How To Switch Your Online Store From Wix To Shopify?

Shopify’s interface is considered by many to be more streamlined and user-friendly than Wix’s. Shopify also has a more simplified shopping cart and superior customer care. Furthermore, Shopify offers a more variety of third-party apps than Wix. Thus, you can utilize the full potential of Shopify. Lastly, Shopify’s abandoned cart recovery is more feature-rich and user-friendly for newcomers.

Using a Shopify application to transfer a website from Wix is likely the quickest and most painless option. Firstly, you need to create a Shopify account. Thereafter, install an app for store migration. It’s important to remember that these applications can speed up the whole switching process, but they can’t do all for you. You can usually copy the content from one platform to another, but it’s usually not possible to copy the design.

This means you’ll need to either settle on a new design or search for a theme that closely resembles the one you used in Wix. There are a number of useful applications for making the switch from Wix to Shopify. Some of them are Migration Pro, Matrixify, and LitExtension. Let’s use Matrixify App for migration.

Add the app to the Shopify store

Get the Matrixify app from the app store. After that, go to Shopify Admin Panel>Apps>Matrixify. You will notice the import/export page. In the Matrixify menu, you will see Home, Settings, Plans, and All Jobs.

Export the data from Wix

The next step is exporting Content, Products, Orders, and Contact. But, you need to export all the data separately. To export product data, go to Products>More Actions>Export. Similarly, follow this process for orders and contacts.

Follow the formatting instructions of the migration app

You can only use certain file formats (like Excel and CSV) with most Shopify applications, and you usually need to get ready for those files to fit the app’s specifications. For instance, the Matrixify application has certain formatting needs that aren’t met by Wix’s standard CSV output. Formats including Excel, CSV, and Google Sheets may be imported. Thus, try to export in a CSV file.

Import to Shopify

In Shopify Admin, go to Apps>Matrixify. In Import, go to ‘Add File’. Select the file and click Import to continue. When the import is complete, a notification will appear. In addition, errors sometimes pop up since many Wix features are exclusive to Wix and not ideal for an import to Shopify. Therefore, it is recommended to hire top Shopify developers to help you in migrating from Wix to Shopify.

If you want to import products, go to Products>Import>Add file>Upload>Import Products. You need to follow the same process for orders, customers, collections, content, discounts, and more. You will not be able to import discounts, content, and orders. Thus, you need to use a third-party import app.