Shopify Experts NZ Design, Development & Migration for Growing Brands
Welcome to Totally Digital, your New Zealand Shopify Partner. We build smarter stores, that scale faster, and sell more with Shopify and Shopify Plus. We support NZ-based and international businesses, specialising in safe, strategic Shopify migrations that protects your SEO, data, and business continuity.
Expert Shopify Build, Optimisation & Migration Quotes
Move to Shopify Without Losing SEO, Data or Sales
We manage full migrations from platforms including WordPress, WooCommerce, Squarespace, Magento, Zeald, Zest, and outdated legacy stores. Totally Digital ensures a smooth transition with our certified developers, UI/UX designers, SEO specialists, data migration experts, and dedicated project manager, working together to turn your ideas into a powerful digital store.
➜ Move Zest Zeald to Shopify
➜ Move Woocommerce to Shopify
➜ Move Magento to Shopify
➜ Move Opencart to Shopify
➜ Move Wix to Shopify
➜ Move eCommerce to Shopify
Everything Your Shopify Needs - Under One Roof
Totally Digital builds custom Shopify themes from the ground up, crafted specifically to align with your branding, user experience goals, and conversion funnels. Every theme we create is mobile-first and fully responsive, lightning fast, SEO-friendly, and optimised for conversions, all while reflecting the unique personality of your business.
Replatforming & Migration with Zero Downtime
We handle full scale data migrations. Our full-service Shopify migration ensures no detail is overlooked.
Products, Collections, & Variants
Customer Data & Order History
Pages, Blogs & Content
SEO redirection & preservation
301 redirects and URL mapping
Current store replication or Redesign
Retain your SEO Rankings
Our goal is simple: maintain, and where possible improve your SEO, AEO, and organic performance.
Tailored migration plans to ensure search engine optimisation and minimal disruption to operations.
Preserving search visibility and a smooth user experience during a platform change is critical. Every Shopify project we handle includes a full audit, checking your current rankings and uncovering opportunities to improve SEO, Local SEO, International SEO, AI SEO, and AEO.
Replatforming & Migrating Your Seo Incudes
- Full SEO checkup before your move, including AI-powered insights and site audit
- Smart URL mapping and 301 redirects to protect your rankings
- Metadata, internal links, and SEO-friendly URLs preserved
- Shopify technical SEO: site speed, Core Web Vitals, crawlability, and mobile-friendliness
- Keyword-optimised product and collection pages, plus structured schema markup
- Internal linking strategies and blog content planning
- Post-launch monitoring, fixes, and ongoing optimisation
- Optional: backlink building campaigns to boost authority
Shopify & Your Third Party Integrations
We'll seamlessly connect your Shopify store with third-party platforms
- Your current functionalities currently handled by webhooks, API, Make, Zapier
- Integrate CRMs like HubSpot, Salesforce
- Shipping & logistics tools
- POS systems, Inventory management systems
- Multi-currency payment gateways
- Subscription & membership management
- Loyalty & referral systems
Case Study: Shopify Migration For New Zealand Brand
Family-owned brand, Go Native New Zealand was delighted with its Shopify migration. Their online store supports both wholesale and retail customers, offering a range of organic and pure skincare ingredients, carrier oils, and essential oils.
Shopify Migration: From Zeald / Zest to Shopify
- 750+ products, with multiple variants
- Large customer base & order history seamlessly transferred
- Improved UX (user experience) & UI (user interface)
- SEO Benchmarked from 65% → to 94%
- Performance Benchmarked from 59% → to 96%
- Accessibility Benchmarked from 52% → to 90%
Seamless Shopify Partner Migration. From Old To Bold
Upgrade to Shopify with Totally Digitals expert migration. Move your store, with minimum downtime and maximum impact.
Scale Your Brand with Custom Shopify Builds & Seamless Migrations
We’ve Got You Sorted. No Matter Where You're Coming From
1. Discovery & Planning
Our tried and tested approach to Shopify migration begins with an initial discovery. We audit your existing site, data structure, SEO, and business goals.
2. Data Migration
Shopify Design & Development commences. Collections, products, pages, content, blogs, elements, search engine optimisation, customers, order history, data, is migrated.
3. Testing & Quality Assurance
A pre-go-live check for User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) is a critical final review to ensure a smooth transition to production. Checkout, redirects, mobile performance, apps, and integrations are thoroughly tested.
