This comparison uses publicly available evidence from agency websites, service documentation, case studies, third-party review platforms, and other attributable sources.
Each agency was assessed against five criteria: data integrity, SEO preservation, cutover control, team continuity, and post-launch support. Where evidence was limited or unclear, criteria were marked partial or not documented rather than inferred.
Agency information, service offerings, reviews, and publicly documented case studies were checked in August 2026. The ranking reflects the available evidence at the time of review and should not replace technical due diligence.
| Rank | Agency | Best for | Cutover approach | Post-launch CRO |
| 1 | craftberry | Complex Shopify Plus migrations focused on post-launch conversion growth | Zero-downtime, staged | Yes, in-house |
| 2 | Bedford Lane | DTC migrations with a significant redesign | Staged | Limited public evidence |
| 3 | Velt2 | Platform migrations that preserve the existing storefront | Staged | Available |
| 4 | Expert Village Media | Mid-market migrations focused on reducing launch downtime | Zero-downtime, staged | Available |
| 5 | Fourmeta | UK mid-market migrations with a structured delivery process | Staged | Available |
Ratings are based on publicly available process details, case studies, and third-party review platforms, with particular attention to how Shopify migration services address data integrity, SEO preservation, cutover control, team continuity, and post-launch support.
The top 10 received the most detailed comparison because sufficient public evidence was available across all five criteria.
Agencies ranked 11–50 were included for relevant migration expertise, but public evidence was not consistent enough to support the same level of scoring.
Does the agency explain how it maps, transforms, imports, and validates products, customers, order history, metafields, and other business-critical records, or does it only state that data migration is included?
A credible migration scope should include old-to-new URL mapping, permanent redirects, canonical validation, metadata migration, and structured-data reimplementation.
Google’s site-move guidance treats URL mapping as a core migration step and notes that properly implemented permanent redirects do not inherently cause PageRank loss. The real risk is inaccurate mapping at scale, which can leave users and search engines reaching the wrong URLs.
Does the agency use staged imports, final data synchronization, launch checklists, monitoring, and a documented rollback path or rely on a single high-risk switch?
Are senior specialists involved from discovery through launch, and are the people defining the migration approach also close to implementation and quality assurance?
Does the scope include a stabilization period, issue monitoring, and performance measurement after launch, or does the engagement end once the new store is live?
The evidence matrix
| Agency | Data integrity | SEO preservation | Cutover control | Seniority | Post-launch |
| craftberry | Strong | Strong | Strong | Strong | Strong |
| Bedford Lane | Strong | Strong | Partial | Strong | Partial |
| Velt2 | Strong | Strong | Partial | Partial | Strong |
| Expert Village Media | Strong | Partial | Strong | Partial | Partial |
| Fourmeta | Partial | Partial | Partial | Strong | Strong |
| We Are Presta | Strong | Partial | Partial | Strong | Partial |
| DigitalSuits | Strong | Partial | Partial | Partial | Strong |
| WebContrive | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Uncap | Strong | Partial | Strong | Strong | Strong |
| Ecomx Agency | Partial | Strong | Partial | Partial | Partial |
The comparison shows that the hardest migrations are rarely defined by the platform switch alone. Risk increases when historical data, business rules, ERP dependencies, international storefronts, and SEO-critical URLs have to move at the same time.
The ranking favors agencies with documented strength across all five criteria. Post-launch support is used as a differentiator when agencies are otherwise comparable.
This means a specialist agency may rank below a broader provider while still being the stronger fit for a specific platform, business model, or migration constraint. Use the scenario guidance alongside the ranking when building a shortlist.
Shopify Premier Partner • 800+ Shopify projects since 2015 • 30+ in-house specialists • 4.8 average, 28 verified Clutch reviews
craftberry is a Shopify Premier Partner and Shopify migration agency specializing in complex ecommerce migrations, replatforming, and post-migration optimization.
Its in-house Shopify team has delivered 800+ Shopify projects since 2015, including migrations where URL structure, product and customer data, integrations, performance, and conversion flows all need to remain operational through the transition.
Its Shopify migration services cover data transfer, URL structures, integrations, technical SEO, and post-launch validation, with CRO available after the migration through the same in-house team.
craftberry’s published Biotrade’s case study reports 0% data loss, preserved SEO equity across 25+ markets, and a 12% increase in average order value following the WooCommerce-to-Shopify migration.
