Lightspeed POS to Shopify Migration
It takes just 4 quick steps to set up an automated transfer, migrate Lightspeed POS to Shopify data, like products, customers, orders, and other entities and create your fresh store with no effect on your Lightspeed POS e-shop performance.
What data can be
migrated from Lightspeed POS to Shopify
Estimate your Migration Cost
To determine your Lightspeed POS to Shopify migration price, click the button below. The migration price may vary depending on the number of data types and the additional migration options selected.
How to Migrate from Lightspeed POS to Shopify In 3 Steps?
Connect your Source & Target carts
Choose Lightspeed POS and Shopify from the drop-down lists & provide the stores’ URLs in the corresponding fields.
Select the data to migrate & extra options
Choose the data you want to migrate to Shopify and extra options to customise your Lightspeed POS to Shopify migration.
Launch your Demo/Full migration
Run a free Demo to see how the Cart2Cart service works, and when happy - launch Full migration.
Transfer Lightspeed POS to Shopify: Guide for Entrepreneurs
Steps for Lightspeed POS to Shopify migration:
- Set up the Source cart
- Specify the Target cart
- Select data for migration
- Specify migration extras
- Map customer groups & order statuses
- Start Full migration
Are you thinking of changing the Lightspeed POS platform for something more user-friendly? Or perhaps your store has outgrown the capabilities of the current solution? Transfer Lightspeed POS to Shopify. This powerful e-commerce platform is well equipped to satisfy even the most demanding business needs. Our comprehensive step-by-step guide will help you easily manage the switch. Let's dive in and explore the fastest way for entrepreneurs to migrate from Lightspeed POS to Shopify!
Lightspeed POS and Shopify hold leading positions among e-commerce platforms. They both provide users with all the necessary tools for running an online store. Lightspeed POS is robust and feature-rich, making it ideal for businesses with specific needs and technical expertise. Shopify, on the other hand, is user-friendly and scalable, making it suitable for entrepreneurs looking for an easy-to-manage platform that can grow with them.
Watch our video tutorial to see how easy it is to automatically migrate from Lightspeed POS to Shopify with the help of the Cart2Cart migration tool:
How to Prepare for Lightspeed POS to Shopify Migration
Audit the current Lightspeed POS store
Check your Lightspeed POS store: delete all the unnecessary or irrelevant data, update the outdated info, get rid of all the duplicates, etc.
Parameterize the Source and Target Carts
Begin with your Source Cart. Lightspeed POS from the drop-down list and copy the Lightspeed POS admin URL to the Migration Wizard's corresponding fields.
Next, set Shopify as your Target Cart. Install your Shopify store without any additional apps. Make sure to find your current and new stores’ credentials. Once finished, press the “Choose entities” button.
Note: To make the Shopify store available online - take advantage of the free trial at the Shopify store, during which you can perform the migration to the temporary domain (like https:/www.myshopify.com). It's fine if you migrate your data to a trial store using a free Demo migration to see how it works.
Specify Store Data You Want to Transfer to Shopify
Generally, the following store entities can be transferred to Shopify:
- goods (product name, images, description, a number of goods in stock, price);
- visuals related to the products (color, shape, size of the product);
- the total amount of the purchase, a list of purchased goods, payment information;
- static pages (like Contacts, About Us, Return Policy, Terms & Conditions);
- images;
- information about customers (name, email address, phone number, location, etc.);
- SEO settings (including 301 redirects);
- integrations.
With that in mind, specify the types of the store data that you wish to be transferred from Lightspeed POS to Shopify (products, product categories, customers, orders, coupons, blogs, blog posts, CMS pages).
Choose Additional Migration Options
When ready, select the additional migration opportunities that are provided by Cart2Cart to make the replatforming even more flawless. In other words, the following additional migration options can be chosen:
- “Migrate Source Store categories into Shopify Automated Collections” option allows to determine a specific product as belonging to several collections and organize your store better.
- With the help of the “Create 301 redirects on your target store after migration” option, you can keep old products and categories URLs working at Shopify.
- “Migrate categories and products SEO URLs” makes it possible to preserve all the current links structure to your products thus saving your old customers and SEO ranking of your store.