4. Launch & Post-Launch Support
We launch with confidence, and complete post-launch SEO and performance checks. Monitor live performance, and provide ongoing support post-launch. Additional Shopify training, and support available
Shopify Support Plans For Your New Zealand & International Success.
Shopify Monthly Retainers. Custom support plans just for you.
✔ Priority Support
✔ Priority access to our experts
✔ Shopify Certified Developers
✔ Support services include troubleshooting, performance optimisation, and emergency support.
✔ Professional ecommerce quick Q&A assistance
✔ Increase Conversion Rate and Average Order Value
✔ Monthly Shopify Product AI SEO
✔ We Provide Shopify 1:1 training
Shopify Migration: Before vs After
| Aspect | Before Migration | After Migration to Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | WordPress / WooCommerce / Zeald / Zest / Squarespace / Magento / Other Legacy | Shopify (fast, scalable, secure) |
| Website Speed | Slow load times, freezing pages, variable performance | Optimised for speed, improved Core Web Vitals |
| Mobile Experience | Mobile responsiveness limited or inconsistent | Fully mobile-optimised, seamless user experience |
| SEO Performance | SEO results often fragmented, risk of ranking drops, | SEO preserved: metadata, redirects, schema intact, Shopify SEO just sticks |
| Product Management | Complex, time-consuming, disconnected and slow manual updates | Intuitive Shopify AI product optimisations, bulk editing and variant management |
| Checkout & Payments | Limited options, friction in user journey, cart stalls and buyer bounces | Streamlined checkout, multiple payment gateways, higher conversions |
| Data & Customer Info | Clunky customer order history, no customer accounts | All customer orders securely managed, customer has account to view and handle orders |
| Integrations & Apps | Inconsistent plugin support, disconnected functions, manual workarounds | Shopify app ecosystem integrated, subscriptions & marketing tools included |
| Design Flexibility | If theme or templates are outdated templates, very hard to update and customise | Modern, responsive theme, customisable for brand |
| Support & Maintenance | Self-managed, can result in costly developer support if not kept updated | Ongoing Shopify updates, support available, clarity with tech overheads |
| Analytics & Reporting | Need expert set up, Limited or disconnecting tag insights | Integrated Shopify analytics & reporting for sales and SEO performance |
| Future Growth | Platform needs clean code, otherwise will have limitations, may restrict scaling | Scalable, flexible, ready for expansion and marketing growth |
“From start to finish, we handle your Shopify migration with clarity, care, and full visibility every step of the way… we are here to support your business growth “
Your Shopify Migration ChecklistSorted by Totally Digital
- Bespoke Shopify Theme Design
- Premium Theme Customisation
Shopify CRO
Headless Commerce
Conversions Rate Optimisation
A/B Testing
Product Page Optimisation
Upsells & Cross-Sells
Abandoned Cart Flows
Shopify Apps & Integrations
CRM Integrations
ERP Integrations
Shipping & Payments
Custom Shopify Apps
Re-platforming & Migrations
Data Migration
Platform Migration (WooCommerce, Magento, Zest, Legacy → Shopify)
SEO Migration
Local SEO & AI Search
Technical SEO
Shopify SEO Apps
GEO Content Strategy
Shopify Marketing & Support
Shopify PPC , Social Advertising
Loyalty Points & Rewards
Content Marketing
- Digital Marketing
Shopify Migration Frequently Asked Questions, We Got You...
Together, we will discover if Shopify is a good match for you. Shopify is a powerful ecommerce platform that makes it easy for anyone to sell online, in-store, and across multiple channels. It comes packed with built-in tools like customisable themes, secure payment processing, and smart inventory management... everything you need to launch, run, and grow a successful online store.
Not when handled correctly. We use structured redirects, metadata preservation, and post-launch monitoring to protect rankings.
Shopify supports a wide range of integrations, often improving functionality over your current setup. During the scoping phase, we’ll review your current systems and tech stack to determine if custom integration is needed. We find the best Shopify App or alternative solution to keep your operations running smoothly.
It depends on size, content, data, and complexity of your project. A simple store might cost just a few thousand, while a mid-range site with more features usually lands between $10k–$20k. Larger enterprise builds can range from $50k up to $250k+. We’ll always give you a clear estimate upfront, tailored to your needs. The we provide a quote, set on clear set of deliverables so there are no hidden surprises along the way.
Yes. We provide ongoing SEO, AI SEO, CRO, and Shopify optimisation services after migration.
Yes. Many clients choose to update their design and UX as part of the migration.
