Migrate from Shopify to Vendor.
When app fatigue, checkout constraints, or operational complexity outgrow Shopify Plus, Vendor is the move that keeps your storefront fast and your operations sane.
Talk to a Vendor expert who has onboarded operations like yours.
Get a migration planWhy mid-market brands migrate from Shopify.
[Placeholder] Shopify is excellent at the start. The friction shows up at scale — 20+ paid apps each charging per-order, a checkout you can't deeply customize, subscription logic in a separate app that doesn't reconcile perfectly, B2B as a bolt-on, and per-feature add-on pricing that adds up. Migration isn't about Shopify being bad; it's about wanting platform-level features without app sprawl, and a checkout that's actually yours.
- Per-app monthly fees that compound past €1,500/mo on average
- Checkout customization gated by Shopify's checkout extension architecture
- Subscription / B2B / custom workflows pushed to separate apps that don't fully reconcile
- Multi-region operations awkward when one storefront feels like the default
- Limited control over data model and admin UX
What changes after the migration.
The concrete improvements customers report in the first 90 days.
Checkout you own
Customize the checkout pipeline freely — no Shopify Functions or extension limits. Add steps, upsells, custom validation, all in your codebase.
Native B2B + DTC on one tenant
Run public DTC and buyer-only B2B on the same backend. Shared catalog and inventory, distinct pricing and checkout per audience.
Native subscriptions
Subscription primitives first-class — schedules, swaps, dunning, churn analytics. No third-party app fees or reconciliation issues.
Predictable pricing
Platform fee + transaction fee, no per-app monthly subscriptions. Most Shopify-to-Vendor migrations save €1,500–€3,000/month.
Customizable admin
Build admin workflows your team actually needs. Custom fields, custom views, custom actions — all in your tenant config.
True multi-region
Each storefront is first-class. Different currencies, languages, prices, tax rules, payment methods. None feels like "the default".
What customers report.
App fees retired
€1.8k
Avg. monthly savings
Checkout conversion
+12%
Median post-migration
Migration timeline
8–12 wks
Mid-market average
Cutover downtime
0 min
SLA commitment
Recent Shopify → Vendor migrations.
[Placeholder] Glacier Athletics
Shopify Plus + 18 apps → Vendor. Custom checkout pipeline live in 9 weeks.
18 apps retired
[Placeholder] Brewton Distributors
Was running Shopify B2B as a bolt-on. Migrated to Vendor's native B2B. Quote-to-order moved off email entirely.
100% in-platform quotes
[Placeholder] Mediterra Wines
Needed age-gated alcohol checkout with delivery ID verification. Shopify couldn't support; Vendor shipped it in 6 weeks.
Age-gate live
Shopify migration questions.
Will Shop Pay / Stripe / PayPal still work?
[Placeholder] Yes. Vendor integrates natively with Stripe, PayPal, Klarna, and the major regional providers. Shop Pay is Shopify-specific so it doesn't migrate, but our customers see same-or-better conversion using Stripe Express + saved-cards.
What about Shopify Themes / Liquid?
[Placeholder] Liquid doesn't migrate. We rebuild your storefront on Next.js — typically faster and more customizable. We share visual mocks before build so you approve every page.
Will I lose my SEO during migration?
[Placeholder] No. We map URLs, set 301s, preserve metadata. We commit to zero traffic loss in the cutover SLA.
What about my apps?
[Placeholder] We audit which apps are actually used. Most replace 1:1 with a native Vendor feature. Some need a custom integration (typically 1–2 sprints each).
What does a typical Shopify migration timeline look like?
[Placeholder] 8–12 weeks for a mid-market Plus store. Weeks 1–2: data + audit. Weeks 3–6: storefront + checkout build. Weeks 7–8: integrations. Weeks 9–10: dry runs. Weeks 11–12: cutover.