“”They were a high-energy team driven by a focused intention to support the technology side of your business.”
— Angel Dimitrov, CEO, NL BEAUTY
Bedford Lane combines ecommerce migration with a storefront redesign, making it a practical option for DTC brands that want to change both the platform and the customer-facing experience in one project.
Its scope is better suited to standard ecommerce migrations than highly complex replatforming programs. The migration scope includes redirect mapping, while more specialized requirements such as complex ERP integrations, customized order logic, or large-scale operational workflows may require capabilities beyond a boutique delivery model.
The same applies after launch. Bedford Lane can provide conversion guidance, but it does not appear to operate a dedicated, structured experimentation program.
For brands treating migration as part of a broader growth program, that limits the depth of post-launch CRO support.
Known for: combining ecommerce migration with storefront redesign for DTC brands.
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Ideal client: small and mid-sized DTC brands with a relatively straightforward migration that also requires a storefront redesign.
Velt2 focuses on the platform migration itself rather than bundling the move with a storefront rebuild.
The work covers data migration, platform configuration, and SEO continuity, making it a better fit for brands whose existing storefront works well but needs a different ecommerce platform underneath it.
The narrower scope can keep migration timelines and project costs more predictable. The trade-off is limited involvement beyond the platform move: merchandising, conversion strategy, and storefront design are outside the core scope.
Brands planning a concurrent redesign or a broader ecommerce transformation would need additional capabilities.
Known for: straightforward replatforming without a redesign scope, with a focus on SEO and URL continuity.
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Ideal client: brands with a functional storefront that want to change platforms without redesigning the customer-facing experience.
Expert Village Media positions its migration service around zero-downtime cutovers, with the scope centered on keeping the store operational during the platform transition.
Its publicly documented client examples provide context on the type of migration work it has delivered.
The approach is primarily execution-focused. That can suit brands with a defined migration scope and a strong preference for minimizing disruption at launch.
Brands looking for broader ecommerce strategy, merchandising, conversion optimization, or structured post-launch experimentation would need capabilities beyond the core migration offer.
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Ideal client: mid-market brands with a defined migration brief where minimizing cutover disruption is the primary requirement.
Fourmeta covers the core stages of an ecommerce migration, including discovery, platform and data mapping, implementation, and post-launch stabilization. The scope is primarily delivery-focused rather than built around broader ecommerce transformation.
Its positioning is closer to the mid-market than to complex enterprise migrations.
Brands with complex ERP integrations, customized commerce logic, or significant post-launch CRO requirements may need a broader technical and optimization capability.
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Ideal client: UK mid-market retailers with a defined migration scope and relatively standard technical requirements.
We Are Presta specializes in migrations from PrestaShop, OpenCart, and other open-source ecommerce platforms.
Its experience is relevant where the source store has complex product attributes, long catalog histories, or platform-specific data structures that require careful mapping during migration.
The scope is primarily focused on the platform move.
Design involvement and post-migration conversion optimization are limited, so brands planning a broader storefront redesign or CRO program would need additional capabilities alongside the migration team.
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Ideal client: European brands moving from PrestaShop or another open-source ecommerce platform with an established product catalog.
DigitalSuits focuses on engineering-led migrations from custom, legacy, and non-standard ecommerce platforms. It is relevant when bespoke commerce logic, custom PIM structures, or headless architecture make standard platform migration insufficient.
The focus remains technical. Merchandising, commercial strategy, and CRO sit outside the core migration scope.
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Ideal client: brands leaving a custom-built, legacy, or heavily customized ecommerce platform.
WebContrive focuses on high-volume catalog migrations and app or integration development.
It can fit large but relatively straightforward migrations between mainstream platforms where the scope is clearly defined.
The model is execution-focused, with limited strategic and CRO input. Brands should have a clear technical brief and allocate sufficient internal project management capacity.
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Ideal client: brands with large catalogs, a defined migration scope, and a constrained budget.
Uncap focuses on B2B, wholesale, and distribution migrations involving account approval flows, tiered or contract pricing, quote workflows, and large distributor catalogs.
These migration requirements typically involve custom data mapping and platform configuration rather than a standard catalog transfer.
Its delivery scope covers data transfer, UX, custom development, integrations, and launch support, while post-launch CRO and experimentation are outside the core offer.
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Ideal client: B2B and distribution brands whose pricing, account, or catalog structures do not fit standard ecommerce configurations.
