Migrating from Magento to Shopify means moving from an open-source self-hosted platform with complex EAV architecture to a turnkey SaaS. The main challenge: mapping Magento EAV attributes to Shopify structures (metafields, variant options, tags).
Magento Shopify migration
What changes between Magento and Shopify
- Product architecture: Magento = simple + configurable + grouped products. Shopify = products + variants (max 100 per product, 3 options).
- Attributes: Magento EAV → Shopify metafields (JSON, text, integer, decimal, reference).
- Categories: Magento category tree → Shopify collections (manual or automated on tags/type/vendor).
- URLs: /catalog/product/view/id/XXX → /products/slug. All redirects to create.
Recommended migration steps
- Magento catalog audit (product count, attributes, categories, modules)
- EAV attribute → Shopify structure mapping
- Magento export → transformation → Shopify import
- Collection recreation (automated on tags recommended)
- Enrichment with Seegea: meta titles, descriptions, metafields
- 301 redirects Magento → Shopify
- App configuration (payment, email, reviews, marketing)
- Testing + DNS switch + GSC monitoring
Magento configurable products with more than 3 options (e.g. color + size + material) exceed Shopify's 3-option limit. Define your simplification strategy before starting the export.
Post-migration enrichment
Seegea generates descriptions and metas in bulk from imported attributes — no manual re-entry.
Bulk metafield management
Edit metafields across your entire catalog from a tabular grid directly connected to Shopify.
Versioned rollback
Every change is versioned. Undo in one click if the import created inconsistencies.
| Magento element | Shopify equivalent | Migration effort |
|---|---|---|
| Simple product | Product without variant | Low |
| Configurable product | Product with variants | Medium |
| EAV attribute | Metafield | High |
| Category | Automated collection | Medium |
| Custom module | Shopify app or dev | Variable |
Prepare your Magento → Shopify migration
30-min demo · catalog audit included
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FAQ
For a standard catalog (500-2,000 products, few complex attributes): 4 to 8 weeks. For a complex Magento catalog (extended EAV attributes, custom modules, B2B): 3 to 6 months.