How to move from Shopify to LaunchMyStore
Export your products from Shopify as a CSV and upload it with LaunchMyStore's Shopify importer, included on Gold and Platinum. Your product, collection, page and blog links use the same paths Shopify uses, so they keep working when handles match. Plan about a week, and keep Shopify selling until your domain points at the new store.
By Shivam Wadhwa, Founder, LaunchMyStoreLast updated Facts checked November 2026
In short
- What moves
- Products with their variants, prices, compare-at prices, SKUs, stock, tags, up to 5 images and SEO text, in one upload. You rebuild collections, pages, blog posts and discount codes. Customer lists, orders and reviews stay in your Shopify exports.
- How long
- The upload runs in one step, and images finish copying in about 5–10 minutes. Leave a week for design, payments, a test order and the domain switch: the length of the 7-day free trial.
- What it costs
- $0 for the trial, then Gold at $70/mo billed yearly ($840 a year). Premium themes are included, and there is no platform fee on any gateway, where Shopify Basic adds 2% unless you use Shopify Payments.1
- Which plan
- Gold or Platinum: the Shopify & WooCommerce importer is included on both. On Starter ($24/mo billed yearly) you can still move up to 100 products with LaunchMyStore's own CSV template.
Included by default
What do you get on LaunchMyStore that Shopify charges extra for?
Every LaunchMyStore plan includes premium themes, 104 storefront languages, 34+ payment gateways with 0% platform transaction fees, the Nova AI agent and a free reviews app. On Shopify, paid themes cost $100–$500, stores below Plus get up to 20 languages, reviews need an app, and your own gateway adds up to 2% of every sale.1,12,14
0% platform transaction fees
On every plan and every gateway. You pay only your payment provider's own rate.
On Shopify: 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow and 0.6% on Advanced unless you use Shopify Payments.1
104 storefront languages
Included by default on every plan. There's no language app to install.
On Shopify: Up to 20 languages below Plus.14 Translate & Adapt is free and auto-translates up to 2 (8 in select countries).15
Premium themes
Included on every plan, with a visual theme editor, and you can switch themes at any time.
On Shopify: 24 free themes; paid themes cost $100–$500 each.12
34+ payment gateways
Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.Net and more, on every plan.
On Shopify: Shopify Payments, or a third-party provider with the fee above.1
Nova AI agent
In your admin on every plan, with 500, 1,000 or 2,000 Nova credits a month on Starter, Gold and Platinum, plus an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
On Shopify: Sidekick is included on every plan too.17
Product reviews
Foundry Reviews, LaunchMyStore's own reviews app, is free to install from the app marketplace.
On Shopify: Needs an app, such as Judge.me: a free plan, or $15 a month.11
Point of sale
Included free on Platinum, with 2 seats. On Starter and Gold, POS is an add-on at $49 per store per month.
On Shopify: Basic in-person selling on every plan; POS Pro is $89 a month per location.16
Hosting and 24/7 support
Hosting, security, platform updates and 24/7 support are part of every plan.
On Shopify: Included too.
LaunchMyStore lines are from the pricing page and the admin; Shopify lines link to Shopify's own pages, checked November 2026.
What moves
What moves from Shopify to LaunchMyStore, and how?
Products move by file: Shopify's product CSV goes straight into LaunchMyStore's Shopify importer. Everything else is either rebuilt in the LaunchMyStore admin (collections, pages, blog posts, discount codes and the theme) or kept as a record in your Shopify exports (customers, orders and reviews). The table gives the method and plan for each item.
