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Online shop migration to a new platform

We move online shops to new platforms along with products, customers, order histories, and page URLs. We plan redirects, testing, and the switch-over moment to minimise the risk of drops in sales and Google visibility.

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01 benefits

A new platform without losing what already works

A store that has been running for years holds more than just products: customer accounts, order histories, reviews, and URLs known to Google and backed by inbound links. A rushed migration quietly drops parts of this, and the fallout comes later - in traffic drops, missing data, or confused customers who can't log in.

We start with a complete inventory: what we migrate, what we tidy up along the way, and what gets archived. We prepare a redirect map for legacy URLs, migrate the data on a staging copy, review everything with your team, and only then schedule the cutover. After launch, we closely monitor errors and indexation.

  • Inventory of legacy store data and features
  • Migration of products, customers, and orders
  • URL redirect mapping
  • Dry-run migration and pre-launch testing
  • Planned switch-over window
  • Post-launch monitoring of indexation and errors
02 services

What can you entrust to our team?

We build and develop online shops tailored to business needs. We help both companies taking their first steps in e-commerce and existing store owners looking to improve performance, boost conversion, or sort out their tech stack.

An online shop built for selling directly to individual consumers.

An online shop for selling to businesses, with custom commercial terms and pricing tiers.

Not sure where to start?

Tell us about your project. In a 30-minute consultation, we'll advise on what's worth doing now and what can wait.

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03 process

How do we work together?

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01

Business discovery and needs analysis

We discuss your business model, sales process, target audience, and growth plans. If you already have an online shop, we also audit its architecture, performance, code, and key areas for improvement.

  • Tailored solution
  • Clear requirements
02

Designing the shopping experience

We design the store structure, customer journey, and user interface with customer convenience and conversion growth in mind. We take care of clear product presentation, intuitive filtering, search, and checkout.

  • Better UX
  • Higher conversion
03

Store implementation and integrations

We build the store according to the approved designs, configure the e-commerce engine, and connect it with payment gateways, logistics, ERP, CRM, marketplaces, and your other tools.

  • Process automation
  • Seamless sales
04

Testing and launch

We test the purchasing flow, payments, integrations, performance, security, mobile experience, and critical business functions. Once verified, we launch the store into production.

  • Reliable operation
  • Sales readiness
05

Development and optimisation

We help you grow your store's value through performance optimisation, UX enhancements, new features, process automation, and sales data analysis.

  • Higher sales
  • Better performance
04 projects

How we work.

Our solutions have powered the steady growth of companies that trusted us for years, and that is our best business card. Explore selected case studies and see how we turn technology into tangible business results.

back-end

  • laravel
  • php
  • java
  • c++
  • c#
  • python
  • docker
  • redis

front-end

  • typescript
  • react native
  • react
  • vue.js
  • sass
  • blade
  • smarty
  • tailwindcss

cms

  • modx
  • webflow
  • magento
  • prestashop
  • woocommerce
  • wordpress
  • drupal
  • joomla

ai

  • Llama
  • Gemini
  • Claude API
  • Vertex AI
  • OpenAI Platform

While planning and delivering the project, Dock demonstrated professionalism both in customer service and in the quality of the work. Our experience with the company allows us to recommend Dock as a trustworthy partner.

Piotr Korzeniowski Co-owner of Piag Tea

I spent a long time looking for developers who can solve problems without needing weeks to do it. I got Dock's contact through a recommendation and I can wholeheartedly recommend the team! They come up with great ideas of their own, and if something breaks, they fix it right away.

Patryk Wozich Operations Director at Gangaru
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05 faq

Frequently asked questions

When is it worth migrating an online shop to another platform?

When your current platform starts holding back sales growth or maintaining it becomes too risky.

Common triggers include missing updates and end of support for legacy versions, sluggish performance that cannot be fixed, climbing subscription fees, or a lack of features and integrations required to scale. Before recommending a migration, we always check if repairing or expanding your existing store could solve the problem.

What does an online shop migration process look like?

We break the migration down into stages, and the final switch-over is only the last step.

First, we catalogue data, features, and integrations from the existing store, prepare the new platform, and build a redirect map. Next, we run a test migration, review the migrated data together with your team, and run test purchases. Finally, at an agreed time, we transfer incremental data, enable redirects, and switch the domain over.

What determines the cost and timeline of an online shop migration?

The volume and quality of data, architectural differences between platforms, and the number of integrations to rebuild.

Migrating a simple product catalogue is very different from moving a store with complex product variations, years of order history, custom modules, and ERP synchronization. Once we audit your store, we provide a clear scope, timeline, and budget.

What data can be migrated from the old store?

Typically products with variations and images, categories, customer records, order history, reviews, and CMS page content.

The exact scope depends on what can be exported from your legacy platform. Customer passwords cannot always be transferred between hashing systems - in those cases, we set up a frictionless password-reset process and clear customer messaging.

What happens after switching over to the new store?

During the initial period after launch, we closely monitor the store and respond rapidly to any issues.

We track site errors, redirect behavior, indexing in Google Search Console, live orders, and integrations. Fixes are deployed immediately, and we can then transition into ongoing technical care and continuous store development.

Will migration hurt our store rankings in Google?

It can if done without a plan - which is why SEO is factored into our migrations from day one.

No one can promise zero ranking fluctuations after switching platforms, but the risk is substantially reduced by a meticulous redirect map for old URLs, migrating title tags and meta descriptions, and active post-launch index monitoring. This ensures both Google and your customers land on the right pages of your new store.

06 knowledge base

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