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Ten years of apps left fingerprints everywhere. Start clean, keep everything that matters.

Uninstalling a Shopify app doesn't uninstall its sediment: leftover theme snippets, orphaned metafield namespaces, dead script tags, webhooks pointing at services that no longer exist. After enough years, the store is measurably slower and every change is archaeology. A fresh store with a curated migration is the honest reset.

Sound familiar?

How a migration solves it

The migration is inherently a filter: current products, real customers, order history, live content and the theme move; abandoned app namespaces, dead script tags and orphaned webhooks don't. You restart with only the apps you actually use, reconfigured cleanly — and the before/after Lighthouse scores usually justify the project by themselves.

Everything moves. The same automated pipeline every time:
  • Products, variants, images, SKUs, cost
  • Customers, addresses, marketing consents
  • Full order history + tracking numbers
  • Collections — smart rules & manual
  • Blogs, pages, navigation menus
  • 301 redirects & SEO meta fields
  • Metafields, metaobjects, files
  • Discounts, gift cards, reviews
  • Markets, currencies, translations
  • Your live theme, scanned & pushed

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How the migration runs

  1. Book & pay — fixed price, secure Stripe checkout. The order form unlocks immediately after payment.
  2. Submit your stores — domains and details in the order form; then provide revocable API tokens in your customer area (we never ask for your Shopify password).
  3. We migrate everything — your live store keeps selling throughout; it is only ever read from.
  4. Verified twice — the entire migration re-runs and must change nothing; you get the count-matched verification report before any cutover.

Frequently asked

Will my live store go down while migrating after app cruft fresh start?

No. The migration only reads from your current store — it keeps selling the entire time. Everything is written to the new store, and traffic moves only when you approve the verification report.

What data moves in a app cruft fresh start migration?

Everything: products with variants, SKUs and images, customers with addresses and marketing consents, full order history with tracking numbers, collections, blogs, pages, menus, 301 redirects, metafields, discounts, gift cards, reviews, markets, translations and your live theme.

How long does a Shopify to Shopify migration take?

Most stores complete in 2–5 business days including the second-pass verification, depending on your package. Very large stores are scheduled after we see your store's counts — before anything runs.

How much does it cost?

Fixed one-time packages from $247 (Standard DIY) to $797 (Enterprise) — no per-record metering. The migration order form unlocks immediately after checkout.

Fixed price · verified twice · zero downtime
$247 / $397 / $497 / $797 one-time

Pick a package, pay securely with Stripe, and the migration order form unlocks immediately.

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