| What | Moves? | How | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Products, variants and prices | Moves | Export from Products → Export in Shopify,2 then upload the file under Products → the arrow beside Add New Product → Bulk Upload Products → Shopify. Option names and values, prices, compare-at prices, SKUs and tags come across. | PlanIncluded on Gold and Platinum |
| Product images | Moves | Shopify's CSV carries image links, not the files.2 A LaunchMyStore product holds 5 images plus one per variant, so the importer takes the first 5 and copies them into your store in the background, in about 5–10 minutes. | PlanIncluded on Gold and Platinum |
| Inventory | In part | Read from the Variant Inventory Qty column, which Shopify fills for single-location stores.3 Where it's blank, the importer sets 15 and tells you to update stock. | PlanIncluded on Gold and Platinum |
| SEO titles and descriptions | Moves | Imported from the SEO Title and SEO Description columns. | PlanIncluded on Gold and Platinum |
| Collections | In part | No importer. Create them under Products → Categories and assign products. The handle is editable, so it can match the Shopify collection's. | PlanEvery plan |
| Customers | In part | Export from Customers → Export4 and keep the file: LaunchMyStore has no customer import. Returning customers get an account the first time they sign in with an emailed code. | PlanEvery plan (bulk via the API on Platinum) |
| Order history | Doesn't move | Doesn't import. Export your orders5 and keep the CSV as your record; new orders start on LaunchMyStore. | Plan— |
| Blog posts and pages | In part | Shopify has no blog export; its own backup guide says to copy and paste blog posts and pages.6 Paste them into Appearance → Blogs and Appearance → Pages. | PlanEvery plan |
| Theme and design | In part | Shopify themes don't upload. Pick a LaunchMyStore theme (premium themes are included) and style it in the visual editor. Themes are written in Liquid, so a developer can rebuild custom sections in the code editor. | PlanEvery plan; code editor on Gold and Platinum |
| Domain | Moves | Point it at LaunchMyStore from Settings → Domains with a CNAME and a TXT record; SSL is issued automatically. A domain bought through Shopify can also be transferred out.8 | PlanEvery plan |
| URLs and SEO | Moves | Same paths: /products/, /collections/, /pages/ and /blogs/. Handles come from product titles and can be edited to match. Redirects you set up in Shopify7 don't carry over. | PlanEvery plan |
| Payments | Moves | Shopify Payments stays with Shopify. Connect Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.Net or another of 34+ gateways, with 0% platform fees. | PlanEvery plan |
| Apps and reviews | In part | Shopify apps don't transfer. The marketplace has 55+ apps, including Foundry Reviews, LaunchMyStore's free reviews app. Past reviews don't import, so export them from your Shopify reviews app. | PlanEvery plan |
| Discount codes | In part | Recreate them under Discounts. | PlanEvery plan |
- Moves imports with the file, or connects directly
- In part partly, or rebuilt in the admin
- Doesn't move keep your export as a record
URLs and SEO
Will my Shopify URLs keep working on LaunchMyStore?
Yes, when the handles match. LaunchMyStore storefronts answer the paths Shopify uses: /products/handle, /collections/handle, /pages/handle and /blogs/blog/article. Once your domain points at LaunchMyStore, an old link, bookmark or search result for a product lands on the same product, as long as its handle is the one it had on Shopify.
We checked this in the storefront's routing code, not only in the docs. The same router serves /collections/handle/products/handle, /blogs/blog/tagged/tag, /cart and /search, as well as Shopify-style .json endpoints for products and collections. Your store's /sitemap.xml lists products, collections, blogs and pages under these paths.
The one thing to check is the handle. The importer builds each handle from the product title: lowercase, with every run of other characters turned into one hyphen. A handle you edited in Shopify, or a title with an apostrophe or an ampersand, can come out differently. Compare a few against your Shopify export and fix any that differ in the product's SEO section, where the handle is editable.
Paths outside these patterns, and URL redirects you created in Shopify,7 don't carry over, and LaunchMyStore has no redirect manager yet. List those URLs before you switch and update the links you control: menus, emails, ads and social profiles.
| On Shopify | On LaunchMyStore |
|---|---|
| /products/linen-shirt | /products/linen-shirt |
| /collections/summer | /collections/summer |
| /pages/shipping-policy | /pages/shipping-policy |
| /blogs/news/spring-lookbook | /blogs/news/spring-lookbook |
Same handle, same URL. Shown for a domain that moves from Shopify to LaunchMyStore.
Step by step
How do I move from Shopify to LaunchMyStore, step by step?
Build the new store on its free launchmystore.io address while Shopify keeps selling, and switch your domain last. In order: start the trial, export from Shopify, import your products, rebuild collections and content, set up the theme, payments and shipping, place a test order, then point your domain and close Shopify.
- 01
Start your free trial
Create your store for $0. You get 7 days and a free yourstore.launchmystore.io address to build on; nothing you do here touches Shopify.
