Shopify is a great tool for a business, especially when starting and testing out an idea. But as your business grows, you may find that the Shopify commissions are detrimental to your margins and that some functionality are limited. You will then find yourself wondering if there are alternative and, if so, how to migrate out of Shopify? In this case read further as this article is specifically designed for you.
What type of improvements should you be looking at?
Migrating outside of Shopify will mostly bring two types of improvements. The first being a cost reduction as you will not have to pay a commission anymore and the second being a much greater flexibility when it comes to functionality (to offer very specific types of discounts to your customers for instance). ***
The alternatives
Ready to make the change?
Before making your decision, you will need to think of the following items:
- What hosting supplier to choose?
- Can I keep my domain name? How to switch without customer disruption? Yes, absolutely! You can keep your domain name and simply make it point to the IP address of your new server. In order to minimize customer disruption, you may want to have your new website fully ready then point to the new server. Once the change is done, your website traffic will be redirected to your new website, seamlessly.
- How can I migrate my data (products, customers, orders...)?
- I am not so tech-savvy, can anyone help out with this? Absolutely, we can assist you with all steps during the migration out of Shopify. We can book the hosting for you, create your new website and import the data for you. All this whilst ensuring the highest standards when it comes to website speed and quality of code.