Our team of designers and programmers will work with you to choose one of the hundreds of pre-designed themes available for both BigCommerce and Shopify.  Many of these themes are available at no charge, or can be purchased for a few hundred dollars directly in the platform’s theme store.

We will work within the theme’s guidelines to create a great looking store that you can be proud of and suits your company’s branding and vision.

It’s important to note, that customizing an existing theme (changing page layout, adding additional functionality, etc) may not be possible and if it is, will be done for an additional charge.  By using a pre-designed theme, the goal is to keep your costs down.  If a custom look is required, our Premium Platform Transfer Service may be more of what you’re looking for.

Since our Platform Transfer Service Lite offering uses our pre-designed template, mockups are not provided for any pages including the checkout.  You can use the interactive demos on the theme’s website itself to view what your homepage, item, and category/collection pages will look like.

As part of our Platform Transfer Service Lite, we will import:

• Items/Products
• Static pages such as “About Us” and other informational pages
• Category/Section/Collection pages where you may have SEO-optimized copy

By default, we do not import customer data and historical orders. If you’re choosing to have this data imported, there are important things you must be aware of:

• Customers who have ordered previously will need to reset their password by clicking the “forgot password” link the first time they order on your new platform;
• Stored credit cards and payment methods are not imported with customer records;
• Due to limits imposed by some platforms such as Turbify, only the first 20 items on an order can be exported;
• Not all orders will import due to bad data. This is most common for orders placed outside the United States. Expect anywhere from 5-15% of orders fail to import;
• We do our best to match items on orders to the items in your new store, but not all will match up. For items that do not match, we create a custom item that includes the product name, quantity, and price, but it will not link to the live item in the store;
• Imported orders will not maintain the order number from your old store and will be co-mingled with orders in your new platform. However, we do put the old order number on them for reference and mark them as “imported”;
• Before importing orders, it is important that we coordinate with you so inventory is not impacted and your back-end order processing system does not attempt to process imported orders.
• Voided and orders marked as fraud, will not be imported.

Unfortunately, if your current store includes a WordPress blog, chances are once you cancel your service,  your blog will no longer be accessible.  But have no fear!  We have a team of WordPress developers who migrate your WordPress blog at the same time your store is being migrated, so you won’t miss a beat.

WordPress blog migration is not part of our Platform Transfer Service and is available at an additional cost.  More information can be found here.

Both BigCommerce and Shopify offer a built-in blog, however, we do not have a way to migrate blog posts from WordPress to either one of these platforms.  We only offer migration services for WordPress to WordPress.

Both BigCommerce and Shopify support most, if not all, product review services and have apps available for them in their app stores.  Keeping the same product review service on your new store is the easiest, and recommended way.  However, we can discuss options for migrating product reviews from your current provider to your new platform’s standard review feature or a new provider.

Additional fees may apply for product review migration.

Our Platform Transfer Service Lite is designed to get you on your new platform quickly and affordably.  However, each migration is different and the most complex part of the project is the data migration.  This service isn’t for stores that have complex data, such as items with more than just a size/color option.  While it’s hard to pinpoint just how long it will take for your migration, some factors that increase the length of the project include: data issues, changes in scope, or approval turnaround time.

That depends.  While each of those platforms has its pros and cons, at the end of the day it will come down to which one best suits your needs.  We can walk you through what makes each platform unique and help you make the best choice.

Yes!  We have the ability to set you up with a limited-time trial store where you can kick the tires and check out the backend to gauge your comfort level.  Email us to request a trial store.

We pride ourselves on being one of the most affordable options for migrating to BigCommerce or Shopify. Our Platform Transfer Service Lite is priced within most budgets and includes data migration and our predesigned template.  Contact us for a free consultation where we can discuss your specific needs and budget.

If you’re looking for a unique look and feel for your new store, we recommend a fully custom design.  Our Premium Platform Transfer Service includes data migration, a custom-designed home, item, and category/collection page as well as checkout branding.

Absolutely!  Just click here to see our complete portfolio of stores we’ve migrated to BigCommerce and Shopify.

We have answers!  Feel free to contact us for any questions you have about migrating from Yahoo! Store to BigCommerce or Shopify.