- 02
Export your products from Shopify
In Shopify, go to Products → Export and export all products as a CSV.2 The importer saves every product as active, so delete drafts you don't want in the file first.
- 03
- 04
Import your products
Go to Products → the arrow beside Add New Product → Bulk Upload Products, choose Shopify and upload the file. It's checked against your plan's limit (1,000 Products on Gold, 5,000 Products on Platinum), and any defaults it applied, such as stock, are listed after the import.
- 05
Rebuild collections, pages and blog posts
Create categories with the same handles as your Shopify collections and assign products. Paste pages and posts into Appearance → Pages and Appearance → Blogs, then check product handles against your export.
- 06
Choose and style a theme
Pick a premium theme at no extra cost, edit it visually, and build your menus so collections and pages appear where shoppers expect them.
- 07
Connect payments, shipping and taxes
Connect Stripe, PayPal, Square or another of 34+ gateways, then set your shipping zones and tax settings.
- 08
Place a test order
Buy a product on the launchmystore.io address to check checkout, payment, emails and stock, and refund it from the order page.
- 09
Point your domain
In Settings → Domains, connect your existing domain and add the CNAME and TXT records shown. SSL is issued automatically, and the admin's instructions estimate 5–15 minutes for DNS to update.
Help: connect a custom domain - 10
Timeline
How long does a Shopify to LaunchMyStore move take?
Plan on about a week for a small store, which fits inside the 7-day free trial. The product import takes one upload and images copy in 5–10 minutes; the rest of the week goes on collections, design, payments and testing. A heavily customized Shopify theme or hundreds of pages will take longer.
| When | What you do |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | Start the trial, export from Shopify, import products. Images finish copying in about 5–10 minutes. |
| Day 2 | Check stock, handles and prices against your export. Create categories and assign products. |
| Day 3 | Choose a theme, set colors and fonts, build the homepage and menus. |
| Day 4 | Paste pages and blog posts, add policies, recreate discount codes. |
| Day 5 | Connect payments, set shipping zones and taxes, review order emails. |
| Day 6 | Place and refund test orders on the launchmystore.io address. |
| Day 7 | Point your domain, watch the first orders arrive, then deactivate Shopify. |
A sample plan, not a guarantee: it assumes one import file and a standard theme.
Cost of switching
What does it cost to switch from Shopify to LaunchMyStore?
The move itself costs $0: the trial is free for 7 days and premium themes are included. Then you pay the plan: Gold, which includes the Shopify importer, is $840 a year billed yearly. Whether that saves money depends on your payment gateway, because Shopify adds 2% on Basic when you don't use Shopify Payments.
A year on Shopify and on LaunchMyStore, in each example
List prices, platform fees and the paid apps needed to match what LaunchMyStore includes; card processing excluded on both. The tables under the chart show every line.
- Shopify
- LaunchMyStore
Example 1 · A small store on Shopify Payments with a reviews app
Example 2 · $5,000 a month through your own gateway
Example 3 · $20,000 a month on Grow, billed monthly
Example 4 · A website and one shop counter
Example 1
A small store on Shopify Payments with a reviews app
Shopify Basic billed yearly, Shopify Payments, Judge.me at $15/mo. Under 100 products, no variants.
| Per year | Shopify | LaunchMyStore |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Shopify$348 (Basic, $29 × 12)1 | LaunchMyStore$288 (Starter) |
| Product reviews | Shopify$180 (Judge.me, $15 × 12)11 | LaunchMyStore$0 (Foundry Reviews) |
| Storefront languages | Shopify$0 for up to 20, with Translate & Adapt14,15 | LaunchMyStore$0, 104 included |
| Platform fee on sales | Shopify$0 with Shopify Payments1 | LaunchMyStore$0 |
| Total | Shopify$528 | LaunchMyStore$288 |
$240 less on LaunchMyStore. On Judge.me's free plan Shopify comes to $348, still $60 more. With size or color variants you'd need Gold ($840), $312 more than this Shopify setup.
Example 2
$5,000 a month through your own gateway
Shopify Basic billed yearly with a third-party payment provider, plus Judge.me. LaunchMyStore Gold for variants.
| Per year | Shopify | LaunchMyStore |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Shopify$348 (Basic)1 | LaunchMyStore$840 (Gold) |
| Fee for your own gateway | Shopify$1,200 (2% × $60,000)1 | LaunchMyStore$0 |
| Product reviews | Shopify$180 (Judge.me)11 | LaunchMyStore$0 (Foundry Reviews) |
| Total | Shopify$1,728 | LaunchMyStore$840 |
$888 less on LaunchMyStore.
