Migrate from Joomla to Shopify

Want to switch from Joomla to Shopify ? Are you a loyal Joomla user, even for e-commerce but you would like to know if switching to Shopify is a good idea? Or are you completely fed up with Joomla and looking for a credible, serious and powerful alternative?

Then it's time to switch to Shopify and here's why!

Why switch from Joomla to Shopify?

Joomla E-commerce, a heterogeneous solution that poses a problem

Joomla e-commerce is a plugin for the Joomla CMS solution. Originally, the plugin was supposed to offer additional features to transform Joomla into an e-commerce site.

As such, there are already many different types of Joomla E-commerce plugins, we can mention “Eshop”, “J2Store”, “Hikashop” or even “Jcart for Opencart” .. In short, the choice is vast and there is no It's not always easy to find your way around.

This very complex and diversified ecosystem, instead of representing a strength, is in fact rather a weakness because the core of your e-commerce is already incompatible with part of the Joomla environment.

Too bad because already the limited ecosystem was a brake on this CMS.

Shopify, a homogeneous and robust ecosystem

In short, changing from Joomla to Shopify already means benefiting from a robust and homogeneous ecosystem that will make it possible to pool the efforts of each developer and bring more added value for merchants.

With more than 5000 applications, all compatible with your Shopify site, you can say goodbye to the difficulty of plugin and CMS updates!

How to migrate from Joomla to Shopify in 6 steps?

Migrating from Joomla to Shopify is simple as long as you are well accompanied and with a good roadmap. At Pikka, we take care of creating everything to best facilitate the transfer of technology, whether for you, your teams or your customers.

Step 1: prepare the work

The first step in moving from Joomla to Shopify is to prepare the migration well upstream: specifications, work flow, new graphic charter, e-commerce flow etc... Here nothing is left to chance to bring together as much information and data as possible to prepare the rest of the migration as precisely as possible.

Step 2: Creating the Shopify store

After the definition phase, we can attack the phase of web development and creation of the new Eshop. Here, the old Joomla site remains online as long as necessary and our Pikka teams can work on the new site in parallel.

Technique, design, content, all points are worked on to obtain a qualitative, professional and modern site.

Step 3: Data migration

Now that the new site is almost ready, it's time to fill it with real data!

It's time to import the product catalog and orders and customers!

And yes, the migration of customer and order data is essential to ensure the continuity of e-commerce operations.

This operation, although easy at first sight and particularly delicate. Imagine: every column and row in the database of the old Joomla system must match the new information fields in Shopify!

All this while respecting the limits of a server on one side and the limits of APIs on the other.

This very technical operation can take several days depending on the size of the data.

Step 4: Transfer of SEO referencing

Once the orders and customers have been imported from Joomla to Shopify, it's time to think about keeping the site's SEO! Each e-commerce technology uses its own url and product nomenclature systems so it is necessary to redirect all existing urls to new ones.

Forgetting this step would mean returning the site to its beginnings and would represent the loss of all natural referencing. This step is therefore essential to ensure quality work.

Step 5: Team formation

Who says change says resistance to change. A big word to say that even if the Shopify interface is simple to use and practical, it is necessary to train teams to use Shopify.

It's time saved in productivity for you and therefore more turnover. This also avoids errors of misunderstanding and therefore limits the risk of false manipulations or errors.

Step 6: Putting the new Shopify site online

Everyone is trained? Is the whole site operational? Then it's time to switch from Joomla to Shopify. It's D-Day for migration.

This is almost the easiest time because although there are a few steps to follow, the main step is to change the domain names to redirect from Joomla to Shopify.

Next? Take advantage of the power of Shopify!

There you go: You have now migrated from Joomla to Shopify and serious about the work of your teams and those of Pikka, this project was able to come out on time, within the starting budget and above all with end-to-end technical and operational mastery!

The commercial development of your site is up to you on the most robust and powerful platform on the market: Shopify!

To be accompanied from A to Z in the migration from Joomla to Shopify and to create a unique Shopify e-commerce site, contact our sales team now to obtain a precise estimate of the cost of migrating your Joomla to Shopify.