Can we build aesthetic pages in Shopify using a page builder app?

[DeeLT]

We currently have a website with WordPress and an e-commerce store with BigCommerce, but I'm considering moving it all to Shopify.  Don't ask, it was a requirement at the time and it's just been a big task that we've put off for too many years. As you can imagine I have many questions!

Our website has about 5 pages that don't appear on our ecommerce site.  These were built with Elementor on wordpress. I know Elementor is a WordPress page builder.  Is it possible to build aesthetically pleasing pages on Shopify with a page builder app? If so, what apps do you recommend?  I don't really want to pay $20/month for these apps as the pages aren't going to change much at all once created. I'm trying to reduce costs by combining these sites, not add to the monthly cost.

Most of the apps we use on our BC site are available as apps in Shopify, so I think that should be relatively straightforward to setup (Klaviyo, ShipperHQ, Shipstation) We also sync with Quickbooks online and I'm told there's an app for that too.

We have about 10 years of orders, customers, gift certificates etc.  Have you used Matrixify, if so do you have feedback?

I think that's it for now.

[Stacy_Zhuk]

Hello @DeeLT,

My team has migrated numerous online stores from one platform to another - both using extensions for migration as well as migrating with custom scripts and native platform functionality.

My team has worked with Matrixify. This app provides a great set of tools for the migration of data from other platforms to Shopify. With this app, you can export and import important data, such as products, customers, orders, pages, blog posts, discounts, and all the other valuable content you undoubtedly have.

Its main advantages are:

• reasonable import time
• convenient data modification and deletion
• detailed instructions and step-by-step guides are available
• suitable for export products and processing of loads of other data, etc.

Despite its advantages, this app has some limitations that you should know about. The app can’t cope with multi-store data and won’t correctly process the data from multi-language stores.

The migration process can imply more challenges and issues. Sometimes unexpected errors may appear, which are very difficult to anticipate before they happen. But everything depends on the size of the store and its complexity, the types of products, and the experience of the e-commerce developers engaged in the store migration process.

So if you need any consultation or assistance, don't hesitate to ask.

Best regards,
Anastasia

[Imogen]

Hi there, @DeeLT! Thanks for taking the time to reach out to the Shopify Community today with your questions around your migration to Shopify! My name is Imogen. It's good to meet you!

Congrats on making such a big move! I wanted to jump in here because I noticed your question around 'page builder apps'. The Page Building app that I'm most familiar with is Shogun, but I saw your comment about trying to reduce additionally monthly costs, so I won't make this suggestion. Instead, I'll suggest that you take a few moments to check out this page in our Shopify App Store. This page has several of the most popular and positively rated page building apps available in our Store, and there are plenty of great options to choose from! Some examples you can consider are PageFly, GemPages, and Beae! These are three fantastic options you should take some time exploring to see if you can find one worth giving a go for your own page building needs!

[JM1946]

We have been using BigCommerce for over a decade and while in the process to migrating to woocommerce realized it wasnt a good fit and are now pivoting to shopify. We are currently on BigCommerce V2. Did you migrate a large amount of products, orders and customer info? We are currently looking at all the migrating options and trying to determine which is the best fit

[DeeLT]

We have less than 200 products, but we have about 53k orders and 18k customers. We are probably going to use litextension with a custom tool for gift certificates as Shopify doesn't allow you to migrate them unless you are on Shopify Plus 

[noahfromfolds]

Hi! We just released an app that solves this, and it's 100% free: https://apps.shopify.com/folds 

We aim to create a similar editing experience to Canva / Google Slides / PowerPoint but built specifically for Shopify!

I would love to get your feedback on our app 🙂

[Tamara13]

Hi DeeLT, 

a bit off-topic question, but if you'd be so kind to answer, why are you migrating from BigCommerce to Shopify?

I am just starting out and have started worrying a bit about Shopify after reading here on the Community about the SEO/urls problem, so started researching. Many people recommend BigCommerce instead of Shopify. I've been reading quite a lot, but I'd love to hear personal opinion...

[DeeLT]

We've used Bigcommerce for about 10 years, so it's going to be a big job moving all the data over.  We use Klaviyo, ShipperHQ, Smile, and all three have features that are unavailable in Shopify but not in BC.  BC has had some issues with uptime in the last couple of years—more than we've ever had before that.  I had a payment issue last year where if someone attempted to use a card either saved in their browser or Google Pay the checkout button was greyed out until they manually retyped some of the numbers again.  It took them more than two months to fix that!

I also like Shop Pay, although the CC rates are substantially higher than we are paying with Square.

[Tamara13]

Thanks a lot for your answer; I understand. Good luck further!

[Shopsta]

With our page builder you can make 2 pages for free 🙂