Shopify-to-WooCommerce Multi-Store Migration for Large Ecommerce Store = (Only Experienced Freelancers Preferred )

Job ID: 40157692

Budget: $250 – $750 USD

We operate Shopify ecommerce stores in the lighting and home décor space, with a combined catalog of ~45,000 products.

Shopify has become too expensive and restrictive, and we want full ownership and control of:

Content

Product data

SEO

Infrastructure

We are looking for an experienced freelancer or small team to help us design and execute a migration to a self-hosted AWS + WordPress/WooCommerce solution, built for scale, performance, and long-term maintainability.

This is not a basic WordPress job. Experience with large catalogs, AWS, performance optimization, and ecommerce migrations is mandatory.

Scope of Work
1️⃣ Architecture & Planning (Mandatory)

Propose a scalable AWS architecture for:

WordPress + WooCommerce

~45,000 products

3 - storefronts

Recommend:

EC2 / RDS / Redis / CDN setup

Media storage strategy (S3/EFS)

Search & filtering approach (Elastic/OpenSearch or equivalent)

Decide between:

WordPress Multisite vs separate installs

SEO-safe URL and redirect strategy

Deliverable:

Architecture diagram

Infra sizing recommendation

Migration plan (step-by-step)

2️⃣ Shopify → WooCommerce Product Migration

Export products from multiple Shopify stores

Handle:

Simple + variable products

SKUs, pricing, inventory

Images & galleries

Categories, attributes (important for lighting filters)

Normalize and clean data (Shopify CSVs are inconsistent)

Import into WooCommerce at scale

Ensure data accuracy & validation

Deliverable:

Fully migrated product catalog

Verified counts (products, variants, images)

3️⃣ WooCommerce Setup & Optimization

Configure WooCommerce for large catalogs

Attribute-based filtering (finish, size, voltage, bulb base, etc.)

Performance optimization:

Object caching

Query optimization

Search performance

Ensure admin usability for bulk updates

4️⃣ SEO Preservation

Maintain or improve existing SEO rankings

URL mapping & 301 redirects

Meta titles/descriptions migration

Sitemap generation

Google Search Console readiness

5️⃣ Storefront Support (Phase-wise)

Start with one primary store (pilot)

Once stable, replicate setup for remaining stores

Each store may have:

Different branding

Different collections

Possibly different pricing rules

Tech Stack Preference

(You may propose improvements, but justify them)

AWS (EC2, RDS, CloudFront, Redis, S3/EFS)

WordPress + WooCommerce

Strong preference for:

Scalable DB design

Search optimization for large catalogs

Payments:

Razorpay / Stripe / PayPal (India-friendly setup)

Required Experience (Must-Have)

Please apply only if you have experience with at least 3–4 items below:

Large WooCommerce stores (20k+ products)

Shopify → WooCommerce migrations

AWS hosting for WordPress at scale

Performance optimization for WooCommerce

Search & filtering for large catalogs

SEO-safe ecommerce migrations

WordPress Multisite (preferred)