Shopware to Shopify migration

Moving from Shopware to Shopify involves more than transferring products. You also need to preserve customer and order data, maintain important URLs, and prepare your new store for launch. The LitExtension Store Migration app simplifies this process by automatically transferring supported data from Shopware to Shopify or Shopify Plus, with no coding required.

This guide explains how to migrate from Shopware to Shopify with LitExtension, from preparing both stores to reviewing your data and launching the new site.

What You Need Before Migrating from Shopware to Shopify

A few preparations can help your migration run smoothly and make the new Shopify store easier to review after the transfer.

1. Back up your Shopware store

Create a current backup of your Shopware database, media files, and other important store data. Keep the backup in a secure location until your Shopify store has been launched and fully verified.

2. Create your Shopify store

• Sign up for a Shopify or Shopify Plus account.
• Enter the basic information about your business, products, and location.
• Complete the initial setup to access your Shopify admin dashboard.

You do not need to finish the storefront design before migrating, but the Shopify store must be accessible and ready to receive data.

3. Review your Shopware data

Check your products, customers, orders, categories, and content before starting. Remove duplicate or unnecessary records where appropriate, but retain any information required for accounting, customer service, or legal purposes.

If you run a B2B store or are planning a Shopware to Shopify Plus migration, also identify any customer groups, company accounts, catalogs, custom pricing rules, payment terms, tax exemptions, custom fields, or integrations that need to be retained or recreated. If you use multiple Shopware sales channels or languages, include them in this review as well. Confirm any non-standard requirements with LitExtension before starting the migration.

4. Review Shopify notifications

Check your customer notification settings before importing data. Disable any notifications that could be triggered during setup, then test and re-enable them before launching the new store.

How to Migrate from Shopware to Shopify with LitExtension

The LitExtension Store Migration app lets you configure and run the migration in three main steps. Your current Shopware store can remain available to customers while the data transfer is in progress.

Step 1: Connect Your Source Shopware Store and Target Shopify Store

Install the LitExtension Store Migration app from the Shopify App Store. Once installed, the app connects to your Shopify store automatically.

Select Shopware as the source platform, enter your Shopware store URL, and follow the on-screen instructions to establish the connection. If you need help connecting either store, LitExtension’s support team is available 24/7.

Step 2: Choose the Data You Want to Migrate

Select the entities you want to transfer or choose Select all to include all supported data.

Depending on whether you use Shopware 5 or Shopware 6, your store configuration and the available data fields may differ. Supported data may include:

• Products and categories: names, descriptions, images, prices, SKUs, variants, URLs, and related information
• Customers: names, email addresses, phone numbers, billing addresses, and shipping addresses
• Orders: order history, dates, totals, statuses, products, and customer information
• Customer reviews: ratings, titles, comments, authors, and publication dates
• Coupons: coupon codes, discount types, values, and related settings
• CMS pages: page titles, URLs, content, meta titles, and meta descriptions
• Blog content: titles, URLs, authors, publication dates, content, and metadata

The exact fields available for migration depend on your source store. If your Shopware setup includes custom fields, B2B data, multi-language content, or other non-standard records, ask LitExtension to confirm how those elements will be handled.

Next, review the available Additional Options. One important option is Create 301 Redirects, which redirects eligible Shopware URLs to their corresponding Shopify URLs. This helps reduce broken links and preserve access to important pages after the migration.

If your store operates in multiple languages, map the languages between Shopware and Shopify carefully so that content is transferred to the correct storefront or market.

Step 3: Run the Full Shopware to Shopify Migration

Start with the Free Demo Migration to transfer a limited sample of your data. Review the sample products, customers, orders, images, and other selected entities in Shopify to confirm that the configuration meets your expectations.

Once you are satisfied with the result, proceed with the Full Migration. You can also select Skip Demo Migration if you have already verified the setup and want to start the full transfer immediately.

The migration runs on LitExtension’s servers, so you do not need to keep your browser open. You will receive an email when the process is complete.

Need Expert Help with a Complex B2B Migration?

If your Shopware store has a large catalog, B2B customer structures, multiple sales channels, custom fields, or business-specific data requirements, you may prefer a migration managed by experienced professionals.

With LitExtension’s All-in-One Migration Service, a dedicated Personal Assistant manages your project from the initial consultation and data mapping to the Demo Migration, Full Migration, and migration result testing. The team also reviews any non-standard requirements before the transfer and supports you during the post-migration stage.

This service is suitable for B2B merchants and Shopify Plus projects that require closer coordination, expert validation, or a more hands-off migration process. You can focus on preparing your new store while LitExtension handles the data migration based on the agreed project scope.

Shopware to Shopify Post-Migration Checklist

After the migration finishes, review both the Shopify admin area and the storefront before directing customers to the new store.

1. Review your migrated data

• Check product titles, descriptions, images, prices, SKUs, inventory, variants, and options such as size or color.
• Review customer names, email addresses, billing addresses, and shipping addresses.
• Confirm how existing customers will activate or reset their passwords on Shopify.
• Open a sample of migrated orders and compare the products, totals, dates, statuses, and customer details with Shopware.
• Review CMS pages and blog posts for missing images, formatting issues, or links that still point to outdated Shopware URLs.

2. Configure your Shopify store

• Review the Shopware plugins and third-party integrations your business relies on, then replace them with suitable Shopify apps or custom solutions.
• Recreate your storefront design with a Shopify theme, since Shopware themes are not transferred as part of the store data migration.
• Install any other Shopify apps needed to replace features previously used on Shopware.
• Set up payment gateways, shipping zones, delivery rates, and carriers.
• Review tax settings for every country or region where you sell.
• Customize your Shopify theme to match your brand.
• Connect your custom domain and prepare the required DNS changes.

If you use Shopify Plus or Shopify B2B, also test company accounts, customer permissions, catalogs, assigned pricing, payment terms, tax exemptions, and any B2B-specific purchasing workflows.

3. Review your SEO setup

• Test a sample of important Shopware URLs and confirm that each one redirects to the most relevant Shopify page.
• Review product and category URLs, meta titles, meta descriptions, headings, and image alt text.
• Check internal links to make sure they point to the new Shopify URLs.
• Reconnect Google Analytics and verify your Shopify store in Google Search Console.
• Submit the Shopify sitemap in Google Search Console after the new store is live.
• Monitor indexing, organic traffic, rankings, and crawl errors during the first few weeks after launch.

4. Test the customer journey

• Place test orders to verify checkout, payments, taxes, shipping rates, discounts, and confirmation emails.
• Test customer registration, account activation, login, password reset, and order history.
• Check the storefront on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
• Test navigation, search, filters, forms, and other important storefront functions.
• Review page speed and resolve any major performance issues before launch.

5. Launch and monitor the new store

• Go live only after the migrated data, storefront design, checkout, and key integrations have been verified.
• Monitor traffic, conversions, checkout behavior, redirects, and error reports after launch.
• If new products, customers, or orders were added to Shopware during the migration, use LitExtension’s Recent Data Migration to transfer the latest records to Shopify.
• If the migration configuration needs to be adjusted, use the available re-migration options or contact LitExtension support.

Migrating from Shopware to Shopify becomes much easier when both stores are prepared and the transferred data is reviewed carefully. LitExtension automates the main data transfer, while the Free Demo, Additional Options, and post-migration tools help you verify the results and keep your new Shopify store up to date.

Once your data, redirects, checkout, storefront, and integrations have been tested, you can launch Shopify with greater confidence and less disruption to your business.