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How to Migrate from Shopify to Ordiko Without Losing SEO (2026 Guide) | Ordiko
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How to Migrate from Shopify to Ordiko Without Losing SEO (2026 Guide)
A step-by-step migration guide from Shopify to Ordiko that preserves product slugs, redirects legacy URLs (301), maintains Product JSON-LD, and protects organic traffic during the cutover.
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TL;DR. Migrate from Shopify to Ordiko in three phases: (1) audit current SEO, (2) import catalog and configure redirects, (3) cutover DNS and submit updated sitemaps. If you preserve slugs and 301-redirect any legacy patterns, organic traffic recovers in 1–4 weeks and typically grows because Ordiko's default Product schema is more complete than Shopify's.
Why merchants migrate
Common reasons in 2026:
Multi-store: Shopify gates multi-store behind Plus (~$2,000+/mo). Ordiko includes it at $19/mo.
Per-transaction fees: Shopify charges 0.5–2.0% on third-party payment processors.
AI-search citation: Shopify has no native llms.txt, Markdown twins, or AI crawler controls.
React-native theming.
Step 1: Audit your current Shopify SEO surface
Capture a baseline before changing anything.
Top URLs: Google Search Console → Performance → Pages, export top 500 by clicks.
Schema: Run Google Rich Results Test on 5 representative URLs (home, PLP, PDP, blog, page). Save the JSON-LD output.
Canonical URLs: View source on the same 5 URLs; note .
FAQ
Will I lose Google rankings during the migration?
Not if you preserve slugs and 301-redirect any legacy paths that change. Migrations done in a single cutover with redirects in place typically see a temporary 5–15% organic dip for 1–4 weeks while Google re-crawls, then recover and often grow because the new Product schema is more complete.
How long does a Shopify-to-Ordiko migration take?
For a 1,000-SKU single-locale store: 2–4 hours for catalog import, 1–2 hours for redirect setup, 1 hour for theme work, plus DNS propagation. Larger or multi-locale stores: a day to a week of preparation, then a short cutover window.
What happens to my Shopify customer accounts?
Shopify customer records export via the Customers CSV. Ordiko imports them with hashed passwords flagged for reset — customers receive a password-reset email on their first login attempt. Order history can be imported via the Orders CSV but is read-only in Ordiko.
Do I need to keep the Shopify store running during cutover?
Run them in parallel for at least 24 hours. Use a subdomain (e.g. new.example.com) for Ordiko while testing, then swap DNS. Keep the Shopify subscription active for 7 days post-cutover as a safety net.
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Hreflang: If multi-locale, document the hreflang cluster.
Sitemap inventory: Save /sitemap.xml and follow all sub-sitemaps.
Robots policy: Save /robots.txt.
Store these in a folder. You'll compare post-migration to ensure parity (or improvement).
Step 2: Export from Shopify
# Products: Admin → Products → Export → CSV (All products, all columns)
# Customers: Admin → Customers → Export
# Orders: Admin → Orders → Export
# Media: use Matrixify, Bulk Image Downloader, or the Storefront API
Upload via Dashboard → SEO → Redirects → Import CSV.
For deleted SKUs, use status 410 (and optionally a to path for soft-recovery).
Ordiko's gone-paths layer ensures 410 URLs return HTTP 410 with a noindex page suggesting alternatives via pgvector cosine similarity.
Step 6: Set up hreflang for multi-locale stores
If your Shopify store used Shopify Markets:
In Ordiko, enable the same locales on the store (Settings → Localization).
For each translated entity, set availableLocales to the subset where translations exist.
Ordiko's alternates.languages metadata respects this intersection — you won't accidentally advertise a fr translation for a product that only exists in en and de.
Step 7: Configure 2026 Product schema fields
Most Shopify stores rely on schema apps. In Ordiko this is built-in:
Settings → SEO → Return Policy — set store-wide return policy:
Settings → SEO → Shipping Policies — set shipping rates, destinations, handling time, transit time.
Per-product overrides are available if a specific SKU has a different policy.
The schema renders on every PDP automatically.
Step 8: Cutover DNS and submit sitemaps
Pre-cutover: run Ordiko on a subdomain (e.g. new.example.com) and QA at least 20 URLs end-to-end.
Cutover window: change apex DNS to Ordiko (CNAME or A record per Ordiko's onboarding doc).
Within 1 hour of DNS propagation:
Submit new https://example.com/sitemap.xml in Google Search Console.
Submit in Bing Webmaster Tools.
Submit in Yandex Webmaster.
Ordiko auto-pings IndexNow on every product/category mutation going forward.
Step 9: Monitor and recover
For the first 72 hours, check:
Surface
What to watch
Google Search Console → Pages
Spike in 404s? Add 301s immediately.
Google Search Console → Performance
Click/impression dip ≤ 15% normal
Bing Webmaster → IndexNow
Pings logged
Ordiko dashboard → SEO → Web Vitals
LCP/INP/CLS green
Ordiko dashboard → SEO → Revalidation Events
No errors
For unexpected 404s, add 301 redirects from /seo/redirects. For confirmed-deleted products, write 410 entries.
FAQ
Will I lose Google rankings during the migration? Not if you preserve slugs and 301-redirect any legacy paths that change. Migrations done in a single cutover with redirects in place typically see a temporary 5–15% organic dip for 1–4 weeks while Google re-crawls, then recover and often grow because the new Product schema is more complete.
How long does a Shopify-to-Ordiko migration take? For a 1,000-SKU single-locale store: 2–4 hours for catalog import, 1–2 hours for redirect setup, 1 hour for theme work, plus DNS propagation. Larger or multi-locale stores: a day to a week of preparation, then a short cutover window.
What happens to my Shopify customer accounts? Shopify customer records export via the Customers CSV. Ordiko imports them with hashed passwords flagged for reset — customers receive a password-reset email on their first login attempt. Order history can be imported via the Orders CSV but is read-only in Ordiko.
Do I need to keep the Shopify store running during cutover? Run them in parallel for at least 24 hours. Use a subdomain (e.g. new.example.com) for Ordiko while testing, then swap DNS. Keep the Shopify subscription active for 7 days post-cutover as a safety net.