Medium
12-16 weeks
$50,000 - $150,000
Eliminate 0.5-2% transaction fees (save $5K-$20K/year on $1M revenue)
Save $500-$2,000/month in app subscription costs
Complete design freedom (no Liquid template constraints)
Own all your data completely
No 100-variant product limits
Advanced B2B capabilities without Shopify Plus
No platform dependency or vendor lock-in
Why Leave Shopify?
Transaction Fees Eating Profits
Calculation:
- $1,000,000
- $5,000 - $20,000
- $0
- $5,000 - $20,000
App Fee Explosion
Shopify to MedusaJS Data Mapping
Products & Variants
Migration:
- Extract via Shopify API
- Transform variant structure
- Migrate metafields to metadata
- Import to MedusaJS
- Validate completeness
Collections
Migration:
- Smart collections → dynamic collections with custom logic
- Manual collections → manual collections
- Collection rules may need rebuilding
Shopify App Migration Strategy
Replace expensive apps with built-in or custom functionality
Reviews
Shopify apps:
- Yotpo
- Judge.me
- Loox
Subscriptions
Shopify apps:
- ReCharge
- Bold
- Seal
Complete Migration Process
Assessment
Activities:
- Export all Shopify data via API
- Document apps and functionality
- Analyze theme customizations
- Review metafields
- Plan replacement strategy
Data Migration
Activities:
- Extract products and variants
- Migrate customers and orders
- Transfer metafields
- Import collections
- Validate all data
Migration Investment
$50,000 - $150,000
One-time investment
Annual Savings
$9,000 - $42,000
Every year after migration
Payback Period
15-30 months
Time to recover investment
5-Year Value
$45,000 - $210,000
Total savings over 5 years