Example 3
$20,000 a month on Grow, billed monthly
Shopify Grow at its monthly price with a third-party gateway. LaunchMyStore Platinum, also billed monthly.
| Per year | Shopify | LaunchMyStore |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Shopify$1,260 (Grow, $105 × 12)1 | LaunchMyStore$1,860 (Platinum, $155 × 12) |
| Fee for your own gateway | Shopify$2,400 (1% × $240,000)1 | LaunchMyStore$0 |
| Product reviews | Shopify$180 (Judge.me)11 | LaunchMyStore$0 (Foundry Reviews) |
| Total | Shopify$3,840 | LaunchMyStore$1,860 |
$1,980 less on LaunchMyStore.
Example 4
A website and one shop counter
Shopify Basic billed yearly with Shopify Payments, POS Pro for the shop and Judge.me. LaunchMyStore Gold with the POS add-on at $49 per store per month.
| Per year | Shopify | LaunchMyStore |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Shopify$348 (Basic)1 | LaunchMyStore$840 (Gold) |
| Point of sale | Shopify$1,068 (POS Pro, $89 × 12)16 | LaunchMyStore$588 (POS add-on, $49 × 12) |
| Product reviews | Shopify$180 (Judge.me)11 | LaunchMyStore$0 (Foundry Reviews) |
| Total | Shopify$1,596 | LaunchMyStore$1,428 |
$168 less on LaunchMyStore. Platinum ($1,584 a year) includes POS free, with 2 seats. Card readers and hardware aren't counted on either side.
One-time costs of the move
- LaunchMyStore while you build
- $0 for the 7-day trial
- Theme
- $0: premium themes are included (Shopify's paid themes cost $100–$500 each12)
- Domain
- $0 to point it at LaunchMyStore; a transfer is optional
How we calculated this
- List prices from Shopify's US pricing page and LaunchMyStore's pricing page, both checked November 2026. Shopify was testing two yearly prices for Grow, so example 3 uses Grow's monthly price against LaunchMyStore billed monthly.
- Card processing is left out of both columns: you pay it to Shopify Payments or to your gateway either way. The 2% and 1% are Shopify's fees for a third-party payment provider on Basic and Grow; LaunchMyStore charges 0% platform transaction fees on every plan.
- Like for like: each example adds the paid app Shopify needs to match what LaunchMyStore includes. Judge.me's $15 plan stands in for reviews (LaunchMyStore's Foundry Reviews is free); Shopify's free Translate & Adapt covers languages up to its 20-language limit;14,15 POS Pro is Shopify's paid in-store plan.16
- The public code FLAT20 takes 20% off any plan. The totals above use list prices.
- Run your own numbers in the ecommerce platform cost calculator, or see what each plan includes on the pricing page.
The honest part
When should you stay on Shopify?
Stay if your store depends on an app only Shopify's App Store has, if your catalog is larger than LaunchMyStore Platinum's 5,000 products, or if you use Shopify Payments with few paid apps, so the fees you'd save are small. Otherwise the examples above show what moving saves each year.
- A Shopify-only app you can't replace: Shopify's App Store lists over 16,000;13 LaunchMyStore's marketplace has 55+.
- More than 5,000 products: Shopify plans have no product limit.1
For the full feature-by-feature picture, read LaunchMyStore vs Shopify or compare every platform.
Questions about moving from Shopify
How long does it take to move from Shopify to LaunchMyStore?
The product import runs in one upload, and images finish copying in about 5 to 10 minutes. Collections, pages, the theme, payments and testing take longer: our sample schedule fits them into one week, the length of the free trial. Shopify keeps taking orders until you point your domain at LaunchMyStore.
Will my Shopify product URLs work on LaunchMyStore?
Yes, when the handles match. LaunchMyStore storefronts use Shopify's paths, /products/handle and /collections/handle, so an old link opens the same product once your domain points at LaunchMyStore. The importer builds handles from titles, so check edited handles and titles with punctuation, and fix any that differ in the product's SEO section.
