From Etsy shop to your own Shopify store
We move your listings, rebuild variations properly, and set up a store you control. Without pretending Etsy's traffic follows you automatically.
Etsy is different from other migrations
Moving from Wix or WooCommerce is moving a store. Moving from Etsy is starting a store. On Etsy, customers come from Etsy search. On Shopify, nobody comes unless you bring them. That is why we usually advise keeping Etsy running while the Shopify store grows, rather than switching it off on day one.
What moves from Etsy
- Listings. Titles, descriptions, tags, prices, quantities and photos can be exported from Etsy and imported into Shopify.
- Variations. Etsy's export lists variation names and values, but not always the price and stock of each combination. We rebuild variants with the right price and stock for each.
- Photos. Exported as links, then imported and attached to the right variant.
- Tags and sections. Etsy tags become Shopify tags and help build collections. Shop sections become collections.
What does not move: your Etsy reviews, your Etsy search ranking and your buyers' Etsy accounts. Those belong to Etsy.
Giving the new store a reason to exist
- Product pages written for Google, not just for Etsy's search
- Collections that match how people search for your type of product
- An email signup so Etsy buyers can follow you
- Packaging inserts that point repeat buyers to your store
- A Google Merchant Center feed so products can appear in Google Shopping
- Social and Pinterest links pointing to your own domain
Our process
- Download your listings data from Etsy
- Clean titles and descriptions for the web
- Rebuild variants with price and stock per combination
- Import products, photos and collections
- Set up shipping, taxes and policies
- Connect your domain and Google tools
Questions, answered
Should I close my Etsy shop?
Usually not at first. Keep Etsy as a sales channel while the Shopify store builds its own traffic.
Can I sync stock between Etsy and Shopify?
Yes, with a channel or sync app, so an item sold on one does not oversell on the other.
Do I need a lot of products for Shopify to make sense?
No. What matters more is having a way to bring people to the store: social media, email, wholesale or search.
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Tell us about your Etsy shop.
A short message is enough. We reply within 48 hours with questions or a first plan, and a clear quote before any work starts. Prefer to answer a few questions? Use the project builder.
- Fixed quote before anything starts
- 50% to start, 50% at launch
- Plain language, no jargon