Ecomx focuses exclusively on Shopify migrations, including moves from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, and custom ecommerce platforms.
Its migration scope covers data transfer, theme rebuilds, app integrations, and redirect mapping, with experience across fashion, beauty, jewelry, home, and food brands.
The smaller delivery model is less suited to migrations with complex ERP dependencies or extensive integration requirements.
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Ideal client: consumer brands moving to Shopify with a defined migration scope.
The following agencies may be relevant for specific platforms, regions, or migration requirements.
Publicly available information varies by agency, so confirm current capabilities, delivery scope, and relevant migration experience before making a final decision.
| # | Agency | Best known for |
| 11 | Aureate Labs | Magento to Shopify data engineering; technical SEO preservation |
| 12 | CartCoders | Shopify-focused migrations; theme rebuilds and data transfer |
| 13 | Rave Digital | Mid-market replatforming; integration-heavy migrations and support |
| 14 | Ecomitize | Full-service migrations and growth; SMB-focused delivery |
| 15 | iCreative Technologies | Enterprise Magento to Shopify migrations; data integrity and backup processes |
| 16 | Envision Ecommerce | Adobe Commerce migrations and upgrades; custom extension migration |
| 17 | Meetanshi | Magento data migrations; extension and custom logic mapping |
| 18 | Landofcoder | Multi-vendor and marketplace migrations; Adobe Commerce |
| 19 | Tigren | Budget-conscious Magento migrations; speed and Core Web Vitals |
| 20 | SimiCart | Mobile-first and PWA migrations; app-integrated commerce |
| 21 | Onilab | PWA and headless migrations; performance-focused rebuilds |
| 22 | Magenest | Adobe Commerce and Shopify migrations; ERP and CRM integrations |
| 23 | Fhoke | WooCommerce, Magento, and BigCommerce migrations; design-led rebuilds |
| 24 | Sunrise Integration | API and ERP integrations; custom middleware during migration |
| 25 | Nublue | UK ecommerce migrations; hosting and infrastructure-led cutovers |
These agencies cover a wider range of migration scenarios, including enterprise, B2B, Magento, Shopify, headless, integration-heavy, and multi-region projects.
Their capabilities and delivery models vary, so evaluate the team handling your migration, not only the agency’s broader credentials.
| # | Agency | Best known for |
| 26 | IWD Agency | ERP-integrated B2B commerce; cross-platform replatforming |
| 27 | Zestard Technologies | Shopify and Magento migrations; data transfer and store setup |
| 28 | The Commerce Shop | Migration and in-house marketing; B2B and wholesale replatforming |
| 29 | Dinarys | Magento and Shopify migrations; cloud and infrastructure support |
| 30 | Mageplaza | Magento and Adobe Commerce migrations; extension and data-structure expertise |
| 31 | 1Digital Agency | Mid-market migrations; custom ecommerce development |
| 32 | MageComp | Magento migrations; extension development and custom logic mapping |
| 33 | BSS Commerce | Cross-platform migrations; B2B features and scalable delivery |
| 34 | BelVG | Multi-platform migrations; extension development and support |
| 35 | Bytes Technolab | Cross-platform ecommerce development; catalog and storefront rebuilds |
| 36 | Webkul | Marketplace and multi-vendor migrations; broad module ecosystem |
| 37 | Krish TechnoLabs | Enterprise and B2B replatforming; multi-region rollouts |
| 38 | Silk Commerce | Enterprise integration-led migrations; ERP and PIM alignment |
| 39 | Nopio | Shopify and headless builds; European delivery |
| 40 | Human Element | Magento to Shopify migrations; long-term client continuity |
| 41 | Novatize | North American mid-market migrations; structured discovery and mapping |
| 42 | Emizentech | Broad platform migrations; mobile and storefront development |
| 43 | MakeWebBetter | WooCommerce migrations; CRM and marketing stack continuity |
| 44 | Fyresite | Ecommerce migrations with custom application development |
| 45 | Codilar | Adobe Commerce and headless migrations; enterprise delivery |
| 46 | Ziffity | B2B commerce replatforming; ERP and OMS integration |
| 47 | Ecomsolver | Shopify and WooCommerce migrations; catalog-heavy projects |
| 48 | Wagento | Adobe Commerce and Shopify migrations; multilingual and LATAM projects |
| 49 | InteractOne | Magento to Shopify and BigCommerce migrations; hosting and infrastructure |
| 50 | Customer Paradigm | Hourly delivery model; SMB and mid-market migrations |
Use these questions when evaluating a migration partner. Specific answers provide a clearer view of migration risk, data integrity, and delivery ownership than a generic capabilities overview.
