Shopware Migration Tool & Service

Leaving Shopware makes sense when plugin subscriptions, update breakages and agency dependence have become the cost of running your store.

Moving to Shopware makes sense when you need an API-first, B2B-capable platform with a free core and have developers to run it.

Shopware 5 received its last security fixes in July 2024, and the Fair Usage Policy requires Community Edition merchants above EUR 1 million annual GMV to take a commercial plan.

LitExtension migrates stores in both directions and offers a Free Demo Migration so you can see your own data on the new platform first. Our support team will discuss your situation at no charge.

Shopware’s Import and Export module handles products, variants, categories and customers by CSV in both directions and exports orders without importing them.

The free Migration Assistant moves data from Shopware 5 or another Shopware 6 instance, though forum threads report rejected orders, failed customer runs and missing images that need manual fixes. Reviews, coupons and content pages have no CSV profile and must go through the API.

LitExtension connects directly to Shopware and transfers products, categories, customers, orders, manufacturers, taxes, coupons, reviews, CMS pages and blog posts in either direction.

Contact our support team for free advice on which route suits your store.

Shopware migration is the process of moving eCommerce data from another platform or an older Shopware store into Shopware 6.

Depending on your source platform, supported data can include products and categories, customers, orders, manufacturers, taxes, coupons, reviews, CMS pages, blogs, images, and related fields. Use the What Data section above to review the Shopware target fields available for migration.

Yes. LitExtension can support Shopware 5 to Shopware 6 data migration, including products, customers, orders, and other supported store data.

Because Shopware 6 uses a different architecture, themes, plugins, and custom business logic should be planned separately from the data transfer and may need replacement or redevelopment.

Use the Shopware Migration Tool when your data structure is relatively standard and you want to configure and run the transfer yourself through a guided process.

Choose Shopware Migration Service when your project includes custom fields, complex product structures, legacy plugin data, or when you want an expert to handle mapping, testing, and project coordination from start to finish.

Customer passwords are not included in the standard migration to Shopware. Existing customers should use the password-reset flow on the new Shopware store to create a new password.

Other supported customer data, such as names, email addresses, billing addresses, created dates, and display names, can be migrated when available from the source platform.

Only after the new store is live on your domain, you have tested the redirects, a real order has succeeded, and both stores have run in parallel for a billing cycle.

Shopware’s own guidance is to build the new store in parallel and switch over in minutes once you have prepared everything.

LitExtension’s Recent Data Migration transfers the orders and customers that arrive during the overlap in either direction, with post-migration support available afterwards. Please contact our support team for free advice on planning the cut-over.

Between Shopware instances, the Migration Assistant carries products, customers, orders, media, reviews, promotions and SEO URLs, but not payment methods, themes, extension data or flows. Between Shopware and another platform by CSV, products, categories and customers move, orders can only leave, and reviews and content are left behind.

LitExtension transfers products with variants and metadata, categories, customers, orders, manufacturers, taxes, coupons, reviews, CMS pages and blog posts both into and out of Shopware; multiple-language content moves out of Shopware but not into it. Themes and extensions never transfer by any route. The full list is on our Shopware migration data section.

Yes. The migration runs separately from your live storefront, so customers can continue browsing and placing orders while the data transfer is in progress.

Before launch, you can use Recent Data Migration to bring over supported records created after the initial migration.

Expect a temporary decline in rankings and traffic, with recovery over several weeks if you map and redirect every URL correctly. Google treats a platform change as a site move, and a 301 redirect passes link equity without preserving a ranking on its own.

Shopware itself is well placed for search, with server-rendered pages, editable SEO URLs and a core sitemap; the losses agencies report come from changed URL templates without a redirect map.

LitExtension transfers meta titles and descriptions with products and categories in both directions, and our All-In-One Migration Service includes assistance with capturing new URLs and preparing the redirect map.

Please contact our support team for free advice.

Start with a Free Demo to review sample products, categories, customers, orders, images, and relationships in Shopware before the full transfer.

After the Full Migration, compare entity counts and key records, then test storefront behavior such as product variants, customer accounts, order history, CMS content, and important URLs before launch.

The timeline depends on the number of entities, source-platform response speed, data complexity, images, custom mapping requirements, and the amount of validation needed.

A standard migration may finish much sooner than a large customized project. The Free Demo helps confirm your connection and data mapping before the full run.

Leaving Shopware costs no platform fee, because export sits in the free core, but it costs the technical work of extracting data from a self-hosted database.

Moving to Shopware costs nothing in licence below EUR 1 million GMV and requires a commercial plan above it, plus hosting, agency setup and subscription-licensed extensions.

LitExtension offers a self-service Automated Migration Tool priced by data volume and an All-In-One Migration Service handled by our experts; small stores may qualify for a complimentary migration.

Please consult the LitExtension pricing page for a quotation, or contact our support team for free advice.