How to migrate from GoDaddy to Shopify and Keep SEO Traffic

Getting your existing GoDaddy store migrated to Shopify has a set of challenges that most small business owners are not ready for when they decide to move. While GoDaddy does offer decent support for most of their services, they are not as helpful with getting you off their platform (completely understandable). But that should not drive your decision to make the big move. Shopify is the opposite, and they embrace that you have a choice but will love their software and not want to leave. So they give you full control over your data—a very different approach and one that makes a lot of sense. So you ask... How can I migrate from GoDaddy to Shopify and keep my SEO traffic?

Migration Challenges

GoDaddy does offer a product export that has all the necessary product data available to you. But one essential part of that export is missing. The part that will allow you to keep all of your existing organic SEO traffic and all of those embedded Social Media links you may have posted on social platforms like Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter.

The Right Way To Migrate

The right way to move any website to Shopify is to do a 1:1 content, product, image, and URL migration. This means that you need to recreate all pages just as they are on the existing website. Of course, I mean the content, metadata, URL paths, images, etc. Not the design layout of the page. You can have a fresh new design, but the content on your website can be the same. The small business owners that hire agencies that do blanket redirects with their existing URL paths > New URL paths will see a complete drop of traffic.

Solutions

Our solution will get you entirely moved over to Shopify, Setup, and Launched. What we do is perform a 1:1 page migration of all of your content pages, products, category pages, landing pages, and map all existing URLs using 301 redirects to retain your current traffic. We were able to capture the data needed using one of our bots where we crawl and capture the data we need from your live website. We will also set up your theme, store settings, and install apps for you.

Contact us today for more information. Moving from GoDaddy to Shopify is a breeze with Pelican Commerce behind you every step of the way.

Handcrafted Migrations

Our service is a bit different than other automated systems. Our handcrafted migration solutions are designed to be handled with care, for well established companies, and to retain existing search engine rank (SEO).