Moving four stores on different domains to four markets - how to redirect domains

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

  • Migrating four separate Shopify stores to a single primary store using Shopify Markets (multi-market setup).
  • Three stores have been replicated as Markets; plan is to operate them under the primary domain and cancel the old stores.
  • Seeks guidance on redirecting the three legacy domains/URLs to the primary domain before cancellation.
  • Asks whether redirects should be configured within each individual store prior to shutdown and how to avoid losing SEO traction during the transition.
  • No technical details, media, or code provided; no responses or agreed approach yet.
  • Status: open; advice requested on best-practice domain redirects and SEO preservation.
Summarized with AI on December 20. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi all

We currently have 4 Shopify stores on different domains.

We have replicated 3 of these stores using markets functionality and will be running these via the primary domain.

Want to redirect the 3 store URL’s to the primary before cancelling them.

Question:

Do I do this in each individual store before cancelling, and/or how do we do this without losing any SEO traction?

Any advice greatly apprec