Can I use my Shopify theme on LaunchMyStore?
Not by uploading it. LaunchMyStore publishes its own themes, and premium ones are included on every plan. They are written in Liquid, Shopify's template language, so the structure will feel familiar, and a developer can rebuild custom sections from your Shopify theme with the code editor, included on Gold and Platinum.
Do my Shopify customers and their passwords move?
Customer accounts don't import, and passwords can't move between platforms. Export your customer list from Shopify and keep it. On LaunchMyStore, shoppers sign in with a one-time code sent to their email, so there is no password to reset: the account is created the first time they sign in.
Will I lose my Shopify order history?
It won't appear in the LaunchMyStore admin, because there is no order importer. Export your orders from Shopify as a CSV before you deactivate the store and keep the file for accounting, returns and tax. Shopify's help center says it keeps a deactivated store's information for two years.9
Which LaunchMyStore plan do I need to import from Shopify?
Gold or Platinum: the Shopify & WooCommerce importer is included on both. Gold is $70 a month billed yearly and holds 1,000 products; Platinum holds 5,000 products. A catalog of up to 100 products without variants can go in on Starter through LaunchMyStore's own CSV template.
Should I cancel Shopify before or after I switch?
After. Keep Shopify open until the new store has taken real orders, because the importer copies your images from Shopify's links. Deactivating cancels the Shopify subscription at the end of the current billing cycle, and a domain bought through Shopify keeps renewing until you transfer or cancel it.
Is LaunchMyStore cheaper than Shopify after the move?
It depends on your gateway. On Shopify Payments, Shopify Basic plus a $15 reviews app costs $528 a year, less than LaunchMyStore Gold at $840. With your own gateway, Shopify adds 2% on Basic: $1,200 a year at $5,000 a month in sales, which makes LaunchMyStore Gold cheaper.1
Sources
Where do these facts come from?
Every Shopify figure on this page comes from Shopify's own pricing or help pages, checked in November 2026 and numbered below. LaunchMyStore prices come from our pricing page, and what the importer, storefront and domain setup do was checked in LaunchMyStore's own code, not taken from marketing copy.
- 1.Shopify pricing (US)
- 2.Exporting products (Shopify Help Center)
- 3.Using CSV files to import and export products (Shopify Help Center)
- 4.Importing and exporting customer lists (Shopify Help Center)
- 5.Exporting orders (Shopify Help Center)
- 6.Backups and duplication (Shopify Help Center)
- 7.Creating and managing URL redirects (Shopify Help Center)
- 8.Transferring Shopify-managed domains (Shopify Help Center)
- 9.Deactivating and reactivating your Shopify store (Shopify Help Center)
- 10.Billing for paused or deactivated stores (Shopify Help Center)
- 11.Judge.me Product Reviews (Shopify App Store)
- 12.Shopify Theme Store
- 13.Shopify App Store
- 14.Selling in multiple languages: requirements (Shopify Help Center)
- 15.Translate & Adapt (Shopify App Store)
- 16.Shopify POS pricing
- 17.Sidekick (Shopify Help Center)
Plans and prices change. Confirm on Shopify's site before you decide, and tell us at [email protected] if something here is out of date.
Keep reading
- LaunchMyStore vs ShopifyFeatures, fees and plans side by side with Shopify.
- Compare every platformShopify, WooCommerce, Wix, BigCommerce and Squarespace in one table.
- Plans and pricingStarter, Gold and Platinum, with every limit and feature.
- All LaunchMyStore featuresThemes, checkout, payments, AI, POS and apps.
- Ecommerce platform cost calculatorPut in your own sales and apps.
- Book a free demoBuilt around your products, with a live Shopify import.
- Help: upload products in bulkEvery column of LaunchMyStore's CSV template.
- LaunchMyStore help centerSetup guides for domains, payments, shipping and more.
- Move from WooCommerceProducts and variations upload with the WooCommerce importer. Hosting, updates and plugin renewals stop being your job.
- Move from WixYour Wix product export goes in through LaunchMyStore's CSV template. Pages and blog posts are rebuilt, and you can change themes later.
- Move from EtsyBring your listings across with the CSV template and keep Etsy running beside your own store, or leave it. Etsy's per-sale fees stop on your own site.
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