GSP OpenCart Migration

Move your OpenCart store to Shopify

Products, options, categories, customers, full order history, coupons, attributes, information pages and SEO, migrated in one go from OpenCart 1.5 to 4.x. 301 redirects keep your Google rankings, and your OpenCart store keeps selling until you switch.

Install on your store

Enter your Shopify store domain to install or open the app:

How it works

Four steps, all inside your Shopify admin.

Connect

Install our read-only extension from your OpenCart 3.0.x or 4.x admin and paste its connection code. OpenCart 1.5 and 2.x use a small bridge file instead.

Choose

See how many products, customers, orders and pages you have, and tick what to migrate.

Preview

Run a free preview with 10 of your own products as hidden drafts.

Migrate

Pay once and migrate everything. Follow live progress and get a full report.

Everything comes over

Not just products: the data that runs your business.

Products & options

Select, radio and image options become variants (up to 3 options), with prices, special prices, models, SKUs, barcodes, stock, weights and every image. Checkbox, text, file and date options are saved in a metafield and can be shown on your product page with LivePrice Variants.

Categories → collections

OpenCart categories become Shopify collections, with products already inside.

Customers & addresses

Names, emails, phones, address books and newsletter opt-in. Customers are never emailed.

Full order history

Original order numbers and dates, chosen options, taxes, shipping, coupons and statuses. Finished orders are archived, as Shopify does.

Coupons

Percentage, fixed and free-shipping coupons with limits, dates and product/category restrictions.

Attributes & specifications

Product attributes (Material, Size chart…) as Shopify metafields with definitions. The OpenCart product details theme block shows them as a Specifications table, with Model / MPN and quantity discounts.

Information pages

About us, Delivery, Privacy and Terms pages become Shopify pages, images included.

SEO & 301 redirects

Meta titles and descriptions, SEO keywords as URL handles and redirects from old product, category and page URLs.

Choose what to migrate

Tick exactly the data you want. Everything is selected by default.

Read-only & safe

A read-only extension for OpenCart 3.0.x and 4.x (or a bridge file on 1.5 and 2.x), signed with its own key: your OpenCart store is never changed and keeps selling, even in maintenance mode.

No duplicates

Re-runs update existing records instead of creating copies.

Migrate changes

Bring over new orders, customers and edits until the day you switch your domain.

What's migrated, in detail

Products

Name, description, status, tags, manufacturer (vendor) and model
Select, radio and image options (size, colour…) become variants (up to 3 options), with their price adjustments and stock
Other options (checkbox, text, file, date…) saved in a metafield; show them on your product page, with prices, using LivePrice Variants
Quantity discounts saved as metafields and shown on your product page by the OpenCart product details theme block
Prices and special prices (compare-at price), SKUs and barcodes (UPC/EAN/JAN/ISBN)
Stock levels at a location that fulfils online orders, weight, taxable status and the “Requires shipping” setting
Main and additional product images
Product attributes (e.g. Material: Cotton) as metafields, shown as a Specifications table by the theme block
Enabled products published to your Online Store and to market catalogs with their own product list

Customers

Name, email and phone number
Address book
Newsletter opt-in
Tagged “opencart-migration”; existing Shopify customers are updated, not duplicated

Orders

Original order numbers, dates and totals, in your store's default currency
Line items linked to the migrated products and variants, with their chosen options
Taxes, shipping, coupons and order totals
Payment status, fulfillment status and payment method; finished orders archived, as Shopify does (Orders → Archived)
Linked to the customer, guest orders by email
Order comments
No emails to customers, stock levels untouched

Coupons

Percentage, fixed and free-shipping coupons become discount codes
Start and end dates, minimum total, total usage limit, once per customer
Product and category restrictions

Information pages

Information pages (About us, Delivery information, Privacy policy, Terms…) become Shopify pages
Images inside pages copied to Shopify

SEO

Meta titles and meta descriptions
SEO keywords (SEO URLs) kept as URL handles
301 redirects from old product, category and page URLs, so you keep your Google rankings

Safety and control

Choose exactly what to migrate
Read-only extension for OpenCart 3.0.x and 4.x (bridge file for 1.5 and 2.x): your OpenCart store is never changed
Currency check before migrating
Safe to re-run: records are updated, never duplicated
Resumes automatically after interruptions
Detailed report of every warning and error

Not migrated

Customer passwords (Shopify doesn't accept them; customers set a new one through an account invite)
Saved payment methods and card details
Product reviews
Checkbox, text, file and date/time options as Shopify variants (Shopify doesn't support them; they're saved in a metafield and can be shown with LivePrice Variants)
Quantity discounts and customer-group prices as working prices (they're saved in metafields; the theme block displays quantity discounts)
Your OpenCart theme, design and extension features

Simple, one-time pricing

Billed through Shopify on your Shopify invoice. No subscription.

Free preview

before you buy

10 products as hidden drafts
Sample customers, orders, coupons and pages
Check your data before paying

Basic

$49

one-time

Unlimited products, customers and orders
1 OpenCart store, migrated once
Everything listed below: all products, customers, orders, content and SEO
Free preview before you buy
Detailed migration report
Email support

Advanced

$149

one-time

Unlimited products, customers and orders
Unlimited OpenCart stores, each migrated once
Everything listed below, for every store
Merge several stores into one Shopify store
Free preview before you buy
Priority support

Migration Update add-on

$29

one-time, per store

30 days of unlimited Migrate changes runs
New and changed orders, customers and products
Order statuses synced, no duplicates

Questions

Will my OpenCart store go offline?

No. The app only reads from OpenCart through a read-only extension (or bridge file). Your store keeps selling the whole time.

Which OpenCart versions are supported?

OpenCart 1.5, 2.x, 3.x and 4.x. On OpenCart 3.0.x and 4.x (4.0.x and 4.1.x) you install our extension from your OpenCart admin (Extensions → Installer) and paste its connection code: no FTP needed. On 1.5 and 2.x, or if your host blocks the installer, you upload one small PHP file next to config.php instead.

Are my customers emailed during the migration?

No. Customers and orders are created silently. Customers can set a password later through a Shopify account invite.

What happens to orders placed after the migration?

Use Migrate changes (Migration Update add-on) to bring over new and changed orders, customers and products right before you switch your domain.

Can I migrate more than one store?

Yes, with the Advanced plan. Each OpenCart store is migrated once, and several stores can be merged into one Shopify store.

What happens to checkbox, text or date options?

Shopify variants only support choices like select, radio and image options (up to 3 per product). Other options are saved with their prices in each product's custom_options metafield, so nothing is lost. Show these options on your product page, with prices, using LivePrice Variants.

Do I keep my Google rankings?

Meta titles and descriptions are kept, SEO keywords become URL handles, and 301 redirects send old product, category and information page URLs to their new Shopify pages.

More answers in the help center, or email contact@gsptechnologies.com.