Migration software
LitExtension
Suggested in 2 of our migration playbooks, mainly for Websites and ecommerce. Here is what it handles, how it treats key settings, and other tools for the same jobs.
What does LitExtension handle?
The limits of the built-in tools that LitExtension gets around, as covered in our playbooks.
Shopify to WooCommerce migration
- Build the redirect map before launch daySEO URL migration service for WooCommerce targets that keeps old URLs working by rewriting them on the fly, rather than with redirects.
- Freeze the catalogue and take orders on one store onlyRecent Data Migration transfers newly added orders, customers and products after the full migration, within a set period.
- WooCommerce has no built-in redirect manager or bulk redirect import.Its SEO URL migration service keeps old URLs working by rewriting them. Its Shopify to WooCommerce migration also lists a separate 301 redirects option.
- The built-in product importer has no top-up mode (a copy of only what changed). A second import skips products whose ID or SKU already exists, or updates them if you tick Update existing products. Products with no ID or SKU have nothing to match on.Recent Data Migration transfers records added after the full migration.
WooCommerce to Shopify migration
- Shopify has no Magento migration guide, and the Magento admin export cannot include orders.Shopify App Store migration app that lists WooCommerce and Magento as sources.
How does LitExtension handle key settings?
From the settings checklists in our playbooks: what LitExtension carries across.
| Setting | How it handles it | Playbook |
|---|---|---|
| What each method moves | Migrates products, collections (as categories), customers, orders, coupons, blog posts and pages. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Product images | Migrates product images, with an optional setting for images embedded in product, category, page and blog content. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Variants and prices | Migrates options, variants and prices. How it maps compare-at prices: not stated in LitExtension's documentation: test it in your pilot. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| SEO titles, descriptions and URLs | Migrates SEO titles and meta descriptions for products, posts and pages, and turns Shopify handles into WooCommerce slugs. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Customers and passwords | Migrates names, email, phone, company and addresses. Customers set new passwords in WooCommerce. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Order history and statuses | Migrates orders with line items, totals and supported status mapping. An optional Preserve IDs setting keeps old order and customer references where it can. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Coupons and gift cards | Migrates coupon code, type, value, dates, minimum purchase and usage limits. Gift cards are not listed as supported and are assessed one by one. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Reviews | Says reviews are not currently supported through its Files Migration, and app-based reviews are checked case by case. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Pages and blog posts | Migrates pages and blog posts with slug and SEO fields. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Redirects | Optional 301 redirects setting that maps old Shopify URLs to WooCommerce pages. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Top-up copy before go-live (delta pass) | Recent Data Migration moves records created after the first migration. Smart Update updates existing products. LitExtension lists time limits for these services after the migration. | Shopify to WooCommerce migration |
| Products with more than 3 options | Says it migrates attributes and variations. What happens past 3 options: not stated in LitExtension's documentation: test it in your pilot. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Product images | Migrates product images and galleries, with an optional "Migrate embedded images" setting for images in product, category and blog descriptions. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| SEO titles and descriptions | Lists meta titles and descriptions for products and categories, and meta fields for pages and blog posts. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Customer passwords and sign-in | Says there is no way to transfer customer passwords. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Customer addresses | Migrates customer email, name, and billing and shipping addresses. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Marketing consent | Not stated in LitExtension's documentation: test it in your pilot. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Order history | Migrates orders with number, status, totals, tax, discounts, shipping and line items, with an optional "Preserve order IDs" setting. It says moving customers and orders needs a Shopify Grow plan or higher, or its CSV file service. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Coupons, store credit and gift cards | Migrates coupons with code, rule, type, expiry and usage limits. Gift cards are not in its standard options; it offers them as a custom service. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Product reviews | Says WooCommerce reviews can be migrated to Shopify. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Blog posts and pages | Migrates pages and blog posts with title, content, slug, status, categories, tags and meta fields. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Redirects from old URLs | Has an optional "Create 301 redirects" setting that points old WooCommerce URLs at the matching Shopify URLs. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
| Top-up import before go-live (delta pass) | Recent Data Migration imports newly added items. Smart Update also updates items that changed. | WooCommerce to Shopify migration |
Which tools do the same jobs as LitExtension?
Other tools our playbooks suggest for the same migrations.
We write these notes from the vendor documentation cited in each playbook. Tools cannot pay to be included or to change them. Check the vendor's current documentation and terms before you buy.