The Complete Replatforming Checklist: Moving inventory with zero friction

Complete Replatforming Inventory Checklist is a structured guide used by e-commerce store owners to verify catalog formatting, SKU structures, and image URLs before running platform migrations.

Replatforming your store is a multi-step process. To prevent catalog errors or broken listings during imports, running a pre-flight sanity check is essential. Restructuring your data columns before importing helps keep your data accurate.

Pre-Flight Checklist Points

• Check Image URLs: Ensure all image links point to publicly accessible CDN paths (such as `https://cdn.shopify.com/...`).
• Verify SKU Formats: Check SKU strings to make sure leading zeros aren't stripped.
• Validate Variant Options: Check that options like size grids or colorways are mapped to correct variant attributes.

Bypassing Migration Failures

To avoid manual editing, use Shopify Product Exporter to extract listings. The tool formats spreadsheets to match Shopify's default templates, helping you build a clean import sheet for your store.