
Overview
What a Shopware migration actually involves
A Shopware migration is three separate jobs wearing one label: moving your data (products, customers, orders, and whatever historical records you need to keep), rebuilding your storefront and business logic on Shopware 6's architecture, and cutting over without breaking checkout, SEO, or anything your ERP depends on. Most quotes that go wrong treat it as one job and estimate the easy third of it.
The trigger is almost always a wall, not a preference. Shopware 5 merchants are migrating because extended support has a hard end date and every month past it is a security and compliance risk. Magento merchants are migrating because Adobe Commerce licensing has climbed and Magento 1 stores are already unsupported. Shopify merchants hit B2B pricing rules or catalog complexity the platform wasn't built for. WooCommerce stores outgrow WordPress once traffic, plugin conflicts, and page speed start fighting each other daily. Each of these is a different starting point with different data shapes and risks, which is why we treat Shopware 5 to 6, Magento to Shopware, Shopify to Shopware, and WooCommerce to Shopware as distinct engagements rather than one generic migration package.




