Shopify Migration Cost in Mumbai: What Brands Actually Pay in 2026

Shopify migration in Mumbai runs ₹1,20,000 to ₹6,00,000 for most brands in 2026. Where you land depends on your source platform, catalogue size, and how much custom functionality has to survive the move. A straightforward WooCommerce store under 500 products migrates for ₹1,20,000–₹2,50,000. A Magento build with custom modules, multi-currency pricing, and a large SKU catalogue can push past ₹5,00,000. Here's what Mumbai brands actually pay, platform by platform, and what pushes a quote up or down.

Prateeksha Web Design has migrated stores off WooCommerce, Magento, WordPress, BigCommerce, Wix, and Squarespace since 2008. We work with Mumbai and pan-India DTC brands through our Shopify migration services. These numbers come from live 2026 quotes, not a rate card someone wishes were true.

Shopify Migration Cost by Source Platform

Cost depends more on your current platform's data structure than on Shopify itself. Some platforms export cleanly; others need custom scripting to preserve product variants, order history, and SEO equity.

WooCommerce migrations sit at the lower end because WooCommerce stores products in standard WordPress post types, which map cleanly onto Shopify's product schema. It's largely a structured data transfer — products, variants, and categories move across with minimal reworking. Magento sits at the top because its EAV (Entity-Attribute-Value) data model is fundamentally different from Shopify's flatter structure. Every custom attribute needs its own mapping logic; there's no straight export-import here.

BigCommerce migrations land in the middle. BigCommerce and Shopify share a similar product architecture, so the data transfer itself is straightforward. What complicates things is that Mumbai brands on BigCommerce often built B2B pricing tiers or wholesale catalogues. Replicating those needs custom Shopify app configuration — and that configuration work, not the data move, is what pushes BigCommerce quotes toward ₹4,00,000.

Wix and Squarespace migrations cost less in absolute terms but often eat up more manual effort per product. Neither platform offers a clean bulk export for product variants and metafields, so a 150-product Wix store can demand more hands-on data entry per SKU than a 400-product WooCommerce store. Per-product effort matters more than total catalogue size here. Run our Shopify cost calculator to get a range specific to your catalogue and platform before requesting a formal quote.

What Drives Shopify Migration Cost Up

Four factors account for nearly all the variance between a ₹1,20,000 quote and a ₹6,00,000 quote. None of them are platform fees — they're all labour.

Catalogue Size and Variant Complexity

A 200-SKU catalogue with simple size/colour variants migrates in days. A 5,000-SKU catalogue with nested variant combinations, custom pricing rules, and multiple images per variant takes weeks of mapping and QA. Shopify caps variants per product at 100 combinations, so catalogues built on platforms without that limit sometimes need product restructuring, not just a data transfer.

Custom Features and Third-Party Integrations

Every custom feature on your current site — a bespoke sizing tool, a loyalty points system, a custom subscription flow — needs a Shopify-native equivalent or a rebuild. Standard app-based features like reviews, loyalty, and subscriptions migrate fast because established Shopify apps already solve them. Fully custom logic built by a previous developer has no drop-in replacement; that's new development, priced separately from the app integration work itself.

SEO Redirect Mapping and URL Structure

Every indexed URL on your current store — product pages, category pages, blog posts — needs a 301 redirect to its new Shopify equivalent. A store with 300 indexed URLs needs a redirect map built and tested before launch. A store with 5,000 needs the same process at scale, plus canonical tag audits and XML sitemap regeneration. Skip this and you get the single most common cause of post-migration traffic drops. It's non-negotiable line-item work, not an optional extra.

Data Volume: Orders, Customers, and Historical Records

Product data is only part of the job. Historical orders, customer accounts, saved addresses, and store credit balances all need extraction, transformation, and import. Shopify's Customer and Order APIs have rate limits and field-mapping quirks that differ from every other platform. A store with ten years of order history takes measurably longer to migrate than one launched eighteen months ago.

Customer passwords are a specific complication brands often miss. Shopify can't import hashed passwords from another platform — each platform uses its own hashing algorithm. Migrated customers get a password-reset prompt on their first login post-launch. Spell this out clearly in your launch communication, or you'll see a spike in support tickets during launch week.

Typical Shopify Migration Timelines

Most Mumbai brands underestimate migration timelines by half. A realistic WooCommerce-to-Shopify project takes 4 to 6 weeks end to end — not the "one weekend" timeline some cut-rate quotes imply.

• Week 1 — Audit and planning: full inventory of products, orders, customers, apps, and indexed URLs; redirect map drafted.
• Weeks 2–3 — Data migration and theme build: products, variants, images, and customers imported to a Shopify staging environment; theme development runs in parallel.
• Week 4 — App integration and QA: payment gateways, shipping rules, and third-party apps configured; checkout tested end to end.
• Week 5 — Redirect testing and pre-launch review: every redirect verified, Search Console prepared, staging store reviewed against the original.
• Week 6 — Launch and monitoring: DNS cutover, live monitoring of orders and indexing, immediate bug-fix window.

