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PrestaShop to Shopify
Migration

Move off a self-hosted module-maze and onto a platform where your team ships features instead of fixing plugins.

Why brands leave PrestaShop

The four reasons we hear every week.

01

Module compatibility chaos

PrestaShop runs on modules — and they break on every core upgrade. Most serious PrestaShop stores are stuck 1–2 versions behind because upgrading means testing 30 modules. Shopify's native functionality covers most of what those modules do, out of the box.

02

Self-hosting burden

You own the server, the LAMP stack, the patches, the backups, the PCI audit. PrestaShop is a full-time platform engineer's job. Shopify makes that entire role disappear.

03

Smaller global ecosystem

PrestaShop is strong in Europe but thin elsewhere. Third-party services, payment gateways, and fulfillment partners often treat it as second-tier. Shopify has native integrations with every major player in every major market.

04

Lagging frontend performance

PrestaShop themes are template-driven and hard to optimize for Core Web Vitals. Even the paid premium themes rarely pass. Headless Shopify on Next.js is a different category of fast.

What transfers

Nothing gets left behind.

A real migration is more than products and orders. We preserve the long tail — redirects, meta tags, customer data, historical orders — so your team wakes up on launch day to a faster store, not a broken one.

Every PrestaShop object is mapped to its Shopify equivalent during the audit phase. You sign off on the mapping before we touch production.

  • Products, variants, SKUs and inventory levels
  • Product images, alt tags, descriptions and metafields
  • Collections, categories and navigation structure
  • Customers, order history and saved addresses
  • Historical orders with line items and fulfilment status
  • Discounts, gift cards and loyalty balances
  • SEO: URL redirects (301s), meta tags and structured data
  • Blog posts, pages and static content
PrestaShop vs Shopify

The practical differences.

Feature
PrestaShop
Shopify
Hosting
Self-managed
Included
Module upgrades
Break frequently
Vetted app store
PCI compliance
Your audit scope
Shopify-managed
Multi-market
Multi-shop, but fragile
Shopify Markets native
Global payment gateways
Regional only
Shopify Payments + 100+ gateways
Developer pool
Thin outside Europe
Largest in commerce
The process

How a PrestaShop to Shopify migration actually runs.

01

Data audit

We inventory every entity in your current store — products, customers, orders, URLs — and map them 1:1 to Shopify objects. You get a complete migration blueprint before any work starts.

02

Staged import

We import everything into a Shopify development store. No production impact. You validate the data, we fix gaps, we sign off together.

03

Headless build

While the data migration runs, we build your new Next.js storefront connected via the Shopify Storefront API. Design, components, performance — all production-grade.

04

SEO cutover

301 redirects from every old URL to the new one. XML sitemap, schema markup, canonicals. Search rankings stay intact.

05

Zero-downtime launch

DNS change at a low-traffic window. Your old store stays online until the new one is live and verified. If anything goes wrong, rollback is a DNS flip.

06

30-day support

We stay on-call for the first month. Bugs, tweaks, analytics questions — covered.

FAQ

PrestaShop migration questions, answered.

Can we migrate our PrestaShop multi-shop setup?
Yes. PrestaShop multi-shop typically maps to Shopify Markets (single store, multiple regions/currencies/languages) or to Shopify Plus with multiple stores for fully independent brands. We pick the right model during scoping based on how much the stores actually diverge.
What about our PrestaShop customer groups and tier pricing?
Customer groups migrate to Shopify customer tags and metafields. Tier pricing moves to Shopify's native volume pricing, B2B catalogs (on Plus), or an app like Bold Custom Pricing depending on complexity.
Do PrestaShop SEO URLs break after migration?
Not if we do it right. Every product, category, CMS and blog URL gets a 301 redirect to its Shopify equivalent. Meta titles, descriptions, and image alt tags transfer. Rich snippets and schema are re-implemented on the new site.
How do we handle PrestaShop-specific payment gateways?
Most major European gateways (Redsys, Mollie, Stripe, PayPal, Adyen) are supported natively by Shopify Payments or as official Shopify apps. Niche regional processors sometimes need a custom Shopify app — we flag this in the audit.

Ready to leave PrestaShop?

Send us your store URL. We'll run a free migration audit and come back with a fixed quote — usually within 1–2 hours on business days.

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