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    Shopify to Custom Migration

    Shopify to Custom Migration in Australia

    Stop paying Shopify a slice of every sale. Migrate to a custom-coded store on your own infrastructure — full SEO preservation, Stripe checkout, all your data intact.

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    Escape Shopify Without Losing Your Store

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    Shopify-to-custom migration is the highest-ROI ecommerce project most Aussie retailers never run. A $5k/month store on Shopify Basic gives Shopify $39/month + 2% of every sale + the apps you've stacked on top — easily $3,500+/year before card processing. A custom-coded equivalent costs that once and is yours forever.

    We've migrated dozens of Aussie stores off Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce. The process is mature: full product export, customer data import, URL mapping with 301 redirects, payment migration to Stripe, full QA on a staging site, then a cutover window during your lowest-traffic hour. SEO traffic transfers, customers don't notice anything except a faster store.

    See our custom ecommerce development page for the full build approach, or online store design for pricing.

    Why Aussie Stores Are Leaving Shopify in 2026

    Run last year's Shopify bill against a one-time custom build and the answer's obvious.

    Save $2,500–$15,000+/year in Shopify subscription + transaction fees

    Eliminate per-sale 2% Shopify tax (on top of card fees)

    Stop paying for apps you barely use ($30–$100/month adds up)

    Loads 2–4× faster — most Shopify themes are heavy

    Full custom checkout flow (Shopify locks down checkout)

    Own your data, customer list and code outright forever

    What's Included in a Shopify Migration

    Battle-tested checklist — nothing left behind, no downtime.

    Full Data Migration

    Products, variants, collections, customer accounts, order history, draft orders, gift cards. Everything exported, mapped, imported and verified before launch.

    Full SEO Preservation

    Every Shopify URL mapped to a new custom URL with a 301 redirect. Meta tags, schema, sitemap, robots.txt all rebuilt. Google passes your existing rankings straight to the new store.

    Stripe Checkout Setup

    Switch from Shopify Payments to Stripe — typically 1.7% + 30¢ in Australia (vs Shopify's 1.75% + 30¢ + Shopify subscription on top). Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link all included.

    Zero-Downtime Cutover

    Build runs in parallel on staging, full QA pass, DNS cutover scheduled in your lowest-traffic hour with rollback ready. Customers see no downtime, just a faster store the next morning.

    Our Services

    Web Design & Marketing Services for Shopify to Custom Migration

    Everything shopify to custom migration need to launch, grow and rank online — designed, built and managed in-house.

    Common Reasons to Leave Shopify

    If any of these describe your situation, migration usually pays for itself within 12 months.

    $5k+/mo in SalesHitting Plan CeilingApp Bills Out of ControlSlow ThemeCustom Checkout NeededSubscription/RecurringB2B + Retail CombinedHeavy Custom LogicInternational Tax MessMigrating From Shopify PlusOutgrown ShopifyBrand Wants Control
    Our Portfolio

    Recent Work for Shopify to Custom Migration & Australian Businesses

    Real shopify to custom migration and small business websites we've designed, built and shipped — fast turnaround, custom code, conversion-focused.

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    Why Aussie Retailers Trust Us With Their Shopify Migration

    Migrating off Shopify is high-stakes — get it wrong and you lose Google rankings, customer accounts, in-flight orders or all three. We've done dozens of these migrations over 10+ years and have the checklist down to a science: nothing ships to production until it's been verified twice on staging.

    More importantly, the engineer who scopes your migration writes the code, runs the cutover and answers the phone if anything misbehaves at 9pm on launch day. No outsourced support, no 'we'll need to escalate that' — same Aussie operator from quote to post-launch.

    Read our full ecommerce service page or grab a free migration scoping call.

    What's Included

    Every Site Ships With

    • 100% custom React build
      No WordPress, no page builders, no bloat.
    • Local SEO foundations
      Schema, suburb pages and Google Business alignment.
    • Mobile-first & blazing fast
      Core Web Vitals tuned for conversion.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    How much does a Shopify migration cost?

    Fixed-price from $1,499 for stores under 50 products, $2,999 for 50–500 products, and custom quotes for larger catalogues or complex B2B/wholesale setups. All include data migration, SEO mapping, Stripe setup, staging QA and cutover support.

    Will I lose my Google rankings?

    Not if it's done properly. Every Shopify URL gets a 1:1 custom URL mapping with a 301 redirect, schema is rebuilt, sitemap re-submitted. We've never lost rankings on a Shopify migration — most clients see a small lift within 2 months from the faster Core Web Vitals.

    How long does migration take?

    Most migrations run 4–6 weeks: 1 week scoping and content audit, 2–3 weeks build on staging, 1 week QA and content review, then a 1–2 hour cutover window. We work around your sales cycle — typically cutover during your slowest day/hour.

    What happens to my Shopify apps and integrations?

    Most third-party Shopify apps (Klaviyo, ReCharge, Loop, Smile, Yotpo, AfterShip) have direct APIs we wire into the custom store. Anything bespoke we rebuild as part of the migration. Net result: usually fewer integrations because the custom code does more natively.

    Won't I lose Shopify's hosting/PCI/security benefits?

    No — we host on enterprise-grade infrastructure (Cloudflare/Vercel/Supabase), Stripe handles PCI compliance (you never touch card data), and SSL/security updates are included in your hosting plan. Same protection, lower cost.

    What if I want to come back to Shopify later?

    Easy — your products, customers and content are all in standard formats (CSV, JSON, SQL). Take an export any time and re-import to Shopify or any other platform. That's the whole point of owning your data instead of renting it.

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    Ready to Escape Shopify's Recurring Bill?

    Free migration scoping call, fixed-price quote, full cutover ASAP with zero SEO loss.

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