therefore, there’s no need to keep your PC on while the data is being transferred. It is completely safe to turn it off! Take a break, have a cup of coffee and you’ll be notified via email when the process is completed.
So, don’t hesitate to move to Shopify with LitExtension since the process is easy peasy! If you aren’t tech-savvy, leave your Prestashop to Shopify migration in good hands with our All-in-One Migration Package. Our Shopify migration experts will lift the weight of manual tasks off your shoulder and handle the migration at a committed response time, with a personal assistant and free additional options.
We are happy to help, so reach out to one of our agents if you run into any hiccups during your stay!