Squarespace to Shopify Migration

Store replatforming is never easy and takes lots of time and effort. But with the proper instruments at hand, it can be turned into a pleasurable experience.

Now, let's explore the fastest and most trouble-free way of Squarespace to Shopify migration with the help of Cart2Cart automated migration service. You just have to follow these simple steps, and your store will be transferred to a new platform in the blink of an eye.

You can easily automate the process of Squarespace to Shopify migration by making use of the Cart2Cart Store Migration App.

Prep Your Squarespace Store

Go through your current store, check all the data, delete the irrelevant info and duplicates.

Set up a Shopify Account

Register a new account and choose the appropriate Shopify pricing plan. In case you're not ready to make the final decision, it is possible to sign up for a free 90-day trial.

It is advisable not to change or customize the default Shopify theme before the migration is over, since it may have a negative impact on the transition process.

Configure the Source and Target Carts

Select Squarespace from the popup list as your Source Cart. Provide its URL, Admin email, and password.

Next, choose Shopify as your Target cart. Click the Install Plugin button to enable the connection with the Shopify store.

Once the connection between your stores is established, proceed to the next step of the Migration Wizard by clicking the Choose Entities button.

Specify Store Data that Will be Transferred to Shopify

Cart2Cart provides you with the possibility to transfer the following data entities to the Shopify store:

• Products
• Categories
• Customers
• Orders
• Blogs
• Posts
• Coupons
• CMS pages

You can either select all the data types by ticking the box "Select all" or indicate those that need to be migrated.

Please note that it is possible to configure Shopify's shipping settings and specify which countries you'll be distributing goods to. In case your Squarespace store orders include countries different from those selected on Shopify, they will be skipped during the migration. To prevent that, we advise you to check all the source store countries and add them in Shopify's settings before the data transfer.

Go Through the Additional Options

If you wish to make the switching process run even more smoothly, consider choosing some of the following additional migration options:

• Since Shopify has a specific URL structure, it is recommended to select the "Create 301 redirects on your target store after migration" option that will help your Squarespace products and category URLs working on Shopify.
• If you wish to save order IDs on the Shopify store after the replatforming, choose the "Preserve order IDs on Target Store" option.
• "Migrate Source Store categories into Shopify Automated Collections" option will help you simplify further store management processes and let you define a single product to several different collections.

Also, you should keep in mind the following facts:

1. Shopify has a unique way of URL creation. Therefore, its Categories are called collections and subcategories - product tags.
2. Moreover, Shopify comprises two collection types: custom and automated. They differ in the way of product grouping. The custom collections may be altered due to the specific needs of the store owner. Automatic ones, on the other hand, attain the matching products in an automated way.
3. Shopify changes categories into collections (myshopify.com/collections/), adds the word "product" to each product page (myshopify.com/products/telephone), and replaces dots with dashes at the end of links (/products/telephone-html).
4. In case the customer email on the Squarespace cart is incorrect, our service will automatically generate new default "unknown" email address during the migration of Customers to Shopify. The same will happen during the migration of Orders that are not connected to the specific customer.

Perform Store Mapping

Now you will need to match Squarespace order statuses to the ones on your future Shopify store

Start Demo Migration

It is possible to skip this step, but we highly recommend you to run the free Demo Migration of 10-30 data entities. It takes only 30 minutes and will help you see the transfer in action.

Please, do not close your browser window till the transfer is over.

Launch the Full Migration

If you're satisfied with the results of the Free Demo, it's about time to start the Full Migration of your Squarespace store to Shopify by clicking the Start Migration button. Now you can close the browser window and safely return to your trading activities.

Check out our infographic to get a better understanding of the migration process via Cart2Cart:

Post-Migration Configurations

After you've received an email notification that the Full migration of your store is complete, we recommend you to proceed as follows:

• Check the frontend, go through all the links, make a few test purchases, register new users.
• Offer your customers to renew their accounts at Shopify. As an alternative, you may use the "Bulk Account Invite Sender" to send the direct invitations.
• Enhance the overall look of your store by installing a Shopify theme and other necessary extensions.
• If you wish to transfer all the new data (orders, clients, etc.) that might have appeared on your store during or after the migration, we recommend you to use the Recent Data Migration service.
• Another essential thing to keep in mind - the cart perceives every transferred order as the new one. Consequently, you will receive numerous email notifications. If you wish to stop receiving them sign in to Shopify, go to settings->notifications, and click "Disable" at the bottom of the page (right corner).