Magento migrations with custom modules routinely stretch to 10–14 weeks. Discovery alone — documenting every custom attribute and module dependency — can take two to three weeks before any data moves. Rush this phase and you find out about broken variant pricing after launch instead of before.

Timelines also shift around Indian shopping seasons. Migrate in the run-up to Diwali or the year-end sale period and you're adding risk that most agencies price into an expedited timeline or simply won't take on. The safer window for a Mumbai brand is January through August, well clear of festive traffic spikes. Schedule launch at least four weeks before any major sale event so the new store has time to stabilise under real traffic.

What's Included (and Excluded) in a Migration Quote

Not every migration quote covers the same scope, and this is exactly where Mumbai brands get burned by cheap quotes that balloon mid-project. A legitimate quote states what's in and out, explicitly.

Usually Included

• Product, variant, and collection data migration
• Customer account and order history migration
• 301 redirect mapping for indexed URLs
• Payment gateway and shipping configuration
• Standard theme setup (premium theme, not custom design)
• Pre-launch QA across desktop and mobile

Usually Excluded (Ask Explicitly)

• Custom theme design. A custom Shopify theme built from your brand's Figma files is priced separately from the migration itself.
• Third-party app rebuilds. If your current site has a bespoke feature with no Shopify app equivalent, that's custom development, not migration.
• Content copywriting. Migration moves your existing content as-is; rewriting product descriptions or category copy is a separate scope.
• Post-launch SEO monitoring. Redirect setup is included; ongoing ranking recovery and monitoring after launch usually isn't, unless you've scoped it in.
• Historical analytics data. Google Analytics and ad-platform history stays with your old domain setup; Shopify migration doesn't transfer this.

A quote that bundles a custom theme, full copywriting, and unlimited post-launch support into a ₹1,50,000 "complete migration" package is underscoping something. Ask for a line-item breakdown before signing — the same standard we apply to every migration quote we issue.

One more scope question worth asking upfront: does the quote include a staging environment for client review before launch? A proper migration builds the new store on a Shopify staging URL first, lets you click through every page, and only cuts over DNS once you've signed off. Agencies that skip staging and build directly on the live domain are taking a shortcut that puts your storefront at risk during the build window.

Why Mumbai Brands Work With a Local Shopify Migration Partner

A Mumbai-based agency solves two problems a remote or offshore team can't: timezone-aligned communication during launch week, and direct familiarity with the payment gateways Indian DTC brands actually use — Razorpay, Cashfree, and logistics partners like Delhivery and Shiprocket. Migration day means live coordination across DNS, payment testing, and order monitoring. A same-timezone team catches issues in minutes instead of overnight.

GST invoicing is another area where local knowledge matters. Indian ecommerce brands need GST-compliant invoice templates, correct HSN code fields on product data, and tax rules configured per state. A generic offshore migration team rarely handles this by default. Brands that migrate with a partner unfamiliar with Indian tax requirements often find invoicing gaps only after their accountant flags them weeks post-launch.

Our Mumbai Shopify agency page details how we work with local brands specifically, from discovery calls to post-launch support windows. For the full picture of what any Shopify project costs beyond migration — themes, apps, ongoing development — see our general Shopify cost guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Shopify migration cost in Mumbai in 2026?

A Shopify migration in Mumbai costs ₹1,20,000 to ₹6,00,000 depending on your source platform and catalogue size. WooCommerce and Wix migrations sit at the lower end, typically ₹90,000–₹2,80,000, because their data structures map cleanly to Shopify. Magento migrations sit at the top, often ₹2,50,000–₹6,50,000, due to custom modules and complex catalogue structures. Get a range specific to your store with the Shopify cost calculator.

How long does a Shopify migration take?

Most WooCommerce or Wix migrations take 4 to 6 weeks from discovery to launch. BigCommerce and WordPress migrations with custom features typically run 5 to 8 weeks. Magento migrations with custom modules or large catalogues can take 8 to 14 weeks, since discovery and data-mapping alone is more involved. Rushed timelines under two weeks usually mean skipped QA or incomplete redirect mapping.

Will I lose my Google rankings after migrating to Shopify?

Rankings hold up when every indexed URL gets a proper 301 redirect to its Shopify equivalent and canonical tags are set correctly before launch. Ranking drops after migration almost always trace back to missing or broken redirects, not the platform switch itself. A migration quote that doesn't explicitly include redirect mapping and testing is missing the single most important SEO safeguard.

Does the migration cost include a custom Shopify theme?

No — most migration quotes cover data transfer, redirects, and setup on a premium theme, not custom design work. A fully custom theme built from your brand's Figma designs is scoped and priced separately through custom theme development. Ask any agency to itemise migration versus theme design before comparing quotes; bundled pricing hides which part of the work you're actually paying for.

Can I migrate from any platform to Shopify, or are some platforms harder?

Any platform can migrate to Shopify, but the difficulty and cost vary a lot. WooCommerce, Wix, and Squarespace migrate relatively smoothly since their product data is simpler. Magento and BigCommerce migrations involving custom modules, B2B pricing tiers, or multi-store setups require more discovery and custom data-mapping work. The platform itself rarely blocks a migration — the amount of custom logic built on top of it does.