Try Demo Migration
Running Demo migration (that is free of cost) doesn’t usually take much time but provides you with a great opportunity to see how the service works. Though Demo Migration is a skippable step, it is strongly recommended to try.
Finalize Full Migration
If you’re totally happy with the Demo results, you are now ready to perform Full Migration. Once you’ve checked the entities and migration options, you can start the process. You’ll be notified by email about your migration completion.
Post-Migration Suggestions
Even when all Lightspeed POS store data is imported to Shopify, there are still some tips & tricks that should be performed to make the new online shop work as required. To be more specific, it’s the right time to check the store for performance issues and ask your customers to inform you in case smth goes wrong. Besides, with the help of numerous Shopify modules/addons, you can expand the new store as required.
Now you may start using all the new possibilities that your new Shopify store has to offer.
Ways to perform migration from Lightspeed POS to Shopify
Automated migration
Just set up the migration and choose the entities to move – the service will do the rest.
Try It FreeData Migration Service Package
Delegate the job to the highly-skilled migration experts and get the job done.
Choose PackageBenefits for Store Owners
Benefits for Ecommerce Agencies
The design and store functionality transfer is impossible due to Lightspeed POS to Shopify limitations. However, you can recreate it with the help of a 3rd-party developer.
Your data is safely locked with Cart2Cart
We built in many security measures so you can safely migrate from Lightspeed POS to Shopify. Check out our Security Policy
Server Security
All migrations are performed on a secure dedicated Hetzner server with restricted physical access.Application Security
HTTPS protocol and 128-bit SSL encryption are used to protect the data being exchanged.Network Security
The most up-to-date network architecture schema, firewall and access restrictions protect our system from electronic attacks.Data Access Control
Employee access to customer migration data is restricted, logged and audited.Frequently Asked Questions
Does Cart2Cart switch multi-language from Lightspeed POS to Shopify?
How can I transfer my store's customers from Lightspeed POS to Shopify?
Is it possible to run the Demo migration again?
- Log in to your Cart2Cart account.
- Go to My Migrations List.
- Find the needed migration where the demo is finished, and activate the "Continue Migration" button.
- Once ready, get back to the second step of the Migration Wizard "Demo Migration" and just press "Start Demo Migration" button. The Demo database transfer will start over again.
How much do you charge for the migration service?
- source platform type (the one you export the data from)
- target platform type (the one you migrate to)
- volume of types to transfer -namely, the count of products, customers, and orders.
Can I try Cart2Cart for free?
Will the migration impact my Source store sales process?
Will my Lightspeed POS store data be affected by the migration?
No, your migrated Lightspeed POS eCommerce website database isn't affected by the migration at all. In layman's terms, the data (products, customers, order history, etc.) is only “copied”(exported) from Lightspeed POS and “pasted” (imported) into your new store database.
So, the data migration process is totally safe for the eCommerce website that is migrated and there is zero risk of losing any of the info. We guarantee 100% uptime and data security during the migration via Cart2Cart database migration tool. In other words, you can keep selling while your Source Store data is being exported to the new platform.
How do I perform a product export from Lightspeed POS to Shopify store?
How do I export orders from Lightspeed POS platform to Shopify?
Does the data migration process influence my Lightspeed POS store performance?
Can I export the Lightspeed POS database to Shopify?
- Pick Lightspeed POS and Shopify carts from the list.
- Specify the data you want to import to Shopify and pick the additional migration options.
- Initiate free Demo migration to see the service in action.
- Launch the Full database migration.
Can I migrate attributes to Shopify?
Why 150.000+ customers all over the globe have chosen Cart2Cart?
100% non-techie friendly
Cart2Cart is recommended by Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, OpenCart, PrestaShop and other top ecommerce platforms.
Keep selling while migrating
The process of data transfer has no effect on the migrated store. At all.
24/7 live support
Get every bit of help right when you need it. Our live chat experts will eagerly guide you through the entire migration process.
Lightning fast migration
Just a few hours - and all your store data is moved to its new home.
Open to the customers’ needs
We’re ready to help import data from database dump, csv. file, a rare shopping cart etc.
Recommended by industry leaders
Cart2Cart is recommended by Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, OpenCart, PrestaShop and other top ecommerce platforms.