Shopify Plus Migration Checklist

If you’re overseeing a platform migration as a CTO or technical lead, this ecommerce platform migration checklist will help ensure a clean, high-performance transition to Shopify Plus.

Phase 1: Planning

Align internal stakeholders

Set measurable goals for performance, speed, and UX

Audit current integrations, apps, and workflows

Create a feature parity list

Choose your Shopify Plus theme or plan a custom build

 

Phase 2: Pre-Migration Tasks

Backup all product, customer, and order data

Map URLs and create a 301 redirect spreadsheet

Identify and recreate key landing pages

Set up staging and QA environments

 

Phase 3: Migration and Development

Migrate product catalogs, customer accounts, and historical orders

Rebuild navigation, collections, and on-site search

Reconfigure app integrations and third-party services

QA all templates across desktop and mobile

Prepare post-launch rollback procedures

 

Phase 4: Launch and Monitor

Monitor real-time traffic and checkout behavior

Submit new sitemaps and test for crawl errors

Run speed audits and A/B tests

Prepare support documentation and internal training