Can I set up a 301 redirect away from my Shopify store to my Wordpress website?

oktoberdesign
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Hi There -

We use the shopify "bones" for our ecommerce engine, but our main website uses buy buttons for puchasing.  I'm interested in setting up a redirect away from our shopify URL to our actual website.  How can I do this?

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r8r
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I don’t understand what you’re asking. Are you trying to use headless Shopify with WordPress?

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oktoberdesign
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Does "Headless" mean no shopify store?  Because yes.

 

Edit:  I would like to use the "buy button" functionality on my Wordpress store, but I do not want to have a Shopify "storefront" website.

r8r
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Hi,

what should happen next, after someone hits "buy now" on your website?

Mario

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oktoberdesign
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I'd like the experience to be exactly the same as it is currently.  Just an online store transaction.  After someone clicks "buy now" they will go through the purchasing process normally. 

 

I purely want to hide my "Shopify" storefront so traffic stops landing there by mistake.

r8r
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I would very much advise against that. You can only have Shopify OR your website run under your domain name – not both. While you could mess with the redirects and maybe even push people using Javascript from the Shopify UI to your website, this approach sounds very very messy. I personally would be very suspicious too, if that's what a shop behaves like.

What is the main Shopify-feature, that makes you not want to go another route altogether?

I would suggest one of the following options:

Mario

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oktoberdesign
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I currently have two domains.  Is headless Shopify the only way to consolidate to my Wordpress?  Even "hiding" the storefront from the SRP on search engines would do the trick.

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r8r
Shopify Expert
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Hi,

if you really „only“ need to sell through an existing WordPress site: habe you had a look at WooCommerce? I know this is Shopify turf and I’m not trying to drive away clients, but really, approaching this from your merchant view – if your requirements are a WordPress integrated ecommerce solution: that already exists. Maybe even a simple „buy now“ button from PayPal (or any other similar service) would be enough for your use case?

Integrating it can be done with rather moderate resources. Building a headless Shopify integration would be a whole other magnitude of project. 

Either way - we have experience with all of these solutions, just in case if you want some help or advice. 

Mario

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