WooCommerce to Shopify migration for UAE stores

With Mobiweb, fixed prices start at AED 7,900 (excluding VAT) for stores with up to 300 products. Stores with up to 3,000 products, an Arabic storefront and Tabby or Tamara usually fit the Growth package at AED 16,900. Large catalogues and ERP or POS integrations start at AED 29,000. Your Shopify subscription, theme licence and any paid apps are billed by Shopify and the app developers, and we list them in your plan.

Two to three weeks for Essentials, four to six weeks for Growth and six to ten weeks for Scale projects. The free audit takes two working days and comes back with a dated plan.

Shopify uses fixed URL patterns such as /products/ and /collections/, so every WooCommerce URL changes. We create a 301 redirect for each old URL, carry over page titles, meta descriptions and image alt text, and crawl the old and new sites before launch to catch broken links. Rankings can move for a few weeks after any platform change, and correct redirects keep that period short. If a URL we mapped returns a 404 in the first 90 days, we fix it free of charge.

No. Passwords are stored as one-way hashes, so no platform can import them from another. New Shopify customer accounts sign in with a one-time code sent by email, so returning customers use the email address they already have. We import their profiles and order history and can send them a short note explaining the change.

Products with variants, images and SEO fields, categories (as collections), customers, order history, product reviews, blog posts, pages, discount codes and URL redirects. Plugin features are code, so they do not move on their own. We map each one to a Shopify feature, an app or a small custom build.

Yes, depending on your plan. On 26 August 2026 Shopify made Shopify Payments available to UAE merchants on the Advanced plan; before that it was limited to Plus. Stores on other plans use a third-party gateway such as Network International, Telr, Checkout.com or Tap, and Shopify charges an extra transaction fee on those orders. We model both options against your monthly sales before you pick a plan.

Yes. Tabby and Tamara connect through their own Shopify apps using your existing merchant agreements. Cash on delivery is a built-in manual payment method in Shopify, and an app can add a COD fee or an order confirmation step if fake orders are a problem.

Every store launches with automations for routine work: new-order and low-stock alerts for your team, and customer tags for repeat buyers. Growth adds cash-on-delivery confirmations and abandoned-checkout follow-ups by email or WhatsApp. Scale connects Shopify to your ERP, accounting or courier, so orders, stock and invoices move without manual entry.

Yes. Shopify supports Arabic storefronts and manages translations through its Translate & Adapt app. The theme also has to support right-to-left layout, which we check before recommending one. In the Growth package we set up the Arabic storefront, translate product content and review it with your team.

No. We build the new store separately while your WooCommerce site keeps taking orders. On launch day we sync the latest orders and customers and then point your domain to Shopify.

Yes. You keep your domain and your registrar. We change only the DNS records that serve the website and leave your email records as they are.

Most UAE stores don't. Basic, Shopify or Advanced covers stores selling up to several thousand orders a month. Plus pays off when you need checkout customisation, wholesale (B2B) features, several stores or very high volume. The audit compares the plans on your own numbers, in AED.

You do. The Shopify store, the domain, the payment gateway and every app subscription are opened in your company's name. We work with staff access that you can remove at any time, and you keep everything if you stop working with us.

No. Shopify does not charge transaction fees on manual payment methods such as cash on delivery. Its extra transaction fee applies to orders paid through a third-party card gateway when Shopify Payments is not active, and we include it in the cost comparison.

Mobiweb's Shopify team, with offices in Dubai (DIFC) and Porto. One project lead stays with you from the audit to launch, and you can reach the team on WhatsApp during the project.

No. If your site is mostly content with a small shop attached, or your checkout depends on logic Shopify does not allow, a well-maintained WooCommerce store can be the better choice. The audit tells you which case you are in, and we will tell you if staying is cheaper.