Why brands move from Magento to Shopify
Many growing brands decide to move to Shopify or Shopify plus, we are here to support your brand in the Migration process.
A Magento to Shopify migration is often less about changing platforms and more about simplifying the business and its operations. Explore why so many brands in dubai migrate from magento to shopify plus.
Understanding Costs: Magento/Adobe Commerce vs Shopify Plus
| Cost point | Magento / Adobe Commerce | Shopify Plus |
| Platform cost | often custom pricing | Starting at €2,300/month |
| Annual platform cost | usually custom / higher variance | Starting at €27,600/year |
| Hosting | often extra | included |
Magento to Shopify migration services
Creative971 handles Magento and Adobe Commerce migrations from planning to launch.
Our migration services include:
- migration strategy and platform planning
- Shopify or Shopify Plus setup
- product, customer, and content migration
- category and collection restructuring
- SEO migration and redirect mapping
- theme rebuild or redesign
- app and integration planning
- ERP, CRM, shipping, and payment setup
- QA, launch support, and post-launch refinement
We do not treat migration as a basic data transfer. We treat it as a business-critical replatforming project.
Adobe Commerce to Shopify migration
Adobe Commerce is a powerful platform for complex commerce requirements, though many brands we work with explore platforms that offer a different balance of flexibility, usability, and speed to market.
Creative971 helps brands to move from Adobe Commerce to Shopify
The goal is to rebuild the ecommerce site to align with the business's needs and take full advantage of Shopify Plus capabilities.
Magento to Shopify Plus migration
For larger brands, Shopify Plus is often the easier destination.
Creative971 helps brands to move from Magento to Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus gives larger brands room to scale and allows an easy day to day work execution directly on the platform.
Shopify Plus for enterprise ecommerce
Enterprise brands need more than a storefront. They need a platform that supports growth across teams, regions, and customer types.
For enterprise ecommerce businesses, Shopify Plus can be a strong fit for:
- international DTC brands
- multi-million dollar online stores
- enterprise retailers moving off Magento
- brands with complex backend operations
- businesses combining DTC and B2B
- merchants looking to reduce platform friction
Creative971 helps brands evaluate what needs to be preserved, what could be simplified and what should be rebuilt on Shopify Plus.
What we migrate from Magento or Adobe Commerce
A successful migration involves much more than products.
Depending on the project, we can migrate and rebuild:
- products and variants
- categories and collections
- customer accounts
- order history where needed
- CMS pages and blog content
- images and media assets
- metadata and SEO elements
- URL structures and redirects
- apps and third-party tools
- shipping and payment logic
- ERP and CRM connections
- B2B workflows and operational rules
Every migration is mapped carefully so the new store supports both launch stability and long-term growth.
Magento to Shopify Plus for B2B brands
Many migration projects today involve businesses that sell both direct-to-consumer and business-to-business.
For those brands, Shopify Plus is a suitable platform because it can support both as well.
When planning a Magento to Shopify Plus migration for B2B, we look at:
- customer groups and account logic
- pricing structure
- catalog visibility
- operational workflow requirements
- backend usability
- integration needs
- DTC and wholesale coexistence
This is especially important for businesses that have outgrown a simple storefront model.
SEO migration from Magento to Shopify
SEO is one of the biggest risk areas during replatforming.
A Magento to Shopify migration should protect visibility, rankings, and landing page value as much as possible from the start.
Our SEO migration approach includes:
- redirect planning
- URL mapping
- 404 Error Monitoring and redirects
- preservation of key landing pages
- metadata transfer and cleanup
- collection and content structure planning
- launch checks for SEO-critical pages
This helps reduce the risk of losing organic traffic during the move.
Theme redesign or storefront rebuild
A migration is often the right moment to improve the storefront, but that does not always mean starting from zero. Some brands need a full redesign. Others need a rebuild on a Shopify Theme but focusing on speed, structure, and conversion logic.
We help define the right path based on:
- current UX issues
- conversion friction
- mobile performance
- merchandising needs
- content flexibility
- long-term maintainability
The goal is a Shopify storefront that feels easier to manage and stronger commercially than the one it replaces.
Integrations and operational workflows
Most established Magento stores are connected to a wider business stack.
That may include:
- ERP systems
- CRMs
- WMS tools
- payment providers
- shipping platforms
- loyalty apps
- subscription systems
- custom workflows
We review the existing setup, identify with you what should stay, and help replace complexity with Shopify-compatible solutions where possible.
Our migration process
Our Magento to Shopify migration starts with clarity and typically looks like the below process, however this depends on the clients needs and requests.
1. Discovery and audit
We review your current Magento or Adobe Commerce setup, identify risks, and define what the migration needs to achieve.
2. Planning and architecture
We map data, structure the new Shopify environment, review integrations, and define the build scope.
3. Design and development
We rebuild the storefront around performance, usability, and long-term flexibility.
4. Data and SEO migration
We migrate store data, map redirects, and prepare the new site for launch.
5. QA and launch preparation
We test the store across design, functionality, user flows, and operations.
6. Launch and refinement
After launch, we monitor the migration closely and refine the new Shopify setup where needed.
Who this service is for
We are typically a fit for:
- enterprise ecommerce brands
- high-growth DTC companies
- B2B and hybrid commerce businesses
- merchants outgrowing Magento
- brands planning a move to Shopify Plus
- companies that want to reduce complexity without compromising growth
Why work with Creative971
Creative971 is a Shopify Premier Partner trusted by brands to migrate from Magento and Adobe Commerce to Shopify and Shopify Plus. With more than 50 successful migration projects over the past 10 years, we deliver smooth, reliable replatforming experiences.
What brands typically value in our approach:
- strategy before execution
- strong Shopify and Shopify Plus focus
- experience with growth-oriented ecommerce brands
- structured migration planning
- attention to SEO and operational continuity
- a commercial mindset, not just a technical one
We build migrations around long-term business performance, not short-term patchwork.
Need a Magento to Shopify migration partner?
If you are planning a Magento to Shopify migration, an Adobe Commerce to Shopify migration, or a move to Shopify Plus, Creative971 can help you map the transition properly.
We support brands that want a cleaner platform, a more scalable setup, and a migration process that protects what matters while improving what comes next.
FAQ
Yes, but only if the migration is planned properly. Redirects, URL structure, high-value pages, and metadata all need to be reviewed carefully before launch.
For larger brands, often yes. Shopify Plus is generally more suitable when the business has more advanced ecommerce operations, B2B requirements, or higher complexity.
Yes. Many established brands move directly from Adobe Commerce to Shopify Plus when they want a less maintenance-heavy setup.
That depends on the project, but it often includes data migration, storefront rebuild, SEO migration, redirects, integrations, QA, launch support, and post-launch refinement and monitoring.
It can be a strong fit for enterprise ecommerce DTC brands that want to reduce platform overhead, improve agility, and support easier day to day work on your site.