A migration tool does not validate the result by itself. Ask how the agency reconciles products, customers, orders, URLs, and other critical records against the source system before cutover. Look for a defined validation and QA step with clear ownership.
Ask the agency to walk through the final data sync, launch sequence, monitoring, escalation process, and rollback criteria. The plan should define who owns each step and what triggers a rollback.
Find out who defines the migration rules, implements them, and reviews the output. Senior involvement matters when source data, business rules, or platform structures do not map directly to the target system. Ask whether a Shopify migration expert is directly involved in defining and reviewing the migration logic.
Ask what is included during post-launch stabilization. This should cover monitoring, issue resolution, QA, and the defect window. A general support inbox is not the same as a defined stabilization process.
Ask how the agency maps old URLs to new ones, validates redirects, and monitors indexing after launch. A migration can preserve data while still creating organic traffic losses if URL changes are not controlled.
Set a baseline before the move and compare it with post-launch performance. Track metrics such as conversion rate, revenue, AOV, organic traffic, page speed, and checkout performance based on the migration scope.
Migration pricing varies because the scope can range from a basic catalog transfer to a full replatforming project with data transformation, integrations, redesign, and multi-region rollout.
Mid-market migrations that include redesign, data transformation, integrations, and SEO work can move into the tens of thousands of dollars. The final cost depends on the technical and operational scope.
Costs typically increase with:
Platform choice is only one part of the cost calculation. The migration scope usually has a larger impact.
When comparing quotes, review the scope line by line. Lower headline prices may exclude redirect mapping, data validation, final synchronization, QA, launch monitoring, or post-launch stabilization. If those items appear later as change requests, the initial price can be misleading.
The right migration agency depends on what can go wrong during the move. For a straightforward catalog transfer, a specialized provider may be enough. Complex Shopify Plus migrations require stronger control over data, redirects, integrations, cutover, and post-launch performance.
Before choosing a partner, compare the migration process, not just the agency credentials. Ask how data will be validated, how the cutover will be controlled, and what happens after launch.
The best migration agency is usually the one that can solve your specific business and technical requirements, rather than simply the agency with the broadest platform credentials.
For complex Shopify Plus migrations where data integrity, SEO continuity, integrations, and multi-market delivery are critical, craftberry is a strong fit. Its experience combines Shopify Plus migration, technical SEO, complex integrations, and post-launch optimization within one delivery model.
Most mid-market projects land between 6 and 16 weeks. Simple catalogs on mainstream platforms move faster.
A migration can cause temporary ranking and indexing fluctuations, but careful planning significantly reduces the risk of lasting losses. Preserve URL structures where practical, create a complete old-to-new redirect map, migrate metadata, validate canonicals, and reimplement structured data.
Google’s site-move guidance notes that a medium-sized site may take several weeks to move through the index, while larger sites can take longer.
For domain changes, Google’s Change of Address guidance recommends keeping redirects active for at least 180 days – and longer while old URLs continue to receive traffic. For same-domain replatforms, permanent redirects should generally remain in place.
For a small, clean catalog with no custom functionality or complex integrations, a migration app may be sufficient.
More complex replatforming usually requires a dedicated Shopify migration service covering data mapping, redirects, integrations, validation, and cutover management.
Treating launch as the finish line. A migration can be technically successful while still creating commercial problems.
For example, weaker product-page hierarchy, missing trust content, broken tracking, incomplete redirects, or slower workflows. Without pre-launch baselines and post-launch monitoring, those issues are easy to miss.
CRO should at least inform the migration. A replatform is an opportunity to rebuild the storefront around real customer behavior and funnel evidence.
Whether experimentation continues within the same engagement depends on the agency model, but conversion requirements should be defined before design and development begin.
Migration quality depends heavily on data mapping, redirect completeness, QA discipline, and senior attention.
A specialist team with consistent senior involvement can be a stronger fit than a larger agency where strategy and implementation are handled by different teams.
Ask for two named examples involving your current platform, similar catalog or integration complexity, and measurable post-launch outcomes.
Strong references should explain the migration challenge, the approach used, and what happened to traffic, operations, and conversion performance after launch.
